Number one, no stacks and one handed.
Only stack identical items like dishes,
bowls and cups. Unique items
must never be stacked. This paint shelf is a
violation, as are these
snake oil shelves.
Stacking unique items invites chaos.
When working, you very rarely have both hands free.
Keep your things organized such that each item
may be removed and replaced using only
one hand.
This crawl space door is a violation, as are
these kits.
Number two, Kit your shit.
Decentralize your mess with multiple kits.
Keep your kits packed. Do not migrate kit contents.
Do not migrate the kits themselves.
Keep each kit where it lives or return it immediately
after use.
The necessary evil twin of kits is junk
drawers. Junk drawer. Chaos preserves
your kit's organizational integrity.
Junk drawers are not always drawers.
Keep junk drawers small. Liquidate them regularly.
Number three, find your organizational
talismans. A talisman is a magical
trinket, like a dream catcher.
To keep this studio and workshop organized,
we stock and revere a pentaverate of organizational
talismans.
Binder clips.
Post its super sticky.
Number 64. Rubber bands,
push pins, aluminum and stainless.
And hooks. American hooks,
Japanese hooks, bought in Japan.
This channel in no way endorses the occult, but we do
make fun of it. Number four, Learn to
build shelves.
Don't be intimidated. You need wood,
shelf brackets, screws and wall anchors. A level,
a drill and bits and a saw and sandpaper.
80 grit.
Even chaotic shelves look somewhat organized.
Learn to build them.
Learn to anchor them. Learn their limits.
Shelves beget the genesis of your organized
life. In the beginning, there was shelves.
Number five. Customize.
Encourage organization by indulging in
customization. Customization allows
us to maximize our space and helps us to
stay organized.
Jumper cables are inherently messy and unruly.
But we are the type of people who carry jumper cables in our car
because we are organized.
With a bit of customization to this flare gun box
and to the jumper cables themselves.
We maximize the space in our truck by improvising
an engine compartment storage system for our jumper cables.
May your practice of customization sanctify
your ritual of organization.
One of these days, I'm going to get organized. You mean organized
organized organized. It's a joke.
This week on the Patreon, Zine 1 has been
retired. Zine 2 is available to the
next 499 new patrons who sign up. Here's the
link.