Repeat as necessary should the resolve weaken

[hrj]

I do not need to keep complete runs of magazines, even on topics near and dear to my heart.

I do not need to keep program books from every convention or conference I have ever attended.

I do not need to keep every SCA newsletter I have ever received.

I do not need to keep old course catalogs from U.C. Berkeley.

I do not need to keep product catalogs from companies that have long since ceased to exist.

I do not need but am allowed to keep the following:
* Copies of publications in which my writing appears.
* Copies of articles of specific (not general) research usefulness.
* Selected (very selected) runs of publications that have a significant percentage of articles of specific research usefulness.
* Runs of publications on which I, or very close friends, were on the editorial staff.

At the moment, I have filled 8 large shopping bags with material to be recycled and from that have retained the equivalent of 5 magazine shelf-boxes (those little 3" wide boxes that you use for filing limp-covered publications). This is slightly more than halfway through the material to be processed, but I need to see how thoroughly it fills up the recycling bin before continuing as the remaining material is more out of the way on the shelf than it would be in bags on the floor. In the course of the project, I found one amusing little gem that I may be scanning and putting up on my web page: a heraldic picture-book I wrote and drew illustrating "This is the shield that Jack built." (A somewhat tongue-in-cheek exploration of the heraldic consultation process.)

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[duchessletitia.livejournal.com]

Since I have been off work and home I have actually begun to clean out. I went through my closet and threw away all the clothes that were to small, out of fashion or I have not worn in years. Some of them were from when I lived in Sacramento. Surprise, I have room for the clothes I wear! I also went through my desk and got rid of a lot of old papers I don't need. I just had not thought of going through the boxes in my closet. Thanks for the idea and the cheers. I think I will actually do this. :-)