I used to have an office with two walls of file cabinets. Those files lived in a storage unit for years until I was able to have them shredded. These ghosts of clients past haunted me and my bank account for years. Always having embrace technology, I was still worried that having virtual files wouldn't be truly possible. But guess what? We now live in a world where it is! I still have some paper. And I love my notebooks. Sometimes there's nothing like a good old fashioned to-do list. But Unless it's an official document that I have to produce for legal reasons, I finally committed to my new favorite piece of technology: a ScanSnap wireless scanner. It's fast, reliable, with an easy software interface. It is my new best friend, and I would encourage you to make friends with one too. Not only does it simplify your life, but all of your records can be organized and stored on a cloud service and backed up locally for redundancy. Also, you can search and find that one document you lost 6 years ago from your phone, tablet or computer. AND you can share it with your accounting professionals AND they can share with you.
So what are you waiting for? Start scanning! Oh, and you'll need a shredder too!