I keep all my important documents in The Pile.
If I still have it, it's in The Pile. I've lost things before from well-meaning people trying to organise The Pile, so I've made sure the flatmate and the girlfriend know that touching it is strictly verboten.
( Kroney, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 13:38, 3 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

For me it's the top draw, it's a mess but it's probably in there*

*or somewhere else
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 13:41, Reply)

I have a similar system
The important documents go into The Important Box, but I maintain a Pile for those important documents that I intend on putting in The Important Box when I get around to it.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 13:41, Reply)

You mean "time-ordered vertical filing system"

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 24 Sep 2013, 13:42, Reply)