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I have a place for everything at work. I can tell if a tool is missing in my pouch when I pick it up. But when I'm at home it seems I can't find anything. I'm always in a fruckus to clean out my truck or jeep and I end up throwing the stuff here or there. I got so frustrated trying to gather camping gear I finally just bought a huge tote and put all of it in it so when I want to go I can just grab it and go.

Only thing I do out of habit is feed my two begals chili before I leave for an over nighter so the wife and kids can smell dog farts while I'm gone. Its almost like I never left.

You guys have a ritual to keep from getting stuff misplaced or unorganized?

Yep, I gathered up what was left and moved to another state. Wasn't much left to move.

My German side means a place for everything and everything in is place.

Otherwise I can lose tools on a clean bench.

I have a terrible time keeping up with keys...whether it be my truck keys or miscellaneous keys...I even put a special key holder up at my hunting cabin... And it still never fails I get distracted by the others and still misplace the damn things....

Welcome TruTalker. I do the same thing with keys. I have a hook above the microwave in the kitchen I unload my pockets onto but it never fails I will be about to hang my keys and one of the kids will bombard me with can I's or the phone will ring or something.

Sunglasses are doomed in my house too.

I can't keep up with what box is in what bag when I'm trying to go fishing either. Its always an hour long ordeal just to find all my tackle. I drive myself nuts.

I never lose my pocket knife though and rarely my phone or wallet.

Do you leave something behind every time you move? That would explain why there isn't much left. I lose a pillow everyt time I stay in a motel cause I always bring my own and forget to pack it when I leave.

I keep things in their proper place. Sometimes, I make lists of where the more esoteric things are hiding. Most of the time, I can go right to where an item is, and retrieve it. The only fly in the ointment, is when the Wife moves things around, and does not tell me.

Oh the stories I could tell.......but I won't 'cause I'm skeerd.

Whenever I mis-place/lose a tool or something else,I blame the wife and kids.

Probably because like Mann and 44mag that's what did happen.

Bingo! Seems my idea of the proper place, and HER idea of a proper place, fundamentally differ............

I don't mind telling, because she never reads this site.......

I occasionally leave stuff out, on purpose, just to see how long before it gets "put in it's proper place". I have literally hung a jacket over a kitchen chair, went to the bathroom to piss, and come back to find it already gone & hung up in the closet...........

I'm pretty adamant about where my tools go. My wallet, phone, keys and knife are either in my pocket, my hand, or on nightstand. Nothing else really matters....

My wife on the other hand never pays attention to any of her stuff. Car is piled deep bkeys and wallet always missing. Yet she can grab a bill from a year ago and show the cancelled check that paid it.

HH, I am fairly well trained. That is only to be expected after 20+ years of connubial bliss with a 'strong woman'.
That is not to say that I don't still push back though.

I can be working on something on the workbench and set a tool down for a minute, then spend 5 minutes looking for the damn thing when it's lying there in full view. Makes me crazy.

I was fairly organized at work. At home I usually have multiple projects going on at the same time. Things look cluttered but as long as nobody messes with anything I can usually lay my hands on my tools.
When my wife worked her desk was immaculate, even before going to lunch. At home? WTF?

I know it's time to clean and organize the garage when my buddy comes over and offers condolences thinking it was broken into and ransacked. I tend to move stuff from one pile to another till I can't stand it any more and organize stuff. It lasts for a few days, sometimes even a couple of weeks.

for camping and hunting gear i started doing the same as you, totes. plus keeps the dust out of stuff in the back of the truck(gumbo clay around here is baby powder fine when dry and driven over some). open tote to double check nothings been borrowed, replace lid, toss into truck.....