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From credit card statements to Post-Its®, birthday party invitations to oil change coupons, expense reports to dental appointment cards, our modern lives and horizontal surfaces are overrun with paper. We're not sure what happened to that paperless office we were promised at the dawn of the computer revolution, but the more we go digital, the more paper we have. OnlineOrganizing.com's Paper Doll helps make sense of what papers to keep, where to keep them and for how long, and will offer some solutions and observations about winning the 21st century paper chase. These tips will even help you keep more of those little green pieces of paper everyone likes so much. Latest Posts:
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 Who Knows Your Secrets? Part 5: Employers & Landlords & Yentas: Oh, My!
Supreme Court justices and reality show contestants aren't the only folks subject to background checks, and government and corporate vetting committees aren't the only ones digging for dirt. Employers, dating services, landlords, wealthy parents of celebutantes--all have an interest in checking out somebody's background.
EMPLOYERS
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posted on: 11/17/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Who Knows Your Secrets? Part 4: Someone's Snooping in Your Medicine Cabinet!
Last week, as part of our ongoing series on the agencies collecting and distributing information about consumers, we talked about CLUE and A-PLUS reports, and how the information contained within them determines whether you can get (or keep) your insurance, and what kinds of rates you'll be charged as a home or vehicle owner.
Of course, insurance companies aren't only interested in damage claims for your home and car. They also want to take your temperature, so to speak, as a prospective health insurance customer, so they track your health and medical claims history, including some things that might surprise you.
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posted on: 11/10/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Who Knows Your Secrets? Part 3: Get A CLUE About Insurance Reports
The final mystery is oneself.
~ Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde may not have known it, but his statement is applicable to how much of a mystery our own financial "secrets" can be, even to ourselves. Sure, you may be skilled at sussing out that Colonel Mustard did it in the library with the candlestick. But what if Mrs. Peacock, the agent from your insurance company, Mustard Mutual, canceled your homeowner's policy with a pen stroke? Would you know why, or what it meant?
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posted on: 11/3/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Who Knows Your Secrets? Part 2: Checking Up on Your Checking History
Last week, we revisited how to protect your paper trail of personal information from identity thieves, and also talked about all the different ways other institutions (besides your creditors) can sneak a peak at your credit history.
But wait, there's more! (Lots more!)
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posted on: 10/27/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Who Knows Your Secrets? Part 1: From Little Sister to Big Brother
Years ago, the best way to keep your personal information truly private was to hide the key to your Barbie® diary or leather journal in a safe place to protect against the prying eyes of your precocious little sister.
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posted on: 10/20/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Ruminations on Readers: Bibliophiles, Bibliomaniacs and You
A truly good
book teaches
me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living
on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by
acting.
~ Henry David Thoreau
George Carlin famously asked "Have
you ever noticed that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and
anyone driving faster than you is a maniac?" Carlin's own little theory
of relativity has been on my mind this past week, not because of the
disparate personalities on the road, but because of the divergent
personalities of the book
people.
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posted on: 10/13/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Happy 2nd Anniversary, Paper Doll Readers
Last year, we celebrated the first anniversary of the Paper Doll blog with the traditional first anniversary gift of--no surprise--paper. This year, flummoxed by how to observe the blog's second anniversary and shoehorn in paper when the traditional gift is cotton, I was excited to learn that paper is the traditional second anniversary gift in the United Kingdom. So, please imagine any text in this week's post being spoken with an English (or Irish or Scottish or Welsh) accent of your choosing:
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posted on: 10/6/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Paper Cuts: Don't Let Hospital Billing Errors Bleed You Dry
Last week, Paper Doll took a week off from writing to recover from a minor medical procedure...let's just call it a paper cut. All is well, and I'm happy to be writing again, and the topic on my mind is hospital billing.
A few months back, we talked about organizing your medical
paperwork in order to be better prepared for emergencies and other health-related issues:...
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posted on: 9/29/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Join the Paper Doll Volunteer Brigade
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
~Sherry Anderson
Volunteering is on Paper Doll's mind more than usual this week. Perhaps it's because the college football season is pressing forward in earnest, and I live in Tennessee, home of the Tennessee Volunteers.
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posted on: 9/15/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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Show a Little Loyalty: Organizing Your Rewards and Loyalty Cards
Repeat business or behavior can be bribed. Loyalty has to be earned.
~ Janet Robinson, CEO, The New York Times Company
Loyalty cards. It's really a misnomer, because most people have multiple cards to numerous competing grocery, office supply, book, electronics and home remodeling stores. The stores hope that by providing you with a card that offers a discount on your purchase or points towards an eventual gift certificate, you'll be more loyal to that store. Yeah, right.
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posted on: 9/8/2009 10:30:00 AM
by Julie Bestry
category: Paper
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