5 Principles of Organization
Published June 03, 2022 · 5:11 · 676,562 views
About This Video
Van delivers organizational philosophy as liturgy. Each principle gets a commandment and a violation. No stacks (unique items must never be stacked, stacking invites chaos. Kit your shit) decentralize your mess, never migrate kit contents. Find your organizational talismans. Binder clips, Post-its Super Sticky, number 64 rubber bands, hooks (American hooks AND Japanese hooks bought in Japan). Learn to build shelves. Customize.
The biblical cadence is deliberate. "In the beginning there was shelves" is not a joke, or it is, but Van means it. Organization is the precondition for the creative and repair work that defines the rest of the channel. The jumper cables stored in a repurposed flare gun box in the engine compartment aren't about tidiness. They're about being the kind of person who carries jumper cables because they're organized enough to have them when someone else needs them. The principles serve the philosophy. The philosophy serves other people.
Transcript
[Music] number one no stacks and one-handed only stack identical items like dishes bowls and cups unique items must never be stacked this paint shelf is a violation as are these snake oil shelves [Music] stacking unique items invites chaos [Music] when working you very rarely have both hands free keep your things organized such that each item may be removed and replaced using only one hand this crawl space door is a violation as are these kits [Music] number two
kit your sh decentralize your mess with multiple kits keep your kits packed do not migrate kit contents [Music] do not migrate the kits themselves keep each kit where it lives or return it immediately after use the necessary evil twin of kits is junk drawers junk drawer chaos preserves your kits organizational integrity junk drawers are not always drawers keep junk drawers small liquidate them regularly number three find your organizational talismans a talisman is a magical trinket like a dream catcher to keep this studio in workshop
organized we stock and revere a pentavarite of organizational talismans [Music] binder clips post-its super sticky number 64 rubber bands [Music] push pins aluminum and stainless and hooks american hooks [Music] japanese hooks bought in japan [Music] this channel in no way endorses the occult but we do make fun of it number four learn to build shelves don't be intimidated you need wood shelf brackets
screws and wall anchors a level a drill in bits and a saw and sandpaper 80 grit even chaotic shelves look somewhat organized learn to build them learn to anchor them learn their limits shelves beget the genesis of your organized life in the beginning there was shelves number five customize encourage organization by indulging in customization customization allows us to maximize our space and helps us to stay organized jumper cables are inherently messy and unruly but we are the type of people who carry jumper cables in our car because we are
organized with a bit of customization to this flare gun box and to the jumper cables themselves we maximize the space in our truck by improvising an engine compartment storage system for our jumper cables [Music] may your practice of customization sanctify your ritual of organization one of these days i'm gonna get organized you mean organized organized organized it's a joke this week on the patreon zine one has been retired zine two is available to the next 499 new patrons who sign up here's the link
Products & Tools Mentioned
- Post-It Super Sticky notes essential — organizational talisman, golden yellow not canary
- #64 rubber bands essential — organizational talisman
- binder clips essential — organizational talisman
- push pins essential — organizational talisman, aluminum and stainless