LIGHTENING YOUR LIFE: GOING PAPERLESS

Lightening your life: Going paperless

I jumped on the paperless bandwagon years ago with some really bad luck from being billed multiple times for the same thing to bank statements arriving late if at all.  And my favorite credit card companies who didn’t send a statement and added late fees that I fought and won to have taken off.  

I am only talking about paper that we all get that we actually need: bank statements, credit card bills, investment accounts, insurance billing—please know I prefer to get some of these in the mail because I am finding that I have to sign in and remember every different log in and password then drill through to find what I am looking for—bad page design but that is another issue.

Now I am in a situation of living in flux with the need to be paperless for the environment (the main reason I did so early on) but more importantly for convenience and safety.  I did not want to go through it again with the bad luck I had all the way around in the 90’s.  And I forgot to mention that I have had identity theft problems in the past—mild but a hassle and I listened well to what the FBI told me, that were called in on my first case.  I reduced the number of credit cards, never got an ATM or debit card, while seeking work never giving personal info that they didn’t need in the interview process(one of the identity theft issues was a recruiter that accessed one of my accounts), just being very vigilant in general.  

Let me know about how paperless you are, and your experiences to date.  I look forward to your emails and learning from you.  lisa@lisaturnbull.com