Sunday, January 02, 2011

Tough decision

So those of you who've seen my desk know it only as an unruly pile of papers covering almost all of the surface. Before break, I took all of those papers and put them in the box. Two years ago when I did that, my co-workers thought I'd quit. This time, I left some pencils and stuff scattered about to make it clear I was returning.

Here's the problem. Said box of papers has been sitting in the trunk of my car ever since. So what to I do with it? My usual filing system at home is to put all of my papers in a box, seal it up, and if I don't need to open the box for 6 months I throw the box away. This seems rash in this case. Problem is, I have no idea what's in the box. Given a week, I could sort through them. I think I'm going to have to settle for splitting them into "need now" and "might need later." Whatever should I do?

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