Blog #3 "Lumper and Splitters"

As I read this chapter I thought it was really cool what they called “lumpers” and “splitters” and the difference between them. “A lumper takes things that seem disparate and combine them because they have something similar. A splitter tends to take tow things that are lumped together and separate them into smaller categories.” (pg.71). For myself I am a splitter. I organize things, items by larger groups and make subcategories from there. This will be reflected in my planner as I explained in my last blog is one thing I like to keep organized in my life. For example I believe a splitter’s brain works very much like brainstorming bubbles you have an idea and then from that smaller ideas are created. So in regards to my planner I go be day and then three main times in the day and what needs to be accomplished within each of those times. As for a lumper they are finding similarities between items. I find lumper to be more like a Venn Diagram. They are finding what can go into both circles. The most interesting part of the reading for me was the lists part. I make so many lists within my day and each and every one you can find similarities on how I organize them. Yes of course the tasks are different but how I choose to order them from important to not important and build subcategories from there is always the same!