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Post by cando on Feb 23, 2016 2:26:40 GMT -5
papermoon. Great job!!!!!!! That's a lot of shredding! Glad you got it outta there! I paid a bill last night & put 14 papers in recycle bag. Cd
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Post by Arid on Feb 23, 2016 2:39:25 GMT -5
Mr. Arid doesn't like for me to shred entire papers in our shredder. He thinks that a)the bin fills up too quickly, and b)it wears out the shredder more quickly.
So, I cut out any identifying information and shred only those sections. Everything else goes into the recycling bag.
I have to admit, though, it's a real pain in the "patootie" to have to deal with papers that way! (In fact, it's probably why I'm so far behind at getting rid of papers . . . )
Arid
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Post by imamess on Feb 23, 2016 7:58:03 GMT -5
Maybe Mr. Arid should take over this chore for a while. It might change his mind.
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Post by papermoon on Feb 23, 2016 21:18:02 GMT -5
I only shred the confidential bits, and just toss the generic stuff whole into the recycle bag. I read about one guy who shreds everything, and therefore he doesn't get bogged down by that extra layer of decision-making about what to shred. For him, if it's going to be recycled, then it goes through the shredder, period. I admire that actually, and it would be great if I happened to have one of those giant industrial-duty shredders. But I've got a little finicky model from Amazon, and I have to be gentle with it. I don't let it get overheated by shredding all at once. Instead I sort and file and shred as I go along, so the shredder stays cool.
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Post by Diane on Feb 23, 2016 23:58:16 GMT -5
I hoped to get rid of the filing cabinet in the last month. That didn't happen, but I have been making progress on one huge paper stash. (I have many from 3.5 decades of marriage.) I just decided ... Get rid of at least 20 things/days! (Which is usually paper, sometimes photos, sometimes the empty containers DH leaves out in the kitchen ... Just at least 20 things!) This approach may take months if not years, but it is manageable. I attack each day's junk mail first, and then I dive into one of my problem paper areas. Once I gave up on perfectionism and embraced my inner tortoise, movement finally started to happen!
BTW, I'm the same way with my shredder. I just shred the part that is confidential. DH can take my paper recycling to work and toss it in with their recycling. But I don't want people having access to our personal data. Even at that, it's amazing how quickly I can fill the shredder when I'm dealing with paperwork everyday.
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Post by papermoon on Feb 24, 2016 0:55:03 GMT -5
embraced my inner tortoise
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Post by Arid on Feb 24, 2016 4:26:05 GMT -5
In all fairness, imamess, I have to say that Mr. Arid *does* take care of all his own mail.
The problem is that *I* seem to get at least 10 pieces of "junk mail" to every one that he receives!
Arid
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Post by papermoon on Feb 27, 2016 23:00:11 GMT -5
Paper Hour for Saturday: - sorted and shredded misc papers. - updated the coupon file.
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Post by papermoon on Feb 29, 2016 1:33:08 GMT -5
Paper Hour for Sunday: - sorted misc papers - finished a magazine and donated it to the lobby
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Post by papermoon on Feb 29, 2016 23:11:34 GMT -5
Paper Hour for Monday: - sorted through 2 thick mailings that arrived today from food stamps and medicaid, then shredded the stuff that isn't relevant to me, deciphered the rest, and filed it - paid my March storage rent in person
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Post by papermoon on Mar 15, 2016 20:57:29 GMT -5
When bad systems happen to good people....
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Post by papermoon on Mar 15, 2016 22:05:15 GMT -5
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Post by hiding on Jun 4, 2016 10:32:31 GMT -5
I need to bump this thread since paper is such a major issue for me. I have a very difficult time throwing away magazines that I haven't looked through. And if I start looking through one I will find articles I want to read "later" so I put the magazine back in the keep pile. This past week, I have been pushing myself to put at least one unread magazine into the paper recycling bin without looking at it. I find it surprisingly painful. What if I dump a publication that contains information that matters to my life?
Examining my motivations and thought, it is not a that I paid for the magazine and will lose the $ value I spent. I have come to terms with sunk costs and that does not bother me. The problem is "the fear of losing information" which is one of the main hoarder characteristics according to some psychologists.
At least I have made some progress with paper overall. Most junk mail I dispose of immediately. I have a post office box. I usually drop by my post office on the way to work. Now that the post office has a locked recycling bin, I can toss most of my junk mail, including catalogs, before I even leave the post office building. I have not been counting these almost daily paper purges on my blog tally, but I would say that I dump an average of 200 pieces of paper a week in the post office.
I also continually ad to an online list that helps with getting off mailing lists. The list works but sometimes it takes many months to get dropped from a catalog or solicitation list. The paper/tree waste involved in bulk mailings bothers me a lot.
So today, I am going to add more to home paper recycling for a trip to the recycling center tomorrow.
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Post by sue5000 on Jun 4, 2016 10:47:29 GMT -5
"What if I dump a publication that contains information that matters to my life?" "The problem is "the fear of losing information"..." hiding, these ^ two statements ring true with me, too. You know, this is the 'information age' and 99.9% of the time, we can find any info we need online... but I still have a difficult time letting go of certain papers, books, magazines, newspaper articles.........
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Post by shellsncheese on Jun 4, 2016 12:03:54 GMT -5
hiding I know exactly how you feel. I've curbed my magazine addiction in recent years, but I still have a bunch floating around. And when my mother gave my boxes of stuff I had saved from high school, it was evident that this is not a new problem. What has helped me it to remember that the internet is like one big magazine. Nearly anything (possibly everything) you could find in those magazines is available online someone. Blogs are basically modern magazines, but they take up no space at all.
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