{"id":1049,"date":"2020-07-01T10:54:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T15:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:47:08","slug":"organize-things-in-your-home-with-bear-and-nested-tags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/2020\/07\/organize-things-in-your-home-with-bear-and-nested-tags\/","title":{"rendered":"Organize things in your home with Bear and nested tags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bear is great for organizing ideas, writing, and even files. Turns out, it can also help track and organize your stuff in the real world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zowie, a member of our Shiny Frog team<\/a>, recently had one of her regular strokes of brilliance. She wanted a way to keep track of where things are, or where they\u2019re supposed<\/em> to be, in her home. Then it hit her: rooms, closets, and boxes in a house are kinda like nested tags in Bear\u2014places within places to organize things. It was time to experiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An example of nested tags listing different parts of a room where things are organized<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After some tinkering, Zowie devised a rather clever solution for organizing her real-world house with notes and nested tags<\/a> in Bear. As you can see from the screenshot, she created a nested tag system that modeled the way her home is built and organized\u2014rooms, shelving units, drawers, closets, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A note that lists the things which are organized in part of a wardrobe<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Within each section (#tag), Zowie then created one or more notes that contain lists of the things that are organized in those sections. So far, it\u2019s been a great way to find things, and<\/em> know where to put them back when she needs the reminder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Searching for something in Bear will quickly filter notes and highlight where an item is or should be<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When it comes time to find a household item or a note, Bear\u2019s powerful search features come in handy. Notes will instantly filter as you type your search query, and the tag in each note will quickly tell you where that item should be or where to put it back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This system might also be great for people who have trouble with organization, forgetful people, and even families with kids who have a knack for misplacing toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, you could get as granular as you like with your own version of this. Maybe a nested tag system of just rooms would be enough for you, or maybe going all-in with drawer tags would be worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re getting inspired by this idea, we\u2019d love to hear your thoughts or see how you set up your own home organization tags. Reach out to us on Reddit<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, or directly at bear@shinyfrog.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out a clever system that can help you organize and remember where all your stuff is in your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_anchor_podcast":"","jetpack_anchor_episode":"","jetpack_anchor_spotify_show":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[30710022,30710023,1788],"tags":[30710040,30710021],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bear-tags-IRL-Zowie-method.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pakp3M-gV","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bear.app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}