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Getting Rid of Junk Mail

Whenever I receive an "invite" in the mail for a credit card that I do not want, I tear it up into several pieces. Then, I take the pieces and put some in each waste basket around the house so just in case a thief wants to paste the information back together, all the pieces are not there.

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Organizing Manuscripts

Organizing Manuscripts

This is a guide about organizing manuscripts. If you are a writer or poet, whether a professional or as an avocation, keeping your manuscripts organized is important.

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Tips for Estate Planning

I'm not getting any younger and wanted to make my passing as easy as I could paperwork wise. I have gathered and organized everything I could into a special colored folder.

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Organizing Medicare/Supplemental Insurance Paperwork

I am absolutely weighted down with keeping track of paperwork related to Medicare and supplemental insurance, also pharmacy receipts. Does anyone have a system that is easy to follow? There are two of us.

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Organizing Paperwork For Taxes

This is a guide about organizing paperwork for taxes. Make the arrival of tax season less stressful by organizing the paperwork needed for preparing taxes.

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Organizing Receipts

This is a guide about organizing receipts. Many people receive multiple receipts each day. You don't have to save every receipt that you get, however organizing ones that you need to save is important.

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Organizing Important Papers

This is a guide about organizing important papers. Keeping your vital documents in order is a big part of staying organized. these important papers need to be safe and easily accessible.

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Keeping Records of Paid Bills

I start my checkbook register at the middle of the register. I have found that I can usually write a month's worth of checks on one page of the register using the front (and back if necessary).

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Store Manuals and Receipts

I have stored receipts and manuals in a file cabinet drawer for many years. Binders are a good idea if you don't have a file drawer, but can find shelf space for them. A binder with pocket pages or page protectors can accommodate most manuals.

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Should It Stay or Should It Go?

Should It Stay or Should It Go?Tax time is a good time to clean the filing cabinet and eliminate yourself of old paperwork. Yet, the fear of throwing out financial papers causes many people to save everything, leaving a packed filing cabinet with yellowing paperwork.