Project Clean Up 2022...Week 3: Organize Personal Items

For Week 3, Bill Cleanout! This week is all about the personal stuff. I put my hubby on this job every year because he is the one who takes care of all of that stuff. 

Find a place to store all of this; paid paper bills and receipts. Label file folders with each month. File per month. Keep in a place where you can get to it once a month so bills do not build up and become clutter. Whether you use a file cabinet, a bin...always have a place to store. Might be important to get a fire proof safe as well for the really important personal papers. 

                        Rid the old stuff. If you no longer need, shred. Not have a shredder?

Just get rid of it! 

Organize Your Personal Information

Decide where you would like to store this information. Store on computer or write it down on index cards and keep them in a small box. If on your computer, be sure to save a backup copy to a disk or jump drive (store this in your fireproof box) Make sure to completely remove from hard drive if you ever get rid of the computer. 

Label each category so it can be easily referenced. Here are some examples of what to record in each category:

A. Finances

__Your credit score

__Your credit card number(s) and the phone number to call if your card is lost or stolen (do the same for debit/check cards)

__Your bank account numbers and the phone number to call if your checkbooks lost or stolen.

__A budget for your income, expenses, savings and personal goals. 

B. Health

__Allergies (to food, medicine, animals, etc..)

__Your blood pressure

__Health issues that run in your family

__Your cholesterol level

__Your blood type and those of your family members

C. Safety

__Emergency Contact Numbers

__License plate number and VIN

__Current photos of every member of your family labeled with their heights and weights.

__Photocopies of your passport and the passports of your spouse and children.

D. Just in Case:

__Your measurements and clothing sizes.

__Your partner's measurements and clothing sizes.

__Your children's measurements and clothing sizes.

Purchase a Fireproof safety box if you don't already own one. Important documents that should be stored in here may include:

__Marriage certificate                                  __Wills

__Birth certificates                                       __Death certificates

__Adoption papers                                       __Household inventory list

__Automobile titles                                      __Valuable contracts

__Stocks and bonds certificates                   __Passports

Once you have originally completed this system, you just have to check it all for next year. Not so much work. 

This week is kind of a break for me as my guy really does his thing. Next week though, is Gift Bins. Do you have gift bins? You know, bins that hold gifts you buy for people ahead when you find good deals? Not do this? You need to! See you soon with details on that!