How to Organize Mail (Part 4 of 9 Home Office Organization Series)

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 228

  • @ellak1382
    @ellak1382 10 лет назад +3

    I love how you are constantly updating,changing and improving your organizing systems. I feel like some people think that means your first system didn't work, but it's not like that at all - in reality we need to keep changing the way things work as life changes!!

  • @audreymeyer6645
    @audreymeyer6645 10 лет назад +3

    You and Fly Lady are both my favorite organizers. Fly Lady is just basic and speaks my language to getting started and then you encourage my creative side and organize things the way I want. Plus you and I are visual when it comes to order in the home.
    "Let all things be done decently and in order." - I Corinthians 14:40

  • @daisylarose7779
    @daisylarose7779 10 лет назад +7

    You are indeed an organizing guru, Alejandra. You're such a big help to me! Thank you so much!

  • @shannonoreilly7855
    @shannonoreilly7855 10 лет назад +26

    Okay, so I've been watching you for awhile. But holy cow, you make me want to organize my entire life. Ughhh I don't even know where to begin haha

  • @kevinpalomo4069
    @kevinpalomo4069 10 лет назад +2

    I'm a 20 year old college student. Yes im messy but I love watching your videos alejandra. I want to be just as organized. I get this warm cute feeling when I watch your videos. You're a very sweet person! Thanks for the tips, time for me to start fixing my home office :)

  • @updanzprof
    @updanzprof 8 лет назад +1

    I love your system! It flows (no need to think too much through it)! This will help me a lot as I re-organize my work space!

  • @staceysparks6894
    @staceysparks6894 10 лет назад +2

    I reproduced your old mail center (with the file, bills to pay, etc) labels and I love the system! When I pay a bill (even if it's online) I write the date I paid it and stick it in the "file" folder then I can grab the folder and file my papers once a week! Thanks for the tips!

    • @JulieBGardens
      @JulieBGardens 10 лет назад

      Stacey - where did you find the mail center? I've been looking online but cant seem to locate the two-drawer system like the one shown.

    • @JulieBGardens
      @JulieBGardens 10 лет назад

      Ahhh, success!!! My tenacity is a virtue :-)
      www.potterybarn.com/products/bedford-wood-desk-accessories-paper-organizer-drawer/?pkey=coffice-accessories&cm_src=office-accessories||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-

  • @DoItOnaDime
    @DoItOnaDime 10 лет назад +19

    Love your wall organizer. So cute. I also noticed you are a lefty! Me, too!

    • @HappyHomeInspired
      @HappyHomeInspired 10 лет назад

      I am as well! South paws unite! ;)

    • @agirlandherdrills5636
      @agirlandherdrills5636 10 лет назад

      I just noticed you're a lefty, too! And Kathryn, too! We are so much smarter. That's probably why we're (ok, just you guys) are so organized!

    • @agirlandherdrills5636
      @agirlandherdrills5636 10 лет назад +1

      It was just a joke. Being left-handed is still less dominant than being right-handed, so we just say that, probably to overcompensate. I always notice when people are lefties, and they always make some sort of comment about intelligence. Wasn't meant to be snarky.

    • @sanilam.8008
      @sanilam.8008 7 лет назад

      Mr Messy There's a word for that! You're probably somewhat ambidextrous.

    • @brittanyparnell5773
      @brittanyparnell5773 6 лет назад

      I am too

  • @kerenmintz1
    @kerenmintz1 10 лет назад

    having so much fun while watching you'r videos, you'r so organized and clean

  • @mishiebishie8799
    @mishiebishie8799 10 лет назад

    I have simular set up but on a smaller scale. 5 file folders on my desk; 1. Review-all mail has to comes out the original envelope (hate those ripped edges) and return envelopes get stapled to the back. Once reviewed it goes to the home management binder 2. Outgoing mail 3. File - the purge from the binder or mail that does require any action 4. Coupons & magazines - makes it easy to look at or find a coupon for a restaurant. 5. Has labels and extra large sticky notes. I don't have drawers or desk organizers. My files stand up in a cute napkin holder. :) love ur videos and I get lots of inspiration from you and athomewithnikki. Keep em coming!

