Everyone that welcome back to another little catch-up in the minimalism series and today
We're talking about going paperless for myself personally
I have my uni books and my organisation notebook that are made out of paper everything else
I've been trying to reduce down as much as I can so these are some tips that I have for you
First up because receipts fade anyway try and photograph them and keep a digital copy
This will help you retain the copy for your finances
You aren't going to have to sort through everything like a crazy person because you can keep them organized and named neatly on your computer
And that that I would suggest using for this is called camscanner. I use it for bringing a lot of documents into my computer
if you can survive without a printer then remove the printer if possible
I personally don't have a printer at home or at the gym. We try to go without one
Switch to online billing
This is super easy to do most companies will let you switch to online billing and all your bills will just get emailed to you
for those important documents like birth certificates marriage certificates death certificates anything that is hard to replace even
passports keep them in an important documents folder and
label these sections accordingly
When you check your mail recycle the letters that you don't need or that aren't for you before you even get them into the house
They're more likely to just be sitting around if you bring them inside for
Your document storage online I would suggest Dropbox Google docs and sending documents. I would use hightail
If you do need to sign any paperwork you can use preview in your mac or I use cudasign on my mobile phone
It's really easy to use and the signatures actually look neat
For a task list my favorite app at the moment is called wonder list. It's alright
It could do better, but we'll see how it goes
I would also recommend if you're someone who loves reading
If you can live without having all the books around you can either sell them after or you can have an e-reader
Something that's also super important to remember to do is a backup on an external hard drive
I hope you found these tips helpful
And I will catch you guys in the next minimalism series remember a hashtag
60 days to minimal if you want to show everyone what you're doing is part of the challenge