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hammer_time Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2014-04-01 10:11 PM Subject: Best method for ORGANIZING? (important life stuff)
Money Eating Baggage Owner Posts: 9586 Location: Phoenix	I need to get my life paperwork organized (like important documents). Pinterest has great ideas, but it comes down to these two ideas : a binder, using those protective sheets for documents, or a plastic bin with file folder organizers. I can't decide!! What works for you? Right now everything's in shoeboxes and SOMETHING must be done.
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Longneck Reg. Mar 2004	Posted 2014-04-01 10:25 PM Subject: RE: Best method for ORGANIZING? (important life stuff)
Rad Dork Posts: 5218 Location: Oklahoma	I like the binders. For me it's easier when I'm in a hurry to find something... and I usually am. And I feel more confident if I'm trying to travel with them vs. file folders. I hate file folder organizers. They're good for storage, but I'm not crazy about looking thru them. I like tabs on a binder better than tabs on a file folder box.
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svincent Reg. Feb 2012	Posted 2014-04-02 12:39 AM Subject: RE: Best method for ORGANIZING? (important life stuff)
The Resident Destroyer of Liberal Logic Location: PNW	I keep all of our papers in a binder - in our FIREPROOF safe. BUT I also keep COPIES of the most important ones (birth certs. and ss cards) folded in ziplock baggies HIDDEN near every major exit of our house in case I might need them in an emergency such as a fire when I need to just get OUT, but may need identification in the aftermath - like if somebody is injured. These copies are on PINK paper and could never be passed as originals. I have the baggies hidden in frames or books or other things that can be grabbed easily and gotten into later.
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TrackinBubba Reg. Aug 2006	Posted 2014-04-02 2:24 PM Subject: RE: Best method for ORGANIZING? (important life stuff)
Poor Cracker Girl Posts: 12150 Location: Feeding mosquitos, FL	Important papers get scanned and saved electronically first as PDFs on a portable hard drive and backed up in Dropbox or Google Drive. I may lose the original but I can print off a copy in no time. Then the papers get filed in the filing cabinet at home. My father-in-law gave us this massive office filing cabinet when he closed his office and all the junk goes in there. I have a couple of categories but I'm too impatient to actually use them. I tend to just stack stuff in there. When I need something, I'm much more likely to go to the electronic version rather than schlep upstairs and look in the filing cabinet. Stuff that I need to carry with me (horse paperwork) is in a binder in the truck for traveling.
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Douglas J Gordon Reg. Jun 2008	Posted 2014-04-02 2:26 PM Subject: RE: Best method for ORGANIZING? (important life stuff)
BHW's Lance Armstrong Posts: 11134 Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint	Ask Obama, he was a community organizer.
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lindseylou2290 Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2014-04-02 3:46 PM Subject: RE: Best method for ORGANIZING? (important life stuff)
Expert Posts: 2457	Douglas J Gordon - 2014-04-02 2:26 PM Ask Obama, he was a community organizer.
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hoofs_in_motion Reg. Apr 2011	Posted 2014-04-02 3:49 PM Subject: RE: Best method for ORGANIZING? (important life stuff)
Undercover Amish Mafia Member Posts: 9992 Location: Kansas	Douglas J Gordon - 2014-04-02 2:26 PM Ask Obama, he was a community organizer. LOL
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