School has now started back for both my oldest daughter AND me. If you glance around our kitchen and living room right now, it’s evident we’ve gone back to school. How? The piles of paper.
Paper, paper everywhere and none of it spendable. In all seriousness, the paper piles were getting on my nerves and I knew I had to get rid of them.
1. Start with your existing paper piles
The first step to managing those paper piles is to sort through them.
Go through those papers and get rid of any that aren’t needed, and put away what you need to keep. We utilize several folders in our house: one for school papers, one for bills, and one for work related items. Anything else is shredded or thrown away.
2. File your bills
We have two places in which we file bills: one for bills to pay and one for bills that have been paid. We keep our paid bill stubs in a binder for a year and then we shred them.
3. Go paperless, when possible
Manage other paper clutter by stopping it at the source. Switch to paperless billing when possible, and remove yourself from junk mailing lists.
4. Dispose of junk as soon as possible
Don’t keep unwanted junk paper around…just shred or throw away that unwanted paper as soon as it shows up.
How do you handle paper clutter?
Have a wonderful weekend.