In each of the least reachable corners of my house, I have boxes, each of them full of things I never need, use, want, or have much desire to look at: photos, tapes, unmarked CD-Rs, unreadable Zip discs, DAT cassettes, memo pads, term papers, medical forms and copies of medical forms. The boxes themselves are caving in after years of getting jammed into different corners. Just the idea of going through them makes me sneeze, as though nostalgia was just an allergy I live with. I’d say something column-y like “Am I holding onto this stuff or is it holding onto me?” if it weren’t actually just a standard-issue hoarding habit proudly and literally handed down through generations of my family. (The last time I went home I was reunited with a board game that I made in first grade and a folder of report cards from junior high.) The boxes could seriously be filled with smaller boxes — and some are — and it wouldn’t matter. I don’t need what’s inside of them. (*But what if I do?!*) https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2M1VPjY&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=wLdTEzhKZ2evplsk0_d5mPVyZJ12asopENYX2vyEDAo&s=pPonOZ2WebrIW_-ooWpbF2ercKWenh6Uy8Jr97VW3Ms&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_2M1VPjY-2B&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=wLdTEzhKZ2evplsk0_d5mPVyZJ12asopENYX2vyEDAo&s=eXJlyO5ZzAZ_ab23KFA4LYVx5hTM-dgOZzMIm2hodgE&e= -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__emailcharter.org&d=DwIFaQ&c=pZJPUDQ3SB9JplYbifm4nt2lEVG5pWx2KikqINpWlZM&r=b5NZPQUb9_r2rQ3Zd74ATT3aSs9yKyRnJLOhqJvd7fE&m=wLdTEzhKZ2evplsk0_d5mPVyZJ12asopENYX2vyEDAo&s=i29gJz63Xn8oy_QtK9cfMqA03tqK6PGjrHIOGeJgwtI&e= “If only there were a massive entity that I were forced to fund to tell me how I should live my life, since I’m so obviously incapable of deciding for myself.” M. Hashimoto List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]