Comments on: A desk sorter, a basket and a filing cabinet….

By: Mary G.

Mary G. — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:38:17 +0000

YOU. are a freaking GENIUS!!!! Doing this… RIGHT NOW.

By: Mary G.

Mary G. — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:37:04 +0000

Well gee, if the ONLY sorts of paper I had to think about were bills and sale flyers, keeping my desk organized would be a breeze! Unfortunately, I also have my:

- Garden/landscaping records/receipts/plans
- Hubby’s medical records (kidney patient/diabetes/hypertension…)
- Knitting/crochet patterns & commitments
- Home care/maintenance
- Home projects plans/records
- Medical records in general (whole family)
- Online purchases and returns
…… the list just goes on and on and on….

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:15:20 +0000

I just discovered your site! I’m an organizing junkie myself, but I get lazy sometimes! I need to work on getting items to their designated place as soon as they come into my house! I don’t now if you’re still using this system, but I wanted to share a tip that really helped me. I completely got ride of my “to file pile” by filing each item as soon as I’m done with it. It’s amazing, because I never have the huge task of filing months worth of stuff anymore! Thanks for all the tips you have on here!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:33:15 +0000

I love your ideas, my husband also does all our receipts on quicken. The problem with our office is it has to much furniture and things tend to be in piles all spread out over desks. It also doubles as a music room.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:35:23 +0000

A bulletin/magnetic board is an excellent place for those bits of paper. Addresses/phone numbers should go into an address book. Business cards in a business card holder.

Also this idea is great for magazine clippings or brochures:

http://orgjunkie.com/2006/10/works-for-me-wednesday-magazine-article-storage.html

Hope that helps!

By: Betty

Betty — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:05:46 +0000

Comment#11 Work in progress

I’d like to know what to do with all those little notes,etc. too!
When you get an answer to this question, please post it.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:58:59 +0000

I am a new SAHM with an infant, a preschooler & a teenager. I have been fluttering around my house for 6 months and I have lost my mind! When I worked outside of the house I was a very highly organized person, but that has completely gone out the door and I did not know where to start! I love this system and will be putting it to use starting tomorrow! Thank you for the ideas and inspiration!

By: jennifer denwalt

jennifer denwalt — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:29:50 +0000

hi i love this system i am so disorganized and on top of that i am a homeschool parent.so that adds to my disorganized life thanks for this info i am going to try this thanks again jennifer

By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:07:34 +0000

Ooooh… I got some good ideas from you in this post on items that you are waiting on. I need to implement a system like yours for stuff I’ve filed for medical insurance…I’m way behind on that.

But I’d like to share my system for monthly bills. It’s awesome, and I figured someone out there could benefit from it…

I have 12 file folders, one for each month. I have a desk sorter, that looks just like yours (only larger) that will hold letter-size file folders. The current month folder is always kept in front of the rest. When the mail comes, I put the bills in their respective folder, based on due date. so each bill is easily accessible when it comes to bill-paying time. Once each bill is paid, it remains in that month’s folder. Once this system has made its round of a full year, and I get back to the beginning folder, I empty and shred last years bills and start that month over again, one folder at a time. This way, I always have a years worth of records, bills, bank statements, etc…

I used to have a “to file pile” and I would never get around to filing it…so this system solved that problem for me!

By: Sergio

Sergio — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:22 +0000

I saw once a coffee maker station in a bank and I have not been able to find something like that. It had like a slot for the sugar, tea bags, napkins, etc., all in one station.
Our coffee, tea bags, etc., are inside their boxes and look horrible.
Any help on that?