COLOR CODING - Is it you?

I absolutely could not get along without color coding.  I always want life to be simpler than it is:

For instance:  RED

Red is for health, in my world. I luckily have some red hanging folders. Inside are some files whose tabs say Dental or Spine or whatever on red or plain vanilla files.  

And transparent red is for super urgent, like some health info for the doctor today, or anything urgent.  

And the ever popular Green is for money and related stuff like taxes.

Since I write, blue is for writing and sometimes some great writing by someone else. 

Being a female, Purple or Violet is for fashion, wardrobe, and the shoes that fit my feet correctly, should I ever find such shoes

COMBINATIONS?  I thought you'd never ask!  

Sometimes a money thing becomes urgent, like at tax time.  So the green folder needs a red extra-sticky Post-it.   

Not excited about files?  Well another place for color coding is KID STUFF.  If they can't read, and you can't draw an undershirt,  you can tell him the undies go in the BLUE drawer.  Or announce that PINK is only for the sister's stuff.  

Let us know if you have your own color coding standbys.  I'd be glad to quote you here!
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WHY YOU NEED THAT METAL FILE BOX - even though it's not cute

If you have access to Yahoo finance, look in the article Debit or Credit (it's about swiping cards) but tucked in there is another post about financial papers you should never throw away.  It's worth the read, and has even more information than I've  included in the manuscript for my book.

Definitely worth reading and making yourself a list!

And saving them isn't really safe if they're likely to get damaged or ruined in event of a natural disaster.  So, the metal box.