Do you have a dispatch patch? Should you?
Your home is a place of work, rest and leisure. It is also a processing facility, where objects come and go. Outbound items include:
- Donations
- Recycling
- Gifts
- Returns
- Repairs
- Loans
That salad bowl you need to return to a friend, the jacket you are loaning to your sister, the library book to return, the dry cleaning.
Rather than rely on memory, try a dispatch patch – a designated spot usually near the door, where outbound items gather in readiness for their departure.
The dispatch patch might be a box, a piece of carpet or a shelf on the shoe rack.
It could also be part of a go-zone where you grab all your daily necessities like bags, hats, umbrella, sunscreen and shoes.
It prevents the last-minute dash looking for where the item is – and that’s even if you remember it. A dispatch patch is a great memory prompt.
Having a dispatch patch means a seamless departure with nothing forgotten.
