Labelling storage boxes

Labelling storage boxes

When it comes to home storage, we all know what we ought to do: choose a different, clear set of labels and colours for every cupboard shelf, storage box or archive folder. But hardly (9) ________ does this, because maintaining them all seems impossible. So we use the same vague words for every box, (10) ________ a room name or, even worse, the word 'miscellaneous', occasionally remembering to replace one written label with a colour, or choosing to (11) ________ use of a coloured sticker. Even if we opt (12) ________ a random group of symbols such as red-blue, unclear labels can still make every search take several minutes, forcing a visitor to open many stored boxes before finally finding the correct documents at home. Interestingly, (13) ________ adding twenty detailed words to each label, you make every box much harder to scan quickly and accurately. The problem is that you would (14) ________ no chance of ever reading those twenty words. The solution, apparently, is to come (15) ________ with three or four short, useful categories and work (16) ________ a way to remember them. Easy!