Bye-bye to the backlog: I threw away hundreds of old issues of magazines and newspapers that were either so great I "needed" to save them or that I had never gotten around to reading. Good intentions aside, it's not like I've got enough free time these days to pick up a BusinessWeek from November 2008. I threw away so much stuff, they brought me something on wheels that was about the size of the trunk of a car and I filled it all up.Giveaways: I returned an ethernet cord, a meetings magazine, a newsletter about port traffic, six years' worth of Annual Reports, and four giant white binders to their rightful owners. And put a tin of cinnamon-covered pecans that I received from a company for Christmas in the kitchen for anyone to enjoy.
So-that's-where-it's-been moment: I found two pairs of gloves, a white cardigan, and a jar of peanut butter in the confines of my desk drawers. And there are three pairs of flip-flops under my desk that I know about (haven't cleaned there yet).
Most humiliating find: A pair of dusty shoes abandoned by the person who had this office before me. She's been gone for two years. (Since then, she has moved to Italy, gotten her master's degree in fashion, and come back!) I called her up and was like, "Umm...Megan...pretty sure I found some old boots of yours because they're not my size." She came down and picked them up. Can you tell I don't do this often?
Why I'll always be a pack rat: When I was at my first job out of college--so, yes, nine years ago--I got a radio for Christmas that I could play in my office. About two years ago (right after the Bears lost the Super Bowl, specifically), it stopped working. I tried everything short of taking it to an electrician to get it to work again. But since I felt badly getting rid of it, I put it on the top of a cabinet where it has stayed. Yesterday, I took it out to--sadly--throw it away. I decided to plug it in just one more time...and it worked! How can I ever abandon anything again?!?
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