No matter what point you are in life, bills are going to be coming into your home or office continually. How you organize and handle your bills can make the entire process so much easier. All you have to do is make it a habit to become organized daily as you open your mail or bring home bills and you will find that you will never be late with a payment again!
Let’s take it from your daily walk into the house after opening up your mail. First thing you are going to have to do is pitch those sales bills if you don’t want them. All they are going to do is clutter up your counter. If there are any sales bills that you want these should go in a separate pile or space away from your bills and things to do piles.
To organize your bills so you can just grab a stack and pay them when you are in a hurry you are going to need a holder of some type with five slots. The fives slots are going to stand for the four weeks in any month, and the fifth is for bills that are going to be paid next month, next quarter or bills that just need paid when you have the extra money.
The first slot is always going to be the bills that are paid in the first week of the month; the second slot is for the second week and so on. So that all sounds easy enough but how do you train yourself to really get into the habit and do it?
First step is to only open the mail when you have about five minutes to review it. Opening all the mail, throwing away those credit card applications, sales bills, and the envelopes and trash that come in all the bills that you get. This is really rather easy but it is an important step in keeping your little bill space organized and ready to bill payment.
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