The best filing system? The one where every piece of paper goes in the bin | Adrian Chiles

Over the years, I’ve tried many ways of keeping track of my paperwork – each one worse than the last. Drastic action is called for How I hate paperwork. Forms to fill, bills to pay, statements to file, receipts to keep, documents documenting things, proving things, explaining things. Keep them all. Up the pile rises, higher and higher, until this tower of fear and confusion can no longer support itself. Down it comes, collapsing under the weight of all the misery, the wretched sheets fanning ...

By Adrian Chiles