I know that I started my clutter busting journey in the basement, but have chosen to divert my journey to tax preparation and records since it is that time of year.
Paper adds up quickly and can be a challenge to handle mostly because we don’t decide what to do with the paper when we have our hands on it.
I wish I would have taken a picture of my file pile before I tackled it. But on second thought that would have been more embarrassing than my basement photo.
I am glad to report that the file pile is gone. My 2010 taxes are in the final review stage and all 2010 archived tax records are stored and labeled appropriately. In addition, all 2011 records are filed appropriately. No more file pile (imagine me doing the happy dance).
This journey into clutter busting is full of lessons learned and the theme that continues to reappear for me personally is about daily practices. Routines for daily, weekly, monthly and yearly tasks keep us on track and prevent us from getting overwhelmed. For me this includes having time scheduled weekly to focus on paper management. I already scheduled “filing” in my calendar for next week. Did you?
I also scheduled some project time for next few weeks for paper management projects. But more on that later…
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