This is a system designed especially for people who suffer from depression—one of the symptoms is difficulty with making decisions, so the idea is to require as few decisions as possible—for example, just file the envelope full of stuff from your bank instead of sorting out the advertising.
There’s also minimization of the demands on memory—for example, writing payments on bills.
The piece that really struck me was the recommendation of having a place for the stuff you’re going to file, instead of letting it get scattered and lost.
Filing with the minimum of trivial impediments
This is a system designed especially for people who suffer from depression—one of the symptoms is difficulty with making decisions, so the idea is to require as few decisions as possible—for example, just file the envelope full of stuff from your bank instead of sorting out the advertising.
There’s also minimization of the demands on memory—for example, writing payments on bills.
The piece that really struck me was the recommendation of having a place for the stuff you’re going to file, instead of letting it get scattered and lost.