I spent a day taking photos of all of my equipment, tags, labels, and a front-on shot of the item.

I then went into Paperless NGX and began cataloguing all of my equipment, imported my receipts, and tagged everything.

Now I have a complete inventory of the entirety of my equipment.

I did the same for all household items, including grabbing the digital versions of the user manuals if they existed, as much info as I could about each item.

I did the same for all the furniture, and then after laundry day and I had all the clothes nicely put away, I took pictures of the drawers and closets with the majority of our clothes and described the gist of what was in there.

I did the same in the basemet and the garage.

When I was done, I exported everything to a nice spreadsheet with separate sheets for each location, then separated out my type and then populated everything with item, description, info on make/model/etc., and the cost if known or approximate cost to replace.

It took me roughly a week of 2 to 3 hour sessions before it was all done, and now I have a complete inventory of the entirety of my home.

I use it to find shit when I forget where it was put, that works maybe 60% of the time but the real usage is to calm my anxiety over a natural disaster, house fire, etc. that could happen where we lose everything.

Since my entire system is backed up to the cloud in multiple places, I won't lose that data, and if there is a catastrophic accident, I do not have to sift through the ashes while trying to comfort and take care of my kids.

I can just hand the insurance agent my detailed list, tell them I want everything in like kind and quality, and to cut me a check for it.

It has honestly made it so much easier to sleep. I now have all of that cataloged, and a single shit-hits-the-fan grab-and-go bag for each of us near the door. We could wake up naked, grab the bags, and be good to go within 5 minutes of getting the bags, no matter the weather.