Organizing is weird?

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I have an extensive book collection/library.

I have a decent CD and DVD collection as well. And an old comic book collection.

All my collections are alphabetized and categorized.

I used to catalog my collections but have not done so in a long time due to lack of time.

Just recently my stepdaughter expressed such shock that my library was alphabetized and categorized, because I asked her if she had borrowed a thick book, probably an anthology, by an author whose last name was either "V" or "W". I was saddened at the time that I didn't have my library catalogued because then I'd know exactly what was missing. It bothers me every time to look at the gap in the books and not know what was there and where it could have gone. She thought this was very weird of me. I thought all people who had large collections had to have them alphabetized and organized, otherwise how could they ever find anything?

Seriously? Is it really that weird? To have meticulous systems?

Not that weird, especially with a large collection of anything. Perhaps your stepdaughter just isn't used to keeping large collections.

It is stereotypical for auties to like organising even small collections of objects, but I don't seem to. I'll do it for work, certainly, especially as I chafe at dealing with chaotic work environments in general, but otherwise my stuff tends to be in serious disarray. (Though it does bother me if I don't know where essential things are.)

doesn't sound all that wierd to me. doesn't sound like you are even particularly compulsive about it. you like to know where your stuff is. sounds like an adult who appreciates the value of what she's got.

don't know how old your step-daughter is but it sounds like teenager busting stepmother's chops to me.

Your statement makes perfect sense. Public libraries are organised, with each book being allocated a reference number, catalogued, placed on the shelf in the appropriate category, and then allocated its final position by the sub-category within the main category.
If libraries weren't done like that then it would be chaos.

I used to have a few shelves of books in my living room, which I organised into category, and then height. Recently I got rid of all but 4 of my books because I discovered that all the different colours made my sitting room somewhere I didn't like being due to sensory overload. I suppose that another solution would have been to have put a white book-sleeve on every book, and write in black marker pen the title & author. Anyway, the charity shop were very happy for my donation

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I don't think it's weird at all -- I do it too, it just makes perfect sense to me. I have my books, music CDs and movie DVDs/Blu-rays respectively alphabetized -- it just makes sense to be able to find a title instantly. Personally I think it's weird to keep everything in chaos.

I like my stuff and I like to stay organized because it takes just that little bit of unnecessary stress out of life, to be able to know where things are.

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My house is full of records, Cds, books and movies. I can't imagine the chaos if they weren't organized. As far as I'm concerned, if you're not organized, you're an anarchist slob.

That isn't weird at all!

It seems like I lose things whenever I try to organize stuff. I believe I have executive dysfunction.

If something is set for a well-defined order, such as alphabetical order or dewey decimal in the library, i can readily figure out the organization. But many things are not that well defined and i am expected to put things in order in which someone else can readily find it, and i an not able to do that at all.

For some reason, I like to organize information. This could be physical information (e.g. pieces of paper, newspaper clippings, receipts, statements, etc. that I put into a filing cabinet) or virtual stuff (e.g. computer files, research papers, original work, documentation, e-mail messages, etc).

I like to develop rich taxonomies for organizing the information, so I can find it easily.