About a year ago, I had to move the bar in my closet. I decided it would be the perfect opportunity to try an experiment with my clothes and to see which ones were being worn. I can’t remember where…
Category: Spring Cleaning
Making Donations
This past weekend my building hosted its second clothing drive of the year. The clothing drive has been held every January and September for the last several years and it’s really popular with the residents. This was my third time…
Silly Scraps of Paper
I’ve been trying hard to become more electronic in my daily interactions and transactions, but at the end of the day I still seem to have loads of paper in my pockets and wallet. I’ve tried to set up some…
Document Naming Tips
Overt time I’ve realized the importance of using standardized naming conventions for documents and folders. Essentially, “standardized naming conventions” means using a set of rules to create names so they remain consistent and meaningful over time. It sounds like basic and easy…
Review and Reliability
In last week’s posting I briefly mentioned the review, but didn’t go into a lot of detail about the importance of it. Some years ago when I was still working a 9-5 job, I developed the habit of doing the weekly…