Stevea Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is how to catalog your stuff.

Listener Shane writes in asking, what is the best way to keep a catalog?

Books, games, DVDs, etc.

I keep loaning them out and forget who has what. I've tried to

track of them through programs, writing them down without success, etc. Please help. I saw a bumper

sticker. He who dies with the most stuff wins. I didn't know that. Darn, I thought he who lived

a full meaningful life with enriching experiences and deep relationships wins.

Knowing who has the most stuff takes forever and it's a lot of work, unless you keep a catalog.

Why keep a catalog? We need catalogs for many different reasons. We catalog our things for insurance

to prove what we own when our vindictive X moves out and takes everything. We track what we've loaned to others, and we keep a list because we forget what we own and we don't

want to buy duplicates, says the guy with six copies of William Shatner's first album, The Transformed

Man. Some people keep a catalog to review all their stuff and feel superior to all the poor

people who don't own as much stuff.

Billionaire Harry Homsley and his wife Leona would reportedly sit in their New York penthouse and count the buildings they owned. Self-esteem at its finest. What is a catalog? A catalog is a

big list that you alphabetize so you can find stuff. You could write it on a piece of paper,

but then it gets hard to add new items between existing items. If you already own biker boys and biker zombies, you need to be able to add a new item between them when

someone gives you Biker Babylon the wild ride for your birthday. Keeping a catalog will come

in handy if your house ever falls over and sinks into a swamp.

You'll have a list of everything you own so the insurance company can work quickly.

They'll be forced to skip right over the part where they accuse you of incomplete records,

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