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Post by UdderChaos on Oct 14, 2008 19:53:21 GMT -5
I don't know about anyone else, but paper seems to breed in my house. I put down one lonely piece. Then wake up the next day, and *poof* magically (or something...) it has turned into a room full.  I'm pretty sure it was just one. And pretty sure it was overnight...  Let's grab a rubbish bag (any size, shape, colour, it doesn't really matter) and step into the land of the paper fairies. Wow.. it's pretty in here. So many fairies, wow.. See, they're fluttering, must be about to make some more paper and... oh... I left a window open... silly me....  just the breeze.  Pick up 8 pieces of paper that need to be set free, put them in the bin  Bonus points for whoever picks up (and THROWS OUT) the most paper. Don't stop to read the papers, you haven't seen them, let alone read them in the time they've been sitting there, you dont need to start reading them now. I know some of you do this, because guess what? So do I...) Just a quick glance will be sufficient to tell ou whether it's important or not. Tax stuff? Important. That note that you wrote yourself to remind you to tell someone to remind you to pick up some milk.. Not so important. I am giving you permission to throw out those unread newspapers. Those 23 random drawings that your child drew of.. what is that? A bird? A car? Oh, right... it's a mess! Those photocopies of those recipes that you just had to have.. but haven't cooked in a year and a half.. out they go. It's all online anyway. Printouts of funny emails? Not so funny when there's 462 of them. You'll get more emails. There's also 80,200,000 results in google of them. (no, don't go looking at them now, there's 1435 more minutes of the day that you can do that. I just want 5 of yours.) So, get up, take a stretch, a deep breath (okay, not that deep, the curtains just moved, it's only 8 pieces of paper, not a marathon you know) and pick up some paper. 1...2....3....4....5....6...7...8. Done. |
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Post by notsomessyshell on Oct 15, 2008 1:27:28 GMT -5
Well if it is still Tuesday and I did it this evening does it count?  I picked up several bags that had newspapers with "something I wanted to save" in them. Tossed out in the outside trash bin. Another bag of just papers and old catalogs. OUT. Ahh I see carpet in here. |
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Post by UdderChaos on Oct 15, 2008 5:17:47 GMT -5
Wow you guys! Impressive! And.. it sounds like you actually did more than me.. in my own challenge! *pulls pants up* Right.. I will not be made a mockery of....  j/k I am proud. And carpet messyshelby! Woohoo! It's always good when you realize decluttering saves you money as well as some sanity Margarita |
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Post by Calico on Oct 15, 2008 8:49:29 GMT -5
Okay, I just filed a small stack of papers and recycled one piece!
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Post by iprocrastinate on Oct 15, 2008 16:13:50 GMT -5
 UC I did get rid of more than eight papers this am and hope to do another 8 this evening. Thanks for the challenge.
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Post by UdderChaos on Oct 15, 2008 20:33:25 GMT -5
You're welcome Iprocrastinate  I just hope I'm not making these too hard.. but still interesting enough that people want to do them... Good going everyone! |
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Post by eagle on Oct 16, 2008 8:29:14 GMT -5
At home, I emptied the recycle bag into the recycle container.
At work, I reduced a stack of papers on my desk. Several (I did not count) ended up in the trash. Several were properly filed. About a dozen are back in the pile awaiting further follow-up.
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Post by skatters on Oct 16, 2008 8:51:52 GMT -5
11 pieces done! I cleaned out my daughter's backpack...
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