  • @mfiorito7279
    @mfiorito7279 5 лет назад

    Thank you! I'm getting some great ideas by watching your office organization series. My office is the worst room in the house!

  • @sandracokes6159
    @sandracokes6159 5 лет назад

    I just love your videos ! I am a organized person also . I love learning new ways to organize ! Thanks for your videos !

  • @olivialian2075
    @olivialian2075 7 лет назад

    Wow! this is a very smart way to process your mail and to keep everything organize! Thank you for sharing your advice!

  • @TracysTreasures24
    @TracysTreasures24 10 лет назад +5

    Great way to organize your mail.
    As for the shredding basket, I have my shredder right beside my mail area, and shred right away. No second handling :)

    • @CrosRV
      @CrosRV 10 лет назад +2

      maybe she wants to have a quiet time to enjoy the therapeutic hum of shredding papers

    • @TracysTreasures24
      @TracysTreasures24 10 лет назад

      Cros Rivera lol, you may be right Cros ;)

  • @PepperS72
    @PepperS72 8 лет назад +4

    Love your way of thinking to organize. I love to organize in my home & automobile too, but I must admit I do have a problem with my mail. Going to use ideas from this video, thanks for sharing! :)

  • @julianeb9793
    @julianeb9793 10 лет назад

    Oh and you're a leftie too! Even more amazing that you are so organized! Usually left-handed people are more right-brained which makes it harder to organize themselves. Now I admire you even more.

  • @joanayers1245
    @joanayers1245 10 лет назад

    DROOL...I love your office organization! I have been looking for a way to get my desk more organized, especially with the mailing system that you have, makes it look so easy. Love your ideas, as always!!

  • @thehermitlife
    @thehermitlife 10 лет назад

    Thank you for your organizing ideas! Please tell you husband you need a letter opener for Valentine's day!

  • @Hanne7s
    @Hanne7s 6 лет назад

    I'm planning on moving out of my parents home and your tips & tricks are so useful! I'm definetely gonna try this mail tip ;). Thanks!

  • @daisyystephanyy
    @daisyystephanyy 10 лет назад

    I loveeee you! I get so excited and look forward to making time to organize. I get carried away sometimes and start to think of ways i can organize anything and everything in my house. Haha i love it.

  • @MzDeedee04
    @MzDeedee04 10 лет назад

    I love your shipping drawer!

  • @persia2287
    @persia2287 10 лет назад

    Your hair looks so cute at that shoulder length :)
    Your videos help me tremendously! Thankyou!

  • @myriammu-ni3301
    @myriammu-ni3301 9 лет назад

    i am so happy I found your videos, they are so good!
    Every time I do my ironing I look at your videos and learn a lot. Th ebest youtube videos i have ever seen.
    I would like to see some about organizing the basement. thanks a lot Alejandra

  • @angelicabakes
    @angelicabakes 10 лет назад

    Thank you for always inspiring me! I love your organization systems. Time to work on our mail processing.

  • @jessicashowalter6475
    @jessicashowalter6475 10 лет назад

    I write on the bill envelopes as well! I just take a colorful pen, write the due date, the balance, how much I'm paying if it's not the full bill, and when I plan to send it out. It's the first thing I do with any bill. But I don't have any really great system at the moment involving where to put the bills - which sometimes results in lost bills or forgotten bills. But most of the time I just write the check as soon as I get the bill, and fill out all of the information so that I can send it off when I need to. But I will definitely be referencing this video later on when I am able to set up a better system!

  • @iviewutoob
    @iviewutoob 10 лет назад

    I love your ideas. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to incorporate them into my daily routine.

  • @HelpMamaRemote
    @HelpMamaRemote 10 лет назад

    Great ideas and organization as always.

