Paperwork! If you’re like most people, you probably feel overwhelmed at times with all the paper clutter you need to deal with and organize. Unless you’re getting e-bills only, then you’ve got monthly bills and account statements to sift through, on top of junk mail, medical records, insurance documents, warranties, receipts, manuals, your kids’ school papers, tax documents, and more! That’s a lot of paperwork to keep track of! And the bad thing is that you could be in big trouble if you wind up needing one of those documents and aren’t able to find it. Luckily, there are many different ways to get a handle on all the paper in your life! Check out these 10 Handy Ways to Organize Your Personal Papers!
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I’ve seen ads for some websites that offer to keep your personal papers safe and organized online for you. While I like the idea of my documents being always available in the cloud and safe from fire or water damage, I also know that any website can be hacked. So I currently prefer to still go old-school and have a home filling system that handles my paper organization methods. If you feel the same, you’re sure to find these home paperwork organization ideas below to be very helpful!
10 Handy Ways to Organize Your Personal Papers
1. Personalized Mail Organizer
This is both a cute DIY project, and a great way to organize your mail! I like that it includes a place for things you’re planning to send out in the mail as well. You can customize the labels to say whatever you want to better fit your lifestyle. Find out how to make this great personalized mail organizer by following Her Tool Belt’s tutorial! If you don’t have time to DIY the main mail organizer structure, you can find a cute pre-made one on Amazon that you can add labels to.
2. Receipts and Manuals Organizer
Isn’t this a great idea? It’s very important to keep the receipts and manuals for expensive items in an easy to find location, just in case you ever need to get some form of support. Simply Fabulous Living explains how to make a handy receipts and manuals organizer binder!
3. Tabbed Files Organization
If you keep your files in just a few folders, or have a lot of folders that are unmarked, then you could benefit from this system using tabs! Child at Heart gives her advice on how to organize documents, and some of your other papers, too!
4. School Papers Storage System
You wouldn’t believe how much paper you’ll collect from your kids’ school years! Between the report cards and official papers, to the art, photos, and other keepsakes, you’ll wind up with a big stack before long! Simply + Kierste explains a simple way to organize your children’s school papers (and free label printables are included!).
5. Cabinet Door Bill and Receipt Pocket Organizers
This is such a good idea! You can customize these to say whatever you want, and can make as many as you can fit inside your kitchen cabinet, or any other cabinet you may have! Follow Organizing Home Life’s tutorial and make your own handy cabinet door bill and receipt pocket organizers!
6. Old Book Mail Organizers
This is so cute and creative! Easily sort your bills, junk mail, magazines, and more by following Beyond the Picket Fence’s explanations on how to make adorable DIY old book mail organizers!
7. Grab and Go Binder
You can’t call your papers officially organized if you don’t have easy access to the most important ones in an emergency. Home Ready Home explains how to easily put together a grab and go binder that will kept your most vital papers organized and ready for any worst-case scenario!
8. Color Coded Files
A system that you could use instead of or in addition to the typical labeling method for organizing important documents is color coding. A Bowl Full of Lemons explains how to make your filing cabinet neat and organized with a handy color coded file organization system! You can find colorful hanging file folders on Amazon.
9. Cloth Mail Sorter
This is a cute paperwork storage idea! If you prefer to sew things, then you may like to make a mail sorter out of cloth! Bright and Blithe explains how to sew cute cloth mail sorters, and includes free printables to help you organize your sorters further!
10. Home Management Binder
A home management binder is critical to managing your home! It’s a convenient spot to organize your important personal documents and other papers, like chore lists and menu plans. Make life easier and keep your personal papers more organized by following my tips for making a helpful home management binder!
How do you keep your personal papers organized?
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Great ideas! Hope all is well with you dear friend, HUGS!
Hi Theresa, All is as well. I had surgery a few days ago to install a port for the chemo treatments that will start next week. Then one more surgery and one more round of chemo. I should be finished with everything by June and then I’ll be able to get back to blogging regularly. So thankful for the great contributors that I have that keep this blog running! Thanks for checking on me. XO Manuela
Thank you for sharing some of my ideas! 🙂
Thank you! Hope this brings you some traffic!