Due to the space limitations of where I lived a few years ago,  I slowly started evolving away from being a pack rat with paper piles. I went from having a 2-drawer filing cabinet and several boxes of paperwork to only one 9 x 15 file box. It feels amazing. I actually have a home paper management system.   I am no longer drowning in paper!

Incoming mail can be sorted into a paper file organization system, after deciding one of these actions:

• to toss (shred, recycle, or trash)
• to pay
• to file / reference (coupons, receipts; info, printouts –are these really necessary?)
• to act (dates to remember (invitations, field trips, etc.)

How can you apply these steps?

Ask yourself: where does it pile up? Is it your purse, kitchen counter, dining room table, computer desk, bedroom, mailbox, or car?

Get rid of temporary places for your papers. Make a list of where the paper needs to go.  For example,  I only keep an explanation of benefits until I get the bill. After I compare,  the EOB is tossed. I’ve stopped keeping every account statement,  bill,  and paper I receive. And,  I keep bills to pay in one place,  complete with envelopes and stamps.

 

Consider going electronic. If you don’t think you’ll need a paper copy in a reference file, consider getting information via email so you won’t have to store it at all.

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