One of my new years resolutions was to reduce some of the clutter in my office. I had several piles of documents that needed sorting. You know the drill. The monthly bills arrive and after paying them your left with a pile of receipts to file.

At the same time I decided to upgrade my personal scanner as our old multi-function machine (printer/scanner/copier/fax) would no longer support the latest software. Now this is for another article I am writing on scanning. But my point here is if you have a scanner or you plan to purchase one in the future you can greatly reduce the required storage space and your carbon footprint by converting those month-end receipts into digital records. As I said more on this subject later.