The Organized Chaos Master Gifts

'I am not a pack rat...I am a collector!'

In/Out/These Things Happen.

'From six to to eighteen, they're always at that age.'

What My Day Feels Like

"There's more inside."

"There's lots of things in my life I absolutely needed to put in, and now there's lots of things in my life I absolutely need to get out."

"But mom, all you said was 'get all your stuff up off the floor!' "

Full work boxes: 'IN and MORE IN'.

man juggling career, home and children

A catch-all is born.

"I can assure you, he is somewhere in there looking for it."

'Welcome aboard, Peterson.'

"Well...this meeting is about...ummhh...structure and...ummhhh...preparation. Well...ummhh...at least I think so..."

"You need to put on some weight if you want to keep your job!"

"I couldn't find any box filler so I shredded those tax documents on your desk."

Nostalgia: 'In one era..out the other'

Bathroom of couple shows woman's things are neatly in place while man's things are unkempt

Clarence always halved lots of cargo.

Student rakes leaveslaundry in dorm room.

'Mom, don't worry about the floor. I took my shoes off!'

'Oh my God, we've been burgle- ... oh wait, I just remembered, we've got children.'

'Well, what office doesn't have a little mess.'

'Hi Honey! I wanted to thank you for taking the baby to day care this morning!'

"Your room is exactly as you left it."

"I can't see my screen!!"

"But this way I know where everything is."

'It's a miracle the way he keeps his desk so clean.'

"I can't believe we forgot to pack the car."

"Don't let the organized desk fool you. I have no idea where my computer files are."

'...in conclusion, we're in the wrong meeting room.'

'I can't find my key.'

'Fenton, is your filing system based on the Chaos Theory and entropy?'

"The good news is I've cleaned up my office. The bad news is I think I threw out my computer."

The Creative Process

'Thursday is out - I got my anger-management class.'