How to Organize Office Paper Clutter

A horizontal filing system, like a literature-sorter, is an ideal filing system for paper-pilers. Label each slot with a specific category - for example “school forms”, “unpaid bills” and “paid bills“.

If you own your own business it’s important to stay on top of your financial statement, bills, and invoices. Keep statements for 7 years just to be safe.

If you do not have a business, you don’t need to keep hard copies of your bills once the payments have been processed. But if you are uncomfortable tossing your bills immediately after the payment is processed, then keep them in a “Paid Bills” file but make sure to purge them after a year.

This tip is from episode 31, Click to view the Episode Summary