Does anybody use a condensed version of the tickler file? I don't see myself using the 43 folders - most of them will be empty. I just don't get that much paperwork of that kind. There are bills to pay at the end of each week and the odd social calendar reminder.

I also prefer d-ring binders to using drop files. I always hated doing filing because the metal tops of the dropfiles make my fingernails feel weird, and they are easy to drop things out of, and things get out of order. D-ring binders keep it all in one place and roughly chronological, so it works for me. I'm splitting it into sections for non-tax domestic bills and tax stuff.

For reference material - I collect a huge amount of reference material for my art and writing; currently in piles, boxes and binders. I tend to think that a small binder for each novel and its reference material, a binder for 'maybe/someday' reference stuff and a couple of themed binders for art (symbols, techniques, - ?) might be the way to go. But I wonder if I ought to try drop files again.

Are there any other creative types here collecting reference materials?

cheers

Helen