I’ve just been through the journey of moving my dear 91-year-old father into assisted living. It went well and he’s happy. I went through everything in his condo that he didn’t take with him. My big takeaway? Weed out your files!
Tagged with: declutter, estate organizing, paper management, paper piles
Keeping up with the snail mail is a challenge for a lot of my client. Sometimes it goes unopened for days or weeks. I had a couple of experiences this week that made me grateful that I make a habit of opening the mail every day. (For some reason, I’ve always loved opening mail, so it’s not a hardship.)
Tagged with: clutter, habits, mail, paper management, paper piles
Paper is one of the toughest things for people to make decisions about. I wrote this post eight years ago to help you figure out whether you need to keep a piece of paper. These five questions are still valid today.
Tagged with: fear, paper management, paper piles, worth repeating
Much of the U.S. is dealing with some lousy winter weather today. Here in St. Louis, a two-day ice storm is forecast and both the national weather service and the state transportation division have instructed people to stay off the roads. I’m not going anywhere. Seems like a perfect weekend to catch up on a few things.
Tagged with: paper management, paper piles, pockets of time, timer
Paper is one of the toughest things for people to make decisions about. Three years ago, I wrote this post to guide you on letting go of paper. It’s still relevant today.
Sometimes when I work with clients, I realize that they’ve hung onto a lot of paper out of fear. They’re afraid that they’ll toss or shred a piece of paper and find out later that they need it.
Tagged with: fear, paper management, paper piles, worth repeating
On Monday, I bloggd about 5 questions to ask yourself before getting rid of paper. My intent was to encourage you to part with most paper, because you can get it again if you need to.
Tagged with: paper management, paper piles
Sometimes when I work with clients, I realize that they’ve hung onto a lot of paper out of fear. They’re afraid that they’ll toss or shred a piece of paper and find out later that they need it.
Tagged with: fear, paper management, paper piles
My friend, social media expert Jacquelyn Kittredge, told me about Paper Karma, a free app that helps you stop junk mail and unwanted catalogs.
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I have this clean desk policy that I’ve been blogging about since 2008. Basically, I make sure I clean my desk off at the end of every business day. It’s glorious and it helps me hit the ground running when I arrive at my desk in the morning.
Tagged with: clean desk, paper management, paper piles, pendaflex
Tomorrow’s the free shredding event sponsored by NAPO-St. Louis and Shred and Protect Document Services.
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I go on and on here about the value of clearing off your desktop at the end of the work day. I’ve been doing it daily for three years and it’s really enhanced my productivity. It’s now such a habit that I’d kind of forgotten about the scary, teetering pile of paper that can pollute your desktop. (Though I do sometimes let the paper in my inbox — which is not on my desk — pile up.)
Tagged with: blogs, clean desk, freelance success, jennifer hull, paper piles
I’m usually excited when the mail comes. Don’t ask me why; gone are the days of surprise letters or cards from people. And that’s okay, I love email. But I always scurry to the door when the mail arrives.
Tagged with: mail, paper management, paper piles, products
As I mentioned last week I went on vacation last month. I was gone for eight days and though I know better, I didn’t really allow a day or two to catch up before jumping right back into work obligations.
Tagged with: 15 minutes, backlog, paper piles, pockets of time, productivity
Why do some people put off dealing with their mail? I think it’s because scary stuff can be lurking in there. And the longer it sits the scarier it becomes.
Tagged with: fear, habits, mail, paper piles
A couple of weeks ago, I put together a poll on how folks deal with the daily onslaught of postal mail. The results are in and I think they’re kind of interesting.
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Dealing the mail that comes to the house can be a huge hassle for many people. Most of my clients have difficulty dealing with it and I know I’ve let it pile up in the past. I’m thinking of developing some sort of product to help people with their mail and I’m curious how my blog readers handle their mail.
Tagged with: mail, paper management, paper piles
I was re-reading Judith Kolberg’s excellent book, Conquering Chronic Disorganization
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I’m so happy to have been invited to write a guest post for The Organized Parent website and blog! Stephanie Vazza, the founder and president of The Organized Parent, asked me to create the July Project of the Month onsetting up a mail-handling system.
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I’ve let some filing pile up around here. The room where our household’s filing cabinet is happens to be situated close to the kitchen. The “to-file” stuff is on top of the filing cabinet.
Tagged with: filing systems, paper piles
This morning, I was checking out some genealogy resources online, part of my quest to jump-start my family history research, and I came across a list of websites I wanted to check out. I thought I’d print it out, then put it in a general genealogy file. I went so far as to click Print, but stopped myself before clicking Okay. It’s a list of websites. It really belongs in my Bookmarks, where I can easily access the list and just click on the website, rather than typing in the URL.
Tagged with: paper piles, printing, technology