Next you’re going to tackle pile 2, all the stuff you want or need for reference later. So recycle it, trash it, burn it, whatever. There’s no reason to keep that stuff around and freeing up the space is refreshing and will motivate you to continue with the process. Once everything is sorted go ahead and get rid of the third pile. Pile 3 is anything that you no longer need or want.These items can be recycled or discarded. Pile 2 is for anything that you want to keep but doesn’t have a due date.This could include things like bank statements, school newsletters, recipes, or things you want to reference later. A bit of advice, don’t get distracted by stopping this process to go pay a bill you just found. Pile 1 will be papers that are time-sensitive.This will include things like bills, items that need signed, items that need cancelled, etc. I find my dining room table works well for this. The first thing I want you to do, in the spirit of Marie Kondo, beloved author of the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, is to go around your home and gather all of your paper into one big pile.
Here are a few ways we’ve gone to battle against our paper monster, and won. This amount of paper would overwhelm anyone.īut you’re not anyone, and with a few tools, you will tame this beast.īetween the kids, our business, and just being alive, we deal with a lot of paper in our home. We’re all battling that modern day boogeyman, the paper monster.ĭid you know the average American uses over 700 pounds of paper each year? If you have school age kids, go ahead and add a few hundred pounds more to that number.Ĭatalogs, letters, postcards, coupon inserts, bills, statements, appointment reminders, event announcements, business cards, post-it notes, permission slips, random forms, graded homework, class party reminders, fundraiser info, and on, and on, and on. How many different places around your home do you have papers piling up? Do you have random pieces of paper scattered around, even if they aren’t quite in a pile yet? It’s ok, it really is.
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