Whenever I put a load of wash in the washing machine late at night (this usually means I needed those clothes yesterday), I get up as early as possible to move them to the dryer so they don't get mildewy and smelly.
This morning just happened to be one of those mornings, so while I was emptying the dryer to facilitate putting the washed clothes into it, I looked up and noticed how nice and neat I had thrown my junk sheets. You know the ones you use to cover furniture when you are painting or doing some other construction project.
This morning just happened to be one of those mornings, so while I was emptying the dryer to facilitate putting the washed clothes into it, I looked up and noticed how nice and neat I had thrown my junk sheets. You know the ones you use to cover furniture when you are painting or doing some other construction project.
As I mentioned before I have been reading a number of organizational books. And just last night I had read about how to fold sheets in a book by Stacy Platt called "What's A Disorganized Person To Do?"
Now with the knowledge from the book and seeing the way the junk sheets where stashed, I figured I could use them to practice on.
Thinking I had understood how they were saying to fold the sheets, I got to work.
Now with the knowledge from the book and seeing the way the junk sheets where stashed, I figured I could use them to practice on.
Thinking I had understood how they were saying to fold the sheets, I got to work.
After I had completed the first few steps (at least what I thought was the first few steps) I realize something was wrong.
I really didn't think this is what the sheets where meant to look like.
I pondered what I had done wrong, on and off throughout the day, and then I finally gave up and re-read the instructions in the book.
There are always those tricky instructions that if you don't read just right, you get it all terribly wrong (my husband would call this "hearing what you want to hear not what was really said").
The book instructed you to pinch the inside corners of one side of the sheet and then bring your hands together. This is where I stopped reading, thinking I knew what they were going to say next. What I didn't read was that you are supposed to put the corner in your left hand into the corner in your right hand, not just bring them together.
I pondered what I had done wrong, on and off throughout the day, and then I finally gave up and re-read the instructions in the book.
There are always those tricky instructions that if you don't read just right, you get it all terribly wrong (my husband would call this "hearing what you want to hear not what was really said").
The book instructed you to pinch the inside corners of one side of the sheet and then bring your hands together. This is where I stopped reading, thinking I knew what they were going to say next. What I didn't read was that you are supposed to put the corner in your left hand into the corner in your right hand, not just bring them together.
What I thought you were to do - put the corners together.
What you are to do - put one corner inside of the other corner.
Doing the same thing on the other end of the sheet you then put those two corners into the other two corners. Leaving the sheet looking like this
Fold it into thirds.
and then thirds again.
Much better!
Skimming books, even organizational books, can be very misleading.
Take a look again at my first and second try.
Skimming books, even organizational books, can be very misleading.
Take a look again at my first and second try.
Folding sheets will never be the same.
When was the last time you misread some instructions?
When was the last time you misread some instructions?