Anatomy of a Filing Cabinet  The Well-Executed Filing System
What's that you say? You want to file, but don't know where to
begin? Here is a comprehensive overview of what a well-executed
filing system looks like to get you started.    * Action items
requiring immediate or regular decisions * Project items related
to current tasks * Reading items intended for immediate
consumption  Permanent files should be kept separate from
working files, either in a separate filing cabinet or in
archival cardboard boxes in storage. When a project is finished,
or a document is complete and no longer needed (i.e. old taxes),
it's time for permanent storage. Keep in mind that not all
completed projects or documents need to be saved indefinitely,
so assess what you have, purge what's not needed and set up a
retention schedule for documents you do keep, specifying how
long each file should be stored.  Maintain the retention
schedule separately from the archived files and synch it to your
computer or paper calendar for a year-t