Filing on the mind

[dame_grise]

A recent post got me thinking about my filing. I write, and I'm descended from pack rats.

I have an easier time getting rid of stuff than my boyfriend, but I do have a harder time with information or other things that might be filed. Currently I have nearly one entire drawer of my 2 drawer cabinet filled with articles from classwork and a few hobby interests when I was in graduate school in the early 90's. It hurts my heart just to throw them away ("What if they're useful?!?" my conscience cries at me.). But there isn't much other room to file anything new.

I don't even know how to put this in perspective anymore.
 

Comments

[scheherezhad]

I have the same problem. I also have a two-drawer filing cabinet, and the bottom drawer is mostly full of my notes and handouts from a language class I took eight (eight already!?) years ago, because part of me thinks I'll study it again someday. The rational part of me is like, "when was the last time you even opened that drawer?" But packrat habits =/= rational. *sigh* :/