Shredded 3 1/2 huge trash bags of mail and stuff today.
I feel that I'm making progress but what's left does seem quite daunting.
Still, I haven't been able to find the one piece of paper I desperately need. But, I've found other things.
- Savings Bonds I forgot about.
- Uncashed government checks.
- Unused, now expired, bus and train tickets.
- Tons of collectables.
- Actual bills [all in the older form resembling the dollar bill, if you still remember those].
- Jars of coins.
- Emails and phone numbers from girls I never got back to.
- Documentation I printed from now dead websites.
- Countless unopened cards for birthdays, holidays, etc. Some of those that sent me stuff have died before ever noticed their mail.
So far, my favorite find was a Flip Wilson 8-Track.
After I started my organization/hunt, I took a couple of pictures. It took me a couple of weeks to re-find my camera - another benefit of the clean-up.
When I'm done, I post befores and afters just for Bornyo. I think this was his idea.