Some days I'm amazed at the amount of clutter that piles up on my desk.
Although the tabletop is still very visible (my "clutter" may be another person's "clean"), I like it to be spotless. With 4 kids on top of the usual mail & my school papers, I have learned I need to be diligent on a daily basis to keep my desk that way.
I have a "Bills" box that really isn't JUST for bills. It should really be a "Mail" box because it deals with things I have to fill out & do (and sometimes that is bills).
It was my goal today to clean it out. Too much non-essential stuff had begun to take it over.
What did I have in there?
A Roth IRA transfer form for DH & I to transfer our Roths from one bank to another that had been sitting in there for almost a year.
A FEMA Acknowledgment of Receipt form regarding our flood insurance policies.
A postcard for me to fill out for the college's alumni records
An order form for my diploma frame
And other papers related to my mortgage company being taken over by a new company (and the new company's address) or papers saying that my HOA dues are going up next year (so I could plan for it in the budget)
I don't know why I put this stuff off.
It took less than an hour to go through it all, including researching our account #'s and filling out the necessary paperwork online to transfer our Roth accounts.
And all I needed to do for my mortgage company was just file the new contact in my address book, I didn't need to hold onto the letter. Then just put the new HOA dues amount in my budget.
So my desk is clean for the most part. All I have left to do is sort through mine and the kids' school paperwork.
On another note, since I started working out on the treadmill for 45 minutes a day 5 days a week, I've learned that is the EXACT amount of time it takes to listen to Dave Ramsey's podcasts.
So as I work on building up my physical fitness, I'm getting advice on how to also become financially fit 
Clearing out Clutter
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