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I use Evernote for exactly this. I organized it with a couple of notebooks: Filing cabinet, Family, Work, Inbox and Templates. I have about 20 tags that I can assign to each note and I rename all notes with the date in the name so a combination of tags, title and notebook alsways yields the result I want. A couple of takeaways:
- Evernote Premium is well wort hit, it converts all PDFs and images with OCR so that the text within it is searcheable - I scan each incoming mail item that’s even remotely significant. All bills, letters etc. go into the filing cabinet, should I ever need it. - The scannable app (by Evernote) outperforms almost any scanner below 500 dollars. And it’s free. - The web clipper is awesome for storing websites for future reading - I use Evernote not only as a filing cabinet, but also as a notebook for random notes/ideas, repository for my children’s drawings, scrapbook, wish list, to-do pad, grocery list, you name it. We’re completely paperless (only some really important papers and drawings are kept) and it’s a huge improvement in our lives. As opposed to most people, I can tell you exactly how much our electric bill is, when the last PTA meeting was, what the VIN number of the car is, the exact dimensions of my living room and where/when we bought that nice IKEA vase. All within seconds. I find it liberating how much space in my head is cleared because I don’t have to remember all that stuff anymore. If you're interested in going paperless: https://www.jamierubin.net/going-paperless/ |