Organizing To Be Able To Unpack More

Today, I spent some time organizing my spare room. I haven’t worked on it over the past couple of weeks, but I need to do some now. Over in the far corner of the room are some supplies that I will need to access before the end of next week. So, in order to cut down on the number of boxes that I still have to go through from our move, I need to organize what I have already unpacked.

To begin with, I have certain things that I need to access on a regular basis. Things such as paper for my printer, labels, office supplies, etc. I keep some of the small things in plastic storage units that I can quickly access if set up properly. I had them on one bookcase but decided that I would rather have them in another that is just inside the door. They were the first things that I moved.

I then took a look at what I wanted to do next and realized that our supplies for hygienic cleanliness were over by the window. Again, this supply was another move that I wanted done, over near the door so that we would not have to go all the way to the other side of the room. I moved my embroidery floss to a higher shelf and then moved the hygienic supplies to the shelf that I wanted them in.

Following that, I realized that I wanted to create space on a set of shelves where I had my CD-roms and my floppies on. Yes, I still have floppies that I need to go through to determine if I want to keep the data. I configured a shelf with the depth that would hold all of the storage units for these then moved the storage units to their new home. I then started sorting some of the smaller things and was able to clear a shelf for binders that hold the printouts from the courses that I took at Algonquin college and other binders that have information regarding family history, either data or information on topics.

I neglected to say, that I also cleared another shelf of the books that were there by determining their new home. It might not be their permanent home. Time will tell.

From there, I sorted out some more small things, finding paperclips, pens, computer programs, videos, and hardware. I only spent about two and a half hours doing this work, but managed to put a small dent into the work. I am hoping that I will be able to spend more time on this later this week. Again, time will tell.