Ask Slashdot: How Do You File Paper Documents At Home?

swamp boy writes "How do you file paper documents at home? I'm mostly asking about things like monthly paper-based statements that get mailed to you (credit cards, gas cards, medical bills, health insurance explanation of benefits, electricity bill, natural gas bill, water bill, etc.). Do you push to have as many sent electronically as possible? Do you scan the paper documents to store electronically and then shred the paper document? How do you manage and organize the ones stored electronically? I've been doing this the old-fashioned way with manila file folders, but as time goes by I keep thinking that I should opt for digital storage. What works for you?"

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Geeky method

[Compaqt]

Get a sequential numbering stamp, stamp your documents, and file them in order.

Then keep info about them in a database, inputting both the unique number, and free-form tags about the document.