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Order—9:52 AM

I just took this organization quiz, which asks you whether or not you could immediately locate a list of common (and some not-so-common) household items. I did pretty well, except for a few items I don't have, like stamps (steal them from work) and mittens (yeah, right). I had to correct myself on the tape measurer because as it happens I just moved it to a new location this weekend, after I realized that it gets more frequent use than everything else in the Hardware/Tools category, where it used to go.

The quiz was posted by Gretchen Rubin, who's writing a book about self-help tips, called The Happiness Project. She's got a list of her own tips in the sidebar of her blog, and one of them is "My Areas of Focus for the Happiness Project." An excerpt:

  1. Order

  2. Marriage and Family

One hopes these are not in order of importance, although a glimpse at the site creates the impression that few things in Gretchen's life are not in order. I agree with her that organization improves efficiency, and I'm happier the less time I waste. But you don't want to get carried away. The last person I saw who put order ahead of marriage and family was that psycho on Wife Swap who cleaned five hours a day and then started cleaning again as soon as she was finished.

2 Comments (Add your comments)

BrandonWed, 7/26/06 2:16pm

  • a copy of Pride and Prejudice or The Da Vinci Code

What the hell does owning these (let alone knowing where to find them) have to do with being organized??

Bee BoyWed, 7/26/06 2:56pm

Well, yeah. What I put for those was: "bookstore."

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