Why You Need to Organize
There will come a time when you need to find that very important piece of paper, and if you have organized your files, finding that paper will be a breeze. I know that I have spend many hours in the past looking for different papers whether it is a bill that I was disputing or a receipt that I needed for a tax deduction. I know the piece of paper was some where but because I couldn’t find it, it was no different than if I had throw it away. I had so much paper and it was all so unorganized that when the time came to find something, I could never find it.
So the answer to “Why you need to organize your files” is very simple. You need to organize your files, so that you can find the file when you need it. To delve even deeper into the theory, the only real reason to keep any of these files is so that you can use them later. You might use the files in different ways, but the sole purpose for you to keep them is so that you will be able to use them later. This means that file organization is not just to make it easier to find files, but make it possible to find files when you really need them.
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