The Johnny Decimal Index System (Life Admin Edition)

Where should an important document go—and how will you find it months from now? The Johnny Decimal Index System (Life Admin Edition) introduces ANCHOR, a six-step framework for building a personal filing system around the way you actually manage daily paperwork.

Move from scattered paper and digital files to a clear index with stable addresses, plain-language category names, and practical routines. The chapters guide you through assessing what you have, naming destinations, classifying documents, choosing where to store them, handling incoming paperwork, and reviewing the system over time.

• Sort action items, retained records, reusable references, and possible discards.
• Connect paper originals and digital copies with consistent codes and cross-references.
• Use checklists, worked examples, and quick-reference summaries to make decisions.
• Adapt categories to your household or work rather than forcing everything into a fixed template.

Designed for professionals who want a system they can explain, maintain, and revise, this practical guide emphasizes thoughtful choices over one-size-fits-all rules. Start with the documents you already have, build a useful index, and create a dependable route from a retrieval question to the record you need.