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Zoe Girl
4-12-15, 9:16pm
this is going to be the big change i need to make in this move. i have all these little places that a have a box or 2, and there is more paper! lots and lots of photos. it was fun to look through with my daughter but i really thought i had already gone through all of them. i did however find a photo i have been looking for.

so i am going to start by maybe bringing a few things into work to scan. i am pretty overwhelmed with the thought

mschrisgo2
4-12-15, 9:41pm
Oh yes, the paper accumulation! I just went through 6 bankers boxes Full of paper, all but about 80 sheets have gone into the shredder/recycling bin. Plus there was the pile on my desk, the pile on top of the printer- to remind me to Stop Printing!- the pile on the table, the pile on my nightstand, the pile at the end of the kitchen counter... I have tamed the paper beast, over 5 days, and probably a good 20 hours of work. I am determined not to let it get out of hand again.

I was thinking about going "digital" (and still may scan the tax returns onto a thumb drive) but once I saw how little I have left, hm, doesn't seem worth it. I do have digital photos stored in the Cloud. But I also have about 14 shoe boxes of photos to go through yet.

I still have 2 cartons in the closet that will go directly to the recycling bin- teaching notes/materials that I sorted last summer, I haven't used them this school year and I'm pretty sure no one else would want them. I was going to dig in and get them- I have plans to reuse the plastic boxes- but I noticed on my last trip out to the bin that it is now full. Trash collectors come Tuesday; I'll take them out Tuesday evening.

Zoe Girl
4-12-15, 10:33pm
i am getting the piles down so far that i am not sure i would buy a scanner, it would be a way to go forward but i already scan everything at work and most of my bills are online with receipts never printed.

i found a whole box of my writing, way way back in time. i think after my last move i stopped as soon as i was able to not have a storage unit anymore. i am glad i have a job coach so that i can work through some of this as well. i could take the writing and scan them in at a copy center if i want and save it to my computer or cloud account. that is one less bank box of paper!