Organize Your Paper Clutter (online class)

• Understand the root cause of your paper clutter—and what to do about it. This class shows you real world solutions that are easy to set up and use.
• Set up customized systems that work for you and how you naturally do things. If you’re a piler this class won’t try to turn you into a filer. Instead, you’ll create systems that work with your natural tendencies, and fit into your home.
• Find the best ways to organize paper at home, so you can find it again right when you need it.
• Find out exactly where to start organizing your paperwork, and get a step-by-step plan to navigate your way through your entire paper backlog. The process is bite-size and focused, so you won’t get overwhelmed.
• Deal with your most important paper first. You’ll quickly say goodbye to sleepless nights spent worrying about misplaced bills and other documents that have gone missing in the stacks.
• Find out how to make your systems continue to work for you going forward. This is a simple, but often overlooked step in the organizing process that will help ensure your efforts continue to pay dividends (in the form of clutter-free surfaces) going forward.
• Organize your paper on your time schedule…in small blocks of time. The self-paced format and bite-sized content makes it easy, so it’s perfect if you have a busy schedule!

What’s included?

• 126 pages / 6 lessons of easy-to-implement content. Includes reading materials, questionnaires, checklists and planning forms delivered as colorful, printable, and editable pdfs. You can add notes to your handouts electronically and create a customized action plan without adding to your paper clutter.
• Over one hour of video shows key organizing concepts and shares additional insight. Videos are broken into short segments for easy viewing.
• Lesson audios in MP3 format. You can listen anywhere, making it easy for class ideas to sink in!
• Clear-cut action steps so you can create results quickly.

Details:

• Delivery method: Self-paced online class. (Start anytime and continue at your own pace.)
• Materials format: Written (PDF), video (complements written lessons), and audio (MP3s). Use the format(s) that work best for you!
• Access to lesson materials: Organize Your Paper Clutter is designed to take six weeks to complete, but you’ll have access for six months after you enroll so you can work at your own pace! Plus, you’ll be able to download the audio mp3s and pdfs of the lesson materials and keep them forever.

Syllabus for Organize Your Paper Clutter

My name is Aby Garvey and I’m the founder and co-owner of simplify 101. I created Organize Your Paper Clutter after working with countless clients who struggled with managing the overwhelming amount of paper in their lives, even in this “digital” age! This class contains the processes I use to stay on top of my own paper, which is the same process I use to set up paper systems for my one-on-one clients. Now, you can get in on these proven ideas for a fraction of the cost of working one-on-one with a professional organizer. Here’s a peek inside each lesson:

Lesson 1: Laying the Foundation

You’ll begin by understanding your current paper situation and get a handy tool to help you pinpoint exactly where all your paperwork is coming from. Next, you’ll take steps to slow down the flow of paper into your home to ensure ongoing success in keeping paper clutter at bay. This step alone will dramatically reduce the amount of time you spend dealing with paper going forward and give you instant feelings of relief.

Lesson 2: The Paper Organizing Process: Collect + Decide

Learn a simple decision-making process to help you easily sort through all of the paper in your home – from the daily mail to your paper backlog. You’ll no longer feel confused or frustrated because you aren’t sure which paper to keep and which to pitch. Plus, you’ll begin managing your daily inflow of paper and digging out of the backlog with ease and confidence.

Lesson 3: The Paper Organizing Process: Act + Store

Learn about storage solutions available for storing and organizing paper. You’ll learn how to choose the best solutions—those that will work for you and how you naturally do things, so you can stop wasting money on storage items that don’t work for you! You’ll also set up your collection and action systems so that you no longer misplace important papers, creating an immediate sense of control.

Lesson 4: Create Your Reference Systems

The focus of this lesson is on reference paper—paper you refer to regularly. You’ll learn how to set up a household reference binder while continuing to tackle your paper backlog. You’ll get simple ways to organize your most troubling papers such as recipes, receipts and magazine clippings.

Lesson 5: Create Your Archive Systems

This lesson focuses on your archive paper—paper you want or need to hold onto for longer periods of time, but don’t need to access regularly. You’ll learn how to set up your archive systems and get strategies for handling school papers and kids artwork so you can save the precious memories without having your kids’ paper take over your home.

Lesson 6: Use + Maintain Your Systems

We’ll wrap up the class by explaining how to use, tweak, and maintain your systems going forward. Plus, find out how to set up attractive systems. (When you love how it looks, you’ll be more likely to use it!)

Bonus Items

Bonus #1: Creative + Fun Ideas for Paper Storage. Find out how to transform your paper organizing solutions from simply functional to supremely fabulous. Includes budget-stretching ideas like step-by-step instructions for creating stylish file folders for a fraction of the cost of store bought folders.

Bonus #2: Organize Your Paper Clutter at Work. Discover how to apply the proven principles from this class to your papers at work. Eliminate paper clutter at the office so you can get your work done efficiently.