Getting Rid Of Financial & Bill Clutter
Hall Of Fame
Below is a list of financial and bill clutter items you should at least consider getting rid of. In addition, I've included a hall of fame for you to share your own success or get inspired by what others have accomplished.
Although it isn't always the most fun thing in the world to do, making sure you keep your finances in order and your bills paid is just one of those things you have to do.
If you're suffering from clutter in this area of your life you most likely pay bills late because you can't find them or forgot they were there, have lost or misplaced important financial documents, and otherwise are making all this stuff much harder on yourself than it really needs to be.
Don't be your own worst enemy when it comes to financial matters. Instead, let's get rid of the clutter and get this area of our lives organized and systemized so you can
I encourage everyone to take the following of 52 Week Organized Home Challenges that deal with these areas of your home:
I've also listed quite a few decluttering missions that accompany these challenges, to help you get this area of your life more manageable.
Whether you've done these missions when I've scheduled them during the year, or any other time doesn't really matter to me. I just want to celebrate your success, so here's your chance to show off some before and after pictures when you've done one of the missions. If you're ready to share now click here to begin!
Get This Bills & Financial Decluttering Checklist + 32 Other Decluttering Checklists For Your Home
Right now you're decluttering papers and other items dealing with your bills and financials, and there's a lot of these types of items around your home.
I've done the hard work of breaking down these tasks into smaller more manageable steps for you, so you don't get overwhelmed or worry you're forgetting a task, and you can go at the pace you want, whether that's fast or slow.
In addition, you can tackle these decluttering tasks in whatever order you want when you use these checklists!
Decluttering Missions For Your Finances
These are the items you may want to get rid of, along with some suggested decluttering missions for this area of your home and life:
- Expired coupons, including for restaurants, groceries and toiletries
- Separate coupons into categories and organize in a binder, accordian file or something else
- Gift cards
- Gather grocery receipts into one place, to make grocery price book
- Clear spot to hold mail and unpaid bills
- Fill out monthly bill organizer worksheet
- Create file folders for paid bills
- Sign up for electronic bill paying
- Create space for home shredder and shredding pile
- Create credit card list and contact information
- Gather up old receipts and either declutter (or shred) or file
- Create receipt envelope for purse or wallet
- Declutter old tax records (and store the ones you need to keep)
- Create personal tax organizer for current tax information
Bill & Financial Clutter Hall Of Fame
Below are the hall of fame submissions I've received so far.
If you're ready to share your own click here to begin!
 Create Daily Routine For Paperwork |
 Create Weekly Paperwork Session |
 Switch To Online Bill Payment |
 How To Organize Paid Bill Stubs |
 Organizing Bills {Hall of Fame} |
 Declutter & Organize Receipts |
 Create Receipt Organizer |
 Declutter & File Old Tax Records |
 Create A Tax Organizer |
 How (& Why) To Create A Tickler File |
 Password Organizer Ideas |
 BillTracker App Review {For iPhone Only} |
 Expired Coupons |
 Send Expired Coupons To Military Families Overseas |
 Ideas For Organizing Coupons |
 Organize Gift Cards & Track Balances |
 Set Up Paper Shredding Area |
 Opt Out & Stop Telemarketing Calls |
More Resources To Declutter Your Entire Home
Clutter rarely just accumulates in one area of your home, but instead with time can overfill your entire home.
Follow the Declutter 365 plan to get your whole house decluttered, one small step at a time, over the course of the year, and see fantastic results that you can maintain year after year!
Start with my free gift to you, a 12 month declutter calendar (a $20 value), which lists 365 different decluttering missions that will transform your whole house.
The step by step plan laid out in the calendar will guide you through the process of removing physical clutter, digital clutter and even set up foundational routines and habits for your home, to make it clutter free and organized from now on.
You can also get additional services to help you succeed with the Declutter 365 plan, including receiving daily text messages about each day's mission, planner stickers, and joining a private and exclusive Facebook group devoted to helping encourage and motivate you as you work through the daily and weekly tasks.
You can learn more about Declutter 365 products here.
Have You Gotten Rid Of Bills Or Financial Clutter?
Have you participated in one of the Declutter Your Home In 15 Minutes A Day Missions, either while it was running for the day or when it was convenient for you?
Are you proud of your accomplishments and want to show the world what you decluttered today, and are getting out of your home?
Here's your chance to tell me about it. Pictures are highly encouraged, but you can also just write a description of what you decluttered too (note you've got to at least explain what we're seeing in the picture you upload).
You can send up to four pictures in each submission.
Get Rid Of Financial & Bill Clutter Hall Of Fame
Here are the Hall of Fame submissions that have already been submitted.
Check these out to get inspired about what others have accomplished with the power of 15 minutes a day.
How Long To Keep Tax Records {Plus How To Organize Old Tax Returns In Your Home Filing System}
Today's mission is to keep tax records in one filing location, plus to declutter extremely old tax returns that you don't need to keep anymore. …
How To Use A Receipt Organizer To Keep Paper Clutter At Bay
Today's mission is to create or begin to use a receipt organizer as part of your daily life, to keep receipt paper clutter at bay from now on. This …
How To Declutter & Organize Receipts
Today's mission is to declutter old receipts, and then organize the receipts you keep after decluttering. This mission is designed to be done while …
How To Avoid Accumulating Expired Coupons
Today's mission is to declutter expired coupons. Here's my article on not only what to do with those expired coupons you declutter today, in this …
How To Organize Gift Cards & Loyalty Cards & Keep Track Of Balances
Below I've compiled tips from readers about how to store and organize gift cards and loyalty cards, and to keep track of the balances left on them. …
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