Archive for the ‘Paper Management’ Category
Shred-iquette
In: Paper Management
5 Aug 2010Nothing keeps me busier than paper management. Computer advocates once promised a “paperless society,” but in an age when we are printing out our emails, paper is here to stay for a while. Before I can get to my best advice on paper management, however, I must first stop and have a conversation about SHREDDING. [...]
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- Tags: shredding
Where Should I Put the Mail?
In: Paper Management
21 Jul 2010It’s a common question but it has an uncommon answer. Mail doesn’t go anywhere. That’s because it stops being mail the second it comes out of your mailbox. Bills-to-pay need a home, material-to-read need a home, and statements-to-file need a home, but it’s a mistake to allow the daily collection to take up residence ANYWHERE. [...]
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- Tags: bills-to-pay, mail
17 Minute File Diet
In: Paper Management
17 May 2010A couple weeks ago in my May Tip of the Month I recommended transferring your old taxes, old statements, and old tax supporting material from your file cabinet to a more remote location. I said that it should only take 15-20 minutes if you had a user-friendly file system set up. This weekend, I followed [...]
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- Tags: file cabinet, filing system
May Tip of the Month
In: Paper Management
3 May 2010The most important annual organizing habit is to PURGE YOUR FILE CABINET AFTER TAX SEASON. You’ve accessed all the tax-supporting material you need for 2009 and yes, you will still want to keep it, but there’s no reason it needs to occupy the valuable real estate of your desk file drawer. Last year’s statements [...]
The End of the Mail Trail
In: Paper Management
14 Apr 2010When does mail stop being mail? The second it comes out of your mailbox. That stuff piled up on your dining table is not mail. It’s bills to pay, solicitations to toss, statements to file, magazines to read, and material to review. Each envelope contains paper that requires action. Because those actions are hidden inside [...]
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- Tags: actionable, bills, kitchens, mail
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.
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- The ABC’s of Storage
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- The ABC’s of Storage | Matt Baier Organizing: [...] The first subcategory is kid’s schoolwork and artwork. This can represent a huge amount of s [...]
- Bungle in the Bundle | Matt Baier Organizing: [...] example I have talked about in my blog Envel-nope! is, not surprisingly, the envelope. Yes, [...]