tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801338959407904455.post567545588326462866..comments2024-02-26T09:19:52.535-05:00Comments on Adventures of Sam: Other Goals from 2011 - Part TwoSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434037543456159718noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801338959407904455.post-18831087579154417882011-12-30T00:17:11.115-05:002011-12-30T00:17:11.115-05:00Wall Street Journal article on tips for files. Cl...Wall Street Journal article on tips for files. Click on the "view interactive". http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303627104576410234039258092.html?mod=WSJ_PersonalFinance_RightMostPopular#project%3DDOC110702%26articleTabs%3DarticleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801338959407904455.post-65211780005969160802011-12-28T11:12:53.340-05:002011-12-28T11:12:53.340-05:00I try and go paperless where practical too. But w...I try and go paperless where practical too. But where there is paper 80% gets filed the day it arrives. We have a desk with a file drawer in the corner of the dining with the computer we use to pay the bills. Each day after getting the mail, I look for statements and any bills that need to be scheduled via online billpay. Then put the paper in the appropriate folder in the file drawer. Folders include Bank statements, credit card, car insurance, utilities, each rental, tax related items, etc. All this takes maybe 2 minutes a day, assuming there is paper that day to file. We clear the files out at the start of each year.<br /><br />For the other 20%, brokerage statements, legal docs, Tax returns, other non-regular items, etc, I bought a locking 4 drawer HON file cabinet off Craigslist. Its in a spare bedroom (office) upstairs. Its high quality (not like the 2 drawer cabinets from target, etc) with lots of filing space. You can always find businesses unloading like new used ones at a good price. These paper items tend to pile up and maybe every other month I take the time to separate and file.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801338959407904455.post-6259749464160434242011-12-27T20:33:40.594-05:002011-12-27T20:33:40.594-05:00Paper shuffling is not my forte. I mostly go pape...Paper shuffling is not my forte. I mostly go paperless but of course there are some things that are still only available in hard copy format (e.g. HOA notices via snail mail, medical records). It feels overwhelming when those start to pile up but eventually I will have an ambitious/productive day and file most of it away. I wouldn't want to handle a higher volume though because the little bit that I already deal with makes me anxious enough as it is.Frugal Coconutnoreply@blogger.com