Tell me about your organization/filing

[iamgrace]

We have a drawer in our desk with files (H's) and a drawer in a book case with files (mine and things that pertain to the family). Files are labelled and alphabetical. I try to keep on top of it. I need to go through them soon.

[rupertpenny]

I have everything in manila folders, and they are in a box. I am getting a filing cabinet eventually, I just haven't gotten around to it.

I used to just have a box of papers but last summer I went through everything and separated everything into piles by topic then made a folder for each pile. So now I have folders labeled things like "immunization records" and "Sallie Mae student loan." Whenever papers pile up again I go through and put them in the appropriate folder and make new folders for things as needed.

[pantsparty]

2 drawer filing cabinet. Certain documents I will scan in my computer and every night I back up everything on my Clickfree.

[starlily]

I have a plastic storage box with labeled, hanging file folders. Eventually I'd like to scan all the docs and change out the box to a.fire-resistant one.

[Deleted]

Important documents we have in a safe.

Other stuff we have in drawers. Not quite official, but the envelopes are labeled?

We will get a filing cabinet whenever we move again. I think Jake might sell all my books (or me) if I make him move w that plus our gigantic bookcases.

[lust2hart]

We have a filing box and a 2-drawer filing cabinet.

The filing box is for current paperwork...
* We keep bills for one year and then shred them. So we have a file folder for each bill - electricity, gas, water & trash, doctor's offices, insurance companies. Even though we have autopay for all of these except doctor's offices, we still get paper bills. I need to look into seeing if we can just get ebills.
* One folder for receipts for each entity that we donate to.
* One folder for each of our cars, for major repairs.
* One folder for household repairs.
* One folder for each of our retirement accounts.

The 2-drawer filing cabinet...
* The top drawer contains old paperwork that we want to hang on to for a while. Tax returns, house appraisals, pet information.
* The bottom drawer contains manuals, separated into electronics, appliances, and tools.

We also keep our marriage certificate, birth certificates, and passports in a fireproof box.

[gozf]

Lol. Filing? What filing?

I think my divorce decree is shoved in a desk drawer. So is my passport.

[RoxMonster]

We have a drawer in H's desk with the hanging files and that's where we keep all our important papers. When we moved into the house last summer, we finally got super organized and made very specific folders because it was kind of a mess before. Now I can easily find stuff and it's awesome.

We also took our bills paperless but decided to hang onto paper bills for 6 months, then shred them, so we bought a shredder and go through our papers periodically to clean them out. When we moved, I had bills from 2007 still!

[Deleted]

Here is my favorite file.  LOL.

But, in all seriousness, I store almost everything electronically.

PDF is my friend.

[lust2hart]

Mar 29, 2013 11:54:34 GMT -5 RoxMonster said:

We have a drawer in H's desk with the hanging files and that's where we keep all our important papers. When we moved into the house last summer, we finally got super organized and made very specific folders because it was kind of a mess before. Now I can easily find stuff and it's awesome.

We also took our bills paperless but decided to hang onto paper bills for 6 months, then shred them, so we bought a shredder and go through our papers periodically to clean them out. When we moved, I had bills from 2007 still!

Ha! Last weekend my DH and I had a spontaneous "let's go through the crap in our office" day and I demanded that he go through his receipt folders - and yes, he found a folder from 2007. And 2008, and 2009, and 2010, and 2011, and 2012.

(He has a habit of hanging on to receipts because "you never know when you might need to return something!" Ok, sure, but you're not going to be able to return something from 2007! Or even, you know, from 3 months ago. He argues that the receipts don't take up much room...that's true, but NOT THE POINT! LOL.)

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Mar 29, 2013 11:58:59 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Here is my favorite file.  LOL.

But, in all seriousness, I store almost everything electronically.

PDF is my friend.

Can someone please help me usher Jake into the 21st century?

He refuses to go paperless and he also doesn't like auto-debit.

[partiallysunny]

I have a small two drawer file cabinet and a small fireproof lockbox for more important papers.