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My desk is again a mound of paperwork, waiting to be filed. The kitchen counter overflows with mail, some opened, some not. Some important, some not.
Again with the cleaning/organization. One of the main problems is that my mail sorting/opening/recycling center is the kitchen counter (and a small free-standing shelf in the kitchen that holds the recycling basket and a hanging file folder) but my real paperwork area is my desk upstairs. So everything important 'to be filed' gets crammed into one folder and then... eventually I have to schlep it upstairs and sort through it again. Not exactly a streamlined process.
One thing I need to do is find out if the utilities have paperless billing, though the last thing I need is more usernames/passwords. But some things that come about rarely (medical/dental/house stuff) obviously can't be dealt with that way, because it's not a reoccurring bill.
I also need to decide how long do I really need to keep utility bills? The knee-jerk reaction for most people seems to be a year, and that would be my off-the-cuff response. But thinking about it logically, why do I need anything but the current bill? It shows I paid last month, and that I'm not delinquent, and what else do I need? But at the same time, is it more or less efficient to switch out and recycle the month-old bill with the current bill than it is to cram them all into a folder and once a year (or so) go through all of them and weed them out?
*sob* All I want is a clear desk, is that so much to ask? And a clean kitchen counter. And maybe a kitchen floor that isn't white tile. Who in their right mind does that?
As much as I dislike FlyLady, I will admit that babysteps are important. Looking at the sheer amount of crap I have to do (and comparing it to the mounds of things I actually want to do, a comparison it will always lose to) sends me into paralytic shock. SO I have but one goal for this weekend. I want a clean desk. Yes, there are many other things I want - and need - to accomplish, but if I start with a list I might not be able to stop. For now, I have but one focus: desktop. *deep breath*
Again with the cleaning/organization. One of the main problems is that my mail sorting/opening/recycling center is the kitchen counter (and a small free-standing shelf in the kitchen that holds the recycling basket and a hanging file folder) but my real paperwork area is my desk upstairs. So everything important 'to be filed' gets crammed into one folder and then... eventually I have to schlep it upstairs and sort through it again. Not exactly a streamlined process.
One thing I need to do is find out if the utilities have paperless billing, though the last thing I need is more usernames/passwords. But some things that come about rarely (medical/dental/house stuff) obviously can't be dealt with that way, because it's not a reoccurring bill.
I also need to decide how long do I really need to keep utility bills? The knee-jerk reaction for most people seems to be a year, and that would be my off-the-cuff response. But thinking about it logically, why do I need anything but the current bill? It shows I paid last month, and that I'm not delinquent, and what else do I need? But at the same time, is it more or less efficient to switch out and recycle the month-old bill with the current bill than it is to cram them all into a folder and once a year (or so) go through all of them and weed them out?
*sob* All I want is a clear desk, is that so much to ask? And a clean kitchen counter. And maybe a kitchen floor that isn't white tile. Who in their right mind does that?
As much as I dislike FlyLady, I will admit that babysteps are important. Looking at the sheer amount of crap I have to do (and comparing it to the mounds of things I actually want to do, a comparison it will always lose to) sends me into paralytic shock. SO I have but one goal for this weekend. I want a clean desk. Yes, there are many other things I want - and need - to accomplish, but if I start with a list I might not be able to stop. For now, I have but one focus: desktop. *deep breath*