{"id":2205,"date":"2018-11-30T03:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2018-11-29T20:40:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T02:40:08","slug":"the-binder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/the-binder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Binder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office Called Home &#8211; Part 4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you tired of having paperwork scattered all over the place and unable to find what you need when you need it? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what happened. \u00a0I was so tired of trying to find paperwork. \u00a0Imagine with me it\u2019s tax time and your tax accountant, H&amp;R Block, or whoever does your taxes ask for a particular document. \u00a0You say okay, I\u2019ll produce that for you, but only to get home and can find everything but the one document you need. I\u2019d had enough of this and that\u2019s when Pamela and I created \u201cThe Binder\u201d. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2207 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181130-TIF-SM-The-Office-Called-Home-Part-4.png?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181130-TIF-SM-The-Office-Called-Home-Part-4.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181130-TIF-SM-The-Office-Called-Home-Part-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181130-TIF-SM-The-Office-Called-Home-Part-4.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181130-TIF-SM-The-Office-Called-Home-Part-4.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181130-TIF-SM-The-Office-Called-Home-Part-4.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181130-TIF-SM-The-Office-Called-Home-Part-4.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/20181130-TIF-SM-The-Office-Called-Home-Part-4.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The keepsakes from year to year.<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Binder\u201d is like the binder of binders. \u00a0It\u2019s different than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/product\/the-family-plan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Family Plan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0Where as The Family Plan is a plan for our life, our home, \u201cThe Binder\u201d is a record for everything that\u2019s accumulated in the home for the year. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s another 3 ring binder, but used in the same fashion as you would a filing cabinet. \u00a0Instead of filing by categories, you file by year using sections in your binder. Like everyone, you receive tons of mail whether it\u2019s snail mail, email or both; you often receive important paperwork that needs to be stored. \u00a0\u00a0What do you do with yours? We have a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/about-kerryaclark-com\/my-favorite-words\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">system<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;I believe in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/about-kerryaclark-com\/my-favorite-words\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">systems<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0For us, into the 3 ring binder this stuff goes. \u00a0There\u2019s no need to search for anything. There\u2019s no need to wonder where we placed it. \u00a0And when the time comes that we need any information we can simply go to the binder. Not only that, after you accumulate a few years of these binders, you can see what you and your family have achieved over the years.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>What might you find within The Binder.<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 8 sections that make up our binder. \u00a0These 8 sections have the same titles as found in our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/product\/the-family-plan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">family plan binder<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u00a0If you were to open \u201cThe Binder\u201d here&#8217;s what you\u2019d find:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Section 1 &#8211; <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/category\/the-family-plan\/executive-administration\/\"><b>Executive Administration<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0In this section, we place all our giving records from our churches.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Section 2 &#8211; <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/category\/the-family-plan\/accounting\/\"><b>Accounting and Fiscal<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0In here, we have all our bank &amp; credit card statements\/documents, debt statements (i.e. student loans), investment statements, receipts and utilities (i.e. bills).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Section 3 &#8211; <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/category\/the-family-plan\/facilities\/\"><b>Facilities<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0If you think of your life, your home, like a business, all the physical processes would fall under the care of the facilities department. \u00a0In our records, this is where we have information that pertains to our automobiles, home repairs, renovations, maintenance, and other home-care items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Section 4 &#8211; <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/category\/the-family-plan\/office-administration\/\"><b>Office Administration<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0Turn to this section in \u201cThe Binder\u201d and you\u2019ll find stuff like our annual calendar for the family, vacation plans\/information, and any miscellaneous items that don\u2019t fall into any other category.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Section 5 &#8211; Production and Development.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0In here we keep anything that\u2019s employment related and the information for our own organizations. \u00a0\u00a0Any areas that produce and help us develop go here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Section 6 &#8211; Marketing.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0This section has information that defines who we are and how we present ourselves to the world around us. \u00a0We define how we can be contributors, not just consumers. One of the important documents we keep here is our annual focus statement (more on this later).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Section 7 &#8211; Human Resources (H.R.).<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0From dependant care to medical and dental records, it\u2019s found here. \u00a0Anything that helps us care for our family will go here.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Section 8 &#8211; \u00a0Legal and Political.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0This section houses our giving records (outside of our church), tax documents (such as tax returns), political research, and items to support election activities. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With these 8 categories every area of our home, life, business, is covered. \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today is Friday!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Binder\u201d is the one place we can find everything and all the information we have on our family. \u00a0All we need to do is select the year and visit it\u2019s respective binder and we have all our records in hand. \u00a0What a relief it is to have your information nice, neat, orderly, and easily accessible, all at your fingertips. \u00a0When will you begin yours? Start to today and (oh) by-the-way share this web-post with someone you know could benefit from this content.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#c7ced4;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#E1E8EE;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#e5e5e5;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;border-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/familyplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Family Plan Binder<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/familyplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1025\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Family-Plan-Cover-e1493399146525.png?resize=115%2C149\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a> is available now! <p><\/p>\nOur team has worked very hard putting it together. We designed it to help you and your family move the needle forward in making your life your business. \nFind out more about the Family plan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/familyplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office Called Home &#8211; Part 4 Are you tired of having paperwork scattered all over the place and unable to find what you need when you need it? 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