Perfectionism – The Evil Queen of Clutter
Somewhere along the way I figured out that I’d never be perfect at anything. I’ve settled for good enough or work in progress in most...
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Dee Selby
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Paperwork! Purging the Archives
Did you know . . . 80 % of the papers we file, we never refer to again. The Small Business Administration A full four-drawer file cabinet...
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Dee Selby
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Paperwork! Where does THIS go? Miscellany.
When you’ve reached the odds and ends of your accumulation of paperwork you’re officially in the world of miscellany (a group or...
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Dee Selby
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Cha-Ching (Banking and Investments, Part 2)
We are building your filing system by dividing paperwork into broader categories. Our goal is still a filing system that allows you to...
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Dee Selby
- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Cha-Ching (Banking and Investments, Part 1)
Banks and Financial institutions send an enormous amount of paper to your mailbox over the course of a year. And, if you’ve kept them all...
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Dee Selby
- Jul 13, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Insurance
We are building your filing system by dividing paperwork into broader categories. Our goal is still a filing system that allows you to...
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Dee Selby
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Vroom!
We are building your filing system by dividing paperwork into broader categories. Our goal is still a filing system that allows you to...
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Dee Selby
- Jun 29, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Doctor, Doctor!
We are building your filing system by dividing paperwork into broader categories. Last time we divided the Money category into Money In...
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Dee Selby
- Jun 21, 2021
- 3 min
Paperwork! It’s Folder Time
If you’ve made it this far in the paper management process, it’s time to start filing into broader categories. You’ve touched a lot of...
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Dee Selby
- May 13, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! The Great Divide
Before I learned how much paper I could eliminate from my document storage I had folders within folders within folders of paper. Now, my...
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Dee Selby
- May 7, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Your Mission: One-of-a-Kind Documents
According to the Small Business Administration, 80% of the paper we file we will never use again! By now you’ve developed a basic filing...
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Dee Selby
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Paperwork! Have Glue Stick, Will Travel
This reissued blog post takes on more memorabilia. The junk journal is an alternative to bringing home more paper to add to the clutter....
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Dee Selby
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Memorabilia
Moving boxes in attics, framed pictures stored in hot garages, shoe boxes in closets, in storage units mixed with old papers and...
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Dee Selby
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Reading Material: The Priority Stuff
Some things are intrinsically more important than others. Higher priority reading material like the handouts from work, school, or...
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Dee Selby
- Mar 10, 2021
- 3 min
Paperwork! Reading Material . . . The Fun Stuff
Books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, catalogs – we all get buried in stuff we WANT to read or look through, but it comes in faster...
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Dee Selby
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Confirmations & Correspondence
Appointments, invitations, events, and parties add to the clutter in our homes, offices, and calendars. Dealing with the se confirmations...
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Dee Selby
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Acting on Your Action Items
If paperwork is NOT one of your superpowers, you’ve probably had to pay late fees, missed the deadline on a great deal, or had to request...
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Dee Selby
- Feb 10, 2021
- 2 min
Paperwork! Shredding Your Sensitive Documents
So far, we’ve talked about incoming paperwork: Mail, Bits & Pieces, and Handouts/Flyers. All three categories of incoming paperwork can...
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Dee Selby
- Feb 2, 2021
- 3 min
Brains! The 'Brain Book' Journal
My brain book is quirky. I’ve tried journaling to record life events, a prayer/devotional journal, even a love journal that my husband...
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Dee Selby
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
Incoming! Bits & Pieces
In my past posts about managing paperwork, we’ve talked about sorting incoming paperwork in to categories of action items, reading...
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