Happy New Year to all.  I am not one who usually makes New Year Resolutions, and I was not intending to do so this year.  However, looking at the accumulation of financial records in various places, I decided that I should make a resolution to make a concerted effort to shed many of the old ones and recycle the results.

 I have not done much in this area i.e. shredding files, for about two years since Lorna’s foundling cat Trixie gave birth to kittens and discovered that shredded paper makes great bedding for kittens.  Well, you can imagine how the files have been collecting since then.  I remember when computers first arrived on the scene and there was a lot of talk about our lives being paperless.  This proved to be less than prophetic for many years as computers actually seemed to increase the use of paper.  In any case, there are signs that the paperless era of this may actually be coming to fruition as the smartphone and other advances take hold.  Banks etc. are doing all they can to have you sign up for electronic records.  However, I am stubbornly holding firm with the cohort that likes to have a printed record of such things as well as resisting reading books and other documents on-line. 

This does mean that files do keep piling up and filling the available space.  Ergo, the need to use that paper shredder we bought some years ago for documents which have personal information we don’t want to end up in the wrong hands.  So, I will make a conscious effort to be more faithful in taking care of old records.  I was inspired on New Year's Day to start on this journey of keeping resolutions and began making good use of the shredder which, I am happy to say, still works well.   I have a green garbage bag full of the results so far which I will put out for recycling this week.

I realize that, as New Year's Resolutions go, this is a less than inspiring one.  However, that is where inspiration has landed at the beginning of 2025.

May all your resolutions be fruitful on your journey through this New Year.

Happy New Year to all and to all a good day – with apologies to Tiny Tim.