Disorganized Costs
Lost papers, misplaced time, added finesThe cost of disorganization surfaces when fines are incurred for late payments, late tax filings, anything that should have been dealt with by a certain time and wasn't.
I recently witnessed a good case of this while sitting at traffic court waiting my turn to make a plea and get a hearing date. The number of people who had failed to appear in court and who had warrants for unpaid tickets was astounding. The fines cost them double what they would have paid for the ticket initially, and you wonder if they learned a lesson or not.
Same with people filing taxes each year. Getting extensions doesn't mean you go without paying the fines; it just approves a late filing.
Same with paying bills late -- late fees get attached to the late payment. One woman just told me she had plenty of money to pay her bills, but misplaces the bills and forgets to pay them. She said she was now dealing with disconnections and disconnection notices.
These may sound like familiar stories to some, and I'm sorry if you relate to it so well. But, the solutions are all there to get people organized so these things don't happen. If you don't know a solution, find out. If you already know a solution and haven't applied it, try to get help to apply it.
Sometimes these kind of stories make people take action. I only hope it isn't a judge forcing it.
1 comment(s):
Some of us weren't born organized and despite trying and implementing various methods to stay organized, it just takes too much effort some days. Maybe you could give us some tips and insight into your methods of organization instead of slamming us!
By Malia, at 4:24 AM
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