Often I speak to women’s groups and their main question about organizing their home is “What do I do with all the paper that comes into my home”? This seems to be a problem for most of us. Here are some things I do that have helped me with getting rid of paper clutter in my home.

•I have had my name removed from junk mail lists.

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For all information I do need to keep I have a successful filing system I use called Freedom Filer. This is a wonderful organizing system for all paper needing to be filed. For every piece of paper I keep I have a place for it to be filed. I can always find it when I need it. I do not have any miscellaneous files. If it is important enough to keep it is important enough to have a file for it and then when I need it I can find it.

What have you found successful in taming the paper clutter in your home?