Second, some might have missed the message. Ms. Thomas recommended putting socks and underwear in laundry bags, not stuffing your jeans, towels, etc. like a sausage into one and then overwhelming your W&D…BTW- My hubby mentioned that his lacrosse team used to do something similar- each player would bag up their uniform in a labeled, mesh laundry bag and a team volunteer would take them home and wash.

Also, ‘just chill’ seems like it was meant to
1. drive the point home re: assigning things a home and, if you have to, be unconventional. She definitely got your attention.
2. illustrate that what works for some doesn’t work for others i.e. the chronically disorganized or those with ADD, etc.

Lighten up, people

1. A well organised fridge won’t have room for a tray of stuff that doesn’t need to be chilled.
2. It’s a waste of electricity to put warm things (which many of these items will be, having just been removed from or close to your body) in a fridge.
3. Glasses will fog; some watches will be unhappy in the cold and *dampness* of a fridge and may well malfunction; leather doesn’t take kindly to cold and damp storage either.
4. All these things will be chilly when you come to retrieve them – ugh.
5. Assuming that you get dressed in your bedroom, and that these things go on your body or in your pockets when you get dressed, why would you want to have to go to the kitchen to retrieve them first?
6. While it’s true that people often misplace such things, they tend to misplace them not overnight but during the day. So this really isn’t a solution for anything.

Conclusion: kind of stupid and illogical and, if it’s meant to be funny, it’s failed.

PS. Is someone perhaps confusing 29 February with 1 April?

As for using the refrigerator for storage, I think Geralin Thomas presumes that most people open their refrigerator door before they go to work, whether to get a lunch made the night before, to grab a piece of fruit, a soda, a slice of cold pizza, cream, milk, juice or your ground coffee or beans (unless you don’t keep it in your refrigerator) to make coffee. I think the point of using the refrigerator for storage is just to get you in the habit of going to the same place to get what you need each day. Once it’s a habit, you could then choose a better place. I know that if I am terrified of forgetting something that will not fit in my purse or in the area where I keep my things, I just put it in my car, because I have to drive wherever I go. I think in that way, I’m using my car as Thomas suggests using one’s refrigerator. I like the refrigerator idea particularly for the summer months, since I live in a suburb of Phoenix, Ariz.

One reader didn’t like the idea of a cafeteria tray, and to that I say don’t use one. Use something else instead. Since no one will see it but you and your significant other or family members, I don’t see why it would be so objectionable.

By the way, thank you for this site, which I just stumbled upon today and wish I had found years and years ago since I have been trying to become less and less cluttered as the years go by.

It’s nice to see that there are others out there who think like I do since whenever I tell someone I’m getting rid of more things or decluttering more than I have, they look at me like I’m insane.

I plan to get my environment to the point where I have only a few things I truly love, including my golden retriever and whatever it is she needs. Everything else is clutter.

On the Leap Year thing — To many, it may seem like an extra day. However, it was just a normal day to me. Well there were some system problems at work because of the extra day — but happily our application wound up being okay. Then, I realized it was 1 extra day until I am paid and 1 extra day of waiting before Spring starts. You know that kind of stuff… but not just a random extra day to enjoy.

For us on salary we always look forward to February since there are fewer workdays for the same amount of pay. However leap years dilute that a bit.

How about being born on 2/29? That would be fun.

So – when I get home -
[1] Car keys on hook
[2] Client keys in bin on counter
[3] Cell phone in charging stand
[4] Purse on dining room chair
[5] Hang up coat

Reverse on the way out the door in the morning.

Doesn’t seem complicated?

I also think the fridge idea is a bit silly, but here’s what I do with all that stuff (in case it helps someone). I keep a small plastic Tupperware-style bin on the shelf in my coat closet where I keep keys, sunglasses, a garage door opener… plus anything I need to remember to bring with me on the way out the door next time I go. On the back of the door to the closet, I have an over-the-door hooks with my briefcase and purse on it. So when I’m ready to go in the morning, it’s one stop shopping – coat, purse, keys, and stuff for errands!

(Of course, I also can’t make it down the stairs without them, hardly, so I always know where they are…)