I’ve now gone through 3 out of 4 drawers! I have all of my tax returns in one file folder together, from 2000 to 2012! I’m talking about the 1040, plus schedules A & C. The rest of the various pages, receipts, 1099s, etc are stored in shelves elsewhere.
So drawer #1 contains all of my personal stuff: tax returns, everybody’s birth cert, etc, plus my monthly Tea Collection print outs, with all my comments, markings, etc., LOL. Do I really need to keep those? NO! But for some dumb reason I have a year’s worth of them, plus a few tea journals. I’m whack! Someday my kids/grandkids will have fun looking through my junk…or maybe just pitch it all? :)
While I’ve been working on that drawer, I drank a pot of this tasty tea, & I have to admit, I’m feeling it. I’m not the sleepy grump I was earlier. Physically I’m still tired, but I’m feeling motivated, energized, & inspired to get this job done.
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Sounds like you’re making good progress on the organization! :)
I spread out all over the floor yesterday and sorted this years tax stuff. With all that went on last year it is a daunting task. Now to boil it down and actually figure out the taxes. I always put all of each year into a big manila envelope. This year it may take two. My wife sold doll clothes at craft shows a couple times and that is even more piles to be sorted. Unlike you I am not feeling inspired to get it done yet.
Good tea makes everything better.
Robert: True!
Caile: It’s coming along! I feel pretty good about everything I did today. If I only would work like this for an hour a day mon – fri, I’d be SO much more together.
KS – ughghg, taxes. I’ve never had a real job, so I have gotten pretty good at keeping everything. Once I got those 4 drawers organized (& they look great!), I figured, what the heck, why not do a little tax-work too. So I went through all of my contracts, 10-99s, W-2s, etc. I have a worksheet I made up years ago, specific to my business, & step one for me is filling it all in. Then I’ll transfer it to turbotax & hope for the best! I need to get my taxes done next week, so both of my sons can turn in the FAFSA.
Sounds like you’re making good progress on the organization! :)
I spread out all over the floor yesterday and sorted this years tax stuff. With all that went on last year it is a daunting task. Now to boil it down and actually figure out the taxes. I always put all of each year into a big manila envelope. This year it may take two. My wife sold doll clothes at craft shows a couple times and that is even more piles to be sorted. Unlike you I am not feeling inspired to get it done yet.
Good tea makes everything better.
Robert: True!
Caile: It’s coming along! I feel pretty good about everything I did today. If I only would work like this for an hour a day mon – fri, I’d be SO much more together.
KS – ughghg, taxes. I’ve never had a real job, so I have gotten pretty good at keeping everything. Once I got those 4 drawers organized (& they look great!), I figured, what the heck, why not do a little tax-work too. So I went through all of my contracts, 10-99s, W-2s, etc. I have a worksheet I made up years ago, specific to my business, & step one for me is filling it all in. Then I’ll transfer it to turbotax & hope for the best! I need to get my taxes done next week, so both of my sons can turn in the FAFSA.