Organizing Gym

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Thursday, May 19, 2005

Question of the ???

How much is enough?
There are probably some things you collect and never look back. Whether it's black pants, snow globes, take-out food containers, paper clips, note pads or videotapes... organizing means constantly checking back to see if you have enough. (All of those are examples of things I have seen grow to excessive proportions)

Well then you must ask youself how many is enough. Aaaaah, that is exactly the point of this exercise.
  1. Go through your home or office and look at the things you tend to collect by the ton.
  2. Make a list of just 3 things and decide when you will have enough of them to exist happily. And what number equals too much.
  3. Post the number nearby your collection to help you remember when you have enough.
  4. If you decide to bring in more of the item, choose a similar item you don't like as much and give it away.
  5. If you already have enough, your job is to give away the overage because it is clutter.
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