  • @beFreee93
    @beFreee93 10 лет назад

    I would possibly like to see a video on how you sort thru all the emails you get and how to keep junk mail down to a minium. Just an idea, thank you for sharing all your useful tips! :)

  • @Thebrancatos
    @Thebrancatos 8 лет назад

    I love the videos, there so helpful! And your system flows so well!

  • @UtahGmaw99
    @UtahGmaw99 10 лет назад

    Your videos have been a big help for both my daughter and myself. We both love your ideas! Also where did you get that lovely black and white striped sweater with the pink on the top? I have another daughter that would love that. Thanks so much for all the hard work you and your team do.

  • @lmk1971
    @lmk1971 10 лет назад

    Been paying my bills online for several years now through our credit union. No charge and the will mail them for free on the day I schedule it. Much more efficent and less costly. I just print out a copy of the scheduled payment to attach to my bill and file away. Never had a late payment that way. Just remember to leave a little extra time from the due date for mailing.

  • @Helloodollie
    @Helloodollie 10 лет назад +2

    Hi Alejandra I love ALL your organizing videos so please keep them coming. Btw love your office chair could you please share where you purchased it? THX

    • @phaited
      @phaited 10 лет назад

      www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10034976&N=&Ntt=seat

  • @nannyssillysoapco
    @nannyssillysoapco 9 лет назад +3

    We have all our bills paid by Direct Debit from a separate account into which we transfer enough money from our current accounts every month to cover them. No trips to post, no writing cheques, no organisation time or material required. We have used this system for nearly 20 years, never had a company say they haven't received the payment.

  • @shilpag5667
    @shilpag5667 10 лет назад

    Hi Alejandra...love ur videos....love you...
    Great video..thanks

  • @lisamedeiros7581
    @lisamedeiros7581 5 лет назад

    I like that system, thats great !

  • @irie7iv
    @irie7iv 5 лет назад

    I've always wanted to know what would be the best way to organize my mail....it always stacks up then I get all confused, frustrated, then sad..... Thank you for this, truly!!❤

  • @0JReynolds
    @0JReynolds 10 лет назад

    I stack everything in a pile on my desk and then that day when I have time I file, shred right away and bills go in a large bill clip. It's a cute large brass clip that says bills.

  • @debbiehoad1850
    @debbiehoad1850 10 лет назад +9

    Suggestion: If you hung the envelopes long ways, there'd be less chance of blocking a due date sticky note.

  • @micart79
    @micart79 10 лет назад

    I use a filofax pocket organizer and keep track of all my appointments and when every bill is due regardless if it's auto pay or not so I can keep on top of being sure it all gets paid on time and there is no late fee! I've only had ONE late fee in my life before I started using the filofax. I use it for my business appointments I am a mobile pet groomer and I schedule clients and write in the filofax on a regular basis when the appointment is and what they paid me. I look at it every day. Then I record transactions later in a spreadsheet each week. I couldn't live without my filofax. It is first priority then I organize where paper goes and files etc...

  • @urshurakdieohnekanal9291
    @urshurakdieohnekanal9291 7 лет назад

    I like your ideas but I'm used to Outlook. I basically use it for everything office-related, whether it's work of privat, so no sticky notes on my desk. But I definitely liked your video about your filing cabinet, that gave me some pointers.

  • @angelajay976
    @angelajay976 10 лет назад

    so many great tips

  • @darleneidominguez5424
    @darleneidominguez5424 10 лет назад

    Thank you for sharing that with me, it was great

  • @steverahardjo3221
    @steverahardjo3221 8 лет назад

    youre amazing very fresh idea and teach us how to organize

  • @sophiawells3928
    @sophiawells3928 10 лет назад +1

    How long should you keep a copy of a bill? Another great video!

  • @mcobb5528
    @mcobb5528 10 лет назад

    Alejandra can you do a video focused solely on business organization? From mail processing, bill paying, bank reconciliation to filing. It would help us small business owners.

