# Finance - some random thoughts

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**Category:** Concepts\
**Created:** [March 25, 2021, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/finance-some-random-thoughts/70 "2021-03-25T10:12:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/finance-some-random-thoughts/70/2 "2021-03-25T18:41:14Z")

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It depends how your system is set up. Remember, your thinking is supposed to go like this:

1. I need to find a thing! It’s my tax return from 2018.

2. I’ll open my file system because I know it’s going to be there.

3. Now, I have _at most_ ten areas that it can be in. Which one is it?

4. You’re now in an area, and you repeat the process with the _at most_ ten categories.

5. Success.

Ties in with the [conversation](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/two-random-questions-misc-and-meta/67/6) about a ‘miscellaneous’ folder. Miscellaneous is fine as long as the system above doesn’t break down.

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