I keep a large manila folder with file folders in it labeled such as home insurance policy, auto insurance, etc. I only check my mail as I'm driving out of my driveway on the way to work. Before I get out of my car and walk into work, I open each envelope and:
When I'm through sorting my mail (which is very quick), I go inside my office building and walk straight to the shredder and shred the shred stack. Then I take the bill stack and before I clock in I either quickly add it to my calendar or I scan and email the item to myself. Then later in the day when I pass the shredder I stick those items in there.
I have a folder in emails labeled bills. I move those to that folder then when I'm paying bills I have them all in front of me. Sometimes I forward the scanned document back to me and add bill name and date due to the subject line. At the end of the month I take my box inside and remove contents from the file folders and put into corresponding file folder in my file cabinet.
By mmwonline AL
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Unless you are the owner of the business where you work, this is not a good idea. When you scan and email your personal documents from your employer's computers, copiers, etc., your documents are stored forever in the hard drives of these machines. Later, when the company trades these machines in for newer models, the hard drives on the old machines are not always erased. If the machines are sent to foreign countries for scrapping, as is common, or even just refurbished and re-sold, your information may get into the hands of others who may use it or sell it for nefarious purposes.
Be very careful about copying or emailing any personal and personal financial information on work computers, copiers and scanners.
Also, using their shredders isn't considered good form, either. Kind of like using their copy machine for personal use.
And, I am sure you don't mean you are looking at a manila envelope as you are pulling out of your driveway and driving? I hope I just didn't understand your terminology.
Some have found that having a trash can for recycling close to the door is a way to prompt them to purge mail before it even gets too far into the house.
You can soak if in the morning and wring it out like a towel when you get home. Illegible, no electricity was used, ecologically friendly as it can be made into garden compost, etc.
We all need to do our part to keep stuff out of the hands of thieves and the landfill. But, there are always alternatives.
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