02/05/2024
Paperwork has been my latest focus .... don't hide ... Piles of papers in boxes, in drawers, bags, piles on the kitchen worktop. Bills, letters, bank stuff, hospital stuff, adverts, instruction manuals ... and somewhere there are some important documents.
FIRST.... Sort out your filing system, some plastic filing boxes or a filing cabinet (I have 3!) and labelled files or dividers, so the paper has a home.
1 box at a time.
Set a date before which you don't need to keep some things like bills, invoices, statements and shred or recycle bin for older documents.
Remember
*The bank has copies of all your statements.
*DON'T READ through each document.
*You don't need to keep every birthday or Christmas card ever sent... perhaps a couple as keepsakes.
Sort rest into piles, (date order each pile, if you're getting into it). Create a 'DO IT' pile or tray for the stuff you really need to do.
Whatever you do put remaining piles into labelled files, and then into your shiny new filing system.
Keep hydrated....
The important stuff should appear when you least expect it
