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- dispatch
+references:
+- title: "Organization – Office - Christopher Butler ☼"
+ url: https://www.chrbutler.com/organization-office
+ date: 2024-01-10T19:08:51Z
+ file: www-chrbutler-com-294dnz.txt
+- title: "Analog Office - The Life-Changing Magic of Keeping a File Index"
+ url: https://analogoffice.net/2023/05/31/the-lifechanging-magic.html
+ date: 2024-01-10T19:09:00Z
+ file: analogoffice-net-xmnih2.txt
---
-* Nev 2 years old
-* Work — writing Java
-* Spent a week in Greensboro
- * Greensboro Children's Museum — https://mbcmuseum.com/
- * Greensboro Science Center — https://www.visitgreensboronc.com/things-to-do/attractions/the-rotary-club-of-greensboro-carousel.aspx
-* Arturia KeyStep 37
-* Cleaning up basement
- * Getting shit out of house
- * New shelves
- * Making space for an office + music/hobby station
-* Dead Cells
- * [https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/dead-cells-switch/](https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/dead-cells-switch/)
+That's a wrap on 2023. Our little Nevie turned two in December. It's hard to imagine her changing as much in the next year as she did in the last, but I suppose it's inevitable. We spent Christmas at Claire's folks' house in Greensboro and hit up both the [Greensboro Children's Museum][1] and [Greensboro Science Center][2].
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+[1]: https://mbcmuseum.com/
+[2]: https://www.visitgreensboronc.com/things-to-do/attractions/the-rotary-club-of-greensboro-carousel.aspx
+
+* Work — writing Java
+* Arturia KeyStep 37
+ * It's a MIDI controller, so it's really only as cool as what you plug it into and your skill as a pianist
+* Cleaning up basement
+ * Getting shit out of house
+ * New shelves
+ * Making space for an office + music/hobby station
+ * Big changes are coming (more on that soon), and we need to make some more space
+ *
+ *
+
+I also dusted off the Switch to play [Dead Cells][3]. It's similar to [Hades][4] but in a more retro side-scrolling format. Highly recommended if you don't mind dying a lot.
+
+[3]: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/dead-cells-switch/
+[4]: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/hades-switch/
+
Here's a new track, called "Orographic":
@@ -33,23 +50,26 @@ Here's a new track, called "Orographic":
This month:
* Adventure: New Market, VA
-* Project: music table
+* Project: music/hobby table -- **no new gear** until I have a place I can actually use the stuff I have (then probably a [Roland Juno][5] as a reward)
* Skill:
+[5]: https://www.roland.com/us/products/ju-06a/
+
Reading:
-* Fiction: [_Title_][1], Author
-* Non-fiction: [_Title_][2], Author
+* Fiction: [_Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales_][6], Yogo Ogawa -- I'm trying to read better books this year, and this caught my attention when I saw it mentioned on [Hacker Stations][7]
+* Non-fiction: [_Title_][8], Author
-[1]: https://bookshop.org/
-[2]: https://bookshop.org/
+[6]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/revenge-eleven-dark-tales-yoko-ogawa/8623565
+[7]: https://hackerstations.com/setups/kasia/
+[8]: https://bookshop.org/
Links:
-* [Title][3]
-* [Title][4]
-* [Title][5]
+* [Title][9]
+* [Title][10]
+* [Title][11]
-[3]: https://example.com/
-[4]: https://example.com/
-[5]: https://example.com/
+[9]: https://example.com/
+[10]: https://example.com/
+[11]: https://example.com/
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+ [1]Analog Office
+ * [2]Home
+ * [3]Subscribe
+ * [4]Archive
+ * [5]Photos
+ * [6]About
+ * [7]Bookshelf
+ * [8]Contact
+ * [9]Ask a Question
+ * [10]Office Holders
+ * [11]Search
+
+ The Life-Changing Magic of Keeping a File Index
+
+ Filing systems for personal, household files don’t get much love from
+ people who write about household organizing. Most books dealing with
+ household organization brush it off in a page or two, and it often
+ comes down to something like this:
+
+ “Throw out all your papers! Go electronic! With the six papers that are
+ left over, file them alphabetically!”
+
+ Marie Kondo, in her first book, advised people to dump most of their
+ papers. (GASP!)
