I feel good because I've been finishing off some of those projects that hung around my workbench forever.
For example, an ironclad that I fussed over too much, trying to get it just right.
So as the final stage, it needs a base. And when it comes to painting the base, I need that particular color of paint, the one that I've decided represents all waterways in the world. Now, where did I put it?
It's not one of the two rows of paints on my workbench, meaning I haven't used it recently.
It's not on the shelf where paints go until I put them away, either.
Now, I remember it's a craft paint, it's blue (duh!), maybe has Prussian in the name… Years ago, my wife gave me her wooden paint rack when she upgraded, and that's where most of my craft paints go (the ones which will fit).
None of them look like the right color.
For some reason, I'm suddenly inspired to do a 'paint inventory' of all my blue craft paints. The blues are already grouped together, so it's not hard to run through the dozen or so paints and find out which ones are goners: clean the dried paint off, shake them up, squeeze out a drop, does it look good? Two dried-up paints (Aleene's brand are dying rapidly now), and one that refuses to mix into paint (why do I need blue glitter paint anyway?).
Now I've gone through all my blue craft paints. Still haven't found the required color.
Just as I am toying with trying to mix up the desired hue, I look at my workbench again, and there – on the third row – is the paint I'm looking for! It's not Prussian, it's Military Blue! (Since when is there a third row of paints on my workbench?)
Paint found. Now I can proceed. 
