The Ancient Greeks had Hydra, the nine-headed monster who would sprout two heads each time one was cut off.

Us Modern Americans have cords, which multiply in the dark corners of boxes, bags, or heaven forbid, entire drawers.

So, how should you organize it?

You shouldn’t. Get rid of it all.

The cords you need, use, and want to keep are not in that bag, or you would have realized it when that essential device you use all the time went dead.

There is nothing in that bag but a tangle of orphan cords, whose parent devices have probably long been updated. Heck, those broken or outdated devices are probably there in the bag, too.

If you get a phone, a tablet, a laptop, a camera, whatever, store the cords in one place. Label them with a piece of masking tape if you want, but if you’re actually using the cords often because you’re using the devices often, you’ll likely know the cords by sight.

And take that entire bag of cords to be recycled.