Starting to transfer to a spreadsheet instead of my usual paper notebook I list all my electronics in to get a grasp on all my parts (towers, laptops, memory, motherboards, videocards, etc). Lately I’ve been on a kick of labeling all my shelves (medicine, linen, kitchenware) and trying to sort things into random plastic bins I’ve had laying around waiting for a purpose.

I realize I could dive into deep rabbit holes for every category. With electronics I’m thinking of documenting every chip, board, and component along with compatibilities. Pantries and personal goods could be inventoried and auto-reordered, better tracking of my tools and materials with service reminders for equipment, etc etc.

I’ve gone through years where I throw everything away and get rid of anything not used recently and years where I horde everything and anything. Seems moderation in both is key and why keeping it all in mind and documented seems like the right thing to do if you have the time to kill.

tldr, what tips or tricks do you use to keep up with all your shit?

  • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    I used to track everything. Now I just keep stuff in regions of my room and know basically where to look. At the same time, I have nearly floor to ceiling drawer cabinets in my room, a closet full of shelves, and a raised bed I made to allow full size plastic totes to fit under. My electronics station is integrated into my bed with a swivel laptop stand that can work in bed or at my desk. For components, everything is organized by E95 E24 log scale with the like number values consolidated. So like one drawer/container might have 0.47, 4.7, 47, 470, 4k7, 47k, 470k, and 4m7.

    • 667English
      3·
      5 months ago

      Could you delve a little more into detail on that numbering system?

      • j4k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        Sorry, corrected my mistaken memory. I use E24 log values for organization, AKA 5% values.

        Left is surface mount resistors, middle is all of my through hole spare caps and resistors, right are my surface mount capacitors. The numbers are the E24 series. Anything that I have that is an in between value gets into the rounded down value, and I split up the 10’s as shown:

        • 667English
          3·
          5 months ago

          Nice! Thank you for that!