We keep old papers because we tell ourselves we’ll need them — even if we haven’t looked at them in five years and don’t know where we’ve put them. There seems to be security in knowing they’re around somewhere. Here's how to go paperless — and feel safe.
Many people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder would love to go paperless to free up space. Most of us have expanding piles of paper that clutter our rooms, and when it comes to managing paper, we can often stand in the way and be our own worst enemy.
Fortunately, today’s digital advances allow us to “keep” things in virtual space, which can help tremendously with tidying and streamlining our physical spaces.for an organized, clutter-free home — and mind.Almost every company has an e-bill or e-statement option. Take advantage of it. One hazard of this approach is that if something happens to you, your beneficiaries won’t know about your assets unless they have access to your email account.
If you have a large box of papers you don’t know what to do with, write a destroy date on top — about six months from now. If you need to go into the box to find a document — and you actually use it — put it with the items to keep. Anything left in the box on the destroy date should be thrown out.Instead of keeping physical sticky notes all over the house, use a mobile device, tablet, or other digital app to prioritize items and assign everything a due date.
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