The unfamiliar environment of a hotel room makes it easy to misplace important stuff like your keys, wallet, or phone. Keep it all organized by laying a washcloth on a table or counter and make a habit of placing all important items in this one spot.


In a recent interview, Daniel Levitin, author of The Organized Mind, explains how this helps:

"What a lot of people do when they're traveling and they end up in hotels, is they'll take one of the hand towels from the bathroom, spread it out on the counter or on a table, and that becomes the de facto place for all the things that you have a place for at home. Put your keys there, your wallet, your passport, or anything else you don't want to forget. They're all in one spot, instead of scattered around the room, and they're in a spot that you've created."


For more tips on how to be organized, check out the radio interview, linked below. You can hear this tip at about 9:15 (not to mention a quick interview with Lifehacker's own Whitson Gordon later in the show).

Organization of the Mind and Mindful Organization | Whyy.org

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