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How I turned an old laptop into a home document station - and cut down on paperwork chaos

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Paper is a river. Manage the flow, not the pile.

One nook, laptop, and scanner can tame daily clutter.

Shred, label, and scan right at the point of entry.

For some reason, there's an awful lot of paper involved in going paperless.

My wife and I have been attempting to go paperless since well before the pandemic. While we have successfully scanned a tremendous number of our business and personal documents, we never seem to get ahead of the flow.

There's always more paper. But now, we have a new plan.

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