I am not by nature and organized person. I don't use categories on blog posts in part because it's just one more thing to have to maintain. And if I had a whole list of categories, I would feel compelled to be sure that a category was not being ignored. I might really want to right about politics, but if I hadn't done a post in the sailing category in a long time I would feel obligated to do one. I have the category so I should use it. Right? So no categories for me.

I don't make playlists in iTunes either. I don't bother to categorize songs by genre - though some songs have that column filled in so that must have come with them. When iTunes first came out I did make one play list called "Play it LOUD." But I never just played that list. I always just set it to play random songs from the whole library so what was the point. You can probably guess that in the olden days I didn't keep my albums in alphabetical order. For the people who were that way, iTunes is a dream come true. You can sort by song, artist, album genre in ascending or descending order and change from one sort to another with just a click. But if that's not anal retentive enough for you - you can make playlists.

I do believe that there is a place for everything and everything should be in its place, but I'm not too rigid about how they get there. When I moved into my first apartment I never really unpacked and put everything away. I got something thing out when I needed it and put them where it seemed it wanted to be. It was a sort of organic, almost zen approach to organization that I still practice today.

I don't think my wife likes the way I have the kitchen organized. But I do most of the cooking so it stays that way.

Some people have called it sloppiness or even chaos. But I figure everything will eventually find a home.

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