Paperless Organization

One of the best things you can do for your home, your time and the environment is to make the move to paperless organization.

What does that mean?

Advertisements encouraging you to recycle use the slogan "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Going paperless with your household documents not only helps you "reduce," it will also keep your home more organized which will save you a lot of time.

It's really quite simple...by reducing the amount of paper coming into your home your are reducing the amount of time and space necessary to organize your household documents.

Paperless organization is the best defense against those never-ending paper piles that take over your home.

There are a few simple steps that you can take to reduce the amount of paper coming into your home.

The more you reduce your incoming paper, the less time you will have to spend organizing the paper that you do get and the less space your paper filing will take up.

Skip subscriptions.

If you regularly subscribe to magazines or newspapers, try switching to an online subscription instead. Most newspapers and magazines have websites. Many of them allow you to view most of the information free so you may even save money on subscription costs.

Choose electronic delivery.

Many mortgage companies, banks, credit card companies and other companies from whom you probably receive a monthly statement will allow you to receive that statement electronically. Usually this will require that you create a secure account on the company's website.

Once you have set up your account, the company will send you an email each month telling you when your statement is ready. You will visit the secure site to view your statement. It's that simple.

If you receive statements in the mail that don't require any action on your part...you just look at them, make sure everything looks good and then file them away...electronic delivery is the perfect solution.

Sign up for electronic bill paying.

Check with your bank to find out if they offer free electronic bill paying. Paying your bills electronically is easy, fast and efficient. Not only that, but it saves you from having to purchase paper checks and figuring out where to file all of those check stubs.

Electronic filing.

You may not be able to prevent the paper from coming in the mail, but you can prevent it from cluttering up your home. An ideal solution for keeping your documents organized and staying clutter-free is the NeatReceipts 00162 Sheetfed Scanner - 48 bit Color - 16 bit Grayscale - 600 dpi Optical - USB NEAT Receipts patented technology reads receipts, business cards and documents.

Scanning your receipts, statements, bills and other household documents to store them on your computer will make finding what you need much easier while also reducing the amount of space needed for storage.

The NeatReceipts scanner is the perfect solution to paperless organization.