Tips

• As a way of organizing papers, try this acronym: WORTH (W=Worst case scenario if you toss it, O=Obtain it again? Would that be easy? R=Recent enough that you'd actually use it as reference? T=Tax implications? Then keep it... generally 7 years. H=Happy. If it makes you feel really good, keep it... but if all 16,000 papers make you feel really good, rethink.
• Do you keep tons of receipts for minor credit card and checkcard purchases, even after it shows up on your monthly statement? If you don't use these receipts for taxes, ask your accountant if it's really necessary for you to keep them.
• Do you keep utility bill paperwork for more than a year? If you want to see billing patterns or write off home office on taxes, 1 year makes sense. Any reason to keep longer? Just in case... what?
• You're overwhelmed with it all, but start with one... one box , one item, one piece of paper.

Quotes

Never mistake motion for action. ~Ernest Hemingway

Don't just do something, stand there. ~Rochelle Myer

It's not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs. ~Vaclav Havel

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ~Mark Twain

It's hard to make a difference when you can't find your keys. ~Marilyn Paul

It is very hard to be simple enough to be good. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do. ~Aristotle

Talk does not cook rice. ~Chinese proverb

A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. ~William Shedd

Thoughts

Do you think time is a fundamental structure of the universe?  Or just something intellectual that humans use to function?

Getting more organized, some people fear, will make them less creative.  Agree?

Messy and disorganized are not the same, in my opinion. What's the difference?