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Many years ago I read of an organizational practice that I refer to as a "trash buffer". I have a fairly deep paper bin that I lay papers flat in. Any margina
by rsync 3y ago
Many years ago I read of an organizational practice that I refer to as a "trash buffer".
I have a fairly deep paper bin that I lay papers flat in. Any marginal paper documents or receipts that aren't obviously garbage and aren't obviously valuable go into this bin, always placed on the top.
Every 10-12 months I pick up the stack and remove, then shred, the bottom 1/4 of it - without review or remorse. If I didn't need them by then I never would.
I find that I actually use this buffer:
Every month or two there actually is some marginal paper document that I need to shuffle through and find. It's in reverse chronological order so that is very simple.
- coderatlarge 3y agomakes sense - but note: especially with receipts, there are use-cases where a tax authority might come back 7+ years later, or where heirs might need the proof after your passing (!) - and if they don't have it, it might cost them very large amounts of money in taxes.