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Now it is time to tackle the job of getting a firm grasp on our personal financial situation, and to do so, we will use one of the simple pieces of our money power tools, which is organization.
Organizing your financial information, is probably the most important step in fulfilling your goal of financial freedom.
By organizing your finances, you achieve a variety of things. The first thing that you accomplish when you organize your financial information, is you get a clear picture of your family’s financial situation.
You will be able where everything is, there is no struggle to locate a bill, or a stock certificate, or any other important information
.
Second, organizing your finances, lets you know several things about your actions and lifestyle. It lets you know:
1. Who you are doing business with.
2. How much business you are doing with them.
3. How long you have been doing business with them.
4. When you do business with them.
5. If it’s profitable to continue doing business with them.
Organizing your financial information, is probably the most important step in fulfilling your goal of financial freedom.
By organizing your finances, you achieve a variety of things. The first thing that you accomplish when you organize your financial information, is you get a clear picture of your family’s financial situation.
You will be able where everything is, there is no struggle to locate a bill, or a stock certificate, or any other important information
.
Second, organizing your finances, lets you know several things about your actions and lifestyle. It lets you know:
1. Who you are doing business with.
2. How much business you are doing with them.
3. How long you have been doing business with them.
4. When you do business with them.
5. If it’s profitable to continue doing business with them.
For example, let’s say you have a kitchen drawer filled with bills, papers, and receipts. And then let’s assume that every time you reach the end of the week.
You wonder where the money has gone, you receive a paycheck, but a few days later, it all seems to have disappeared.
Chances are if you were to look in the drawer, where all of your bills and papers are stored, you might find that the majority of your receipts are from going out to eat.
When you total them all up and find out that you have been spending a great deal of money on fast food, and going out.
You figure that if you decrease the amount of money you spend on fast food by 50%, you can save a couple hundred dollars a year. You could then put that extra savings toward something different.
You can see it is very important to get your finances in order as quickly as possible.
So let's begin, first of all you need to find a good place where you can store all of our financial documents.
This place should be set apart, it should be separate from other uses and safe from any damage. For example it is not wise to keep your important financial documents in a place that is easily accessible to young children.
You wonder where the money has gone, you receive a paycheck, but a few days later, it all seems to have disappeared.
Chances are if you were to look in the drawer, where all of your bills and papers are stored, you might find that the majority of your receipts are from going out to eat.
When you total them all up and find out that you have been spending a great deal of money on fast food, and going out.
You figure that if you decrease the amount of money you spend on fast food by 50%, you can save a couple hundred dollars a year. You could then put that extra savings toward something different.
You can see it is very important to get your finances in order as quickly as possible.
So let's begin, first of all you need to find a good place where you can store all of our financial documents.
This place should be set apart, it should be separate from other uses and safe from any damage. For example it is not wise to keep your important financial documents in a place that is easily accessible to young children.
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PUBLISHED: JUNE 13, 2025
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Your storage place, should also not be in a place where you will forget about them, or not have easy access to them when you need them, such as in grandma’s old trunk in the basement etc.
Your storage space may be a simple shoe box or you can use an expensive and or elaborate filling cabinet. The rule of thumb is that you should use whatever suits your needs, lifestyle, and budget. Basically you should use whatever you are comfortable with.
Lastly here are a couple storage precautions that we would like you to be aware of. Number one, make sure that everyone in the house is aware of your storage space, and that they respect it and do not add or take anything away from it without first consulting you.
Your storage space may be a simple shoe box or you can use an expensive and or elaborate filling cabinet. The rule of thumb is that you should use whatever suits your needs, lifestyle, and budget. Basically you should use whatever you are comfortable with.
Lastly here are a couple storage precautions that we would like you to be aware of. Number one, make sure that everyone in the house is aware of your storage space, and that they respect it and do not add or take anything away from it without first consulting you.
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