#tidying — Public Fediverse posts

I'm tyding my stuff and questions arise e.g.
Why do I have two copies of "Snow Crash"
Why are they next to each other on the shelf? I think I would have noticed when I put them there. It doesn't fit my normal chaotic ways.
I'm definitely getting old.
Anyway the local library or one of the many charity shops nearby will have a copy of "Snow Crash" soon.
#tidying #books #NealStephenson #SnowCrash #cyberpunk #ScienceFiction

I'm in a things not thoughts frame of mind this morning so I'm moving stuff around in the Writing Hut trying to make some usable space. The WH is the repository for everything from everywhere with nowhere to go &, every now & then, I have to tackle the ensuing chaos

I've tidied some book shelves & shifted some clobber off the worktop to reveal ... space! Yay!

Time for a coffee & a warm up in the kitchen

#tidying #books #clobber #WritingHut #ThingsNotThoughts
#actuallyAutistic #AuADHD

I found a draft of a post I wrote in 2020 about tidying with the Konmari method (as described by Marie Kondo). It goes through my experience and what I learned from going through my things. I went ahead and posted it on my blog!
https://davidbruffner.com/2024/11/26/once-in-a-lifetime-tidying/
#marieKondo
#tidying
#organizing

Getting into #konmari #tidying #decluttering but having a hard time folding dress shirts.

Done that thing where you tidy something away, that has been sitting on a kitchen surface for years awaiting some DIY activity, and now I want to do it I have no idea where the hell I put the damn thing of course.

#DIY #tidying #cleaning #lost

Though it’s also boring lying there not wanting or feeling able to read or watch anything and thoughts easily stray into well-worn paths of negativity. #Tidying and #painting are two of my faves for getting into #flow once I can start. I listen to #music and #audio for #relaxation or a zingy boost, but I get fed up of that too. I’ve spent years temporarily boosting my #mood with so many kinds of them (by #PaulMcKenna and then all I can find on YouTube), and sometimes I prefer quiet.

Went through my mum’s bedside drawers. Left most of it there, some interesting keepsakes and stuff. I chucked old ointments and receipts, etc. There was an antenatal cream from 1980 because of course there was. Only a few sticky sweets in a drawer, and just one I can’t budge. I guess I can chisel it off another time.

#tidying

Unexpected side-effect of clearing up desk: increased foot traffic.
#desk #cat #cats #tidying

Desk census complete. Of nearly 100 items/groups of items, about 15% were where they belonged (counting all the tech stuff as one group).
About a fifth belonged somewhere else - or just over half if you count what belonged in the bin*.
The remaining approximate third belonged nowhere, which is probably why they ended up on my desk. Still working on finding suitable homes for them all.
*Recycling, compost, logburner, or rubbish.
#tidying #desk #statistics

Thinking of taking a census of things on my desk, measuring the three great desk demographics:
+ things that have a place on the desk
+ things that have no place anywhere yet
+ things that have a place and this ain't it
#tidying #APlaceForEverything #desk

The best benefit of tidying the big, flat boxes from under my art desk (keeping them to store old art in), was that Sapphy slept under that desk again while I was gaming. Lola also turned up when I returned from a break and I didn’t see her among the blanket I had on the floor (cold feet despite double socks). The problem of the cat matching the blanket 🐈‍⬛

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #tidying #socks

Been tidying most of the day. How come it all still looks like a mess?
Best solution is to take my glasses off so it's all less distinct.
#Tidy #tidying #messy #home #stuff

You want to get organized at home? Ask MetaFilter has some ideas for you!

https://ask.metafilter.com/377711/If-youre-good-at-organizing-organize-me

#tidying #organizing #declutter #bestofmetafilter #askmetafilter

#Mouse secretly filmed #tidying man’s #shed every night: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/07/mouse-secretly-filmed-tidying-mans-shed-every-night #offbeat #odd #weird #strange

Had a burst of tidying up again but peaked early. #stuff #tidying #fatigue

I'm reading Tidy First?, the new book by @kentbeck I am trying to find an analogy in my native language to describe the meaning and difference between coupling and cohesion. I found it in the terminology of human relations — codependency and self-sufficiency.

#tidying #design

Searching for a different photo, I found this. I'd forgotten we used to have "notice(s) of disposal" at @DoESLiverpool

We should probably reinstate that design pattern.

#weeknotes #makerspace #admin #tidying