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10 Handy Ways to Organize Your Personal Papers

By A Cultivated Nest Team

10 Clever Ways to Get Your Papers Organized.

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!

10 Handy Ways to Organize Your Personal Papers- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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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!

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10 Handy Ways to Organize Your Personal Papers

1. Personalized Mail Organizer

Mail Organization- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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 Organizer

Organize Your Receipts- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

This is such a great way to keep receipts organized, without using up a lot of space. And you can make different organizers for different categories of receipts! Head on over to I Heart Planners to find out how to put together your own clever receipt organizer, plus her smart receipt organization tips! You can get a color coded receipt organizer to use for this on Amazon.

3. Tabbed Files Organization

Reduce Paper Clutter- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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

Organize School Papers- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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

How to Organize Your Bills and Receipts- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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

How to Organize Your Mail- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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

How to Organize Your Papers for an Emergency Binder- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

You can’t call your papers officially organized if you don’t have easy access to the most important ones in an emergency. Arador 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

Easy Ways to Organize Your Personal Papers- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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

DIY Mail Sorter Organizer- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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

How to Make a Home Management Binder- Overwhelmed by all the mail and documents you have to keep organized every day? De-clutter and de-stress your life with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizingTips #decluttering #ACultivatedNest

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?

10 Handy Ways to Organize Your Personal Papers- Tired of paper clutter taking over? Finally get it under control with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organizing #homeOrganization #ACultivatedNest

10 Smart Ways to Organize Your Personal Papers- Tired of paper clutter taking over? Finally get it under control with one of these 10 handy ways to organize your personal papers! home paperwork, organizing ideas, office organization, paper organizing ideas, decluttering tips #organize #homeOrganization #ACultivatedNest
You may also be interested in: 10 Useful Back to School Organization Ideas

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Comments

  1. Theresa H. Roach says

    October 3, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    Great ideas! Hope all is well with you dear friend, HUGS!

    • Manuela Williams says

      October 3, 2015 at 6:53 pm

      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

  2. Deonna Wade says

    October 9, 2015 at 2:44 pm

    Thank you for sharing some of my ideas! 🙂

    • Manuela Williams says

      October 10, 2015 at 12:51 pm

      Thank you! Hope this brings you some traffic!

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