Comments on: Controlling the Paper Monster

By: DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad.com

DDFD at DivorcedDadFrugalDad.com — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:55:11 +0000

Great post! This is a challenge for me. I have three piles of receipts and papers I have to attack right now. I caall them “piles of organization.”

By: What I’m Reading 7/17

What I’m Reading 7/17 — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:32:56 +0000

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By: Journey

Journey — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:42:22 +0000

I have a binder with all of my financial documents. It is in chronological order. It works great for me.

By: Luc

Luc — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:26:24 +0000

Very timely post. My problem is that although I have a working filing system, and have allocated a day to paperwork every week, the mechanics of it keep failing me. I always end up needing more than the few hours on a Wednesday to keep it at bay. I keep ending up with a piled up tray. Habits I need to break and make I think!

By: Denni

Denni — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:53:20 +0000

I can’t even begin to tell you how timely this was. I have spent the past week going through about 15 years of accumulated mail at my grandma’s house. Today alone we threw out 12 garden trash bags full of junk mail. We have had to go through every piece because she had a tendency to write person info., including credit card numbers, on everything. We also found hundreds of dollars stashed in envelopes around the house. She finally passed away this evening and we are so bogged down in everything that it is quite a distraction. I implore everyone to get your paperwork in order so your family can spend your last days/hours with you instead of desparately seeking healthcare information, insurance numbers, financial docs., wills, titles, etc. I know that is what I am going to do.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:35:06 +0000

I am on #3 for the most part and desparately need to go through my file cabinet and get rid of at least half of what is there. It is just a project I don’t even want to start.

By: Single Guy Money

Single Guy Money — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:23:11 +0000

Great post. I have an office full of papers scattered around the room that I need to file. Maybe one day, I’ll actually get around to it.

I’d started organizing it a few weeks ago and then I had to look for a receipt and it ended up being worse than when I started.

By: Money Funk

Money Funk — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:53:02 +0000

Positively great tips! But of course, you learned from experience. It must have taken hours to file all that away. And it is alot of help to maintain the system, too. I file paperwork every Friday at the same time I pay my bills. Keeps the paperwork in check and my kitchen counters clean from piled junk. LOL.

By: Iva @ Horizontal Yo-Yo

Iva @ Horizontal Yo-Yo — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:55:32 +0000

There’s just this great feeling around having something organized, isn’t there?

Oh…and I noticed your box of See’s Candy. We LOVE See’s Candy. We live in GA now, but both The Man Beast and I were raised in CA…See’s Candy fans FOR LIFE!

By: Jean

Jean — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:32:15 +0000

If you have trouble figuring out a place for that box of See’s chocolates, I’d be happy to take them off your hands!