Once you have all other items needed for your filing system check our How to organise your papers . Filing labels is the next step, take time to organize your important documents into categories that will make storing and finding them again simple. The best way is to make a list first so that you know what categories would best fit your filing system. Here are some categories you might find helpful, along with possible subcategories.
- Auto/Vehicle – maintenance records
- Correspondence – letters, cards, even printed emails
- Employment – job records, current resume, benefits information
- Family – keep a file on each member of your family to keep track of records, favourites
- Financial – checking, savings, loans, investments, receipts
- Hobbies – ideas, projects
- Home – contracts, maintenance, utilities, design ideas,
- Important Documents – important enough to be kept separate from other docs, but not important enough to go into a fire safe (i.e., birth certificates, marriage license, passports, etc.)
- Insurance – home, auto/Vehicle, medical
- Medical History – records on each member of the family
- Pet(s) – keep a separate file on pet health, favourite vets/kennels
- Taxes – keep 7 years of tax records
If you have a label maker you could just stick the labels direct to the inserts
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