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January 2025 tiny projects challenge: Day 3

13 January 2025

Today I turned my attention to a charging cables, which are a constant challenge. My husband and I organized a bunch of them into Ziploc bags, which are stored in a container under the console table in our living room. That table is our charging station and so far it’s worked out well.

But I’ve always had my own stash of charging cables that I store in my office. In our house, which started its life as a two-family house, my office was on the first floor and our living quarters were on the second floor. So it made sense to have cables in two places. And it seemed like I was always trying to organize those cables. (Here’s the most recent blog post about that.)

But in our apartment, my office is just steps away from the living room so there’s no reason for me to have my own stash. Even so, I had a bit of a hard time convincing myself to let go. I decided today’s the day. The last time we were looking for a particular type of cable, I took one of the containers I store cables in out and left it on a surface. It’s been there mocking me since.

Here’s how it was looking.

Today, I decided to integrate the cables. I went through the container in my office and sorted the cables into the Ziplocs in the living room container.

I left the cables related to powering my MacBook in the office, as well as a few random adapters that didn’t really fit into the categories stored in the living room. Not perfect, but good enough.

Here’s the after photo:

And in case you’re interested, here’s a photo of container of charging cables that we keep in the living room. It has a nice lid, so it’s not too unsightly.

That tiny project took maybe half hour, but I was watching TV at the same time. It feels nice to have the office container out of my sight line. And I know that I will be glad not to have to search in two places if I’m looking for a particular cable!

Tagged with: 15 minutes, cords, organizing, tiny projects

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