Going Paperless?
Going paperless? What?!! Has Paper Doll lost the faith with organizing paper?
Not at all. The truth is that keeping your paper organized sometimes means organizing it right out of dead-tree form and up into the ether. But the process by which you figure out how to take yourself from overwhelmed by paper to secure in your fluffy white cloud needs to be carefully considered.
A few months back, Paper Doll and my esteemed colleague Erin Doland of Unclutterer were interviewed for the January 2014 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. It’s on newsstands now — check out page 77 for The Lowdown: What You Need to Know About Going Paperless.
The article covers some essential steps to taming the paper monster, including decreasing the influx of paper at the source. It also touches on the ins and outs of scanning, shredding (as we covered in Shredding the Documents: Finding Your Shredding Solution), backing up your electronic documents, and developing a plan for digital receipt management apps and tools.
Of course, you know that Paper Doll would never advise eschewing paper altogether, and so I talked about discernting the difference between what can be digitized and what you need safeguarded in paper form. (Because you loyal readers know there are lots of VIP documents and essential papers for which you need those raised, bumpy seals for everything to be kosher.)
If you’re buried under paper and snow, and can’t get out to buy your own copy of Kiplinger’s, the article was also picked up by the Chicago Tribune, under the title, Spending: What You Need To Know About Going Paperless. Check it out!
Paper Doll Post:
That Kiplinger’s issue is already on my magazine pile of to-reads. I’ll keep an eye out for the paperless article..umm.. I could use that info :/ – thanks Julie!
You mean like this? http://www.kiplinger.com/article/business/T057-C000-S002-6-things-to-know-about-going-paperless.html Now that the February issue of the magazine is out, the January articles are linked.