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no_hypocrisy

(48,782 posts)
Tue Jul 25, 2023, 07:29 AM Jul 2023

Holy Crap, DON'T DO THIS:

I was distracted and depressed 2016 to 2017. And I threw all extraneous paper into a wine box. And forgot about it.

Today I am de-cluttering.

Reviewing each document and blacking out all identification and addresses before recycling.

How bad?

Not exactly Hercules and the Augean Stables, but this will take all day.

Friends, get rid of your paper expeditiously and contemporaneously.

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Holy Crap, DON'T DO THIS: (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Jul 2023 OP
Been there; done that. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 #1
They go to the shredder. GreenWave Jul 2023 #2
Borrow or rent a good paper shredder hlthe2b Jul 2023 #3
I have a shredder and that helps WhiteTara Jul 2023 #4
You must have seen the box by my desk. Paper Roses Jul 2023 #5
I'm in this mess right now, and can often find an excuse to procrastinate. badhair77 Aug 2023 #6
Taking photos to my brother this week. no_hypocrisy Aug 2023 #7

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,935 posts)
1. Been there; done that.
Tue Jul 25, 2023, 07:36 AM
Jul 2023

I took a day off yesterday. Among my tasks was throwing old papers into the box from which they will head to the recycling can. I shredded papers too.

And good morning.

GreenWave

(9,167 posts)
2. They go to the shredder.
Tue Jul 25, 2023, 08:11 AM
Jul 2023

Then some of them stew in a cocktail designed to ferment outside. Some go in the war against clay. Most will go where needed. It's a sad and cruel afterlife for old papers.

WhiteTara

(30,158 posts)
4. I have a shredder and that helps
Tue Jul 25, 2023, 08:52 AM
Jul 2023

but I have been known to spend the better part of a week de-cluttering paper. I can't believe how much enters our house every day.

Paper Roses

(7,506 posts)
5. You must have seen the box by my desk.
Wed Jul 26, 2023, 12:28 PM
Jul 2023

I look at it every day, then find other things to do. Some of it is important but there is always tomorrow. OH wait, tomorrow is out, it is my volunteer day. Friday will be my target day.
Maybe it is my age. Years ago this would never happen. Now I just ignore it.

badhair77

(4,610 posts)
6. I'm in this mess right now, and can often find an excuse to procrastinate.
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 02:51 PM
Aug 2023

But then I get started and finish a bit but there are boxes of papers. I need to go through each to make sure they’re not important. I have always been obsessed with keeping up but a death in the family and my health issues interrupted that.

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