This week, we're focusing on getting rid of paper clutter. Today is Day 5. If you missed our tips from Days 1 through 4, you can access them on these links:

Day 1 - Get Rid of Paper Clutter Week

Day 2 - Get Rid of Paper Clutter Week

Day 3 - Get Rid of Paper Clutter Week

Day 4 - Get Rid of Paper Clutter Week

Here is our continuation from yesterday...

13. Take photos of your kids masterpieces. Rather than keeping every single drawing, painting, or other piece of artwork your child (or grandchild) creates, take a photo of each masterpiece and save it digitally. You can even create a digital slideshow or digital photo book for fun viewing. Alternately, tape all of your child's artwork for the year onto a wall with removable tape. Then, take a photo of your child in front of all his or her artwork! Once you have the digital memory, you can recycle most (or all) of the paper memories.

14. Think of your bulletin board and/or the surface of your fridge as a 'temporary exhibit.' Sure, you can keep a current lunch schedule or your child's latest A+ math paper on your fridge or your bulletin board for display...but think of these areas as 'temporary exhibits' with deadlines for removal. For instance, when my daughter brought home an achievement paper for high school golf, it was displayed proudly on the fridge for two weeks. It was then removed and placed in a file folder (in the filing cabinet) for safe keeping. This 'temporary exhibit' process helps ensure these surfaces don't become cluttered messes.

15. Don't be so touchy. I don't mean your attitude...but rather your fingers. Oftentimes, paper clutter starts and worsens due to indecision. You pick up a sheet of paper and don't want to deal with it so it gets tossed on the kitchen table. A week goes by and the paper is still sitting there, so you pick it up again and move it to your desk. It gets hidden under other papers as the week goes on. A month later, there it is again, and you pick it up for the third time. Do you see where I'm going with this? Try to touch a paper ONCE and make the FINAL decision about where it is to go...recycle bin? filing cabinet? in an action folder so you can respond to it?

Stay tuned for more Get Rid of Paper Clutter tips tomorrow...

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Clean up your clothes closet comic: This comic-of-the-week may inspire you to part with some of your clothes that you never wear...and give you a chuckle at the same time

Challenge yourself For each week of March, our challenges will be focused on Spring Cleaning. Here are your mini weekly challenges...and your focus this week should be on Week 4

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