+
+ Certainly, if you don’t keep papers, you won’t need an excellent filing
+ system.
+
+ But what if you do want to keep a lot of papers, AND find them quickly?
+
+ Some people collect Lego sets, or porcelain tea cups. I create and
+ collect documents, both paper and electronic. And I know I am not alone
+ in this.
+
+ I like being able to pull out papers like my handout for folding and
+ cutting a six-pointed paper snowflake (I forget how to do this every
+ year); or the brochure that came with my split mechanical gaming
+ keyboard* that tells me how to reset the programming, after I mistype
+ and inadvertently create a macro; or the gift passes to a cool local
+ museum when friends visit.
+
+ And I like being able to do that QUICKLY: go to my file cabinet, pull
+ out the gift passes, done. No rummaging through piles or having to pay
+ entrance fees for our guests because I couldn’t find the passes.
+
+ This is where decent filing systems come in.
+
+ I’ll be writing more about some ways to file paper reference materials
+ (this IS after all, the Analog Office) but today I want to focus on:
+ * the need
+ * the genius
+ * the beauty, and
+ * the brilliance of a digital document that most people at home don’t
+ keep: a file index.
+
+ A file index is your [12]Where Is It? document for your files.
+
+ It’s like a table of contents for your filing system.
+
+Choose: Invest Predictable, Regular, Short Periods of Time?
+
+Or, Lose: Long, Stressful, Unpredictable Periods of Time (And Money)?
+
+ When you can’t find a paper, you lose an unpredictable amount of time
+ running around and looking through piles, and you also lose sometimes
+ significant amounts of money, because some papers are stand-ins for
+ money (guest passes at the museum); or cost you time and money to
+ replace (deeds, titles).
+
+ A file index will take a little time to set up, and small amounts of
+ predictable time to maintain. So it is a trade-off.
+
+ But I would rather spend a little time to have zero anxiety about
+ finding my papers when I want and need them.
+
+ So I spend small, predictable amounts of time entering information into
+ my filing index.
+
+Why Filing Indexes Work So Well
+
+ Say you have a paper policy from Zenith Auto Insurance, and say you
+ want to file this alphabetically.
+
+ Where does it go? What comes to mind for you, if you were looking for
+ it? Where would you put it?
+
+ File it under “Z” for Zenith? Or, “A” for Auto? Or maybe, “I” for
+ Insurance?
+
+ But maybe you think of it as car insurance.
+
+ How about “C” for Car insurance?
+
+ If you file it under “I” for insurance, do you keep your health
+ insurance information in there too? Renter’s or homeowners insurance,
+ does that go there too?
+
+ You could; you could have a folder for, “Insurance, Car” and another
+ folder for “Insurance, Health,” and another for, “Insurance, Renters.”
+ Or, you could put health insurance under “H” or even “M” (medical!)…
+ and so on, and so on… aaaargh….!
+
+ Enter the file index.
+
+ File indexes can be – and indeed of course used to be – analog, but I
+ recommend using a digital format because:
+
+ ✨ You want it to be searchable. ✨🎉
+
+ It’s also a good idea to figure out how you will make your file index
+ accessible to others.
+
+ Because I want my husband to be able to find important household files,
+ I print the file index out whenever I update it, so he can have a way
+ to find things in case he can’t get into my computer. You could also
+ share the document and keep it all online, or print out instructions
+ for how to access it in case someone else needs to.
+
+Make Your Own File Index
+
+ For your file index, you can use a spreadsheet, a notes program, a
+ single document – as long as it is searchable, and you have a way to
+ share access if these are household files that someone else may need.
+
+ It doesn’t matter where the insurance paper goes. It could be under any
+ letter you want.
+
+ It matters that you record your decision on a document that maps out
+ where you put your files.
+
+ Let’s say you decide that your Zenith Auto Insurance Policy goes under
+ “C” for “Car Insurance.”
+
+ So you record on the file index:
+
+Location; Topic or General Description; Keywords
+
+ * “Location” = the section of the physical file system you need to
+ look in. What is it filed under? That’s your location. For an
+ alphabetical file system, it will be a letter.
