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Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you had a reliable, fail-safe paper system in place? Organise Your Paperwork is your easy guide to handling your paperwork, from bills and receipts to invitations and letters. Sit back and let the paper flow in, through and out of your life forever!
[...]... endless You just need to listen to your paper, it will tell you what it needs 6 Storage is a tool, not a solution Storage is not the answer to disorganised paperwork Storage containers, files, and stationery are merely tools, and a tool without a system is just clutter People buy all sorts of tools to contain their mess, only to have it add further chaos as they shift the piles into suspension files,... personal history, needs and goals for the future In this book, we use the Paper Flow strategy to demonstrate how to create a simple, personalised system for managing the paper that flows into your home and office We will show you how to make sure your paper buoys, rather than drowns you You can start to save yourself from the paper deluge by acknowledging some truths about paper: 1 Paper needs to earn... that it is very easy to follow As your confidence and expertise builds you can adapt and change your Paper Flow to give it more of your own personality and style You will wonder how you ever lived without a system to deal with paperwork and why you ever struggled with paperwork in the first place Your first task after crossing into From Now On’ is to put a stop to your tendency to create piles because... right to take up your space Paper will fill the space made available for it We have an infinite capacity to bring paper into our lives, but we have a finite space in which to store it Consider your storage space when deciding what to keep Everything in your home and office is competing for precious space, so make sure your paperwork is earning its right to be there 2 Look after the 20 per cent Most paper. .. copy of Organise Your Paperwork because they thought you could do with a few hints? Or perhaps you happened upon it, deciding once and for all that Organise Your Paperwork would finally put an end to your paper chaos? Or you may be a person who already has an organised paper system but is looking for a few extra tips and ideas Regardless of your starting position, taking stock of the cost of paper chaos... ‘sentimental’ is mingling too closely with the ‘nice to read but not really necessary to keep’, you get paper friction When large receipts are mixed together with small dockets, neither is happy with the other’s storage solution because of their different shapes and sizes When paper is disorganised, you feel disorganised too It’s contagious 5 Your paper will tell you how it wants to be stored It really is... across that line from your past chaos to a wonderful place called From Now On’ This place is your fresh start, which will set you up for success and support you through all the changes you will inevitably experience in your life This book will set you up forever and you will never have to reinvent your paper system again From now on you will move all paper into your new Paper Flow system on a regular and... time costs together to see just how much money you are wasting each year Step four: list your top emotional, professional and personal costs Now do your own ‘before and after’ cost snapshot by keeping these answers in your notebook You should re-assess your answers once you have spent three months using the Paper Flow system This is also a good time to take a ‘before’ photo of your current paper situation... that your paperwork is sorted, organised and filed These eight truths form the basis of the Paper Flow philosophy Paper Flow is a fail-safe, tried and tested approach to paper management that will support you in the real world, through all the ebbs and flows of life This book provides step-by-step instructions on how to move paper in, through and out of your home and office It will take about a week to. .. cost of your paper chaos, you have just discovered the real worth of being organised Just think about all the time, money, emotional energy, credibility, love, confidence and respect you’re going to gain from now on! We promise that if you follow the Paper Flow system, you will easily manage all your day to day paper and notice life changing benefits Now in order to move forward, you first need to forgive . Australia Cataloguing-in- Publication data: Author: Bennie, MaryAnne. Title: Organise your paperwork: from paper mess to paperless / MaryAnne Bennie and Brigitte Hinneberg. ISBN:. Melbourne Typeset in ITC Berkeley Oldstyle Std Book 11/13.5 pt Organise Your Paperwork © MaryAnne Bennie and Brigitte Hinneberg 2013 Excerpts taken from Paper