Hopelessly disorganized....

[poltr1]

I spent this evening shredding old receipts and sorting out more bills.

Earlier this week, I spent a couple of hours sorting out bills from last year, and going through receipts from 2000.

It seems that I spend an awful lot of time chasing down little slips of paper.

It doesn't help that I have papers in every room of the house. I need an office where I can keep all these papers in one place.

I think I need an administrative assistant.

I used to be so organized. Now I'm just overwhelmed.

Comments

[ocean-star.livejournal.com]

Is there a reason you keep all those papers? Could you possibly go digital on some of that stuff? I have my taxes for the past 6 years in PDF format on my computer and my external hard drive for back up.

I've been diligently working for the past three years to have a paper-free existence, and it's made me far happier. Would it be possible for you to do the same?

[poltr1]

I've thought about going all-paperless, but as someone much wiser that I once said, "We'll have a paperless office soon after we have a paperless toilet."

Part of the reason I keep as many financial records as I do is that I want to be forearmed, in case the IRS comes to audit me. Granted, they'd be more interested in my income than my expenses.

I also have a collection of paper files going back to 1979. Some of the items might be worth a little money to someone. And some of it has sentimental value to me -- places I've been, trips I've taken, events I've participated in. If I forget these things, it's backed up on paper somewhere.