Comments on: Paper Pile Makeover (Before)

By: Melanie Arthur

Melanie Arthur — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:10:29 +0000

Hello to all well i thought i would share my way to organize my bills and important pappers i have a shoe bag hanging on the back of the door it is perfect for pappers bills go in and if i need to evacuate we live in lousiana i just fold it and i am ready

By: Seven Strategies for Going Paperless

Seven Strategies for Going Paperless — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:51:29 +0000

[...] by Laure Wayaffe I know it’s hard to see from my pile of papers, but I really do think going paperless is [...]

By: A Solution for Lost Papers and Late Bills

A Solution for Lost Papers and Late Bills — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:29:00 +0000

[...] of my biggest troubles with the paper pile is remembering that I needed to respond to a letter or pay a bill, and then not being able to find [...]

By: Dianne H

Dianne H — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:28:06 +0000

I wanted to PRINT all these great ideas, but thought better of it and didn’t want to ADD to my paper pile!! LOL, these are great ideas, too bad there hasn’t been a post since 2008!

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 05:15:26 +0000

Hallelujah! Someone that thinks like me! You are spot on with the notebooks, see through bags and safe. The only thing I can add is I went back to a paper day timer where I keep lists of: ongoing to-do’s, to-buy, books or music I want, presents to get others, references, positive words, and so on. As well as daily and monthly calendars, and a general hourly chart of what I should be doing on what day categorically for example: family time, errands, work, planning… (I use the Julie Morgensten system with Franklin Covey day timer-awesome). Thanks for the info and keep up the great work!

By: Santhi

Santhi — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:15:28 +0000

I no longer buy magazines (that was my 2009 resolution ) Anyway who needs them when you have such great blogs like this! ;>

By: Florence

Florence — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:43:03 +0000

My problem arose when my now deceased husband ailed for about 5 years and I spent every day with him. When I came home it was time to bring in the mail and eat a frozen dinner, do what I could just to read the mail, and go to bed. Most of the mail did not get read, just stacked, until there was no longer any place in the living room, the dining room, or the kitchen without piles of paper on top. This includes sofa, chairs, tables big and small, and 3 card tables side by side in the living room. My daughter helped me one day so that at least part of the dining room table can be seen.
I do not have a Website.

By: Midwest Mainer

Midwest Mainer — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:16:23 +0000

I love the idea of scanning but it takes a village to get me all set up to do that. I have a hard enough time scanning photos. It works but a little something easier…taking a picture of the document. It doesn’t work for every record or document…sometimes you need to see the details. Other times, a photo will catch what you need. I lay them all out on the floor on a sunny day and take pictures, download and file under ‘inventory’ or reciepts. Whatever works. That’s how I handle kids’ artwork, too.

Love my camera. (I use it to take notes on vacation. I take pictures of stores, restaurants, and hotels I want to ask about, learn about, or visit next time. I also take pictures of maps so don’t have to carry it with me! Subway maps, city maps..) I see a blog post here….

By: Jaro

Jaro — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:07:49 +0000

Hi everyone, new reader here, I am catching up with the reading and find great ideas here. Just a comment on the paper problem. I am in the 3rd year of a 2 week organizing challenge, I have discovered that while I love organizing the files, landing strip, folders etc. actually doing the filing and using the tools it’s taken weeks to set up elude me. I intend to keep working on it and hope to find the answer someday. Love the site, keep up the good work.

By: jodi @ bpr

jodi @ bpr — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:23:39 +0000

really really think about it before keeping any piece of paper – throw away lots more (I’m guilty of being a packrat), scan & save digital copies of the “essentials” and only keep paper copies of the “absolute essentials” – I scan and keep things as pdfs, and I’ve yet to be sorry that I threw away a piece of paper, and a digital filing system is much easier to manage! Now it’s much easier for me to keep up with info I need.

I also try not to keep magazines…I used to have years of Southern Living & others…now I only keep the 2 most current issues. If an article is super important, I scan and then throw it away. So far I haven’t missed a single old issue – and most of that info could be found online if I did suddenly realize I “needed” something again!

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