Losing and finding

Don’t get the idea that just because I speak and teach about getting organized I am a paragon of organization myself. Au contraire. I like to think my ongoing experiences with clutter are at least useful for professional research. Recently I went through something most people will recognize — I couldn’t find an essential document. It was one of those things I should have stored safely out of the way, since I rarely need it. I scoured all of the out of the way spots, then everywhere else, with no success. I finally gave up and took other measures to meet the need for the document. The frustrating hunt had a bonus outcome for two disorganized collections in the house, unrelated to the missing item. I took out my aggravation by sorting, labeling and storing these things, discovering several lost treasures in the process.