Monday, April 04, 2005
A cautionary tale
After church, Sunday dinner, and errands, I figured I'd better stop procrastinating on taxes. Personal records were in decent shape; I got them organized in an hour or two.
But the killer was the business records. In contradiction to my comments last night about being so wonderfully organized, I never planned out my business recordkeeping, so it has simply developed on an as-needed basis. If I couldn't find an existing file folder for whatever I needed to file, I just added another one that fit it.
Believe me, that is not the way you want to go! I'm on seven hours of trying to organize my record with a whole lot to go tomorrow before I'm anywhere near organized enough to take a stab at my taxes.
Planning your filing system may not be the most exciting thing to do, but don't neglect it, and don't let it develop a life of it's own. Someday you'll be forced to beat it into submission.
Jeff
After church, Sunday dinner, and errands, I figured I'd better stop procrastinating on taxes. Personal records were in decent shape; I got them organized in an hour or two.
But the killer was the business records. In contradiction to my comments last night about being so wonderfully organized, I never planned out my business recordkeeping, so it has simply developed on an as-needed basis. If I couldn't find an existing file folder for whatever I needed to file, I just added another one that fit it.
Believe me, that is not the way you want to go! I'm on seven hours of trying to organize my record with a whole lot to go tomorrow before I'm anywhere near organized enough to take a stab at my taxes.
Planning your filing system may not be the most exciting thing to do, but don't neglect it, and don't let it develop a life of it's own. Someday you'll be forced to beat it into submission.
Jeff
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