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In my case I've taken the really important stuff like birth certificates, etc., and put them into its own folder. Everything else is going into a simple box. I'm not getting that many documents by snail mail. It's actually quite easy to find the physical document: I know from the scam that I've received the document on first of June two thousand eighteen. So I can go back to two thousand eighteen June and then there are maybe two or three documents which I've received in that time frame. You can also simply write an ongoing number on the document.
And how do I tell from the scan if there is a paper document? My scanner is naming those PDF in a typical method. If it is called Receipt_000123.pdf, I know that it is coming from my scanner and that there is something physical
I'm not aging out papers. I'm still on the first box, so everything is okay storage wise.
Ist ne Idee. Nicht überkomplizieren. Nummerieren. Scannen. Wichtiges abheften. Anderes chronologisch in eine Kiste.