I have a new goal this week. Thanks to this post and following comment discussion at Get Rich Slowly, I’ve decided to take the plunge into paperless billing. I’m tired of all the paper cluttering up my desk, and you all know how I feel about organization and being frugal.
I’m on a mission to get everything out of my house that doesn’t need to be here, and I can easily take care of my bills if they come through email. I pay them all online anyway, so why shouldn’t I get the bills online? So out with the paper, and in with the email!
I’m going to create a “To Pay” folder in Outlook and move my bills to that folder as they come in. That way on the days I pay bills, they’re all organized in one folder. I’ll let you know how it all works out!
What are you doing this week to be frugal, get organized, or move towards your financial goals?
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This week I am gathering up stuff out of cabinets, closets, drawers, and under beds to sell at my garage sale. I just finished in my bedroom/bathroom. Wow. And I thought I was pretty good about decluttering the last few years with Flylady. I can’t believe some of the stuff that has survived three decluttering rounds. :)
I intend to NOT eat out this week. I already made a weekly menu and shopped for groceries. I’m starting this week but I hope to make this a habit in the long run.
If you go paperless, be sure you backup your system regularly. Having lost data in system crashes myself, I can tell you that you want to avoid that all costs. Especially with financial data.
As for financial goals, I am planning on changing up my investments in my 401k!
Paula – decluttering never seems to end. I can’t figure out why that is!
Hilda – if I can stop eating out, so can you. We were seriously addicted to eating out, but it’s been well over a week now. And I haven’t missed it too much.
Eric – I definitely plan on backing up my system frequently. I learned that lesson the hard way when our last computer died in March. We didn’t have a recent backup. It was awful.
RE: Paperless–You go girl! Just to encourage you further, I “thought” I needed a printer. I’d just returned to the US after years as a teacher abroad. I bought a printer after much comparison shopping and picking the brains of many IT types. I got it with one spare cartridge @ $30. I haven’t need to print since I bought it because I manage to “save” and retrieve info in my Internet based email folders or my flash (USB) drive. I still have a fresh ream of paper never opened! YOU CAN 2
Thanks, Rebecca! I look forward to not having as much paper around. And I like the idea of using a flash drive to retrieve information.
You just inspired me! I changed the name of one of my labels in G Mail, and put my incoming bills into it. It is near the top of the list, so it will be no problem to refer to. I use online billing as well, but I pay via my bank’s bill pay system, which is very easy.
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