Clearing

The past couple weekends I've been clearing out some of the stuff I have stored in the garage. Isn't it funny how we can go along our days just fine without some things (that we've virtually forgotten we own) but as soon as those things are brought back out into the light of day and headed for the garbage, we can't bear the thought of letting them go?

In the process I found 2 boxes filled with financial paperwork going back as far as 1994! So many of pages had my social security number, contact info, even account numbers that are still active. So I started shredding like crazy. It's been taking forever, my poor little shredder keeps getting overheated, and I'm still not done! Isn't it crazy that we all have to be afraid to throw anything away because identity thieves might find it?

Note to self: sign up for electronic statements for all my accounts. Stop the paper madness!