467 - The Lisa Glossary Part 10: Organize 365® Binders

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For 2022, we are adding to the Lisa glossary. This week, we are talking about ditching the file cabinet and establishing essential household binders. I also want to be your teacher to help you get your home and work paper organized and functional. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No matter when you begin your transformational journey (or when you need to reset or restart), this information will be here as a reference for you. Listen in as I teach you about the ideas and beliefs that are at the core of everything I teach and how I approach organizing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a professional organizer, I used to teach people how to build (and hopefully maintain) a color-coded file cabinet at home. But, in 2017, I had a sickening revelation that what I was teaching was not working. In a short time, I heard from two audience members who needed to emergently evacuate. No matter how organized their files were, their paper was not portable.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I am a functional organizer, and I learned that our paper needs to be portable and limited to a reasonable amount of space. It was time to ditch the file cabinets and organize reference papers into essential household binders.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">File cabinets are typically not well-maintained and they are certainly not portable. America needs a better solution for reference paperwork. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After some ongoing analysis, I realized that household paper generally fits into four categories. I look at my own life experience caring for my ill father and settling his estate. I look at my life as a homeowner. I thought about all of the information it took to keep my household organized and my family functioning. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There were no ready-made systems for being a caregiver and executor when my father passed away. I have worked with the members of the team who have gone