The organizing rule 'One Genre, One Box' can also be used when writing note articles

I'm Machika-sensei, and I love tidying up so much that I even have a Professional Organizer certification. When working on magazines and web magazines, I love getting requests to cover interior design examples and lifestyle hacks.

The theme of the second installment of my series Mass-Produced Simple Life is 'The organizing rule One Genre, One Box can also be used when writing note articles.' Click here for more on Mass-Produced Simple Life (a coined term)↓

The steps for tidying up your home are as follows↓

・Throw away obvious trash
・Identify and discard unwanted items
・Group necessary items together
・Store them so they are easy to take out

To put it simply, this is how you proceed. These aren't things you do just once and finish; as you tidy up repeatedly, I feel like 'family rules' start to form, much like the growth rings of a tree. It's only natural that the rules for a comfortable home change as your family's lifestyle changes, right? (^^)

When it comes to the step I bolded, store them so they are easy to take out, what's important is that it's easy to understand that this item is here. In other words, it's about the whole family being able to share rules like 'put this back here' or 'if you look here, it's definitely there.'

To achieve that, sorting is key.

If your stationery corner is cluttered, it might be easier to tidy up by sorting by type, such as 'writing,' 'cutting,' 'pasting,' etc. Another solution might be to group things by purpose, such as a 'mail/document set' containing a pen, stamp, scissors, and envelopes, or a 'flea market app set' containing scissors, tape, packing materials, message cards, and a pen, which can make tidying up even easier.

When I'm tidying up like that, I always think, this is similar to the points for writing an article.

While writing a note article, I often want to write down everything that comes to mind, but I often find myself narrowing down the topic, thinking, 'Oh, it would be cleaner to make this a separate article on a different day'.

Conversely, there are times when I include things, thinking, 'They might seem unrelated at first glance, but it's easier to understand if they are summarized in the same article'.

Yes, it's exactly like sorting genres when tidying up!

One genre, one box is easy for both adults and children to understand. It makes things easier for yourself and stress-free for the whole family. There is someone who practices and gives advice on this in a very easy-to-understand and easy-to-adopt way.

A professional organizer who runs OURHOME and is also the mother of middle-school twins. Many professional organizers teach 'one genre, one box,' but I resonate with how Emi-san incorporates it into her 'tidying-up parenting' approach.

↓Latest book. I love her talk on time management.

↓I use these stamps too♡

The important thing is to tidy up while imagining the person who will use it (and when they will use it). When writing an article, you should also write while imagining the person who will read it (and when they will read it).

I think 'one genre, one box' and one theme, one article are the keys to that ease of use and readability.