{"id":1166,"date":"2017-09-25T07:51:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T06:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2017-09-26T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T11:48:20","slug":"u5-1-how-to-do-it-define-what-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwofc.com\/ofc\/2017\/09\/25\/u5-1-how-to-do-it-define-what-why\/","title":{"rendered":"U5.1 How to do it \u2013 Define what & why"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defining \u2018what and why\u2019 might be thought of in the general sense of identifying broadly what you want to do, for example, sorting out your photos. However, in the context of an OFC project, it specifically refers to being clear about what particular objects you are going to work on and why you are interested in this material. The following first paragraph of the two-pager on ‘Practical approaches to Order from Chaos’ <\/a>provides a good description of what is entailed by the \u2018why\u2019 part of this activity:<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess the very first thing to ask when faced with a stack of stuff is \u2018what\u2019s it for\u2019 \u2013 \u2018why do you want it\u2019. Take someone\u2019s large collection of books, for example, does the owner collect certain types of books? Are some of more interest to her than others? Given a moment to reflect, would she decide that one part of her collection is of more interest to her than another? Perhaps, she\u2019s been thinking for some time about focusing on just a subset of types of books or authors or topics, and this is an opportunity to make that change of direction. Sometimes it\u2019s helpful to have a prompt which encourages one to review what one\u2019s doing. Take another example – a large pile of boxes – the same applies. Do you really want this material? What are you going to do with it? Stuff sitting unused in boxes is just a waste of space. If it IS of use to you, you could start thinking of how you can use it \u2013 how you can bring it life! That in turn may help you towards a greater understanding of why you want to keep it. Of course, there may be several different categories of material, for each of which the answer may be different. Understanding what those different categories are is also an essential part of figuring out why you want to keep things. Writing down what those categories are and why you are keeping items in each category will probably be helpful.\u201d<\/p>\n

In trying to understand the \u2018why\u2019 part of \u2018Define what & why\u2019, it may also be helpful to re-read the section on \u2018Why do we keep things?<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n

Once you have a clear idea of why you are going to work on a collection of objects, it is important to be very specific about which objects are going to be sorted. This can be done by specifying the objects in a particular location or area; or by date; or who they belong to; or even by saying all instances anywhere in the house. The key is to know where you are looking for the items so that they can all be assembled together, either physically or notionally, and sorted from one single group.<\/p>\n

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