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Filing with the minimum of trivial impediments
This is a system designed especially for people who suffer from depression-- one of the symptoms is difficulty with making decisions, so the idea is to require as few decisions as possible-- for example, just file the envelope full of stuff from your bank instead of sorting out the advertising.
There's also minimization of the demands on memory-- for example, writing payments on bills.
The piece that really struck me was the recommendation of having a place for the stuff you're going to file, instead of letting it get scattered and lost.