How are you guys keeping track of your personal inventory? (lemmy.ml)

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Starting to transfer to a spreadsheet instead of my usual paper notebook I list all my electronics in to get a grasp on all my parts (towers, laptops, memory, motherboards, videocards, etc). Lately I've been on a kick of labeling all my shelves (medicine, linen, kitchenware) and trying to sort things into random plastic bins I've had laying around waiting for a purpose.

I realize I could dive into deep rabbit holes for every category. With electronics I'm thinking of documenting every chip, board, and component along with compatibilities. Pantries and personal goods could be inventoried and auto-reordered, better tracking of my tools and materials with service reminders for equipment, etc etc.

I've gone through years where I throw everything away and get rid of anything not used recently and years where I horde everything and anything. Seems moderation in both is key and why keeping it all in mind and documented seems like the right thing to do if you have the time to kill.

tldr, what tips or tricks do you use to keep up with all your shit?

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[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months ago

Is this something people do? I thought I was accidentally on some niche hobby community but I think this is aimed at a general audience.

What kinds of things do you inventory? Everything? Electronics? Furniture? You mentioned pantry?

I hope I don't come off condescending I'm genuinely confused rn.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 months ago

Everything I’d want replaced by my insurance goes in a LibreOffice spreadsheet.

Never needed to file a claim using it, but it doubles as the place where I record warranty expiration dates, which has come in handy a few times.

It’s also been useful when buying replacements to see how much I paid in the past.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago

Oh, insurance. That's a pretty good reason to do this. hmmm

[-] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

I just do visual inventory for pantry, like there's a canned meal shelf which has assorted soups or single serve preserved stuff. Same with canned sides (like corn, green beans etc), once a section gets low I just pick a few up to restock it. Used to do pick-up and was useful because I could just walk to the pantry with a tablet and use an app to fill it up. Trying to get away from the whole app-pickup system though. Also have a white board next to the fridge with a constant list we add onto, eventually want to switch that over to a list app so I'm not having to take a picture of it or writing it down to get the things I need at the store.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

If you have a deep pantry, inventory is necessary

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Well, sort of. For canned and frozen things, I just keep the first expiration date for every thing on a small whiteboard.

No idea how many kidney beans I have, but I know I'll be eating some before October.

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