Don't Have a Safe for Documents? That Could Cost You More Money and Time Than You'd Ever Guess

Adulthood comes with a lot of important and difficult-to-replace paperwork, like your Social Security card, birth certificate, and various financial documents. While you can certainly keep these important bits and bobs in a safe deposit box at your local bank branch, doing so will mean paying a monthly rental fee as well as losing instant access to your stuff when you need it. You'll have to take yourself to the bank (during their open hours, which likely coincide with your working hours or anything else you want to do besides visit a financial institution and often wait to be helped) to access items.