Keeping Tidy

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Benjamin DaviesOP, 7 days ago·#2831

I struggle keeping my private spaces as tidy as I would like.

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Benjamin DaviesOP revised 7 days ago·#2840
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I think part of the problem is that I don’t have a dedicated final place where everything lives. I think creating and designating these spaces would go a long way, as I wouldn’t need to work out a place to put every item each time.

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Benjamin DaviesOP revised 3 days ago·#2987
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I have a poor memory relating to keeping track of what things I own, and it won’t help if I also have to remember where everything lives.

Should I write down a list of all permanent items and their homes? Ideally I wouldn’t need to do that.

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Benjamin DaviesOP, 3 days ago·#2993

Extreme examples of solutions to this in professional contexts are shadow boards and shadow foam cutouts. Here, the users create a very clear visual correspondence between what an object is and where it belongs when not in use. I don’t expect the solution to my problem will involved drawing lines on walls or furniture, or creating foam cutouts, but there might be a hint of a solution in this.