Marilyn Bohn | Creative Organizer

Organizing? Hard or Easy? 

December 19th, 2007

A friend sent me the following ‘quiz’ with the warning that it was harder than it looks. And throughout there were warnings that it was hard. After you take the quiz’ read on below……..

The Eye Test
Can you find the B?
(There are 2 B’s)
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
RRRRRRRRRRRBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
RRRRRRRRRRBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Once you’ve found the B

Find the 6

9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999699999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999
9999999999999999999999999999999999

Find the N (it’s hard!!)

MMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMNMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM
MMMMMMMMMMMMM

First of all when I saw the message it was hard I thought I won’t set myself up to think it is hard. The first thing I did was to tell myself it would be easy, I could do it. Then as I looked at each sequence I looked for what was different, or out of place. IE: to find the N I looked for it by searching for the line that was missing which made it different from the M. To find the 6 I looked ‘underneath’ the 9’s because the 6 would be round at the bottom whereas the 9 is round at the top.

As I organize a home or an office I look at the room or filing system and I look for what is out of place and then ask where does it need to be? Everything has a home and the it needs to live in its home. This cuts down on clutter and disorganization. Just as in the ‘quiz’ above we can make it hard or we can tell ourselves it is easy and approach our challenge from this vantage point. I found the ‘quiz’ fun and easy and by following this little tip organizing can be fun and easy too

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