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Pro tip: Swapped my big filing cabinet for a scanner app and saved my back

I used to keep a 4-drawer filing cabinet packed with papers from like 2015. Every time I needed a receipt or an old contract I'd spend 15 minutes digging through folders. Then last month I spent $10 on a scanner app that does OCR and now I just snap everything on my phone. It took me about 3 evenings to scan and shred all that old stuff. Now I find any document in seconds by searching for a keyword. Has anyone else ditched physical files for digital and regretted it or found it way better?
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paul_mason12
paul_mason1223d agoTop Commenter
Burned my tax returns from 2018 by accident. Worth it though.
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thea_chen
thea_chen23d ago
Wait, did you really burn tax returns though? The IRS generally wants those kept for at least 3 years lol.
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