Supplement Management
My Supplement Management:
As you might imagine, the task of managing so many supplements is not for the faint of heart. I'm basically lazy, and I abhor performing repetitive mundane tasks! That's why I will take great pains and go through monumental efforts to create a system or program to automate those things as much as possible - or at least to take all of the thought process out of it so that I can focus instead on listening to an audiobook or podcast while my body is busy doing something else. I live through multitasking wherever possible.
But unfortunately, there's not much about packaging pills that can be automated.
It can, however, be highly organized.
There are two places and forms in which I store my non-powder-form supplements:
One bottle of each supplement that I'm actively using. I keep these in a clear plastic wardrobe bin that I store under my bed. Since heat rises, this is usually a cool place.
Multiple refill bottles of each supplement. I have an entire dresser that I use for this storage.
One bottle each of the active supplements that I'm currently taking are stored in this bin under my bed for easy access.
2. Multiple refill bottles (my stock) of each supplement, are stored within the drawers of this bedroom dresser.
Just an example of the stock in my dresser drawers.
Supplements are arranged in columns & rows so that I can visually see when I'm running low on something.
They are also grouped by color (where possible), just to simplify a visual search. For example, if it comes in a white bottle or white box, it's most likely to be found in this drawer.
My typical view of my active supplements. When packaging, I don't need to care what the supplement is (unless it's nearly empty), nor do I have to remember when to take it or how many to take, since I've written that on a sticker on each lid. "M" for Morning, "AN" for Afternoon, "E" for Evening.
Most people would use one of these giant weekly pill minders for an entire week's worth of pills. Not me! These seven compartments hold the supplements I take in a single day!
Sunday through Tuesday holds my Morning supplements, Wednesday is for my Afternoon supps, and Thursday through Saturday hold my Evening supps.
Each compartment can hold a max of about 32 capsules or tablets.
I package up my supplements only once/month, a process that presently takes 2.5-3 hours, which includes refilling my 'active supplements store' from stock and reordering replacements when needed.
I previously didn't take any supplements on weekends, which is why you only see 20 containers here - 5 days/week for 4 weeks. I am now trying-out a plan of MTOR-inducing supplements during the week and Autophagy-inducing supplements on weekends. To that end, I am now beginning to package weekends-only supplements in 8 similar but blue containers (not shown), to cover all 7 days/week for 4 weeks.
I package these up on my bedroom floor because, this is where I have the space. My 900-square-foot house is quite small.
As you can see, these containers take up very little space when stacked.
And this all stores very compactly and conveniently in the lower kitchen cabinet next to my dinner table.