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Haha, I totally agree! Decluttering my home feels great—until I realize I’ve just moved everything from one pile to another!

Suzette Thib

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Anne Miller wrote:My problem is with paper stuff.

Financial advisors say to keep paperwork for seven years.

Then what do I do with all that paper? I don't have a shredder and I don't want to send my personal financial stuff to a landfill.

I have had this problem - did a little burn pile now and then or then I just straight up composted them.

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Suzette Thib wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:My problem is with paper stuff.

I have had this problem - did a little burn pile now and then or then I just straight up composted them.

Paul has been burning his waste cardboard and paper in his rocket mass heater to heat his house this winter - free fuel, less waste! - https://permies.com/t/366455/Heating-home-winter-cardboard-garbages

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Suzette Thib wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:My problem is with paper stuff.

Financial advisors say to keep paperwork for seven years.

Then what do I do with all that paper? I don't have a shredder and I don't want to send my personal financial stuff to a landfill.

I have had this problem - did a little burn pile now and then or then I just straight up composted them.

My county is always under a burn ban so we are not allowed to do a burn pile.

And I would love a rocket mass heater if I had a place for it. We bought a wood stove before we finished the house and had no place for it when the house was finished. I had not thought about using it to burn stuff. I bet dear hubby would frown on that.

I live in an overstuffed tiny house.

I finally bought a shredder and sent all that paper to the landfill.

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