The benefits of a massive clearout #3

Here at Freedman Towers a massive clearout has been underway for some time. (Unfortunately there is a still a long way to go, but that's another matter. Clearing out means looking at each item of accumulated paperwork and doing one of four things with it:

  • Throwing it in the recycling bin.
  • Scanning it and keeping it.
  • Scanning it and shredding it.
  • Shredding it.

I thought I'd share my thoughts on why this has proven to be a very useful exercise.

Terry's office, August 24

Terry's office, August 24. It’s a lot tidier now! Photo by Terry Freedman.

Going through all my files like this has been a great remnder of how dynamic I was (and still am)! I was forever pitching magazines with ideas for articles. Yes, there were quite a few rejection slips so to speak, but the number of successes far outweighed the number of failures. It was good to be reminded of that.

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