“The System” … 2007
After 9 months of putting it off, I’m creating new folders and filing everything I have in my “To Be Filed” inbox …. I don’t know what happened but … 9 months … geez.
Here’s a little tip when real life presents a bulk-insert task like this … when you’re trying to find something it really helps to have the papers sorted chronologically. On the other hand you know that you will probably never look at these statements and receipts again … this is a good case for using Lazy Evaluation. I just dump everything in the proper category (e.g. Bank Statements, 2007) and then don’t order them chronologically until I actually have to find something like a specific charge on an old credit card statement.
Link to some interesting GTD stuff
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I’ve switched nearly all my bills to electronic-only-delivery, and save things in a fairly straightforward folder format. I also enter everything financial into gnucash and throw away the paper (at least in the case where gnucash can capture all the information that was on the paper). It sounds like Lazy Evaluation is a good step toward cutting administrative overhead, but I recommend getting rid of paper altogether as possible.
Damn boy, you is messy.