ADHD Friendly Ways to Organize Your Papers

Join me for a 15 minute presentation on organizing your papers.

Please print this handout before you begin the presentation.

ADHD Friendly Ways to Organize Your Papers

(Handout)

Start big

• Move from overwhelmed to informed
• Keep the end in mind
• Know what to keep and for how long

Organizing strategies for your papers

• Your Command Center for actionable paper
• Your Files for reference papers
• Archive Files for long term storage
• Organizing options

Going digital

• Device options (photo, Genius Scan, Scanners)
• Fundamentals
• Organizing options

Staying organized

• Triage time
• Admin time
• Back log

Home and Office Paper and Digital Organizing Categories

Home

• House and Auto

• • Auto purchase
  • Home Major Purchases
  • Home Repair/Maintenance
  • House inventory
  • Insurance
• Financial (anything to do with money)
  • Banking
  • Credit Cards
  • Investment
  • Retirement
  • Property Taxes
  • Life Insurance
  • Mortgage
• Personal (anything to do with people or pets)
  • Medical Benefits
  • Medical History
  • Medical Explanation of Benefits
  • Medical Paid bills
  • School/University
  • (Interests such as parenting, decorating, collections, etc.)
• Work
  • Work history
  • CV or resume

Office

• • Clients
  • Resources
  • Vendors
  • Projects
  • HR or Employees
  • Financials 20XX
  • Expenses

Resources

ABCs of Important Papers (Oprah.com)

My Life Packet

ADD Friendly Ways to Organize