Is it Memory Lane if they're not your memories?

[slowfox]

In anticipation of our office move, we've been clearing out the vast accumulation of papers that both ourselves and our predescessors had built up in the office. The record, so far, would seem to be a set of papers from 1988... 21 years old, I'm figuring that they can be safely shredded/recycled.

Dust everywhere, and although we seem to have broken the back of the task, now, there's still a fair bit more to do. And unlike home, for example, where clearing out has a sort of therapeutic feel to it, the office just looks more and more impersonal the more stuff we excise...

Comments

[cynthia_black]

At least the new work residence will be free of all the unnecessary parts, while still retaining whatever character you and your colleagues choose to give it :-)

[slowfox]

At least the new work residence will be free of all the unnecessary parts

Um... not really! We're being moved into oooooooold accommodation (think bare concrete, sub-functional windows and over-enthusiastic heating {you can't turn it off}). It's much perceived as a step down from the current abode, but that notwithstanding, I still want to move, just so that the process is over and done with.