an exercise in futility

Today I decided to continue a task I've been sort of working on for a while -- organizing my studio space. Right! Since right now I'm working mostly with beads - little teeny ones, teeny ones, small ones, and others, I have hundreds of containers of the little buggers. Several different kinds of containers. Several different kinds of beads. Then I have all the other stuff that goes with the beads: needles and threads, tools, needles, miscellaneous supplies, and findings, etc.
Soo, this morning, I began sorting. And sorting. How do I sort? I have seed beads in many colors. Some have round holes, others have square holes. Even beads that are classified as one size come in different sizes when made by different manufacturers. Sort by color? by size? by shape? by manufacturer? What about all those specialty beads that don't really fit in a category?
Getting confused. So am I. I gave it up. I'll just continue on this slowly and eventually I'll come up with a way to keep things organized.
To keep myself from getting totally frustrated, I stopped tyring to organize and made a tourquoise with silver inlay ring for my granddaughter. I promised her one around Christmas and am going to see her on Monday, so I have the ring for her. I hope she likes it.
At least I got some little thing accomplished today.