Problem is I have good things mixed in with bad things (I would clear off a table by piling things into a box when company was coming over (or H was due home). For example, yesterday I found our missing marriage certificate in with some old insurance papers. Maybe tomorrow I'll find my D16's birth certificate.
Oh dear lord. Never mind H, I am having palpitations just thinking about this. You are in for such a happy time when you discover just how liberating being organized is I have to agree with Ellie, for me this level of, ummmmm, confusion would be unbearable. Seriously, I would have left NG. It is like having to breathe poor quality air.
Plus it must be wearing you out too. I scan all the documents that come through the post, and unless they are certificates, they get recycled. Finding pdf files in a directory is so much easier. We have bank statements, credit cards etc going back 10 years, and looking for them is dead easy. Plus we don't need tons of shelf space. Our scanner/printer/copier cost UK pounds 70.
How do you reward yourself when a piece of decluttering is out of the way? That is important too. It's a bit like revising for exams - you need a treat at the end of every chapter
I have to agree with Ellie, for me this level of, ummmmm, confusion would be unbearable. Seriously, I would have left NG. It is like having to breathe poor quality air. 
