I have found that the key to not misplacing things or leaving things were I won't remember where they are is to make them have a place to live.
Stuart for example: He has a small-ish plastic basket on the kitchen counter. He comes in from work and drops his keys, beret, phone, knife etc into the basket.. so he knows where everything is at 5am the next day. It also saves him from having to wake me up and ask have you seen my....
I like to have specific places for things. Sissors live in a drawer in the kitchen. Once I'm finished with them they go back to the same place. My keys, check book, etc live on the down stairs table so I can grab them before going out to the garage.
Phone: If you get in the habit of putting the phone back on the base it is much easier to find. :)
slips of paper: Keep a bulletin board for tacking up slips of paper you don't want walking away. Also the Fridge works well for this. I have a bulletin board downs stairs and use the fridge upstairs. Alternatively you could use a small notebook to keep a log of household improvements/measurements. That way they are all together. If you need to take a measurement to a store write it on an index card and pin it to the fabric once you've bought/washed it. I've gotten in the habit of indexing my fabric so all I have to do is look at the card pinned to the fabric to know how much is there. When I use some I mark down what's left. It saves a whole lot of time unfolding, measuring and refolding.
Stuart for example: He has a small-ish plastic basket on the kitchen counter. He comes in from work and drops his keys, beret, phone, knife etc into the basket.. so he knows where everything is at 5am the next day. It also saves him from having to wake me up and ask have you seen my....
I like to have specific places for things. Sissors live in a drawer in the kitchen. Once I'm finished with them they go back to the same place. My keys, check book, etc live on the down stairs table so I can grab them before going out to the garage.
Phone: If you get in the habit of putting the phone back on the base it is much easier to find. :)
slips of paper: Keep a bulletin board for tacking up slips of paper you don't want walking away. Also the Fridge works well for this. I have a bulletin board downs stairs and use the fridge upstairs. Alternatively you could use a small notebook to keep a log of household improvements/measurements. That way they are all together. If you need to take a measurement to a store write it on an index card and pin it to the fabric once you've bought/washed it. I've gotten in the habit of indexing my fabric so all I have to do is look at the card pinned to the fabric to know how much is there. When I use some I mark down what's left. It saves a whole lot of time unfolding, measuring and refolding.
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