I found a wonderful book at the library this week. It is titled Organizing Solutions for People with Attention Deficit Dosorder, by Susan C. Pinsky. While the photos are beautiful and inspirational, the ideas in the book are very practical. Too many organizational books aren’t really written for people who struggle with organization. This one was.
The author took into account the fact that people with ADD aren’t likely to use organizational systems that are too complicated, or that take too much effort. One example was socks. I am not likely to take the time to match individual socks and neatly place them in my drawer. No, I have a drawer for socks. When I get socks from the laundry, they get tossed in the sock drawer. When I need socks, I hunt for a match.
Susan’s idea was to have a division in the drawer for white sport socks, and one for darker colors. Don’t match, just toss them in the respective box. I love that idea. It is one I can use. It is simple and doesn’t take any more time than tossing them in the drawer. But, it will be easier to find matches when they are semi-categorized.
There were many other ideas that I found just as helpful. If you are a magnet for organizational books, this is one that just might help.
