Do you have a problem with paper? Does it seem to multiply overnight? Do you get your desk cleaned off, only to find an intimidating pile there again just a few days later? You are not alone. Most of my clients struggle with managing paper, and I myself wage a weekly battle with the top of my desk.
Read more →Clients ask me this all the time, and are quite surprised when I tell them 3 years. Yes, the government only has three years to audit you. (I don’t know where the 7-year rule came from, or why it is so widely propagated.)
Read more →I have a confession to make. Organizing products make me happy. And products for organizing paper make me practically ecstatic. One of my favorite products at this year’s NAPO conference was Smead’s Stadium™ File. So when I was contacted about reviewing the Stadium File, along with Smead’s SuperTab® Folders and Viewables® Color Labeling System– with a Target $20 gift card thrown in for my pains — how could I resist?
Read more →Paper flows into our lives with surprising regularity, and it piles up quickly. Snail mail, newspapers, magazines, work memos, school flyers, invitations, brochures . . . the longer you put off dealing with it, the harder it is to get started and the more deadlines you will miss. The solution? Set up an efficient paper processing center and nip those papers in the bud.
Read more →Now that March has arrived, it’s time to get your tax papers organized so that you can meet the April 15 deadline without any last-minute scrambling. You’ll be able to gather 80% of your information pretty quickly — but the last 20% will take a lot of time! By getting started now, you’ll be able to identify which information is going to be the hardest to obtain, and you can start the wheels turning while there is still sufficient lead…
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