As you try to determine the best fit for you, consider a variety of options, including a budget binder with or without cash envelopes, a digital envelope system, spreadsheets, budgeting apps and more.

If you don’t want to create a spreadsheet, you can organize your accounts on paper in a filing cabinet or a binder system. Whatever system you choose, make sure you separate them by category.

The good news is, once your documents have a proper home, you’ll only need a few minutes a week to maintain the new system. Below we walk you through how to organize your paper files.

Sandra Batra, 56, created a binder to organize all of her father’s documents after he was stricken with cancer in 2011. Batra says the project helped her and her mother easily locate her father ...

Buying those type of supplies would keep you encouraged,” said Chelsea Ingram with Organizing by Chelsea. Second, instead of one big notebook get separate color-coded binders for each class.