I'm getting closer and closer to the "just dump it all in a huge bucket and search if you need" strategy. Like many here, I've tried to keep things semi-organiz

I'm getting closer and closer to the "just dump it all in a huge bucket and search if you need" strategy. Like many here, I've tried to keep things semi-organized but it's a constant fight against entropy. And filing tens of thousands of emails and files every year just so I can access the 1% that I might need later seems dumb. Why not just search? It might take 10x as long to find via search as it would if it was nicely filed, but if you only need 1% of the files in the long run, you still come out 10x ahead. Years ago I stopped filing my physical paperwork and instead just scanning with the Fujitsu ScanSnap, which creates searchable PDFs. It's been amazing. I almost never need any of that stuff, but it's there if I do. In fact, given how useless all that stuff is turning out to be, I'm tempted to even stop scanning and just put in a big box and forget about it. If I need it someday, I can dig through the box and find it. Now that I have several years worth of files clogging my Downloads folder, it might be time to just take the same approach there.