Softwares….which are making my Life easy…

Mozilla Firefox- Web Browser

Thuderbird- Email client, RSS feeds, Integrated Gmail account

Google Homepage – RSS feeds

Emurse – Online Resume

Roboform – To manage passwords

WordPress – Blogging

Google Notebook – Task management

Scrapblog – For picture slideshows

Deli.icio.us – for Bookmarks

Google Calendar

Scrapbook extension for FF – webpage management

Tuneup Utilities

Vmware

WindMerge

WinRAR

Google Desktop ( ToDo, scratchpad, weather)

Skype

Real Player

Sales Receipts

Assign one big basket for keeping all the receipts.

At the end of the month, categorize those as:

1. Receipts from major purchase. (electronic items, furniture etc.) – Save these either for tax purposes/warranty/rebates. Make a proper file for these.

2. Receipts from clothes / grocery shopping – shred or keep them as required. If possible, arrange them store-wise. Store them in a box/file as required.

You may use a gum stick to glue them all together.

Save the receipts year-wise. i.e. at the end of the year, keep file 1 and file 2 receipts in a permanent storage with year properly marked upon them – may be staple a year tag on these receipts(or shred them if no longer required).

Effective Documents/paper management at home

Make four bins:

1. Recycle (for newspapers/ magazines etc.)

2. Shredder bin (for important docs, sales receipts, credit card statements etc.)
3. Trash bin – Immediately trash all un-important papers, envelopes etc.

4. Donations to local library or Goodwill shops – Books already read or which are no longer required in your home library.