How does one create mountains of paper...?
I am amazed at the amount of paper one has and creates every day...
There are only two major categories of paper.
the ones that say "you owe us money for services rendered or good consumed"
the others that confirm your possessions
The possessions are
the house, the car, the electrical appliances.
And then there is the third category that creeps up - its papers about you, the person
Stuff like life insurance, Super Annuation, medical insurance, eye prescription, dental records, Xrays, Bank statements, credit card statements etc..oh and yes I forgot the mountains of paper needed for the Income Tax office....!!!
Oh and yes, all certificates of Acdemic study and paper work that concerns one's career and all jobs one has done all these years.
Not to mention Deed polls for change of name, passports, dual passports, other cards related to origins or citizenship, membership cards to various clubs/associations...
The bills include - Telephone, Gas, Electricty, Internet, VOIP plans, Water, Quarterly rates payable to local coucil. The bills for usage of toll roads. Bills from the doctor's offices for procedures/ medicines/ pathology not covered by medicare or private health insurance.
With just these three categories why does one have Soooooooooooooooo many mountains of paper...?
Oops I forgot all the junk mail that comes every day in the mail box - I love those mails - tells me whats available in the market and whats on sale - must say I have managed to buy a few things on saleby simple careful perusal of the junk mail..(i sometimes have to hide them from the husband)...but I also use up these as liners for the veggie beds...,they serve as good mulch if they are not glossy paper...
I am told in Australia one has to keep every paper/ bill for seven years before it can be destroyed. In seven years I will probably need a separate room just to store these papers.
Strangely while I safeguard all these papers and yell and scream when I cant find some paper - I never stop to wonder - what if there were no papers at all...?
What sort of problems can one have because of loss of some paper?
How do I prove my identity?
Most important question - do I even exist without all these papers...?
Perhaps these papers all prove one's presence and existence on earth...eh?
Is that why we hang to all this and more and create more and more mountains of paper...?
I am amazed at the amount of paper one has and creates every day...
There are only two major categories of paper.
the ones that say "you owe us money for services rendered or good consumed"
the others that confirm your possessions
The possessions are
the house, the car, the electrical appliances.
And then there is the third category that creeps up - its papers about you, the person
Stuff like life insurance, Super Annuation, medical insurance, eye prescription, dental records, Xrays, Bank statements, credit card statements etc..oh and yes I forgot the mountains of paper needed for the Income Tax office....!!!
Oh and yes, all certificates of Acdemic study and paper work that concerns one's career and all jobs one has done all these years.
Not to mention Deed polls for change of name, passports, dual passports, other cards related to origins or citizenship, membership cards to various clubs/associations...
The bills include - Telephone, Gas, Electricty, Internet, VOIP plans, Water, Quarterly rates payable to local coucil. The bills for usage of toll roads. Bills from the doctor's offices for procedures/ medicines/ pathology not covered by medicare or private health insurance.
With just these three categories why does one have Soooooooooooooooo many mountains of paper...?
Oops I forgot all the junk mail that comes every day in the mail box - I love those mails - tells me whats available in the market and whats on sale - must say I have managed to buy a few things on saleby simple careful perusal of the junk mail..(i sometimes have to hide them from the husband)...but I also use up these as liners for the veggie beds...,they serve as good mulch if they are not glossy paper...
I am told in Australia one has to keep every paper/ bill for seven years before it can be destroyed. In seven years I will probably need a separate room just to store these papers.
Strangely while I safeguard all these papers and yell and scream when I cant find some paper - I never stop to wonder - what if there were no papers at all...?
What sort of problems can one have because of loss of some paper?
How do I prove my identity?
Most important question - do I even exist without all these papers...?
Perhaps these papers all prove one's presence and existence on earth...eh?
Is that why we hang to all this and more and create more and more mountains of paper...?
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