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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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