This week’s featured guest post is written by Tina, author of Tina Gray {dot} me. Tina is a wife to one, a mom to five – one boy and FOUR girls! – living in New South Wales, Australia. She was named a Top 50 Blogger of 2010 by Kidspot and is one of the 2010 Modeno Modern Mamas too! I’m honored and excited that she’s guest posting for me today!
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When Emily put a call out for guest posters and mentioned one of the themes was Organisation, I grabbed the opportunity so I could MAKE myself get our filing cabinet under control.
In a world that is so electronic, why do I still have so much paper in this house?! Even after contacting the banks and utility companies to have statements sent via email, I still have the need for a “to file” folder on my desk that ends up overflowing because filing is one of those chores that I keep putting off and I would outsource in a second if I had the chance.
I was so pumped to get it done that I didn’t even stop to think that I should have taken a “before” photo to show you all just how bad it was. That probably is a good thing because it could ruin my reputation with the small group of people that still think that I’m a control freak and have everything organized 😉 So I pulled everything out of the top that REALLY should just be stationery, but somehow contained everything but!
I culled about two years worth of paperwork that we really didn’t need to be keeping anymore. I labelled some new folders to make things a little more easier to find because the already basic folder labels were still a little tricky for those who don’t have “mum looks” when looking for things 😉
And now it looks like this:
But for how long, is anybody’s guess!
Tell me, do you have a filing cabinet? Do you use binders to keep your paperwork in control? Or is your house paper-free?
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Thanks so much for your wonderful tip to help us organize our filing cabinets, Tina! To read more of what Tina has to say, visit her blog Tina Gray {dot} Me, find her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter.
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