Note from Tsh: I’m still at Relevant, so I’m excited to bring you today’s guest post from Carley Knobloch of Digitwirl. I love her practical ideas here!
Didn’t scholars predict that we’d be a paperless society by now? I read that in a magazine article once, but don’t ask me to find it… it’s probably under the mound of bills, school papers, receipts and magazines that used to be my dining room table.
The paper clutter in my house has been a constant source of angst. Popular productivity books taught me how to “process” piles until they were no more. File away the things you need, toss the rest—that’s what they said.
What I’ve found, however, is that it’s not the filing that’s the challenge, it’s the retrieval:
• Where’s that receipt file for our accountant?
• Where did we file those pictures from our honeymoon?
• Why can’t I find the %!*#$ file with the Kindergarten class roster in it?!
I yearned for a way not just to clear my counter tops, but to be able to instantly find any important document or precious memory without upturning my entire house.
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