How do I decide what to keep in physical filing versus what to store digitally?

A practical framework: keep originals physical when the document has legal force requiring an original signature (deeds, wills, signed contracts, notarized documents). Keep physical copies when regulations specifically require them. For everything else, digital storage is usually more efficient and better backed up. Good candidates for digital-only: correspondence, invoices, internal reports, reference materials. Hybrid approach: scan everything for quick digital retrieval, keep originals physical for legal documents, and shred non-essential paper after scanning. The trap: going 'digital only' without reliable backup — lost digital files are harder to recover than misfiled paper. A physical file for critical originals, digital for working copies, is the most resilient approach. FindOfficeFurniture.com — call 888-719-4960.