+ * “Topic or General Description” = what you call the document; the
+ first phrase that comes to mind when you are looking for the
+ document: if you think of it as your car insurance policy, write
+ “car insurance policy” here
+ * Keywords = MAGIC!! when combined with ✨ search functions 🎉
+
+ Filing can be frustrating because often we think of multiple terms for
+ our files. (This happens a lot in homes, less for businesses with
+ structured file naming conventions.)
+
+ I might think of it as the “car insurance policy,” my husband might
+ look for “Zenith.”
+
+ So with keywords, you list any words that you might think of when
+ looking for the document, that are not already named in your topic
+ section, above. For this one, you might list: “Zenith, auto, policy,
+ policies, automobile, registration, proof of insurance.”
+
+ an example of a file index made from a spreadsheet, showing sample
+ entries using columns for location, topic, and keyword, and a fourth
+ column for digital file locations
+
+ Next level: after keywords, if you have a digital file that corresponds
+ to the paper one, put in the location for the digital file.
+
+ Find it all, with file indexes.
+ __________________________________________________________________
+
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+ Analog Office! [14]Subscribe here to get blog posts via email.
+
+ Wondering how to manage your paper-based or hybrid paper-digital
+ systems? [15]Ask me a question.
+ __________________________________________________________________
+
+NOTES
+
+ * I’m not a gamer, but my son recommended this split keyboard to me,
+ and it is AWESOME. Shifting rainbow color backlighting, Cherry MX
+ mechanical key switches (whatever that means, I’m reading from the
+ brochure that I quickly and easily pulled from my files), but the best
+ thing is that I no longer have wrist pain. Plus, the cat can hang out
+ in the middle.
+
+ cat stepping in the middle of a split keyboard
+ *****
+ Written on 31 May 2023
+
+ © 2024 Anna Havron. All rights reserved. Website hosted by
+ [16]micro.blog
+
+References
+
+ 1. file:///
+ 2. file:///
+ 3. file:///subscribe/
+ 4. file:///archive/
+ 5. file:///photos/
+ 6. file:///about/
+ 7. file:///books/
+ 8. file:///contact/
+ 9. file:///advice/
+ 10. file:///office-holders/
+ 11. file:///search/
+ 12. https://analogoffice.net/2023/01/16/keep-a-where.html
+ 13. https://analogoffice.net/2023/05/31/the-lifechanging-magic.html
+ 14. https://analogoffice.net/subscribe/
+ 15. https://analogoffice.net/advice/
+ 16. https://micro.blog/
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+ #[1]Christopher Butler ☼
+
+ [2]Christopher Butler ☼
+
+[3]Archive
+
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+ __________________________________________________________________
+
+Organization — Office
+
+After the kitchen, the office is the most used room in our home. This is how
+we keep it organized.
+
+ [eaf01f24-61dc-4bef-8166-2f08c81b856a.jpg]
+
+ This is the office.
+
+ My wife and I work here, Monday through Friday, 9 to 5. Our children
+ play and create in here just as often. It’s where we maintain several
+ workspaces, store supplies, house a portion of our library, and keep a
+ guest bed. To make things even more complicated, I also exercise in
+ here nearly every day. All in this 10’ x 12’ space with two windows.
+ Since we began working from home, I estimate that we’ve spent around
+ 8,000 hours in here.
+
+ Organization — at an almost obsessive level — is what keeps this space
+ a functional and enjoyable place to spend time. Minimalism, though, is
+ not. We have a lot of gear in here. Most of it gets used every single
+ day.
+
+ I’m about to share an unnecessary amount of detail on what makes this
+ space work. I’ve divided this into three main sections:
+
+ 1. On and Under the Desk
+ 2. On the Walls
+ 3. In Books
+
+ At the end of each section, I’ll include a list of all the gear that I
+ have either mentioned or captured in pictures.
+
+On and Under the Desk
+
+ I prefer to keep my desktop as free from infrastructure as possible.
+
+ My general rule is that if I need it within reach, in view, or audible,
+ it’s on the desk. If I don’t, it’s under the desk. That means that my
+ desktop is still not as free of things as I’d like, but there is an
+ impressive amount of gear running my day-to-day underneath it.
