Go Paperless

I used to be a compulsive hoarder. Now every time the mail comes, I’ll process it near my trashcan, shredder and scanner. Instead of printing everything, save the document as a pdf to a directory where you backup to Amazon S3.

Instead of writing passwords down and using the same one over and over, use 1Password on the Mac.

Switching to electronic billing for everything has helped. Additinally you can cut down on junk mail by registering at https://www.optoutprescreen.com/

I don’t want a filing cabinet in my small home office.

The aim is to scan everything and keep the PDF, and just end up with a handful of box files containing paperwork.

Current plan is to keep only:

1. One box of recent docs like credit card statements, the sort of thing that you need for ID.
2. One box of annual docs like house insurance, water rates
3. One box of long term docs like car registration
4. One box for random memento type stuff

My shredder is working overtime at the mo :)

I got a Fujitsu S510M, and a paper shredder. I’m making progress, and the must-keep documents will go into a safe deposit box.

It feels great to get rid of the mountains of paper!

I just got my scanner today. I’m going to scan up all the stuff, and shred all non-legal docs. I’m well on the way there.

i took huge pile of paper, and surfed a lot. i reduced almost everything to links. all that is left is small “to scan” pile and lots of links. (if any link gets broken, at least i know what to search. that is the risk i’m willing to take.)

Action List

Research into Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M in KL and equivalents.
Buy industrial grade paper cutter.

Ideas from here.

...can’t wait for it to be delivered :-) ...er…that’s a bit geeky isn’t it!!

...just need to get organised now ;-)

...and a wife that doesn’t hoard paper!!! ...and then I’m sorted. I’m really disorganised and keep multiple copies of stuff but far better when it comes to electronic files. Plan to get the scanner then sort through all the paper…really good ‘thing’ to add to the 43 list!!

I am on step closer to ridding my apartment with of the clutter that I have created with the paperwork that seems to accumulate. I also finally got organized and “cleaned house” by ridding myself of things that were no longer any use to me. I recieved the document server, now I just need to install the software and it will be ready to go. I have also purchased a new desktop computer, scanner and a photo printer. I vow that I will not print any more paper documents out but the photo printer will be used for printing out photos and nothing else.