Fighting The Paper War

The problem with trying to declutter paper items is the fear of throwing out something important. To avoid doing that very thing, there needs to be a system put in place to ensure that you will not only get rid of unnecessary paper, but keep important papers where they need to be.

One of the best ways to keep papers organised and safe is to have a filing cabinet, or similar such filing system. For smaller requirements perhaps a concertina file folder will suffice, but if you NEED to keep larger amounts of paper, a filing cabinet is definitely in order.

When trying to declutter your papers, it is important that you be particularly strong in making decisions about what to keep. It can be extremely time consuming to go through every single piece of paper and make a decision as to its fate, therefore finding ways to make the process go quickly is a distinct advantage. One such way is this: If the information can be found on the Internet, then discard it. This goes for magazines, newspapers, recipes torn from magazines, etc. For most people this will immediately eliminate a large percentage of the paper clutter. Another action you can take is to file all important papers in your filing cabinet or concertina file.

Another great idea for dealing with paper, is to use a computer scanner, scan them all into the computer and then save them that way. Once the 'hard' copy has been scanned, it can be discarded and you will still have the copy on your computer, to be read at any time. This is a particularly good way to keep recipes that you wish to try out at a later date.
There are products that have been designed for just this purpose. The time and stress you save will far outweigh the cost of a good quality scanner.

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