+
+ [9b3325cc-7028-4d54-b0c0-9000877e3c2b.jpg]
+
+ [745ee5c9-f738-4677-b266-ff5708036077.jpg]
+
+ On the desk is:
+ * an [6]LG 32” UltraFine 4k HDR10 Ergo Display mounted on an
+ [7]Ergotron LX Single Monitor Arm rather than the arm it ships with
+ * an [8]Elgato Key Light
+ * a [9]Sure SM7B Microphone mounted on an [10]Elgato Wave Mic Arm
+ * a [11]Sony A7C Full Frame Camera with [12]Sony FE 35mm F1.4 GM lens
+ mounted with a [13]ULANZI Camera Desk Mount Stand
+ * a pair of [14]Audioengine HD3 speakers
+ * the [15]awesome lamp I made twenty years ago by duo-tac’ing a strip
+ of wax paper onto an industrial plastic tube and placing a
+ trash-picked light inside — it still holds up!
+ * the desk is a [16]Floyd dining table. I added a [17]sliding
+ under-desk drawer.
+
+ Underneath the desk I use a simple rack on wheels to stack two
+ computers, an input hub, three different external storage drives, an
+ audio interface, a battery backup and even my old minidisc player. All
+ of it is humming all day, but out of sight.
+
+ All the lights, knobs, and buttons are irresistible to my nearly
+ two-year old son, so I made custom covers out of half-inch black foam
+ board that slide in between the rack’s supports and the shelf contents
+ to keep him from exploring. You can see how they look on the right side
+ of the split image below — covers out on the left, in on the right.
+
+ [58507484-e94a-4aa0-ad71-72c58427649c.jpg]
+
+ While I’m here, let me take a moment to urge those who have not to
+ acquire an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system.
+
+ We have two [18]CyberPower CP1500 backups running in our office. Each
+ has six battery backup and surge protected outlets as well as six
+ additional surge protected outlets, network inputs, and USB inputs.
+ (It’s the thing on the bottom shelf peeking out a bit from behind one
+ of my covers.)
+
+ Just this week, we had a freak storm descend upon our city and in the
+ span of just 35 minutes knock out power for hundreds of thousands and
+ fell more trees than any other storm I’ve experienced in the time I’ve
+ lived here. Because I do my work on a Mac Mini, having a UPS that kicks
+ in when the power goes out saves me from losing work. But it can also
+ keep the lights on, fans going, music playing, the works.
+
+ Keen eyes will notice that the cables behind everything are relatively
+ tidy. The thing about cables is that the greater they are in number,
+ the more difficult they are to tame!
+
+ [1e9e3fa0-247a-421b-b63c-34229c2fcad3.jpg]
+
+ Rather than completely hiding them — and making it more difficult to
+ access or alter them later — I prioritize labeling. I coil and bunch
+ any excess cable, but I don’t clip or enclose them. I do label them at
+ both ends so I can easily identify what’s what no matter where I’m
+ looking.
+
+ Every time I find myself writing a label with sharpie on blue tape, I
+ know I’m doing my future self a favor.
+
+ Under the desk is:
+ * an [19]IKEA KORNSJÖ side table
+ * two Apple M1 Mac minis
+ * a [20]CalDigit Thunderbolt Station 4 hub
+ * two DIY External SSDs — using [21]ACASIS 40gbps Enclosures, [22]WD
+ 1TB NVMe SSD Solid State drives, and [23]4’ Thunderbolt 4 Cables
+ * a [24]LaCie 2big RAID 8TB External Hard Drive
+ * a Cloud Microphone [25]Cloudlifter
+ * a [26]Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 audio interface
+ * a [27]Sony MXD-D40
+ * a [28]CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS System
+
+On the Walls
+
+ My wife and I keep a lot of books and magazines. We’re by no means at a
+ hoarder level, but we do like our printed media and that takes up
+ space. We have most of our library in another room, but in here, we
+ have many magazines, all our design books, and all my books about the
+ paranormal and other weirdness.
+
+ To keep them organized, we need shelves. I have found that the best
+ shelves are the ones you create yourself.
+
+ Other than the racks under our desks, all the shelves in this room —
+ there are many — were made by measuring and hanging custom rack or
+ ledge shelving. It’s inexpensive, very strong (by god use a stud
+ finder), and requires very few tools. I made mine with steel racks,
+ half-inch poplar, a hand saw, a level, a pencil, and a few different
+ straightedges.
