FILES

If we were to follow experts ‘advice, we should organize important files into four categories. First of all, you have the papers you should keep for a calendar year or less than that; secondly, the papers related to items you no longer own and should destroy; then you have the tax records you need to keep for seven years and last but not least the papers you need to save indefinitely.

To avoid keeping all sorts of boxes full of papers from your previous work life or other valuable items, you could scan and digitize the contents of the boxes and save up some space in your house.