Plus we had to get our papers to the accountant for income tax, so thought, since every paper was out, I might as well get them in perfect order…..yes I said perfect, lol.
I thought I was pretty organized with my paper work…but I was delusional, lol.
A few times I had just put a bunch of mail in a basket or bag if someone was coming over and stashed them.
I never did get back to those bags…..until today.
So I made some labels got down on the floor and got to work…a side note..next time I will work on the dining room table, my knees aren't cut out for this anymore ;)
The labels were:
Bills
To File
Shred
Miscellaneous
I then put each piece of appear under the label that applied to them.
I also had a pile of envelopes to be recycled off to the side.
I can't believe how unorganized they all were.
I have always had our investment papers in their own zippered page protector, but I also went into them and took out the 2013 papers and put them elsewhere and stapled all of the 2014's together with room for the 2015 papers in there.
I also labeled each zippered page protector with the account number and they are all in one binder.
My bills were paid, but not all of them were in their files.
I usually save all of our bills for the year.
But I think it is unnecessary as once the new bill comes, stating that we have paid the last one, that the old bill can be shredded.
But I will still record the payments in my book…..it is just a book keeping thing I still need to do, lol.
I put the Misc. papers in their proper place.
I didn't realize how many recalls are on our vehicles…I am thinking I need to make a few appointments for the jeeps and truck, wow.
So that is what my day consisted of.
Nothing exciting, but it is a good feeling to have all of the papers organized :)
I hope you all had a very Creative Monday :)
Tracy :)
My bills and papers are a disorganized mess. I so need to organize them...but I have so little desire to do so!! Happy St. Patrick's Day!! :)
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I just did this on Sunday :) I have a filing cabinet with hanging files where everything is kept, but about once a month, I shred, file, etc. Feels so good!
ReplyDeletei love organization!
ReplyDeleteI am pretty organized right now! I went through the file folder about a month ago! And our taxes are done and filed! Hope your week is starting off well!
ReplyDeleteThat was a very productive day. I still have the income tax papers to sort, they are all in the desk in little cubbies. I'm hoping they are all in now. My bills go in a letter holder unpaid in the bottom and paid in the top end of the month they are bundled and I keep them for a year then shred the year before as you said there is really no sense in keeping them but I do.
ReplyDeleteI am always delusional on how organized I keep our "life" papers! I can relate!
ReplyDeleteAlways good to get organized. We keep papers/bills etc for 5 years LOL! When we first emigrate back in 2005, I thought we had purged a pile of paper work. Then about 5 years ago, I found that Andy had kept a huge box of statements from when he was in the forces in Germany - that was 1989!!!!! I immediately shredded everything! We have already done our tac and had a small refund - Andy is always really organised on that front :-) I feel another purge coming on LOL!
ReplyDeleteI seriously think you need to come and organize my house....lol
ReplyDeleteA little organization feels good doesn't it. After sending our tax stuff to the preparer last Monday I did a major shredding job, and retyped all the labels on my file drawers. It felt doubly good!
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