The Business of Growing Up
So you've finally done it. You've reached that wondrous state known as adulthood! You may still be living with Mom & Dad; you may be living in a college dorm; or perhaps you've moved out into your own place. Regardless of where you live, things are different now that you're "all grown up". If you're my child, you know that I've always been the record-keeper at our house. But now that you're 18, you'll be buying your own stuff, entering into contracts and learning slowly but surely how to do all the stuff that grown-ups get to do in the course of living, working, going to school. Along with all that, you're going to have to start keeping some very important records of your own. So, here it is - my "crash course" in what to keep, what to file into your own permanent record, and how to create your own paper trail! To start with, you're going to need a file system. And since you probably won't have too terribly many catego...