Bean Counter Bookkeeping

Remember when receiving mail used to be fun?  It meant a postcard from Grandma or a Birthday Card from Auntie.  Now with all this technology those messages come in the form of an e-card or, if your Granny is tech-savvy, a text.

So when you open you mailbox you are now probably only seeing those dang bills and, lets face it, junk.   How do you handle your stack of mail? 

Are you Sifter and Setter?  Do you sift through your mail as you come in the door then set it down near the closest drop off point?  Never looking back...

~OR~

Are you a Decider and Divider?  Do you look at each item, decide if you need it and then divide it and put it in the appropriate spot?

I would recommend the Decide and Divide approach myself.  Here is how I do it:

Grab the mail - Peruse through it standing over your recycle bin.  Toss in any mail that you will never need or read (that includes those coupon books that you save in the junk drawer but have NEVER used!) 

Open the mail that you do need right then.  If you are an online bill payer then just go ahead and toss those envelopes right away.  Lay you bill open flat and place them in your Pending Bills folder.  (You have one of those right?)

Now you have room for you Butter because there is no Clutter  

(O.K. I will stop now!!) ~Elizabeth