Stevea Robbins here, and welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

I just found out that one of my favorite childhood books was recently re-released.

It's called From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Conigsberg.

And in it, the little girl Claudia has to find a file

that proves whether or not Michelangelo was the sculptor of a beautiful statue of an angel at New York's

Metropolitan Museum of Art. So, she's given one hour and a room with files from wall to wall and ceiling

to floor. The catch is she doesn't know where it's filed.

My art geek friends love the book because they're like, ooh, the kids hide out in the Met.

I love the book for the filing cabinets. I was destined to be an organization geek, so sue me.

Now filing systems, paper or not, are notorious for things going in but never coming out. Just remember the final

scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark. They bury the Ark of the Covenant for all time by filing

it in a government warehouse. If you're under 18, you may be wondering what the fuss is. Give it 10

years. As you find stuff that's too valuable or too legal or too fun or too incriminating to throw away,

you'll want to keep it.

One time honored way is by using a filing cabinet.

And yes, even if you're under 25, you will find that you want to keep things that can't just be scanned into the digital world.

Besides, your online file folders are probably as scattered as most of the paper ones.

The first secret to good filing is to choose your file topics carefully.

For example, let's say you're an evil super genius and you're making plans to take over the world.

You create a plan to build a doomsday device and hold the world hostage.

You have another plan to corner the market on thread.

No more fashionable clothes ever.

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