Since I struggled with being on the verge of losing my sanity when reading “Everything is Miscellaneous” I wanted to find a way to relay what the author, David Weinberger, spent some many pages going into great detail about to something that was of interest to me. That being order! I am always reminding my husband that “everything has a home (which is clearly labeled)” and the home for his golf shoes is not at the top of the steps in the garage. I was happy to find out that my obsession, as my husband calls it, for order is not at all uncommon and was further justified as I read about the three orders of organizing information Weinberger discusses in his book. The 1st and 2nd orders of organization elaborate on the assumption that it’s in our nature to be compelled to sort and categorize objects; while the 3rd order claims we can organize information any way we want until we need it, and then it will be sorted for our immediate use. Essentially, everything is miscellaneous until called upon.
Weinberger was drawing upon the internet in providing examples and scenarios for order; however I came across a blog endorsing the purse perfector and immediately thought of order amongst chaos. Basically, the blogger is describing an organizer made of high grade nylon that stands alone inside your pursue putting all of your contents within accessible reach. This is genius!!! I am fond of very large purses a.k.a. bottomless pits where everything inevitably ends up in a muddled mess and I can never find what I am looking for. The million dollar sentence in the blog was “everything has a home…” I’m sold.
I realize that I have taken a completely different, maybe even frowned upon approach to my interpretation of “Everything is Miscellaneous” but I make no apologizes because my example, the purse perfector, is restoring order. According to Weinberger “Messiness is a disruption” and “orderliness is the way things are supposed to be.”
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