As you can see below, I'm beginning a purge of lots of files. I have so many files... from years of homeschooling... being a Sunday School teacher... being involved in various aspects of children's ministry... being a mom... I have collected pictures, brochures, maps, party ideas, cake designs... you name it... if it was on paper and I thought it was clever at all, I filed it away.
Some of it I actually used.
The first picture represents 26 files of travel brochures and miscellaneous pictures, lesson plans, I think I see a valentine idea even. We'll (maybe) salvage any file folders that are in good condition, but otherwise, everything below is going straight into a box for recycling.
Someone, please tell me I won't regret this.
And below are a bunch more materials (similar to the above) pulled from even more files. I'd say at least 27 files because this was originally going to be a separate post for day 27. Honestly, I've lost track of how many files I've cleaned out.
I threw in some magazines and a yarn catalog to recycle, and a timeline kit that I'm going to try to rehome. A lot is buried under the top layers and isn't even visible. Everything from these two pictures (minus the timeline kit) overfilled a box that held a case of paper (or 10 reams of printer paper).
So much paper! 😟
Hopefully, now that it's set free it will become something else.
Like this, maybe:
A video explaining how paper is recycled
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I try to regularly go through my files and keep them down to a minimum. It so hard to resist printing off interesting 'things' from the internet and then filing them for a rainy day (that never seems to happen).
ReplyDeleteThanks exactly right!
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ReplyDeleteThank you, Stef. :)
DeletePaper is the hardest! I just went through my files and was amazed at how long it takes and although I got rid of a lot it doesn't make much of a noticeable difference...but I feel better! Good for you!
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