Trying to find individual health insurance can be a real pain—long forms, confusing terms, and the same information repeated over and over.  However, much as it pays to be a little organized before you pull together your taxes, a little prep work can make looking for health insurance much, much easier.  Pull this data together for you and whoever else will be getting coverage before you look online or visit a broker:

Technology was supposed to lead us into the paperless society. Instead, it has done just the opposite. We’re printing out e-mails, making endless copies on the copy machine, sending and receiving faxes with the touch of a button -- the paper we deal with on a daily basis has actually increased enormously. There is hope, however. Keeping your paper under control can be a cinch with these 5 simple tips.

While many people have no problem determining where to put the milk, canned goods and everyday dishes in their kitchens, when it comes to organizing all of the paper generated on a daily basis, confusion often sets in. Here is a simple roadmap for keeping your various papers organized and current.

With all the paper you get on a daily basis, is it any wonder that it can easily get out of hand? You open the mailbox and it's jam-packed with bills, advertisements, magazines, catalogs, letters, cards, and post cards. You get to work and your in-box is to the point of overflowing with memos, letters, articles and forms. Your kids come home from school with permission slips, graded tests and homework.