  • @kashioable
    @kashioable 5 лет назад

    Bill drawer! Excellent, i'm going to cancel all my direct debits and set up a bill drawer. This way I can neatly get out of the way all my utility bills and forget about them forever. Oh, and think about all the money i'm going to save. Love it, great idea hiding bills due to pay.

  • @808Blessed1
    @808Blessed1 9 лет назад

    Love your Videos. Where did you get your Desk and your Mail Center? Also can you make a video on what papers to keep and what papers to toss. Thank You..!!

  • @katrinascreationscrafting
    @katrinascreationscrafting 10 лет назад

    Since my husband recently retired and gets a pension check once a month and I still get bi-weekly paychecks, we've had to seriously re-think our bill paying system. We pay the majority of the bills within the first few days of the month. Bills that have to wait until I get paid are written out, put in the envelope, and stamped. I put a Post-it note on the envelope with the date to mail it out and store it in a magnetic basket on the fridge right below our household calendar.

  • @wendyl.cunningham9922
    @wendyl.cunningham9922 10 лет назад +1

    I love your video! Where can I find that mail center you have on your desk?

  • @TheJettavr6
    @TheJettavr6 10 лет назад

    Exelente alexandra!

  • @jasmynewall4316
    @jasmynewall4316 10 лет назад

    Thank you, Could you also share how you file your mail after putting in the processing bin such as bills, statements, letters?

  • @Autmmm
    @Autmmm 10 лет назад +4

    Can you make a video on moving and how to organize or make it fast and efficient? I'm moving on march 1st. Feeling overwhelmed. Dont know where to start or where I could get free or cheap packing supplies (boxes, tape, paper, bubble wrap, labels etc) :( help!!

    • @dotbetter2581
      @dotbetter2581 10 лет назад +1

      Hi, I'm moving too, and it's overwhelming i admit it, but the best thing, is really to do not think about it and start, Personnaly i wrot down all what i have to pack, like decoration, books ( for me it's categorize ) and start packing by rooms, I started with my bed room, getting ride of what i don't like any more, and taking notes (what i need to buy, what i need to change next time etc) ... and packing !!
      I'm in the middle of the process, but it goes well !! hope it will help you :)

  • @lavidaesbella27
    @lavidaesbella27 10 лет назад +2

    Pelase do a video on how to keep a budget! Like so she can see it

  • @sophiawells3928
    @sophiawells3928 10 лет назад

    Great videos!

  • @lr_clowns7478
    @lr_clowns7478 6 лет назад +1

    my dad has a BIG bin for the mail and bills we cant find anything thanks for the tips

  • @blessedtrese7
    @blessedtrese7 9 лет назад

    would like to know where you got your desk and the organizer sitting on top; love everything

  • @cynthiafed
    @cynthiafed 7 лет назад

    Just found your videos last week.
    Your videos are so helpful, wonderful, a blessing!
    Would like a desk & and mail organizer like the one in this video. Where did you get yours? Thank you in advance!

  • @audreyasbey3745
    @audreyasbey3745 5 лет назад

    I used to have a huge stack of mail that cluttered on of my kitchen counters. I have used this video to creat a mail system but used one drawer. Separated by sections: pay, file and shred. Drawer is right over trash.

  • @Megan_Kasza
    @Megan_Kasza 10 лет назад

    I don't know where else to ask this question, but I'm having an extremely hard time to organize my stuffed animals! I only have about 20 where some are as small as my hand to 3 x 3 ft (yes, FEET). I want them hidden, but easily accessible. My closet is too crowded to put them anywhere other than the top shelf, which I can't reach and is too small for my bigger stuffed animals to fit (not to mention it looks messy and can easily accumulate dust). I can't store them in a bin because my room doesn't have room for one. They're all currently under my bed in a vacuum sealed bag, but they're not quite easily accessible (and it hurts my back just to get them out), not to mention I forget they even exist because I never get to see them when they're way in the back under there. I hope there is a possible solution to this problem I have and I hope you, the organizing expert, can help me with this problem. Please let me know! Thank you!

