I’m so glad I posted that last Challenge — you all have so many good ideas for how to store rulers!
I’m only posting one challenge this month because . . . at the end of the month, we will be doing The Final Countdown! I’m always so excited for that, since it gives me a fresh start on the new year. I hope you’re ready to do it with me this time. I’m trying to dream up some good tasks.
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Meanwhile, here’s our challenge for this time . . .
Sort through the office supplies
You know . . . tape, staples, paper clips, rubber bands, sticky notes, extra pens and pencils, envelopes, scratch pads, file folders, markers, Push Pins and tacks . . . all that little stuff that we tend to ignore but sometimes use.
This is gonna give us a clean start in our desk areas for next year. It may not seem to have much to do with sewing or quilting, but honestly, I use tape, staples, push pins, and lots of sticky notes while sewing, so trust me, it’ll help clean things up.
What I’m doing is getting rid of the pieces and parts I know I’ll never use — I have a HUGE drawer full of extra pens and pencils that I will never work my way through in what’s left of my life — they’re going!
Then I’m trying to organize what’s left into a smaller area all together so that when I need to find something, I’ll know right where it is, and exactly what I have. I started on this a few days ago, and it’s already feeling better in here.
I have to get a bit more ruthless with what I have left and then get it organized into my office area, while still keeping a few useful things in the caddy on my cutting table where I use them. But I probably don’t need five staplers!
How about you? Are you a collector of Office Supplies like me? Do you need to weed some of it out to reclaim some space? Do you have so much of it that you’ll never use it in your lifetime?
I boxed up a lot of my excess and donated it to the teachers at one of our local schools. They’ll stand a much better chance of using it up than I will, and I hope they were glad to get it. Maybe you know a student or teacher or even a homeschool parent that can use some of your extras. You’ll feel better when this one is done, I promise!
