Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz) 🌺 (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
azurelunatic) wrote2003-02-27 09:39 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-02-27 09:39 pm
Organization
Those who know me at home have likely seen the Infamous Closet, wherein are stashed a number of items of clothing, some books, and an impressive amount of alcohol for someone who drinks, on average, once a week or less often.
Those who have seen me putting away my laundry (a fearsome process) have noticed that yes, my closet is organized. Color-coordinated, even.
I have to keep my life organized, or it falls to bits around me.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gremliness noticed the high degree of order in my things for someone so chaotic. It has to work that way. I'm not sure how, but it does.
Digressing from the point, though.
In the past, my closet has been organized into six sections: T-shirts with printing, T-shirts without printing, long-sleeved shirts, tank tops, pants and skirts, and Good Clothing. Each of these categories but the Good Clothing is sorted by color in rainbow order, with white by red and black by purple. (There's a lot of black.)
I've added two new categories, because I've discovered that the current divisions aren't quite all I need to sort by. A while ago, when I saw some of the good, sturdy black shirts on sale, something I already have quite a few of, all in identical states of mid-worn repair, I grabbed several, and stuck them at the far end of the Good Clothes division, for gradual replacement of the current shirts as they wear out, or if I suddenly need a shirt that isn't already half-thrashed. Now, on the T-shirts section, the newest category is Thrashed/Thrashable, for my easy-grab-on-the-fly needs when I'm putting on something to do housecleaning, so I don't inadvertently thrash another one of my shirts that is still in half-decent repair.
Those who have seen me putting away my laundry (a fearsome process) have noticed that yes, my closet is organized. Color-coordinated, even.
I have to keep my life organized, or it falls to bits around me.
gremliness noticed the high degree of order in my things for someone so chaotic. It has to work that way. I'm not sure how, but it does. Digressing from the point, though.
In the past, my closet has been organized into six sections: T-shirts with printing, T-shirts without printing, long-sleeved shirts, tank tops, pants and skirts, and Good Clothing. Each of these categories but the Good Clothing is sorted by color in rainbow order, with white by red and black by purple. (There's a lot of black.)
I've added two new categories, because I've discovered that the current divisions aren't quite all I need to sort by. A while ago, when I saw some of the good, sturdy black shirts on sale, something I already have quite a few of, all in identical states of mid-worn repair, I grabbed several, and stuck them at the far end of the Good Clothes division, for gradual replacement of the current shirts as they wear out, or if I suddenly need a shirt that isn't already half-thrashed. Now, on the T-shirts section, the newest category is Thrashed/Thrashable, for my easy-grab-on-the-fly needs when I'm putting on something to do housecleaning, so I don't inadvertently thrash another one of my shirts that is still in half-decent repair.
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I'm trying to get the studio organized, and it keeps getting more so, but the rest of my life is still pretty random...
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It's a very slippery slope, and it's one I've slid down before. My mother is still tidying up my room back home, and it's been two years since I left...
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Do you smoke cigars?
If not, then I can definatly relax, I haven't yet found Greyface...
*giggles*
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My ex-fiance did, though.
Note that Greyface is the order that destroys creativity, productivity, and happiness. :) The closet is kept this way because it promotes the sort of happy slackingness that can wander over to the closet, put something on quickly without having to rummage through stuff...
In my closet at home, I kept the souvenir shirts from stuff arranged in chronological order.
But no.
I doubt Greyface has a box with sex toys stacked on top of the blank paper, or has the LAN cables strung up with twist-ties...
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But mine's not for sanity -- it's for SPEED. When I get dressed in the morning, I usually have an emotion I'm trying to dress for, a feeling, a sense of being. And I go for clothes that will suit that. Which means I know which type of clothes I want, and can reach for those without much searching if my clothes are sorted. However, I don't want to discourage my mates from doing the laundry, either, so I'm not enforcing my sorting upon them!! :D
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So it's also for speed. That's why I took up the practice in the first place; I had too many t-shirts and was spending too much time looking for the right one in the morning before heading off to high school.
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Wanna play with multi-colored thingies! ... **whines**
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Kitty heaven!
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And I climb walls.
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Mmmmpf-hmmmmmmmmmpf!
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OK, if it were out of SIGHT, it would probably be out of mind, but if it is IN sight, I must stare at it until I die of old age or get hungry, whichever comes first.
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My favorite humor columnist is addicted to DDP.