I remember a show that had a very powerful story for those of us hoarders. They would take everything out the of the house and lay it one of four quadrants. I don't remember the name of the show, but I did find the basic idea on my first search page, with hopes to give it to my Princess Pirate to help her manage her room in the pre-birthday party at home, post-Christmas clutter that need to be managed on holiday before the daily grind of school and homework start again.
Here is the basic idea.
Take everything, and without getting involved in your stuff, put in one of these four containers/boxes/spaces on the floor:
1. Trash/recycling
2. Give away/sell
3. Storage (elsewhere than in your space)
4. Put away
I am actually pretty great at this, but where it falls down is getting to the put away stage, which takes a LOT more time.
In parallel threads:
Four boxes of liberty, to use in order!
1. Soapbox
2. Ballot box
3. Jury box
4. Ammo box
Four secrets to organizing information in your brain:
1. Don't focus on the detail
2. Chunk it down (group, like between hyphens in a phone number, or four digits of a credit card)
3. Don't forget the power of story (my favorite method. Think of the mind palace mnemonic)
4. Find a single word for each thought. This is tough for me, but essential to great clinical decision making.
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