466 - The Lisa Glossary Part 9: The Paper Solution

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For 2022, we are adding to the Lisa glossary. This week, we are talking about The Paper Solution. In 2020, I published a book called</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Paper Solution</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. I also want to be your teacher to help you get your home and work paper organized and functional. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No matter when you begin your transformational journey (or when you need to reset or restart), this information will be here as a reference for you. Listen in as I teach you about the ideas and beliefs that are at the core of everything I teach and how I approach organizing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Paper is my thing. I love writing on paper, I love organizing paper, I love everything about paper.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, as a professional organizer, I realized there is very little information available about how to organize paper, the categories of paper we deal with in our lives, and how to actually use paper in everyday life. </span></p> <p><strong>Less Paper, not Paperless.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although we have been promised a “paperless” society, the reality is that the US is a paper-based society. We are able to handle more things digitally than ever before, but we still need physical paper for many things in life. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In America, our vaccine cards, birth certificates, vehicle titles, and medical records are all physical paper. Other parts of the world have digital systems for these things, but because of the uniqueness of our government and our focus on freedoms, we do not have universal, digital records for these things.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In my own life, physical paper has saved me over and over. Paper means that I can avoid expensive professional fees, and it gives me authority with lawyers, doctors, and school principles. In America, paper is the