Stuff that is improving my life (part 1 of a series)

[bluekieran]

I have, until recently, been consistently shit at dealing with paperwork. I do have a paper file, but I filled it up with crap during a brief organised phase years ago and then gave up and went back to leaving piles of paperwork around the house - gas bills, tax stuff, insurance details, whatever - all in big piles. I'm OK at keeping stuff

Comments

[bluekieran]

Well, I wouldn't shred my birth certificate or an important contract, but for anything else (including tax documentation) I can't imagine it being a problem: they're pretty high-res colour scans after all, much better than a fax.

[ellebabe]

You clever cookie! Well done. :D

[jimthegoth]

Genius.

[bluekieran]

I think the next stage would be to feed them through OCR to make them searchable... but frankly the existing system is more than I need so it's a long way from being a priority.

[jonnytuna]

Good call, although some places will only accept originals of reciepts in the case of equipment loss or failure.
I reckon this will be completely acceptable before too long though, although people like Easy Jet still insist that you bring along a hard copy of your E-ticket for some unknown reason.

I wonder if there's such a thing as a scanning shredder?

[bluekieran]

Receipts for expensive stuff can live with contracts and official documents (they get scanned anyway for easy access, though). Although I should probably buy a smaller filing folder for keeping that shit in, as there will be precious little of it.