Paper Clutter Categories

What is your paper clutter?  When you have decided what to keep, now is the time to categorize what it is you have.  

Common paper clutter  includes the following:

Mail

School or work papers

Magazines

Catalogs

Coupons 

Receipts

Newspapers

Look at your different categories and ask yourself why does the paper clutter happen in the first place.  Here are some questions to think about:

1.  Do you have too much paper or not enough storage?

2.  If you have too  much paper, what are you willing to eliminate all together?  Could you discontinue a newspaper, magazine, catalog subscription?  What could you read online instead?

3.  How are you going to store the paper you want to keep?  Filing cabinet, closet etc. 

Stay tuned – Next posting will be about assigning a home for all of your paper clutter!

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