2 Hours of Organizing Well-Spent!

{ Disorganized }

A week ago, I walked upstairs to my studio to start my day of practice and cringed at the sight of my test materials "neatly" arranged strewn across my pink yoga mat... (glad that's serving its intended purpose! Maybe I NEED to incorporate yoga into my regime. No, really.) There were parts of the 2010 test, the 2011 test, and the 2012 test misplaced The sight alone made my stomach churn. I started to think "Is this how my knowledge is organized? Is this why I lose focus? Why I freeze? Because I'm not orderly!?"

I mean, it wasn't helping. 

{ Organized! }

I pulled one of my empty heavy-duty client binders out and vowed that everything would not only have a place, there would be order. And I could study anywhere I could fit a binder! And that's just what I did.

 Cover page

 A blog post (oooh look! me!)

 A practice test...

A test booklet.

...{ Table of Contents }...

1. All about the NCIDQ
• Important information from the website re: the Practicum
• My test information, registration, and any other documents I found to be useful
2. 2012 Practice Test
• Space Planning Exercise Booklet
• Space Planning Exercise vellum test sheet
• Related blog posts
• Lighting Exercise Booklet
• Lighting Exercise vellum test sheet(s)
• Related blog posts
• Egress Exercise Booklet
• Egress Exercise vellum
• Related blog posts
• Life Safety
• Life Safety Exercise Booklet
• Life Safety Exercise vellum
• Related blog posts
• ADA Washroom
• ADA Washroom Exercise Booklet
• ADA Washroom Exercise vellum
• Related blog posts
• Bobrick ADA Guidelines
• Systems Integration
• Systems Integration Exercise Booklet
• Systems Integration Exercise vellum
• Related blog posts
• Millwork
• Millwork Exercise Booklet
• Millwork Exercise vellum
• Millwork "Guide" Sketch
• Related blog posts
3. 2011 Practice Test
• Same as above
4. 2010 Practice Test
• Same as above

It has shaped up to be a pretty thick binder. Thank goodness I started with a) 4" and b) heavy duty. I love it. Not only is everything in one spot, easily referenced when I need to pull an exercise, but I can take it almost anywhere! 

Stay Organized,
Carolyn