1 Way Station Staging Area: Items in a way station staging area are actively in transit. An effective way station must be in the direct path of the object’s journey and should be so obvious (irritating, in fact) that we are motivated to move the item along. The front seat of the car, the doorknob on the garage door, the exit to the home, and the top and bottom of stairs are all useful way stations for items on their way out the door or to another area in the home. During the regularly scheduled daily two-minute tidy up, all items whose home is on another floor may go to a stairway staging area
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