Are you 'organised' ?

Wren

Wren

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Reading maggiemaes post about making lists made me wonder how 'organised' other people are, I have a couple of friends who always seem to be misplacing their keys, getting times wrong (even missing flights on occasion) running out of basic provision like milk and bread, turning up late for appointments and generally living in chaos

Maybe it's my office training or the fact that I'm a Virgo but I have to be organised, it just makes sense to me to have 'a place for everything and everything in its place' life runs smoothly and I'm not standing outside the door in the rain rummaging round in my bag looking for keys or arriving home without milk because it wasn't on the list !
 

I am not the most organized person you`ll ever meet but not the most unorganized either. Mr. Robinson is,like you,a Virgo. It`s pretty amazing he has stayed married to me all these years,I guess. The older I get,the more I have to keep lists though,and I am now lost without my calendar book. This has come about the past year with my million and one health issues and resulting doctor appointments. And then having foster kids with all their appointments,I have to be sure I know where I`m supposed to be and when. And more importantly,that I`m not supposed to be two places at the same time!
 
I used to be much more organized. I am organized enough now to get by but I would like to get things more organized around here. I'd like to clean out all my dresser drawers of junk I don't need any more and find things I can still use. I am working on it a little at a time, though.
 

Fairly. I make lists and schedules and keep to them. I have to. But my craft area looks a bit disorganized at times. :eek:
 
I live in a sort of organised chaos. I diligently make a shopping list and then buy loads of different things. I don't see this as problem as I'm always happy to snap up a bargain and change my meal plans. For more important events, I have a year planner that I keep up to date. Other than that, I'm not very organised at all.
 
Oh you won't see me turning down a bargain just because it's not on the list Capt ! And Chic, I think even the most devout Virgo has a secret 'hellhole' somewhere, mine is also where I keep my art materials, tucked away nicely in a cupboard and small whicker chest, all looks neat and tidy until you open a drawer !! image.png
 
Organised, but not obsessive. I'm gonna mosey on down to Ike's and rummage through his stuff.......:p He can teach me how to speak Okie. Right now I am learning Arkansas, whew, hard accent to pick up.
 
IKE said:
Philly got ya speaking with a east coast accent yet ?
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I can do the New York cawfee, and awrigh, but having more difficulty with the PA aspect, difficult combo. He can't seem to master West Coast Canuck lilt--all our sentences sound like questions, with the lift at the end. Lol. Also throws him that cock and calk are pronounced the same. I think he figures we keep our chickens/roosters in the house??
 
Shalimar said:
I can do the New York cawfee, and awrigh, but having more difficulty with the PA aspect, difficult combo. He can't seem to master West Coast Canuck lilt--all our sentences sound like questions, with the lift at the end. Lol. Also throws him that cock and calk are pronounced the same. I think he figures we keep our chickens/roosters in the house??
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Do you also say oot and aboot in your part of Canada?
 
Wren said:
Reading maggiemaes post about making lists made me wonder how 'organised' other people are, I have a couple of friends who always seem to be misplacing their keys, getting times wrong (even missing flights on occasion) running out of basic provision like milk and bread, turning up late for appointments and generally living in chaos

Maybe it's my office training or the fact that I'm a Virgo but I have to be organised, it just makes sense to me to have 'a place for everything and everything in its place' life runs smoothly and I'm not standing outside the door in the rain rummaging round in my bag looking for keys or arriving home without milk because it wasn't on the list !
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The world is divided into two groups, "droppers" and the people who pick up after them! We all know a few droppers, when they enter a room the coat goes flying in one direction and the keys go flying in another, they leave a trail going from room to room! The kindest thing you can do for a dropper is not pick up after them, they will eventually figure out why they can never find anything.

I'm messy enough to be comfortable and organized enough to keep the power from being turned off.

I agree with others that have said they were more organized prior to retirement. The one carryover from those working days is making lists and prioritizing the top 5 things that need to be accomplished, starting with the most unpleasant and difficult tasks.
 
I've pretty much always been very organized and rarely late for anything, but much of that is from working world habits. At home for me, the biggest factor to being organized is living simply. I have a landing zone right inside my front door for keys and sunglasses, and a mantra I say aloud when I leave the house: wallet, phone, keys, glasses. I started paring down my belongings, furniture, kitchen gear, books, clothes and stuff a few years ago, and it feels great. Less to organize, less to maintain, less storage space needed.

I also rely on technology to help, which has taken the place of yellow stickies on the fridge. For example, I use the iPhone Hey Siri feature to say from across the room, Hey Siri remind me to get olive oil, no typing needed. When I go to the store, there's olive oil on the list along with everything else. Or Hey Siri, remind me to call so and so on Tuesday at 9:00. It works pretty well except when Siri doesn't understand and I get a mystery item on my shopping list.
 
bluebreezes said:
I've pretty much always been very organized and rarely late for anything, but much of that is from working world habits. At home for me, the biggest factor to being organized is living simply. I have a landing zone right inside my front door for keys and sunglasses, and a mantra I say aloud when I leave the house: wallet, phone, keys, glasses. I started paring down my belongings, furniture, kitchen gear, books, clothes and stuff a few years ago, and it feels great. Less to organize, less to maintain, less storage space needed.

I also rely on technology to help, which has taken the place of yellow stickies on the fridge. For example, I use the iPhone Hey Siri feature to say from across the room, Hey Siri remind me to get olive oil, no typing needed. When I go to the store, there's olive oil on the list along with everything else. Or Hey Siri, remind me to call so and so on Tuesday at 9:00. It works pretty well except when Siri doesn't understand and I get a mystery item on my shopping list.
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We have a tray near the front door where keys, sunglasses etc. go. I have a white board/corkboard combo nailed up inside a big pantry door in the kitchen. I write down things to buy as soon as I notice I need them, and use a pin for papers I need to save - prescription refill slip, appointments, which bin is being picked up which day.

I had a clerical job in Tennessee before I moved away and would put stickies up around the monitor on my computer. I found these worked better than a list. It always felt great when I had no stickies left on the monitor. Never lasted long though.

I use Google calendar on my laptop and on my phone and they synch with each other. Also make notes in the Memo app on my android phone when I'm out.
 
In my younger days I used to be well organised. We had an audit once and I was a nervous wreck because my husband was' t and left it all up to me to get things together. But when the auditor came she was surprised because I had everything she needed all in a neat package. She said most people gave her a box full of receipts and papers and she had to figure it out. Nowadays I am not so organized. But lately I am trying harder to git rid of things I don't want or need anymore and try to downsize a little to make it easier and neater around here.
 

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