+
+ [4e6fc669-65a5-45e9-bbe6-fde0ef2a7d78.jpg]
+
+ [32d1e14f-eb6c-46b9-bf52-31c8b5d90e93.jpg]
+
+ I strongly recommend [29]library-grade bookends, which you can see at
+ the edges of the shelf pictured above. These are the kind that won’t
+ tip over, won’t bend, and won’t slide off the edge of floating shelves.
+ They are very, very good.
+
+ Most of the stuff we keep on the shelves needs to be easy to retrieve.
+ The best way to do this is to create kits. Find a container that works
+ best for you in multiples and gather like items, put them in, and label
+ them clearly. (I like the [30]iDesign 29847, which was designed to hold
+ toilet paper.)
+
+ [65617d4c-8d78-4a6a-b71d-6141f6a2b5b1.jpg]
+
+ The shelf pictured above has nearly every frequently used office or
+ creative supply in our home. Each box is large enough to hold quite a
+ bit, but small enough to be manageable by our kids.
+
+ This room also has a closet. I lined it with shelving to store
+ household supplies, paper, tools, and emergency equipment and to make
+ it easy to retrieve anything without having to root around. Most of
+ this stuff is also in kits stored in [31]IRIS USA Weatherpro latching
+ boxes. We are ready for a disaster!
+
+ [7b5fb987-19be-43c3-8e59-abbcdf37baec.jpg]
+
+ I’m particularly pleased that I can store a collapsible exercise bench
+ on the inside of the door.
+
+ Other exercise equipment, like my kettlebells, sit under the supply
+ shelving on the left — I even rigged up cables to hang rolled up yoga
+ mats under the bottom shelf. 👌 It’s the little things.
+
+ [5909fae1-cc3b-462c-b1f0-142aa56e322f.jpg]
+
+ [7f8971b1-0e00-4699-8e16-af9bad1dfa7b.jpg]
+
+ I keep my dumbbells in a neat line under the sofa/guest bed.
+
+ Good organization optimizes for storage and retrieval. These things are
+ all very helpful:
+ * [32]Floating Ledge steel shelves
+ * Proect Source [33]double track strips and [34]brackets
+ * [35]The Library Store Bear Hug bookends
+ * [36]iDesign 29847 storage bins
+ * [37]IRIS USA Weatherpro latching boxes
+ * [38]Craftsman Tradestack tool chests
+ * [39]Viesso Dublexo Sofa Bed
+
+In Books
+
+ I’m as obsessive with how I organize information as I am objects and
+ spaces. At this point in my life, I’ve tried dozens and dozens of
+ digital organization tools. While I used some of them for a long time —
+ I used Todoist for several years — none have ever felt as useful to me
+ as pen and paper.
+
+ I’ve kept a notebook of some kind — as a sketchbook, an art journal, a
+ log — for decades. I mostly maintained one at a time, and so there was
+ always a mixture of things in it: notes and lists on one page, drawings
+ and collages on the next.
+
+ But over the last few years, I’ve been formulating a more intentional
+ and systematic use of my notebooks. Now, I maintain two books at the
+ same time: one for visual exploration and the other for note-taking and
+ list-making.
+
+ [6ea49f4f-861b-408d-85eb-f8c9d7e1c95f.jpg]
+
+ [3d557cb6-2c42-48c3-84ed-950cbafee775.jpg]
+
+ [bd52173f-ef6c-4bb7-a15f-a99cefb63011.jpg]
+
+ Just having two books helps, but the key to making this work as a
+ productivity system is to maintain a specific habit of use. While I do
+ find writing to-do lists on paper inherently better — for me — than
+ using some kind of digital app because I can focus on the information
+ outside of the digital space, it’s how I use them that makes them
+ actually deliver results for me.
+
+ Here’s how it works:
+ 1. I end the day by making a to-do list for the next one.
+ This is probably the most important work/life hack I can offer to
+ anyone who doesn’t already do this. It’s a great idea to start your
+ day with a prioritized list of the things you need to do. But I end
+ my day by making that list so that I can also use it as a tool for
+ clearing my mind and letting me make a meaningful mental break from
+ work. I have also found that when my days are very busy, if I don’t
+ end them with making a list for the next day, I am likely to forget
+ details by the next morning. This is especially true if I let my
+ inbox determine my day; if I don’t have a to-do list, my inbox
+ becomes one.
