As many of you know, before I started my career as a Professional Organizer, I was a Paralegal/Legal Assistant for 30 years. After all those years in the legal industry, I just want to let y’all know that dealing with paper is something I know about. It’s boring, it’s voluminous, it’s lots of paper cuts…
Everyone is talking about Global Warming. Whether you believe in it or not, what’s going on with the weather all over the world has been crazy. That’s a fact! Warmer than usual temperatures everywhere. Droughts in some areas. More flooding than ever before in others. Melting Icebergs causing water levels to rise. Yikes! A Natural…
It’s the time of year when we need to start getting our tax documents together. We’re all, or most of us are, getting ready to either prepare our taxes or meet with a CPA to have them prepare them for us. Fun times! April 15th, the deadline to file taxes, is only two months…
One of the biggest organizing challenges for most people, at least those who hire us, is with paperwork. After doing this kind of work for 10 years, it seems that the common denominator is that most people don’t know what to do with paper. They don’t know where or how to file it or how long…
Gather all of your important papers in one place. I use a bankers box for each year. That way, when I can get rid of the papers for that year, which according to my CPA is 4 years, I can shred everything without going through it again. Make sure to label the box (ie, 2019…