Papers You Can Toss
Receipts not necessary for tax or warranty purposes.
Some people keep receipts for everything, but receipts that aren't warranty, insurance, or tax related do not need to be kept. If you keep receipts for budgeting purposes, make a weekly time to go through them and record them either on paper or on software to keep track of expenses. Throw away the receipts when you finish.
Warranties and manuals for items you no longer own.
One of the best ways to store warranty information or manuals is to use a binder with clear plastic sleeves. Keep all the information related to an item (receipt, photo, warranty information, user manual) together in one sleeve. When you need to retrieve information it will all be stored together.
Coupons that have expired or that you will never use.
We want to save money, but sometimes we cut coupons that we'll never use. (Dog food coupons for someone with no pets.) Go through your coupons and toss the ones that aren't need or are expired. Coupon organizers can help you sift through coupons you will really use.
Recipes you haven’t used or don’t plan to.
If you cut out every recipe that looks good, you may have a stack to try someday, that you'll never get around to. Be selective and throw out recipes you won't get around to using.
Copies of magazines.
If you have stacks of magazines cluttering your living space, consider weeding out the number of copies you keep. Try cutting out only the articles you really want and storing them together.
Every piece of schoolwork your children ever did.
I started saving every piece of my sons work in Kindergarten, and quickly realized that I would never be able to save everything through to his graduation. Try picking out the important papers and projects to keep. Big bulky projects may not be able to be saved, instead consider taking a picture, and journaling about the project.
Event announcements that have passed.
If you save event announcements in the hopes that you'll remember to go, you may have a lot of flyers laying around. Toss them and from now on transfer date and time information to your family calendar. This will allow you to toss all the flyers and still keep important event information in one centralized place. Any outdated information or papers that have no purpose.
