Hey guys,
At the end of every year I’m tempted to throw all the notes and papers away because they are never used again and because they occupy so much space. However, I invariably feel bad about it and decide to store them..because I think that if I throw them then I dont have any proof of my education and perhaps because I am somewhat sentimental!
Whats the practical thing to do? These things become a hassle when we move and stuff. Any suggestions?
Re: What to do with old notes and papers?
i can understand... what i do is that i keep them in files or holders nd then put them away ! :)
Re: What to do with old notes and papers?
I kept most of them and they're now taking up a considerable amout of space in my parents' storage room. :D
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i've kept mine from grade school, and my mother keeps telling me to get rid of them. i still haven't done it :D
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BOxed them ups since 1st year varsity. I seem to think I will use something one day, that is if I can find anything thorugh 20 odd boxes.
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I was one who had to clean her husbands boxes and boxes of books notes ..bills from the day he was born.It too me on and off couple of weeks as I had to look through em and not just pick m up and through it.Lot of them had to be shredded as they contained sensitive data like SS #...oh anyway are we talking about this :D
I had all my papers starting from Grade 9 to university graduation so that was a lot of junk! Finally I decided I need to declutter my life.
What I did is just take a small pile at a time and throw anything I don't need into recycling. It's tempting to take the entire pile of paper, but I know I will just start reading everything and not organize it. So anything with text on 2 sides got recycled, and stuff with text on 1 side I stapled together to use as a ghetto notepad for rough notes. When Im done with my 'notepad', I just go to the next set of notes. Still have a long way to go :)
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Hmm...so mostly everyone is into storing this stuff. Now I don't feel bad, considering I have one medium sized box containing stuff from the last two/three years.
If they are so sentimental that you MUST keep them, but you don't want them taking up space, you can always scan them and save them on a disc or photograph them, and likewise save them on a disc.
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