Fasteners, screws, and nails are three of the basic necessities for household maintenance. And just keeping them in storage is definitely not enough. They need to be organized so that they can be easily found and use whenever maintenance emergencies arise.

Organizing these small entities in just any way will not prevent one from making mistakes of distinguishing one from the other. But by applying simple ergonomic concepts in organizing these small entities can result to faster search and prevent mistakes such mismatching.

Firstly, group the fasteners, screws, and nails according to wood, cement and plastic. After grouping, arrange them accordingly in a container with multiple bins. Next, within each group, assign each entity on a bin in a manner that you avoid putting similarly colored and shaped ones next to each other. As much as possible, two adjacent bins should have two entities that have contrasting colors and/or obviously different shapes. After grouping and assigning them to the bins, put flags or notes to indicate the wood, cement, and plastic grouping. And for ease of searching, position the storage container in a slanting position such that the user can easily see the bins and their contents without having to lean forward. Ergonomically speaking, color contrast helps the eyes in differentiating things better, ergo making the search process faster. And for more ergonomic benefits, the slanting position prevents hand, neck, and back strains when searching the container.

Usually children especially teenagers detest having their meals at home because they end up eating the same kind of food from time to time. Now to change this kind of setting in your home, the parents should find a way to monitor the dishes cooked and served at home.

A menu tracker can help in keeping track of the dishes that you have already served and how many times have you served them in a month. In this way, the repetition of dishes can be easily seen.

Creating a menu tracker for your kitchen is very easy. It only requires a large paper like the A3 size, colored markers and Post-Its. On a large paper create gridlines of eight by five. That means eight columns and four rows. The gridlines and content should be similar to the monthly layout of a calendar. Then for every cell, write the meals served to it. Instruct your children to use the Post-Its to suggest new meals or complain about repeating meals, use two colors to differentiate the suggestions from the complaints. Then post the menu tracker on the door of the fridge so that everyone can easily read and use it. Just check the tracker every now and then to read the suggestions and complaints. To make the menu tracker more fun and effective for your children, you can provide a reward for every suggestion of a new meal so that they will be encouraged to use it.

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