Packratting


As much as I don’t want to admit it I’m a bit of a pack rat. It comes from wanting to have things close at hand I believe. That and not wanting to have to reacquire said part/tool/whatever. This does however become an issue when it comes to things like computer cables. I finally have started trying to breakdown what everything is and classify and compartmentalize and store it. So for example, I collect all the USB type A to USB Micro cables, wrap them up individually and put them in a gallon storage bag. The contents of that bag and many others are on a spreadsheet, actually a google sheet and can be accessed from my phone, tablet and computer and the contents entered into the spreadsheet by voice recognition. While it does take some time with the computer component aspect, it works great, but now I have a gallon storage bag with 10 cell phone charger cables… And I’ve just started. So how many is enough? Don’t know but I’ve become very liberal about disposing of ones I’ve come across that annoy me by not having a good click when I connect them. Progress is slow but sure, as long as my cataloging exceeds the input of new objects, we’re heading in the right direction.