Most of us are storing half a forest of paper in our filing cabinets at home or in storage and have been contemplating taking on those piles of papers. If you are attempting to eliminate as much paper from your life, it's a daunting task made obvious as soon as you open your filing cabinets. So, how and where do you get started? First step is to sort and sift with a purpose! The mountain of paper will likely include old owners manuals, tax records from 20 years ago, really old credit card receipts and paycheck stubs from a job you don't even have anymore. Toss the useless stuff first. Second step is to shred and recycle old stuff! Many important documents may already be online, so your don't need to keep all these old paper copies. Start building your recycling pile. Third step is if it isn't already online... scan it! Pile those important papers in one stack and scan them. Forth step is to stop killing trees! Just about every business you deal with offers a pa
