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This is perilously close to the mental illness that results in hoarding behavior. A friend of my mom's saved every bank statement, utility bill, and cancelled
by throwawayboise 5y ago
This is perilously close to the mental illness that results in hoarding behavior.
A friend of my mom's saved every bank statement, utility bill, and cancelled check (this was when you actually got your cancelled checks back from the bank every month).
She thought her kids "might be interested in looking at it" some day. Of course they weren't and when she died they threw it all in a dumpster.
Newspapers and books are one thing. Every random photo on your phone and piece of paper that comes through your home is quite another. Nobody is intersted in it. Throw it away.
- Zababa 5y agoI don't understand your comment. We were precisely talking about "newspapers and books" which can have an historical value, and you present an anecdote about a friend of your mom that was a hoarder, while calling data preservation "perilously close to the mental illness that results in hoarding behavior.". Do you not understand the difference between keeping newspaper, books, photos and "every random [...] piece of paper that comes through your house"? > Nobody is intersted in it. Throw it away. How about you focus on how to live your life and I'll handle how to live mine?