I am reducing the drawer of Important Papers That Must Never Be Touched. My current rule: keep originals that are hard to replace or actually need to be original; scan the rest with backups.
What paper have you regretted throwing away?
What paperwork is actually worth keeping on paper?
- paperwork
- organization
- documents
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I keep the original versions of anything with a seal, signature, or replacement headache. Everything else gets scanned and shredded if I’m c...
I keep the original versions of anything with a seal, signature, or replacement headache. Everything else gets scanned and shredded if I’m confident it’s backed up.
I’m a little more paranoid than that and keep the paper longer than I should. The one thing I tossed and missed was an old rental agreement.
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Car title, house deed, birth certificate, that sort of thing. Anything that would be annoying to replace or needs to be original stays on pa...
Car title, house deed, birth certificate, that sort of thing. Anything that would be annoying to replace or needs to be original stays on paper.
I regret throwing away the warranty card for an appliance once. That was the least glamorous paper ever, but of course it mattered when the thing broke.
Same here with old tax stuff. I scanned it, then later was glad I kept the paper until I was sure.