My new house mate is moving in, and in the process I’ve been forced to check out my organization throughout the house. Man, I have messes I didn’t even know about! So part of my solution is to have labeled boxes of uniform size in storage areas. Old shoe boxes are out, and inexpensive color boxes are in. It’s big improvement that is already helping.

it’s true you have messes around that you don’t even know about. but, unfortunately, some of them can’t be tucked away in a tidy little colorful box. my hope is that you will someday take the initiative to turn your attention to those messes.
Ahhhh, yes, my anonymous buddy, don’t you just love mystery messes? Today i almost became a mystery mess as i biked home. I was changing lanes, but the lane change on a bike doesn’t have the same effect as a change in a car. The driver just leaned on the horn and moved me out of the way. I am still alive so
1. i did not become a mess in Thomas Circle.
2. i realize that i need to clean up my messy driving.
hooray for initiative.