Category: Tip of the Week

One of the common reasons I have heard for hanging onto paper, is that the pile is too big to shred. If a filing system is purged regularly, every six to twelve months, it will be a more manageable shredding pile.

However if do have years of paper that needs to be shredded, I would recommend using a shredding company. Some will come out to you, and some will allow you to drop off.

Check the larger shredding company websites for community events, and schedule your annual shredding around an event in your neighbourhood. They usually ask for a donation towards the event’s charity of choice.

Consider filing your regular bills and statements by month rather than by each company. Have two sets of years “even” and “odd”, you will never have to change the tabs on the files. This will give you a year of archives, just in-case. When the next even year comes up, empty and shred the files from the last even year, and start over again.

Of course this only works if you do not need to keep your monthly bills and statements for seven years for tax reasons.

“The ideals that have lighted my way time after time and have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth.”

Albert Einstein