Comments on: The Difference Betweeen Being Neat and Organized http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/06/12/the-difference-betweeen-being-neat-and-organized/ Thinking beyond productivity Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:54:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: augmentedfourth http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/06/12/the-difference-betweeen-being-neat-and-organized/#comment-333 augmentedfourth Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:46:47 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/06/12/the-difference-betweeen-being-neat-and-organized/#comment-333 Vered wrote: <blockquote>The same is true for stuff that is saved on one’s computer, by the way.</blockquote> Not really... what with the search functions in most modern operating systems, you can find things pretty easily whether they're filed or not. I'm not saying <b>not</b> to file your computer data, but it's less of a necessity to keep things neatly organized. However, I'm still really underdeveloped in the general reference filing for physical documents. At work I have some stacked file folders but no cabinet, and at home I have a cabinet that I haven't gotten around to putting anything into yet... Vered wrote:

The same is true for stuff that is saved on one’s computer, by the way.

Not really… what with the search functions in most modern operating systems, you can find things pretty easily whether they’re filed or not.

I’m not saying not to file your computer data, but it’s less of a necessity to keep things neatly organized.

However, I’m still really underdeveloped in the general reference filing for physical documents. At work I have some stacked file folders but no cabinet, and at home I have a cabinet that I haven’t gotten around to putting anything into yet…

]]> By: Vered http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/06/12/the-difference-betweeen-being-neat-and-organized/#comment-332 Vered Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:37:28 +0000 http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/06/12/the-difference-betweeen-being-neat-and-organized/#comment-332 happy to say, I am neat AND organized. :) I think that for some, it just comes naturally - the understanding that you need to have a filing system in place. The same is true for stuff that is saved on one's computer, by the way. happy to say, I am neat AND organized. :)

I think that for some, it just comes naturally – the understanding that you need to have a filing system in place.

The same is true for stuff that is saved on one’s computer, by the way.

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