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

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Spreadsheets are for math. You want a database, specifically an asset management database. Snipe-it for example.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you for the common sense response, it hadn't clicked but I think this was my problem. The format of the spreadsheet and trying to make it work for my purposes just made me stop everytime I attempted it. This identified my problem I believe and now I can look into other options. As other's have said, I probably could get it to work for my purposes but learning and understanding all the tools with the program just isn't worth it for this one singular reason.

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