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Post by Arid on Jul 2, 2014 4:37:01 GMT -5
I'm so sorry Louie; you have my sympathy.
Arid
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Post by Louie on Jul 3, 2014 2:05:53 GMT -5
thanks Arid
today I started work on a pile of papers on the kitchen table - did about 15 minutes, tossed out and filed and also did the days mail
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Post by Louie on Jul 4, 2014 19:37:20 GMT -5
Yesterday I got the copies of mums will from the solicitor and spoke to him about probate & my executor responsibilities, fortunately it will be reasonably straightforward. I spoke to the bank and the funeral bond company and completed that paperwork. Today I was to go to the bank to do their paperwork but I'm going to leave it till next week, just don't feel up to it today. I didn't get my mail processed yesterday, lots of tax time statements arriving - at the moment I've put them all in a pile in my office. need to get some other housework done today as well.
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Post by papermoon on Jul 4, 2014 23:07:28 GMT -5
Louie, I'm so sorry about your mum. My thoughts are with you. Be gentle with yourself, and do the paperwork at a careful, slower pace if possible. It's hard, I've been there.
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Post by cando on Jul 5, 2014 10:01:33 GMT -5
Oh, Louie . I just read the post about your Mum and I am so sorry. CD
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Post by Louie on Jul 7, 2014 2:58:06 GMT -5
thanks papermoon and cando, much appreciated.
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Post by papermoon on Jul 8, 2014 20:34:47 GMT -5
You've been in my thoughts these past several days, Louie. I hope you're able to find a bit of solace by putting some of those papers in order.
Today I launched a new habit challenge... to do some kind of paperwork for 12 minutes each day. 12 minutes seems to be my magic number for many other tasks, so I'll give it a try on the paper piles as well. I wish I liked doing paperwork, but perhaps the 12-minute segments will help me hate it less. One thing's for sure so far... I LOVE when the 12-minute timer rings and I'm done for the day!
Today I did 12 minutes of shredding, plus putting my coupons in order and recycling the expired ones.
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Post by papermoon on Jul 9, 2014 22:40:32 GMT -5
Today I did 12 minutes (and then some) of assembling papers needed for proof of income in a tax dispute, and I was granted temporary relief of a levy on my bank account until I've faxed that proof to the state tax board.
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Post by Arid on Jul 10, 2014 0:33:45 GMT -5
I'm *still* working on "junk mail" daily . . .!
Arid
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Post by papermoon on Jul 10, 2014 21:29:04 GMT -5
So... I'm supposed to work for only 12 minutes a day on papers. But today it was scrambling and appointments all over town, for a total of 3 stressed-out hours, in order to assemble all the documents needed for the state tax board. But I think it's over now. I'll know for sure at midnight, when the levy on my bank account is supposed to be officially released once and for all. I might just lock my door and curl up with my backlog of magazines to fulfill my paperwork time over the weekend.
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Post by papermoon on Jul 12, 2014 18:30:18 GMT -5
When I joined this thread in March, I wrote about the fear of having my bank account garnished by a levy from the state tax board, as had been informed by letter that they had gone into collection action for their estimate of payment due on my unfiled tax return for 2006. Back in March, I posted that I was compiling the necessary documents to prove that I am currently in "non-collectible" status, being on retired disability with only Social Security as my income (which is exempt from seizure).
OK, so far so good... except that I dropped the ball and never sent in the documents. I buried my head in the sand and hoped it would all go away.
This week the state seized my bank account for that 2006 tax year. (As I wrote in detail on my private blog Small Is Beautiful, in January 2007 my life took a catastrophic downturn and I lost my home, my livelihood, and all my savings over the next few years. I was in suicidal crisis... so filing tax returns was the last thing I was capable of doing.)
While bouncing around from place to place, semi-homeless for a year, my papers and files devolved into utter chaos. I've now made a start at reorganizing them, but I'm still far, far away from being able to make sense of the messy papers for filing that 2006 tax return.
Anyway, the point of this story is to say that at least I WAS able to pull my head out of the sand this week, and to telephone the tax representative immediately, and to get the levy promptly released. And then I DID compile all the necessary documents and fax them to the state. And furthermore, I also worked with my bank to reverse the levy, as well as to reverse the bank's $100 processing fee.
I faced it straight on. I was polite and cheerful and cooperative and persevering at every step.
This is progress. HUGE progress. In former times, I would have locked myself in my apartment, turned off phone and computer, stopped picking up my mail, and eaten myself into a state of diabetic catatonia.
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Post by Arid on Jul 13, 2014 13:07:12 GMT -5
Way to go, papermoon!
That is **HUGE** progress!!!!
What a relief it will be for you when all of that is finished . . .
Arid
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Post by Louie on Jul 13, 2014 13:08:18 GMT -5
Anyway, the point of this story is to say that at least I WAS able to pull my head out of the sand this week, and to telephone the tax representative immediately, and to get the levy promptly released. And then I DID compile all the necessary documents and fax them to the state. And furthermore, I also worked with my bank to reverse the levy, as well as to reverse the bank's $100 processing fee. I faced it straight on. I was polite and cheerful and cooperative and persevering at every step. This is progress. HUGE progress. In former times, I would have locked myself in my apartment, turned off phone and computer, stopped picking up my mail, and eaten myself into a state of diabetic catatonia. good on you papermoon!! well done for 'facing it straight on' it's so stressful dealing with these things but you have really made a huge effort, take care xx
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Post by Arid on Jul 14, 2014 12:52:45 GMT -5
I *DID* continue to deal with "junk mail" every single day for the past week!!
Arid
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Post by papermoon on Jul 15, 2014 20:02:59 GMT -5
Thanks, Louie. I hope you've been doing well these past few days. Hugs back. Arid, keep up the I hit a minor snag in getting the documents to the tax representative, though of course I thought it was a catastrophe and I'd have to start all over. Turns out that the person who faxed over the documents accidentally misdialed one digit, and the docs went to the wrong office. Of course, I thought it was MY mistake, that I must have copied down the number wrong... that's my automatic default thinking, that the mistake must be MY fault. And so I went to bed last night all stressed out again, dreading the next steps I would have to take to get it right. But sometimes just being patient and doing nothing IS the right thing to do. It all got straightened out on the other end. The tax rep phoned me, said everything was received properly, my case is settled for the next 12 months, and I can breathe now. Starting today, I am increasing my daily 12 minutes of paperwork by an extra 12... total 24 minutes. But for the nonce, I only want to chip away at my backlog of unread magazines. I'm just not up to anything more "taxing" than that.
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