Holy Crap, DON'T DO THIS:

[no_hypocrisy]

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.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Been there; done that.

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]

2. They go to the shredder.

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.

[hlthe2b]

3. Borrow or rent a good paper shredder

It will still take time but be oh so satisfying…🤣

[WhiteTara]

4. I have a shredder and that helps

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]

5. You must have seen the box by my desk.

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]

6. I'm in this mess right now, and can often find an excuse to procrastinate.

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.

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Taking photos to my brother this week.