SO MUCH PAPER!
Paper Clutter - This is an area that is challenging for many. Here are some tips: 1. Gather all the paper clutter in your home. 2. Sort each piece into one of these piles: Keep, Toss, Shred; investing in a shredder is a good idea; there are also places that will do the shredding for you, search in your area). 3. Organize the Keep, Toss, Shred piles a follows: Keep - these are bills and documents that require a physical copy or papers you can scan and store in your computer (receipts for large and/or important items (see #4). Toss - papers without personal identifying information (trash bin, or recycle bin). This is where the junk mail goes. Shred - papers containing personal information (social security numbers, driver’s license number, bank accounts, passwords, PIN, credit card numbers, medical, legal, or financial). 4. Implement a Filing System - (keep it simple), this is your Keep pile from step #3 To Do: Bills to be paid and forms that need to be completed can be temporarily kept in a file folder or desk tray and left out in an area designated for this purpose (a command center). Then once action has been taken later filed, or shredded depending on the situation. To Read: File folder or tray (magazines, newsletters, statements, and are generally temporary). Mail (Others): File folder or tray; this stuff belongs to others in the household. To File: This is your long-term filing, papers that need storing; use a filing cabinet, a portable file box, or file folder organizer. Some documents you keep forever (some would say there are some that need to be safe guarded or locked up). To read about document timelines for papers I suggest you visit: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0527-shredding-infographic
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