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Potential Topics to Use for File Folder Labels
(some with brief descriptions)

Bills to Pay

Calls/Letters/Email
– phone calls to be returned, letters and e-mails to be answered

Church

Coupons/Offers
– Pizza, Jiffy Lube, Penney’s Sales, Rewards Cards Info

Current Projects

Entry/Photography
– Items to be entered into the computer, photos sent by others that     need
to be filed with your other photographs.

Estimates

Events, Upcoming
– Enter on your calendar and file backup information here

Future – Things you’re thinking about looking into sometime in the future

Legal, Unresolved

Meetings
(To Discuss)

Reading – items you want to read later.  Take this folder when you go on a trip, to the     doctor’
s office, Jiffy Lube, or any place where you will have some wait time.

Reconcile (Receipts) – Holding for Credit card bills, things you might be returning

Waiting for Response – Anything you’re waiting to hear back on.  Paperwork concerning items
ordered and not yet received, things applied for (health/auto insurance), tax info until CPA sends
your return, etc.

Outbox/Errands – Shopping Lists, A copy of an article for a friend, a book you need to return,
anything you need to remember to take with you when you’re running errands.

To File – Things ready to be filed in your permanent files


Don’t restrict yourself.  Make any label that works well with your life and needs.  Keep in mind
that the purpose of a filing system is not to put papers away – it’s to be able to find them when
needed.  
Denise Hay, Professional Organizer  
Member: National Association of Professional Organizers  
Licensed & Insured