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Organized Me

I like to think of myself as an organized person. Note: I like to “think” I’m organized. In reality, it’s not so much organized in a Martha Stewart sort of way, but more in an “don’t touch anything, because it’s all precariously balanced, but I know what pile it is in” sort of way.


41MjTCrvRDL__SL160_   I do, however, have to sing the praises of the Avery write-on tabs. I love them with a love that would make Martha’s heart sing. Not only are they good for filing, but also for tabbing my textbooks, literature anthologies, the ginormous binders holding student testing data. Personally, I’m not sure how you could do an effective job in RTI without them.

I discovered them this summer when a colleague was heading out on a Sta*^ple# run. I asked her to pick up some tabs for me. The ones I had in mind are from the makers of Post^it notes and are just tabs. They’re tiny, and I usually have to make up abbreviations for titles – which I soon forget and then get can’t find anything. I didn’t, however, effectively communication my desire and she returned with the Avery Write On tabs. One look, and I heard a chorus of angels. I went through nearly 10 packages by October.

If I could win something out of the blue… a lifetime supply of these babies might just be the best thing ever!

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