{"id":2351,"date":"2012-09-23T20:34:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T01:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=2351"},"modified":"2012-09-23T20:44:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T01:44:05","slug":"5-simple-filing-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/5-simple-filing-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Simple Filing Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time-to-file.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2363\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/5-simple-filing-solutions\/time-to-file\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time-to-file.jpg?fit=377%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"377,270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"time to file\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time-to-file.jpg?fit=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time-to-file.jpg?fit=377%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2363\" title=\"time to file\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time-to-file-300x214.jpg?resize=300%2C214\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time-to-file.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/time-to-file.jpg?w=377&amp;ssl=1 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filing! Everyone hates filing! However, you can make filing less painful with a few simple solutions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The easiest way to file is to have one box for a one year&#8217;s worth of paper. Have an easy to access, attractive box to drop in paper as it arrives. You can find what you need by going through the paper in chronological order. It saves time and energy to have just one box for all papers.<\/li>\n<li>Have big categories for your files. Remember that filing is for retrieval! Having categories that include important areas can help you file quickly. Categories include home and auto, financial, personal and work. This filing is best accomplished with hanging files. But don&#8217;t just file everything. Be sure to keep just what you will want to retrieve.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Make a list of your files. Often we are not sure where a paper goes, so we don&#8217;t file it. With a list, you have choices of where to file and what the options are.<\/li>\n<li>File for fun! (Really!) Add music, your favorite tv show, with a friend, or with an adult beverage to add fun to your filing.<\/li>\n<li>Use filing products you love. I recently found the filertek dry erase hanging file tabs. Having dry erase tabs means you can add names to your files easily. Also having lots of colored hanging files or beautiful file folders makes your work lovely to look at. Companies like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.officecandy\/\">www.officecandy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seejanework.com\/\">www.seejanework.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.containerstore.com\/\">www.containerstore.com<\/a> make fabulous products for you to love and use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I love to share my personal filing secret! I file 4 times a year and when I file I watch foodtv. What is your personal filing secret?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filing! Everyone hates filing! However, you can make filing less painful with a few simple solutions. 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