Comments on: Filing Cabinet Declutter: How to Organize All Your Important Paperwork

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:35:55 +0000

In reply to Diana. Hi Diana, they were in the clearance section of Target from a few years ago!

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:02:09 +0000

I was wondering where did you purchase your hanging file folders? It looks really pretty!

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Tue, 11 May 2021 17:44:00 +0000

In reply to Connie. I understand the struggle!! Don't give up, though. Even just working on it for 10 minutes a day will yield amazing results over time!

By: Connie

Connie — Tue, 11 May 2021 12:22:25 +0000

Thank you for sharing. I have to master my piles. I hate the mail. And wish I really could be this organized. The purge has started, but didn’t feel complete. I like the idea of being able to find stuff with your dot system and electronic system. Both will be very helpful.
Connie

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 19:00:04 +0000

In reply to Diane Short.

Hi Diane! Please send us an email at admin@kalynbrooke.com and we’ll get that sorted out for you!

By: Diane Short

Diane Short — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:59:08 +0000

I couldn’t download your Cheat Sheet. I would love to have it. Paper is a nightmare and this will make it easier. Also where did you get your color labels?

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 18:47:52 +0000

In reply to Mandy. Thanks so much for your input and your expertise. I see it as a risk assessment either way. As you well know, electronic data is far from foolproof. It's why I keep two backups of the information on my computer because if it were to ever "die" I want the best chance possible of recovering my information. But physical data isn't free from risk either. Fire, vandals, floods, etc are all ways that physical data is at risk. It's up to each of us to choose what risks we can mitigate, and what risks we are willing to live with. :)

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 11:31:46 +0000

I have to disagree with some of your suggestions. After 30 years as a computer programmer and database administrator, I’ve seen too much electronic information disappear or become inaccessible not to keep critical data in paper format. And that was when I had a team of Unix technicians behind me and an arsenal of big bucks software supposedly keeping things safe. Inexpensive consumer products like Evernote are only moderately reliable. Putting data somewhere up in “the cloud” puts us at risk for identity theft.

Keeping paper files purged (and shredded) is an excellent idea. Relying on the sketchy electronic products available to us average folks, not so much.

By: Kalyn Brooke

Kalyn Brooke — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:34:32 +0000

In reply to Mike Aufderhar.

Hi Mike,

As you’ve already found, there are two organization methods to Evernote: Notebooks vs. Tags. And people are very opinionated about which one to use—LOL! Since writing this post, I spent a lot of time switching my own method over to a similar tagging hierarchy. I have 4 main tags (1 :: Type, 2 :: Topic, 3 :: Name, 4 :: Biz Topic). While I like that it reduces the amount of tags I see at one time because they are collapsible, I never took the time to initiate such a detailed search.
I’ll give you an example: Right now, I have a vet bill tagged with three tags 1 :: Receipts, 2 :: Vet, 3 :: Cinder (name of our rabbit). I like the IDEA that I can pull up all vet bills for Cinder with that one search, but I never ended up using that search in real life. I would always just type “Cinder” into the search bar and scroll through the notes that popped up.

All that to say, I felt like revamping my whole organization system was an unnecessary step.
I agree that you should keep notebooks fairly broad, but then just use tags for the TYPE of file it is. So you could have one big Medical Folder, but a “dental” tag, “hospital” tag, “immunization” tag and so on.

I hope that helps you figure out the right system for you!

By: Mike Aufderhar

Mike Aufderhar — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:38:04 +0000

I’m very interested in moving ALL (or at least as much as possible) of my Filing to Evernote! But I’m finding many, many different approaches out there. How can I be sure I have the best method for me? For example, take a look at https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/organize-evernote-tags/ where he describes the reason not to use a bunch of folders, but rather use tags (and he has a very specific way of organizing his tags with 1 2 3). I’d really like to hear a comment, suggestions, your view on this.
Thanks