![]() By definition, those label names were created for general use. But I don’t recommend those for most of my clients. Now, you can also buy packages of already made categories and labels. I used a labelmaker for those printed labels above. Putting papers away is always a bit of a chore. It doesn’t matter if your vision is so good that you can read tiny print. See below, how clear and readable these labels are? My clients are always pleasantly surprised at how much easier it is to file papers away, when the labels are large and consistent like this. Make the labels marvelously easy to read. This is something I do for my clients: I love transforming their paper piles into organized files! It’s such a good feeling to know that my clients can now find anything they are looking for in a matter of minutes.īut if you want to do it yourself, see below for my tips on labeling your files. However, if you’re going to do something, you might as well do it (no, not perfectly – perfection is not the goal) in a way to make managing your files easier. At least these labels were written, and stuck on the files, right? I applaud the effort. See how the one in front says “auto” in teeny letters? If you squint you can see it. Some of the words are in cursive, some are printed, and some are tiny. Do your labels on your hanging files look like this? Are they hand-scrawled, and faint, and hard to read? Making your files easy to use and maintain is marvelously simple, and it involves making those labels marvelously effortless to see and read. That is a rather formal way of saying that those papers are just going to live in a pile somewhere. If it is a hassle for me to find the right file, I am simply not going to use my files efficiently. I don’t like to struggle with managing my things. After that, maintaining means:Ī) putting papers back in the folder where they live, when you are done with them, andī) taking out the old files when replacing with new ones (such as with insurance policies) The time-consuming part is paring down your files to only those papers you want or need to keep. ![]() “Maintain your files?” I hear a shudder out there.Īctually, maintaining is easy. Make it easy on yourself, to maintain your files. But where it all falls apart is if those labels are hard to read, or confusing. ![]() And then, just like surfers riding on top of the ocean, the labels all sit above the files to proclaim what they are. When you use hanging files, they all sit tidily at the same height on their frame. I love to use hanging files for storing important papers. ![]() If you want some tips for labeling your own files, read on. When Confusion and Lack Of Time get thrown together at a party with a cocktail or two, they will produce little baby paper piles all over the place.ĭo you have piles of paper and no time to manage them? Could pieces of incoming mail possibly be in several different places in your house? I love helping people with this problem, whether it involves setting up an action file box, mail center, and/or labeled hanging files. Best Tips For Managing Your Papers: Labeling Files By A Jones For Organizing In Paper organizing ![]()
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