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mr tommo · 12 Jun 2018 at 13:20

Bit of a random one and probably quite obvious but what are you using to keep yourself organised when it comes to letters/bills/documents etc

I am SO unorganised, post and bills could be in any number of random places around my house and I need to sort it out. Right now for example, I can't put my hand on my Council tax statement...

Yes I could go and just buy a small filing cabinet but wondered what you find best for this or whether you find it easier to have smaller boxes then get moved up to the loft after x years etc.

ubern00b · 12 Jun 2018 at 13:43

Take a photo of said document and stick it in your favourite cloud service in some sort of sensible filing system. Job done.

area51_for_psx · 12 Jun 2018 at 15:54

We have a small filing cabinet that we use. Then every year we clear out any random stuff that doesn't need to be kept and any important documents are scanned onto the computer and hard copies put away in boxes and box is dated. (IE tax stuff)

Then eventually it all gets shredded and burned when we don't need to keep it anymore. Passports and Birth certificates stay in the safe.

peterwalkley · 12 Jun 2018 at 15:54

Lever arch files and a shedload of A4 plastic wallets like these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/PLASTIC-PU...17&sr=8-2&keywords=plastic+wallets+a4+punched

Use one of them per "thing" e.g. council tax, bank account, utilities suppliers etc.

AETAaAS · 12 Jun 2018 at 16:04

In the short term, it goes into two piles. Actionable stuff and stuff for filling. Actionable stuff gets tackled with as needed then shredded or put into the filling pile.

Filing pile gets sorted when sufficiently big, so I don't have to get the box out as often.

Martynt74 · 12 Jun 2018 at 16:12

We have one of those box files that look like an accordion with sections for each thing.

I like the idea of photos of stuff stored electronically though.