I have a lot of piles in my kitchen. Piles of paper. They’re neat piles, but their still piles. Piles that make me crazy.
I’ve tried to combat them on several occasions. Throw stuff away. File it in the office. I even tried to hang these cute little folders on the wall for each of us to file our piles in.
They’re cute aren’t they? Well, they didn’t work either.
Why do I have piles you ask? Mostly because I worry about forgetting about something if it’s not out where I can see it. Out of sight, out of mind. Sometimes because I’m just not sure where to put it.
Right now when I look around my kitchen there are three piles.
Anyone have any tips? How do you combat the piles?
How do you keep track of all the magazine clippings, coupons, recipes, community activity guides, receipts, summer schedule, etc. that come into your home every day?
What about during the school year when you add to that list graded papers, permission slips, weekly newsletters from the teacher, spelling lists…? Truly the list goes on and on.
Generally I’m a pretty neat person. Everything has a place.
Except the papers.
Those don’t have a place. Or at least not a place where they can be safely put away but NOT forgotten.
Tags: clutter, organization, papers, piles, school papers
How about some of those great looking in and out type boxes I see at Target or the container store. That way there is only one pile with piles in it.