Archive for the ‘Paper Management’ Category
Files In A Bind
In: Paper Management
8 Mar 2010If your shelves are overrun with binders and they’re busting at the seams it may be time to rethink your use of binders. Binders have their place, but like so many things, they will serve you better if used within limits. Here’s how:
1. Reserve For Reference.
Binders make sense for items you may actually [...]
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- Tags: binders, paper, reference
Want to make your home more inviting? The dining table is usually a great place to start. If it’s piled with mail, schoolwork, and crafts then it’s not very welcoming. To keep your table clear and inviting, it helps to think of it as a runway at the FedEx “Super Hub” at Memphis International Airport.
The [...]
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- Tags: circulation, dining table, FedEx, mail, processing
Receipt Deceipt
In: Paper Management
29 Jan 2010One of the most insidious pieces of paper that regularly litters my clients’ homes is the receipt. Alone it may look small and harmless, but it can be powerful in its importance or unimportance. Let me explain the latter.
One piece of tax advice I hear is “keep everything!” Really? This 2004 receipt for [...]
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- Tags: accountant, receipts
Don’t Apha-bet On It!
In: Paper Management
18 Jan 2010An associate of mine joked the other day about how I was so organized that I had my sock drawer alphabetized. Naturally I took the joke in the spirit of good-natured ribbing it was intended, but for many organizing systems I believe alphabetizing can do more harm than good.
Now don’t get me wrong, if [...]
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- Tags: alphabetize
Envel-nope!
In: Paper Management
27 Oct 2009Envelopes are necessary to help deliver mail, but mail stops being mail the second it comes out of your mailbox. At this moment envelopes are not only unnecessary, they are a natural enemy to staying organized.
Envelopes help in the sending of paper information in three ways. First, they conceal the information from outside eyes. Second, [...]
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- Tags: envelope, mail, organizing rules
About Matt Baier Organizing
Professional Organizer Matt Baier and his team declutter and organize homes and offices in Stamford, New Canaan, Greenwich, Westport, Darien, Norwalk, Fairfield, Westchester County, and New York City.
Topics
- Clutter Control (26)
- Floor Planning (4)
- Paper Management (11)
- Systems (33)
- Closet (10)
- Time Management (11)
- Files In A Bind
- What Your Dining Table Has In Common With a Runway In Memphis
- Make Organizing Toys As Simple As Child’s Play
- Decluttering Books
- Five Organizing Lessons From Making A Snowball
- How To Break The Logjam With One Magic Question
- Bedroom Organizing
- Receipt Deceipt
- Car-ganizing
- Don’t Apha-bet On It!
- Dorothy Shindler: I love reading what you write, Matt! [...]
- Matt: Awesome! Thanks for the tip Trevor. [...]
- Trevor: The Greenwich Book Swap is open Friday, Saturday & Monday mornings at the Greenwich Transfer Sta [...]
- Maria Parker: Is New Rochelle, NY within your cachment area? If so, I'd like an appointment for organizing persona [...]
- Rodney: Hi there! Thank you for the insight. This sure is a great help. You had made an outrageous impact t [...]