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Oh, man. Our home has a two-stage "recycle bin" policy, though: some of my stuff "gets moved" to a random box in the cellar; if I don't ask for it for a few mo

Oh, man. Our home has a two-stage "recycle bin" policy, though: some of my stuff "gets moved" to a random box in the cellar; if I don't ask for it for a few months, it gets "donated". You know.

yojo 4y ago
Haha. We do that with our kids’ old toys - rarely comes into play, but saves much heartache when it does. There’s a similar trick for papers covering your desk; without looking, shove them all in a Manila folder, date, and seal. If you haven’t felt compelled to open it in three months, throw it away without opening. Admittedly the utility depends on how much you/your office likes paper. Or if you go to an office.
- DavidPeiffer 4y ago
  > There’s a similar trick for papers covering your desk; without looking, shove them all in a Manila folder, date, and seal. If you haven’t felt compelled to open it in three months, throw it away without opening. My family moved into our house when I was 3. Around age 9 we were going to finish the basement and a stack of boxes from the move came into discussion. When I proposed the idea, it was not really considered by my parents. I've proposed it again to my wife after a move or two, and again she didn't take me up on it. Maybe someday I'll get to give the method a shot.
- InitialLastName 4y ago
  > without looking, shove them all in a Manila folder, date, and seal. If you haven’t felt compelled to open it in three months, throw it away without opening. This needs to be ~1 year, to make sure there's nothing important for taxes in the pile.
  - yojo 4y ago
    This was specific to work-in-the-office desks, which I never bring my personal papers to. But yes, don’t try this with your home office!
ilyt 4y ago
I thought about that Just put random crap in a box with a date in it. You can take it out if it is useful but you can't put new stuff in. Once the date is up, toss/sell it. Basically expiration date for stuff.

Oh, man. Our home has a two-stage "recycle bin" policy, though: some of my stuff "gets moved" to a random box in the cellar; if I don't ask for it for a few months, it gets "donated". You know.

yojo 4y ago

Haha. We do that with our kids’ old toys - rarely comes into play, but saves much heartache when it does. There’s a similar trick for papers covering your desk; without looking, shove them all in a Manila folder, date, and seal. If you haven’t felt compelled to open it in three months, throw it away without opening. Admittedly the utility depends on how much you/your office likes paper. Or if you go to an office.

DavidPeiffer 4y ago
> There’s a similar trick for papers covering your desk; without looking, shove them all in a Manila folder, date, and seal. If you haven’t felt compelled to open it in three months, throw it away without opening. My family moved into our house when I was 3. Around age 9 we were going to finish the basement and a stack of boxes from the move came into discussion. When I proposed the idea, it was not really considered by my parents. I've proposed it again to my wife after a move or two, and again she didn't take me up on it. Maybe someday I'll get to give the method a shot.
InitialLastName 4y ago
> without looking, shove them all in a Manila folder, date, and seal. If you haven’t felt compelled to open it in three months, throw it away without opening. This needs to be ~1 year, to make sure there's nothing important for taxes in the pile.
- yojo 4y ago
  This was specific to work-in-the-office desks, which I never bring my personal papers to. But yes, don’t try this with your home office!

ilyt 4y ago

I thought about that Just put random crap in a box with a date in it. You can take it out if it is useful but you can't put new stuff in. Once the date is up, toss/sell it. Basically expiration date for stuff.