Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:08 pm
This has been a very satisfying Saturday for me.
First: the good news from LadyM.
Second: I got distracted. Badly. But in a good way.
I'm just turning on the computer now, so it wasn't that. I haven't s2s or had breakfast yet and boy do I have to pee!
BUT, I opened the mail while having tea and chocolate and went to pile it on my desk with everything else when I decided I'd set up the filing system for my desk. So I pulled out the filing labels, emptied my filing drawer and rebuilt it with 10 sections for taxes (one of the pieces of mail was the first investment tax receipt.)
After doing the tax section, I couldn't walk away so I set up the "Active" section and put all the papers on my desk into the appropriate places. "To-Do", "Reconcile" and "Entry" are the most full of the folders!
After watching several of the videos I think I have an understanding of how this section of the system works. I'm still terrified about putting undone items into folders. Worse, multiple folders. I've vertical filed before (I have multiple hanging folder frames) and have not had success with them (aside from keeping the undone items organized.) I'm hoping the difference is these files are right beside me at my desk, not tucked away in a cabinet. The cabinet is right next to my desk but I have to stand up to reach into it and I don't have a good place to put the frame (because there's no room on my desktop!) so it is on the floor and, and, and.....
The downside is that I haven't put the current business stuff in here, nor the investment backlog (that gets it own filing frame!) so the business stuff (just 2 file folders) is still on my desk top. As I progress with the paperwork decluttering, I'm hoping a solution for the business stuff will become obvious.
At the moment, I keep opening up my desk drawers to look at them because they are so pretty! I spent $30 on the preprinted labels for this system but for now at least, they bring me joy.
Removing papers off my desk top gave me access to the sorting shelves on it (literally things were piled up in front of the shelves) and I've sorted through them, tossed a lot, tidied up so the inaccessible one doesn't have anything I'd be reaching for unless I was standing, and tossed a lot of things I had kept rather than dealt with. Time took care of most of those. The items I still need to deal with are in the the to-do folder.
I need a solution for the chits to be entered into Quicken. Dh has a habit of dumping chits on my desk so I set up two envelopes for them, clearly labeled and clipped together. Now that the desk is cleared off, they look awful on it! But I don't want to put them into my drawer because I want to make sure they don't get mixed in with the chits already entered. So I will think more on this as the Konmari goes on, hoping I find some sort of coupon sorter folder or wallet that will work for this.
Now to go pee, shower, dress and have breakfast.