Paper Clutter

[cjsmith]

Counting the deep drawers in desks, I have nineteen file drawers in one room of my house. Ten of them currently hold my filed paper. (Well, okay, nine and a half. I just spent an hour throwing away stuff.)

Whether I go paperless or not, the first step is to throw out about six drawers' worth of files I don't need. For example, I have my pay stubs back to the beginning of my current job. Do I really need all my pay stubs for all my PREVIOUS jobs? Do not doubt for a minute that I have them, every one.

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[platypus]

Ken has phone bills from the 1980's, I believe.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

So do I. Admittedly, some of those are sentimental. I was in France and Rob was asking the biggest question (thus far) he'd ever asked me: "when you get back to the States would you consider moving to California?" All those phone calls went on my AT&T card. They had to increase my monthly limit :-)

That said, I could pitch them all and not feel the loss. I still have the important bit -- Rob is still in my life!