+ 2. I mark my to-do list with a bright, yellow sticky note.
+ This is a very small detail, but it lets me shut my notebook and
+ set it aside. The next morning, I can open it directly to the day’s
+ list. Then I move the sticky note to the next page. When I am
+ stressed, tiny investments in my future self really pay off. Giving
+ myself an immediate sense of place is one of them.
+ 3. If a task is longer-term and has many sub-tasks, I create an index
+ card to contain it.
+ I might transpose some of the sub-tasks from the card to my book so
+ I can keep track of things in one place throughout the day, but
+ doing this lets me think through how I’m going to achieve a larger
+ goal over a longer period of time. I keep these index cards in a
+ small box on my desk.
+ 4. There are no analytics, and that’s a feature.
+ Back when I used Todoist, I found its analytics intriguing and
+ motivating. I initially liked being able to pore over my
+ productivity statistics. And Todoist set it up to “reward” you as
+ you completed more tasks. Ithink I worked my way up to some absurd
+ number of tasks complete, which the app always displayed front and
+ center, and some ridiculous classification like “Master Overlord”
+ or something. It worked for me, until it didn’t. Analytics in this
+ context create their own layer of stress. I’d find that if my
+ numbers dropped, it felt wrong, even if that was because I was less
+ busy — which is probably a good thing now and again! I found that I
+ was thinking about my “performance” as often as my productivity. I
+ didn’t need that.
+
+ [2e6d6ea8-930f-4297-9662-d55905f31808.jpg]
+
+ This is what works for me. I’d never assume it would work for everyone,
+ or that everyone would have the same trouble with an app like Todoist
+ that I eventually did. But if you’ve tried apps of various kinds and
+ still don’t feel the benefits of organizing your work, I’d suggest
+ taking it offline. One point of a system like this is to help you get
+ things done. The other is to help you feel more at ease.
+
+ Now, this doesn’t mean I never use a computer for notes and lists. If I
+ write a note or have an idea that I want to transpose to a digital file
+ so that it can become something else — like an article or a message to
+ someone — I use a blue post-it note to mark it and keep it there until
+ I’ve copied it over. (Many of my blue bookmarks are for dream entries
+ that I like to store digitally so I can search them later. Maybe I’ll
+ write something on dream journaling some day…)
+
+ [0bc93018-95c3-4df0-9185-f89156dcbd19.jpg]
+
+ These timeless office supplies are very useful to me and I don’t want
+ to live in a world without them:
+ * [40]Stillman & Birn Epsilon sketchbooks
+ * [41]Pilot G2 pens
+ * [42]Electric Yellow Post-it Notes
+ * [43]Oxford Blank Index Cards
+ * binder clips — you can get them anywhere
+
+Why, though?
+
+ I am on a continuous quest for organization.
+
+ For most of my life, order has been something of an obsession.
+ Everywhere I look, I see chaos and entropy creeping in. I see a new
+ surface and anticipate wear and tear. I see a functioning system and
+ look for where it will break.
+
+ That may sound like an exaggeration and more than a bit unpleasant, but
+ I’ve come to understand that it’s neither. Life is, paradoxically, both
+ order and disorder.
+
+ The very possibility of life presumes order — the coherence of biology
+ at the atomic level — and yet, the act of living tends toward disorder.
+ As we live and breathe and move about this world we and it push and
+ pull against one another; words against wind, towers and tides, edifice
+ and erosion. Given the broadest and longest view, all created order is
+ futile. We simply don’t live long enough to maintain it.
+
+ But zoomed in, at the closer range of living day by day, created order
+ is, literally, the fabric of functional living. Roofs are order.
+ Clothing is order. Order puts food on the table.
+
+ I find the challenge of creating and maintaining functional systems,
+ well, kind of fun. It is a creative act. And, it never ends. No system
+ can last forever, and no system should. Situations change, needs
+ change, we change. So the things we depend upon to exist well need to
+ change, too. That means we have to continually look for things to make
+ and ways to optimize them. That sounds good to me!
+ __________________________________________________________________
+
+Written by [44]Christopher Butler on August 18, 2023, In [45]Essays
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