One of my least favourite jobs is catching up on my filing and paperwork. If I was a little more disciplined I wouldn’t let it mount up – I wait till the “To Be Filed” tray is full – but it’s such a boring task and I can always find something more interesting to do. More »
Hi Team Lifehacker, I try to go as paperless as possible at work, just like in your complete guide to going paperless. The problem is, something in my caveman brain finds it much more difficult to really absorb and analyse text on a screen compared to good old-fashioned paper. I find that with around five pages or more, I really start skipping information and missing important detail. More »
Your increasingly digital lifestyle has left your analogue media collecting dust. Save it from obsolescence and digitise your life. More »
A good number of receipts are printed on thermal paper these days. Look at them after a few weeks in your wallet or other warm spots, and they’re unreadable. A Consumerist comment thread picks up a few ideas on keeping them useful. More »
It’s often said that the best organisation and filing systems are the ones you use. If you need help figuring out what to do with an avalanche of paper scraps and jotted notes, then here’s a simple solution. More »
No matter how digital your life, your doctors, sports clubs, and children’s teachers won’t be at the same level. A “Central Home Binder” is a convenient, centralised way to keep all your life’s paper together. Sue at the Unclutterer blog uses a simple binder with a plastic cover to keep her family’s paperwork in one location—right next to the cookbooks, in fact. Here’s her other equipment and basic tab setup:
The Categories (one per binder tab): Contacts Health & Fitness Food House Travel
The Tools: Simple Binder Tabs Plastic Pockets for In Between Tabs
As the author notes, even if you’re a devotee of your digital address book, unnecessary or occasional phone numbers, like phone trees for children’s groups and events, fit nicely into the “Contacts” tab, while the rest are self-explanatory. Creating a Central Binder for Your Home [Unclutterer]
