43 Tickler Files
Files numbered 1-31 (one per day of month)
plus
12 Monthly Files
Power bill due on the 23rd? Put it in the corresponding file (@23). Need order flowers for your sister’s birthday on the 17th? Put it in that file…you get the idea.
The Verb Files
Rather than just a To Do file, be more specific:
To Call
To Email
To File
To Mail
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Filing Systems
There are some decent systems out there…I recently found the Freedom Filer system and it looks pretty intriguing, but you might want to develop a system that works for YOU.
Color Coded file folders?? What happens your financial files are green and you’re OUT of green file folders??? YIKES! Do you procrastinate your filing? Run to the store IMMEDIATELY? Think about neutral folders and color printed labels.
Missy Gerber suggestions a three tab system on your folders…all right hand files are financial, all left hand files are home information.
