Bills, receipts, bank statements, school forms, medical records, insurance policies, business cards, flyers, magazines… the list goes on. This endless stream of paper can be overwhelming. I’ve helped countless clients conquer their paper clutter, including some who were so overwhelmed by paper that they avoided opening their mail, leading to serious consequences, and identified three primary causes of paper clutter.
How to refresh your home filing system so you can instantly find any document you need
Of course, you have a filing system in place! Except it’s not up-to-date… You got married, had children, bought a house, signed up for new insurance policies etc. but never revisited it or maintained multiple filing systems in parallel. Or you never purged your files and are no longer able to fit another piece of paper in it so it ends up in a pile or is randomly filed. So how to refresh it so you can instantly find anything you need, without even arguing with your spouse?