  • @Autmmm
    @Autmmm 10 лет назад +1

    That orange office chair/stool!!!! Where is it from!? In love.

  • @avab4524
    @avab4524 10 лет назад

    hey i love your videos! i was wondering wear do you get all of your cute organizers? like the pretty one above your desk? or the one you have when you come into your office?

  • @KraftyScorpio
    @KraftyScorpio 10 лет назад

    I needed this

  • @808Blessed1
    @808Blessed1 6 лет назад

    Hi Alejandra!! I hope you been doing well. But yea I Miss You and your videos. Watching your videos makes me motivated to clean and get organize. I watch you every time you post a new video. I just hope one day you make a surprise come back to RUclips. I would be So Happy and Thrilled. Please do come back I need your professional expertise in being organize.☺👍

  • @cinderellalinn
    @cinderellalinn 10 лет назад

    You're the best!!!

  • @hz324Tb530
    @hz324Tb530 10 лет назад

    I absolutely love your tips and I am actually on your program but I had an interesting question I wanted to post somewhere. How to be organized after you come home from vacations. Usually we buy stuff and there are so many things that need new homes and things that need to be sorted in their old homes, cramping everything to be organized and yet keep a good schedule for the kids and the general house hold…help! | I guess the mail at that time is the least of my problems…hehe

  • @Mel-jy4kc
    @Mel-jy4kc 8 лет назад +4

    Where did you find your desk? I love it!

    • @roadaroom386
      @roadaroom386 7 лет назад +1

      Melanie M I was wondering the same! :)

    • @lynnking1493
      @lynnking1493 5 лет назад

      I love the desk and seat

  • @Tersimi
    @Tersimi 10 лет назад

    You are so good :-) I would love to see how you organize the shoes that we wear every day, summer and winter shoes, long shoes and heels. I just cannot find the right shelves for it, In some drawers the high shoes cannot go in, and so on... excited for the next video :-)

  • @barbr316
    @barbr316 10 лет назад

    where did you get your mail center organizer at? I could really use one...thanks and I love your videos. I too am an organizer everything has to be in its place make life easier...lol

  • @From_The_Heart_With_Candace
    @From_The_Heart_With_Candace 9 лет назад

    Very helpful!

  • @skyllo
    @skyllo 10 лет назад

    nice idea on the bins. if you somehow accidentally threw something important, you can just go back to the bins to get it.

  • @briannab5296
    @briannab5296 7 лет назад

    very niice setup!! my piggybank is gonna get hit hard soon! ... where did you buy your desk??

  • @GraceMF05
    @GraceMF05 10 лет назад +2

    I love your outfit :)

  • @morganxox878
    @morganxox878 10 лет назад

    Hiyah Alajandra could u do an updated office tour luv ure vids xxx

  • @kananicorotan8009
    @kananicorotan8009 10 лет назад

    I love your chair at your desk. So cute!!! Where did you get it?

  • @dette01
    @dette01 10 лет назад

    Good ideas. I need all the help I can get

  • @vanessaarnell
    @vanessaarnell 10 лет назад

    Oh my goodness I've never seen anyone that organized! Great ideas! I have the top part of a wardrobe that needs organized. Just to give u an example of whstz up there...mail , odds and ends, gloves , coupons pretty much everything I had no other place for ...please help..

  • @dalihla2002
    @dalihla2002 10 лет назад

    I'm going to middle School next year and I want to get organized, only problem is that I don't know how, can you please do a video of how to organize your backpack

  • @happyplummum
    @happyplummum 10 лет назад

    What an inspiration.:-)

  • @n.z.3995
    @n.z.3995 10 лет назад

    Great video!
    Can you tell me where the "chair" at your desk is from, or what it is called, so I can google it?

