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Anything is commonly considered organized when it looks like everything has a correct order of placement. However, ultimately, being truly  organized is realized when there is no difference in the time it takes to find an item. This is best accomplished when you adhere to the old axiom, "a place for everything and everything in its place." Therefore, in that sense, organizing can also be defined as to place different objects in logical arrangement for better searching.

Placing things in a logical arrangement for better searching requires preliminary sorting. Sorting is any process of arranging items in some sequence and/or in different sets, and accordingly, it has two common, yet distinct meanings:

     1. Ordering: arranging items of the same kind, class, nature, etc. in some ordered sequence, and
     2. Categorizing: grouping and labeling items with similar properties together (by sorts).

Sorting can be done based on one or more of its components. More generally objects can be sorted based on a property. Such a component or property is called a sort key.

If we use the item of books as an example then the sort key could be the title, subject or author, and the order is alphabetical.

A new sort key can be created from two or more sort keys by lexicographical order. The first is then called the primary sort key, the second the secondary sort key, etc.

For example, addresses could be sorted using the city as primary sort key, and the street as secondary sort key.

A standard order is often called ascending (corresponding to the fact that the standard order of numbers is ascending (i.e. A to Z, 0 to 9), and the reverse order descending (Z to A, 9 to 0).

The main purpose of sorting information is to optimize its usefulness for specific tasks. In general, there are two ways of grouping information: by category or by how frequently a particular item is used.

For more information, helpful tips and ideas on how to organize different areas of your home, family and life check out the articles found (neatly organized) on the left-hand side of the page. Living an organized life brings a sense of being in control of your surroundings and living in an organized environment brings a sense of calmness to an otherwise hectic life.