A friend emailed me this weekend asking for some pictures. After a little search, I easily found the photos in question. A year ago, this search could have taken forever. However, about nine months ago, I went through all of our photos on the computer. They were stored in about 20 different locations. A filing system was created; now, when a photo is needed, finding it can be done quickly and easily!
Some may call me obsessive compulsive on good documentation and filing systems. Our filing system is made up of 10 or so white binders, each with dividers. Every item is chronologically in its place. Our electronic files match the same filing system and both match our budget. While all this organization takes about 10 minutes a day to keep up, those 10 minutes are worth the sanity that comes with knowing where to find important documents.
There are some who are not quite so passionate about keeping good records. Some of those people I interact with regularly. Its possible that their system isnt wrong, just different. However, interacting with those different "systems" tends to make me feel quite, um, nauseous. I know that my records are still a long way from perfect, but I long for perfect records.
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