I got a great idea for decluttering from the book, One Thing at a Time, by Cindy Glovinsky. She suggested taking a new box with a lid and walking through one room at a time. Put all loose papers into the box. She says it's important to not look at the papers then, just toss them in. Keep going to other rooms and do the same until the box is full. Then, on the outside of the box, write down which rooms you de-papered, with the last room on top, moving down to the first room (the order in which papers would be found in the box.) Set the box aside. Repeat if you didn't collect from all rooms. Your rooms are instantly decluttered from paper, you know where the stuff is, and you can sort when you get a chance later.
When you are watching TV, grab the loose paper box you filled, a trash can, and a "file this" box and sort.
(Her book is a great read; I highly recommend it.)
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