#paperclutter

[elysemillermusic]

Grateful for a slow morning to collect myself. I need a new filing system. It’s gotten out of hand—the sheer number of locations I have my files, notes to self, artwork, great ideas, financial documents, future plans, etc. I’ve realized I’m using paper files, shoe boxes of notes, google drive with multiple accounts, iCloud Drive, Evernote, the Notes app, ancient PCs I haven’t explored in years but that I know have files I want, an external hard drive, several flash drives, retired cell phones, pinterest, bunches of notebooks and journals and various stacks of yet-to-be sorted items that float around my workspace waiting to be filed. And an old tape recorder with mini cassettes from the early days. Oh, and multiple email, social media accounts (each with it’s own message repository), and websites for the various businesses I have started over the years…not to mention any of the content I posted straight to social media platforms, that I’m trusting will live there ongoing. Plus a long-forgotten Dropbox that is full of stuff…probably old band demos and graphic design projects. Anyone else have this kind of headache? How do you manage it? #stayingorganized #digitalstorage #infooverload #artismessy #paperclutter #independentmusician #singersongwriter #coloradomusicscene #diymusician #indieartist #Coloradosinger #singer #songwriter #elysemiller #lovelandcolorado #FortCollins #colorado #twitchmusicians #contentcreator #toomuchcontent #creativepersonproblems #lifemanagement #toomanythings https://www.instagram.com/p/CYxEGrBFfP_/?utm_medium=tumblr

[maristellabertram]

Taming The Paper Monster Paper is among the top clutter monsters in every household. Whether it is brochures, magazines, newspapers, instruction manuals, receipts, unopened mail, coupons, gift cards, or school work, these things are always hanging around the house and cluttering everyone’s lives. Read the post: https://myspacereclaimed.com/2019/04/03/taming-the-paper-monster/ #paperclutter #organizedhomeoffice #organizedhome #myspacereclaimed https://www.instagram.com/p/B3p7Lq-B5ov/?igshid=4u5n70b7lu4p

[myoverconsumption]

I’ve been feeling uneasy lately

because it’s been a while since I’ve gone through my things searching for junk to throw out. Tonight I tackled my receipt box.

Thanks to my mum who always threw out her receipts and caused massive drama whenever she went to return something I used to keep ALL of my receipts. Every single one. I sorted them monthly and had to buy folders to store them all in. Often they would burst at the seams and the time spent sorting them was laughable. I kept them for a few years until they started to fade. It was wads and wads of receipts. It was excessive. 

This year I’ve decided to be a little less ridiculous. I’ve only kept receipts for things that I may need to return and items with warranties. I’ve stopped collecting receipts for groceries and little inexpensive things and it is working out so much better. The monthly piles are so small that I don’t need to buy folders anymore, I just use paper clips, and sorting them takes 10 minutes.

Another thing I’ve noticed is that I’ve gotten to the point where I have everything I need now, I’m rather settled and as a result I am not spending. I only have 3 receipts from June. Three! When I looked at the tiny pile of 3 receipts I wondered what happened to me in June. 

I guess I just didn’t notice I didn’t have the need to buy things and so I didn’t. 

[myoverconsumption]

Tackling a bit more paper work.