I look around my living room looking for my next project; the project I had my hands a moment ago, the tool I need, the material I know I saw yesterday, my diary, the box that had a particular shiny in, the iron, my other half or my wits I realise that my organisational skill is somewhat lacking.
The next step in this routine of lost and found is to resolve to put things where I can find them.
During this phase I will invariably find something I was hunting for a week ago, something I forgot I even had and, of course, make more mess. One area will become micro organised while the rest of the room looks like a bomb blast.
Then I'll stand on something, swear, make a cuppa and give up.
The following phase is one that I never learn from. The flotsam and jetsam gets moved around aimlessly as I search through it, move it out of my way and try to ignore it.
It's pretty to look at in a chaotic kind of way and no doubt holds a wealth of fun things to make and do. But it gets condensed into a small pile and 'put away' in the first available space. Return to the start of the cycle and repeat.
The genius to this highly evolved system is that I know that everything is 'here somewhere' and therefore never ever lost. Making repeat purchases rare, and in most cases redundant the day after then replacement arrives. I am also never out of ideas for things to do.
While hunting for curtain tape recently I found my box (sorted in colour order) of non-cross stitch threads. Curtain alterations abandoned I spent 3 hours making clip in braids for craft fairs.
While hunting for the hair clips for said braids I found the stitch ripper that made the curtain alterations faster. Thus as of today I've decided that 'a place for everything' is a dream and that all I need to do to find anything is to sit still and remember what I was making/doing/looking for the day I saw it.
Easy.
Now where did I see the hammer... ? Ohh - curtain tape! How'd it get there!?
by Messy Maker
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