One of my goals for this year is to make a list of stuff I own. Not everything, just the stuff I have put away that I might need. Mostly this means electronics. The problem is how to go about it.

Over the Christmas break I tested out using a series of index cards to keep track of my Christmas decorations. While I think I might want to change the way I laid it all out, following them to put the decorations away worked out. It’s not a perfect checklist because I don’t think the formatting worked as I hoped but I’m confident I actually didn’t forget one like I’ve done most years. It’s an experiment that will continue next Christmas when I put them out again.

I could do this mission with a spreadsheet, but that means bringing up the program, finding the right sheet, and while it sounds easy this could actually be a hassle when all I want to do is see if I have the right HDMI or audio cable. Somehow I have managed to gain a bunch of notebooks, possibly too many notebooks. So picking one should be easy to make the checklist I want. Right? Sometimes you can have too many choices if none of them are right for the task. Fortunately I figured out a great way to use something else I wasn’t sure if I could use until now.

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