Comments on: A beginner’s guide to a document filing system

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 05 May 2010 04:20:45 +0000

the second system looks to be a bit more organized. i think if everything was on a computer instead of paper we could be a lot more organized than we are now.

By: Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:56:14 +0000

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Ali Akbar — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:02:15 +0000

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Blog Filter — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:58:11 +0000

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By: Lee Kirkby

Lee Kirkby — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:13:30 +0000

I agree with Joe. Seriously look at how you can get the paper gone and put your stuff into electronic format. A small sheet fed scanner or a multifunction unit with a sheet feeder will really help. You can keep almost anything in electronic format and reproduce if ever needed. The paper is the hardest and in the end most expensive way to file. I use Evernote as well…super tool. But a connected large USB drive also keeps a pile of stuff for me. Critical stuff is backed up on another site as well. Retention policy is important, but getting it organized is even more valuable.

By: polityka w sieci

polityka w sieci — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:28:10 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:24:36 +0000

Thanks Joe for the suggestion. I would love to have a paperless filing system, but unfortunately paper is not going to go away, and for house, car deeds, certificates and such, we can’t completely get rid of paper. But for most other non vital documents, one should have a retention policy.

By: JoeTaxpayer

JoeTaxpayer — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:08:34 +0000

I blog on financial topics, and something I continue to run into is the goal to unclutter.
To add to your list of hardware above, I’d suggest EverNote, a cloud-based software which lets you save documents (I use a scanner) to you PC/phone/laptop etc. Filing is fine, until you realize that big file cabinet contains years of stuff you don’t need.
Joe