{"product_id":"po-fi01","title":"A4 Two-Pocket Clear File Folder \/ Potential","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNowhere to put the \"I'll deal with it later\" pile\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/5458\/3612\/files\/file_main.jpg?v=1786435654\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMail you just pulled out of the mailbox. A form that still needs your signature. A receipt you can throw away as soon as it's scanned. All of it is \"later\" work — but there's nowhere to keep it until later actually comes, and before you know it a small geological layer has formed at the edge of your desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFiling it properly at this stage feels like overkill. And anything unfinished, once it's tucked neatly away, has a way of disappearing from your mind completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFor now, just split it in two\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/5458\/3612\/files\/file_4.jpg?v=1786435653\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis folder has two pockets, and each one is labeled with a single status. You don't have to decide what happens to anything — you can drop it in at the level of \"haven't started\" or \"already moving.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSort any finer than that and the sorting itself becomes the job. So: two. That's about as much as anyone can keep up without thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThree versions, and how to use each one\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTo Do \/ In Progress\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/5458\/3612\/files\/file_8.jpg?v=1786435653\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor keeping track of work documents. Anything waiting on you — a signature, a stamp, a reply you owe someone — goes in To Do. Anything that has left your hands and is moving along elsewhere, like a document out for review, goes in In Progress. Just separating \"waiting on me\" from \"waiting on someone else\" gives you one obvious place to look first thing in the morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTo Check \/ To File Soon\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/5458\/3612\/files\/file_6.jpg?v=1786435653\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor holding mail. When something arrives, put it into To Check before you even open it — nothing gets lost, nothing spreads out across the desk. Once you've read it, anything with an action or a deadline stays up front; anything already handled moves to To File Soon, and when enough has built up you file or discard the whole batch in one go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKeep for Now \/ Goodbye Box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/5458\/3612\/files\/file_7.jpg?v=1786435654\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor people who collect paper. Shop cards, flyers, stamps and tickets all sit flat, with nothing bent or creased. Anything you might still want for another page after scrapbooking or filing, and anything you'd rather sit with a little longer before letting go, goes in the Goodbye Box. Even the paper you can't quite throw away yet gets a place of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow I use mine\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0369\/5263\/7571\/files\/2026_8_9_09.22_3.jpg?v=1786265621\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI keep receipts waiting to be scanned, and documents that still need translating, in To Do. Once I've made a start on something it moves to In Progress, and when the accounting period closes I file everything at once and empty the folder to reset it. Having a fixed day when the pockets go back to zero is what stops things from quietly accumulating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA few words on the back\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/5458\/3612\/files\/file_1.jpg?v=1786435654\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEven messy piles of paper are probably traces of ideas.\u003cbr\u003eTuck them in here for now, and when you're feeling calm again, ask which ones you really need.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's the feeling this folder was made with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eYou might like this if\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour work involves a lot of paper, and the \"not dealt with yet\" stack takes over your desk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou open your mail, set it down somewhere, and end up hunting for it later\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want to keep shop cards and tickets flat and uncreased\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want somewhere to pause things before they get filed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"ten's stationery","offers":[{"title":"To Check \/ To File Soon","offer_id":45979654783036,"sku":"po-fi01-bl","price":550.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"To Do \/ In Progress","offer_id":45979654815804,"sku":"po-fi01-iv","price":550.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false},{"title":"Keep for Now \/ Goodbye Box","offer_id":45979656388668,"sku":"po-fi01-pi","price":550.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/5458\/3612\/files\/file_0.jpg?v=1786435653","url":"https:\/\/tens-stationery-store.myshopify.com\/products\/po-fi01","provider":"ten's stationery store - Explore high-quality Japanese stationery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}