I love stationery, so was very excited to get something cool that also served an important purpose!
(I also inserted a sheet of textured green paper into the front sleeve to make it pretty.)
My categories are:
to pay
to do
to read
to save
to file
So, as mail comes in, it is immediately sorted into one of those categories, or put straight into the recycling. At the end of each week I will file everything in the "to file" pocket and we're ready to go again the next week!
I really recommend getting one of these if you need a better way of dealing with your snail mail.
When you use it properly, it is wonderful!
What's not so 'wonderful' is the human in this equation. We have (mostly) managed to avoid random papers around the place, but my old self is trying to ruin the system. I am not sure where to keep this file, so I put it in the bookshelf near our dining table, so it would be out of the way. I then forgot about it for a little while until I got a letter in the mail to tell us our bills hadn't been paid. Whoops!
So I took the file, complete with the unpaid bills, in to my computer desk so I could pay them. The entire five-tab file then went missing for a couple of weeks!
Any suggestions on where we should keep our five-tab file?
Good idea! I have a large clear container that I put all my mail. But it doesn't have any order to it and it's quite large. I only tend to clean it out when it's overflowing, so that can take a month or two or longer! I like the idea of categories! And doing it weekly. I keep mine on the kitchen bench (we have lots of bench space). The theory being I see it regularly and deal with it. Maybe if you pay your bills online, then keep it in with your computer in a spot where you'll see it to use it? Love reading your blog - gives me inspiration to get myself more clutter free!
ReplyDeleteyou could attach some string to it and put a nail in the back of your front door and hang it there. I don't know, that was just the first thing I thought of. Roz
ReplyDeleteI leave those sort of things on the desk, since I pay most bills online. I like that folder though ...
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