Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Taming Financial Clutter

My name is Dayana, and I have a paperwork problem.

Now that that's out of the way, we can all deal with our piles of shame -- the money-related detritus (those gobs of receipts, bank records, investing statements, warranties, and whatnots) we've been stashing in closets, drawers, and basements for (I admit) years.

Based on the number of decluttering books in the "Get Organized" aisle at the bookstore, there's no shortage of advice on controlling the torrent of items that stack up every day. So let's heed the organizational pros and apply their advice to our financial clutter. For this exercise, I'm using the five steps that author Julie Morgenstern outlines in her popular organization book, Organizing From the Inside Out.

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