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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[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Most of my jobs have a pay period crossing 12/31. Makes a year-end pay stub kind of weird. I was about to go pitch all my pay stubs from my earliest jobs and some of the oldest credit card statements and I just realized THOSE AREN'T IN THE FILE CABINETS! They're boxed in long-term storage, in the garage! Yeesh. I have ten nine and a half file drawers of stuff and the vast majority of it is since 2000.

Oh yikes, identity theft is a nightmare. I have no idea what I'd do if someone got their hooks into me like that. *shiver*