How fast can you find your paper?

If you need a document like a Birth Certificate, guesstimate how long it would take you to track it down:

• 2 Minutes
• 10 Minutes?
• A day?
• A week?
• Your entire summer?
• You'd have to file forms and pay for a duplicate copy? 

Do you know where you important, and not-so-important paperwork is?  Is it buried under a pile, in a file cabinet, in a storage room? Not knowing where these papers are or knowing they are not protected can be stressful.  It's even more stressful when you need something quick and have no idea where to start looking for it.

If your paper is organized, give yourself a High-5!  If it not, don't panic :)    Getting your paper organized isn't necessarily a difficult thing to do, but it can be time-consuming if you haven't tackled it.   The biggest problem isn't if you have enough storage space or if you need to buy another filing cabinet.  The biggest problem is that you may have too much paper!  Too much paper leads to a storage problem.  I bet there is a lot of paper that you don't even need, want, or use.  

Step 1:  Declutter your paper.  Look at all the paper that you have and decide if you need to keep it or not.  

Step 2:  Categorize the kinds of paper do you have left.

Step 3:  Create a system, place to store your paper and the best way for you to access it.

This is a pretty simplified way to start to get your papers organized.  The most important thing about this is that you need to START.  Not just think about it and wish it was done.  Start getting it done :)

Go back and read the 5 part series in organizing your paper!

I am looking for answers from you!  Would you please answer the short 6 question survey for me regarding paper? 

Paper Survey

Thank you so much!

If you would like more information, jump over to our website www.OrganizingYourChaos.com.  If you are stuck and would like to talk about ideas on how to begin, I am happy to speak with you :)  You can schedule a free Jump Start call HERE.

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