  • @tbkmk13
    @tbkmk13 10 лет назад

    Where did you get your chair? I love it.

  • @thelifeofmrsp
    @thelifeofmrsp 10 лет назад

    Great idea x

  • @agirlandherdrills5636
    @agirlandherdrills5636 10 лет назад

    I want to know where you got your awesome orange stool at your desk?

  • @dannypeterson3449
    @dannypeterson3449 10 лет назад

    Thank u so much I LOGE these videos!

  • @donnabrown3703
    @donnabrown3703 8 лет назад +4

    Where is the bill pay drawer from?

  • @ellagans6379
    @ellagans6379 9 лет назад

    Love your desk chair!!!
    Where did u get it

  • @aeregregsdgawrg9088
    @aeregregsdgawrg9088 9 лет назад

    cool chair

  • @tammy6496
    @tammy6496 6 лет назад

    I love these videos even now in 2018.
    Also you blocked out your address but it was on your shipping labels too ! ( I know it was for personal safety and not just for viewers but still )

  • @loriescobee8839
    @loriescobee8839 10 лет назад

    Where did you get the JUMBO Label maker? Love It!

  • @preservid
    @preservid 10 лет назад

    Love all your videos but have to ask, Where did you get this shirt your wearing?

  • @MsSalesha
    @MsSalesha 10 лет назад

    For my bills (which I pay online), I open them and I have a sheet where I enter each bill. My sheet's columns are: NAME OF BILL, DUE DATE, AMOUNT and DATE PAID then I file the bill away.This way you have only that one sheet with all the information needed to pay the bill and you can easily see what bill is due when.

    • @jamielynnp24
      @jamielynnp24 10 лет назад

      I also pay my bills online but use a spread sheet on the computer. I probably should print it out (in case my computer breaks down) but I don't. I also have the same columns (name of bill, due date, amount, and date paid).

    • @erikacollins4194
      @erikacollins4194 10 лет назад

      I do everything on line as well. I also find that reducing the amount of mail that comes in to my home reduces the amount of time I have to spend sorting and filing and shredding. I receive almost everything via email, track what to pay when on a spreadsheet and record my transactions confirmation numbers on the same spreadsheet. I pay bills twice per month, and I record what's due accordingly. I also hate sitting there and shredding paper! I found a local document destruction place that will shred my SUV FULL of documents for $20. We go twice a year - (if that) take my documents, my mother's and a friends boxes. Since we don't receive much in the mail, it takes me quite a while to get 2 or 3 boxes full to take to the shredder.

  • @angelndmusiclover1314
    @angelndmusiclover1314 10 лет назад

    I love the desk. Does anyone know where its from?

  • @ilovewillsandkate
    @ilovewillsandkate 10 лет назад

    Where did you get the super cool organize chair thing? Does anyone know what it is called

  • @cindycandy5
    @cindycandy5 10 лет назад

    Love!

  • @poprocksglamour
    @poprocksglamour 10 лет назад

    Can you PLEASE do a cleaning product organisation? My cabinet is desperate!

  • @Gigi-qx6un
    @Gigi-qx6un 10 лет назад

    Love it...

  • @Simplydor
    @Simplydor 10 лет назад

    Thx for this Video !
    Now I want to go to the Container Store even More Now ;)
    I hv a Sm container on my Kitchen Counter I use for my Shred stuff then I take to the Office every week or Other to Shred :)
    I Really Want those Poly Envelopes for the Stamps ! I LoVe that idea B'cuz my Envelopes get moved around a lot :/

  • @madisoncarlsson6351
    @madisoncarlsson6351 5 лет назад

    I would like you to do a video on how to organize a book shelf

  • @shanemckenzie8681
    @shanemckenzie8681 2 года назад

    Back it again, girl. L9l

  • @Helloodollie
    @Helloodollie 10 лет назад

    Thank you

  • @katiefab1016
    @katiefab1016 10 лет назад

    Can you please start a series on organizing a teens or kids room thanks