Hello and

welcome to the Money Girl Podcast, a show that gives you financial tips,

tools, advice, and inspiration to live rich and love the journey. I'm Laura Adams, a personal

finance expert in award-winning author based in Silicon Valley. You can learn

more about me, my books and get the finance and productivity tools that I recommend at LauraD Adams.com.

Are you ready to simplify?

I mean, really simplify your financial life?

If so, this show is going to walk you through a five-step process to do it.

Over the last few years, I've been really dedicated to making just about every aspect of my life more streamlined.

It all started when my husband and I moved from Florida to California a few years ago.

One of the heaviest things the movers had to deal with was an overstuffed four drawer filing cabinet.

I knew it was time to downsize my paper records.

I actually already done a huge paper purge before the move, but I was still holding

on to way too much paper.

Now I keep a fraction of the paper that I used to in one file drawer, but I have to admit getting here hasn't been easy.

In this episode I'll tell you how to manage your finances with no or much less paper.

You'll learn the pros and cons, a few paper exceptions to consider,

and how to make a digital transition as easy and comfortable as possible.

I'm sure you realize that moving your money management into the digital world comes with huge benefits. Going paperless saves trees and a host of other environmental resources.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency,

paper makes up 27% of all municipal solid waste.

That's the largest percentage of the 250 million tons of waste

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