# Day 1: Give your records a landing place

> Ten minutes, one folder or box, and permission to leave the rest for later.

[Canonical activity](https://makethisuseful.com/challenge/records/day/1)

Edition records-day-1-v1. Original worksheet; personal answers are not part of this public edition.

## Today's task

1. Choose a place where you can gather papers you want to organize.

2. Find up to three records you already have. Leave originals where they belong if moving them would be inconvenient.

3. Write their locations below. Use ‘unknown’ for anything you still need to find.

## Your working note

### My landing place

For example: a labeled folder in the desk drawer.

Your note: ____________________________

### Up to three records and their current locations

Names and locations are enough. Leave account numbers and passwords out.

Your note: ____________________________

### One thing to find another day

Unknown is a useful starting point.

Your note: ____________________________

## Take this with you

You have a starting place and a short list. That is today's useful work.

## Source and attribution

Original exercise by Make This Useful. General document-organization background: Federal Trade Commission.

[FTC: Organize your important papers](https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-organize-your-important-papers-disaster-strikes)

[Use the editable worksheet](https://makethisuseful.com/challenge/records/day/1)

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