Here’s a 4-step method for starting and completing all of your paperwork filing: Put out all of your papers in stacks by alphabet grouping (ABCD….EFGH…IJKL…MNOP….etc.). Alphabetize each stack. Sort each type of paperwork (car payment, rent, etc.) by date order with the latest date on top. File in the appropriate folders. Now, go outside…read a magazine…drink some iced tea…and then get back to your listing!