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How I file everything

Nine folders, one naming rule, and why there will never be a tenth.

Enova Studio

1 min read

Rows of archive boxes on wooden shelves
“Streamline Your Paperwork: A Simple System for Organizing Your Documents | Miriam Ortiz y Pino” by MorethanOrganized on YouTube, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Video: “Streamline Your Paperwork: A Simple System for Organizing Your Documents | Miriam Ortiz y Pino” by MorethanOrganized on YouTube, licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Not a productivity film. A plain description of a system that has survived nine years, mostly by refusing to grow.

What is in it

  1. 00:30 The nine folders, named.
  2. 02:15 The naming rule, which is one line long.
  3. 04:00 What I do with things that fit nowhere.
  4. 06:00 Why a tenth folder would break it.

Made with

  • A screen recording, regrettably
  • One overhead shot of paper
  • A label maker

The tenth folder exists. It is called "later" and it has 431 items in it.

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