Maybe it is just crazy, but today was a truly great day of liberation for me. I am sure nobody else does this, but I am the world's worst about putting those pieces of correspondence that you get in the mail everyday, and that don't demand any real action immediately, into a holding pile. I mean to tend to them in a few minutes and then weeks later it becomes an issue that has to be dealt with. Now was the time to do just that! Can I just say here that I really, really hate unnecessary mail. I receive a "privacy policy" from each and every company I do any type of business with. TOTAL WASTE OF GOOD PAPER. They are almost impossible to understand and are written in such a small font that it makes my eyes cross and my heart race just thinking about who in the world would possibly be interested in my info anyway. These worthless documents surely do nothing to ease my mind, reassure me or be of any help whatsoever.
Anyway, I got all that junk sorted out and I know I weigh about 30 pounds less with that weight lifted. Then I tackled purging my "bills paid" files for last year and starting fresh for 2011. This was almost as liberating as getting rid of "the pile." Then I took a deep breath and got all our income tax info ready to take to the CPA. I know, I could use TurboTax or something, but Sandy is absolutely the best and knows how to get us as much back as possible. This year is also going to be a doosey trying to get all my retirement related documents lined up. More than I want to even think about right now. I have no idea whether I checked all the right boxes on all those confusing forms back in June, but I guess the truth will come out in a few weeks. Maybe I will not have to hock a grandchild to pay the IRS off.
All the ring binders are set up for another year of medical, insurance and financial documents. Yippee!!! Is this liberating or what?
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