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...

Did you know . . . 80 % of the papers we file, we never refer to again. The Small Business Administration A full four-drawer file cabinet...

When you’ve reached the odds and ends of your accumulation of paperwork you’re officially in the world of miscellany (a group or...

We are building your filing system by dividing paperwork into broader categories. Our goal is still a filing system that allows you to...

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...

We are building your filing system by dividing paperwork into broader categories. Our goal is still a filing system that allows you to...

We are building your filing system by dividing paperwork into broader categories. Our goal is still a filing system that allows you to...

We are building your filing system by dividing paperwork into broader categories. Last time we divided the Money category into Money In...

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...

Before I learned how much paper I could eliminate from my document storage I had folders within folders within folders of paper. Now, my...

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...

This reissued blog post takes on more memorabilia. The junk journal is an alternative to bringing home more paper to add to the clutter....

Moving boxes in attics, framed pictures stored in hot garages, shoe boxes in closets, in storage units mixed with old papers and...

Some things are intrinsically more important than others. Higher priority reading material like the handouts from work, school, or...

Books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, catalogs – we all get buried in stuff we WANT to read or look through, but it comes in faster...

Appointments, invitations, events, and parties add to the clutter in our homes, offices, and calendars. Dealing with the se confirmations...

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...

So far, we’ve talked about incoming paperwork: Mail, Bits & Pieces, and Handouts/Flyers. All three categories of incoming paperwork can...

My brain book is quirky. I’ve tried journaling to record life events, a prayer/devotional journal, even a love journal that my husband...

In my past posts about managing paperwork, we’ve talked about sorting incoming paperwork in to categories of action items, reading...