[matt_the_bass]

I used to organize every bill in a file cabinet. Then a few years ago I switched to "throw everything for a quarter in a single folder." Now I'm about to switch to throw everything for the year in a single folder". (a few exceptions for major expenses like house, car etc). This allows me reduce the possible search space a lot with very little effort. Over the past few years I've found myself looking for 1 or two things from the past year. Total time spent was 10 minutes. This was way less time than filing everything.