Comments on: How do YOU do your shredding?

By: jennifer

jennifer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:26:09 +0000

Several people so far have made reference to proximity of the shredder. I think that’s key.

@Marissa – I’m down with your “shredding catharsis” theory. I also agree with your observation about the benefit of doing it now vs. saving up the pile. Cool!

@Sarah – Ooh! The bank! I forgot about them! They shred my old checkbooks for me, too. Thanks for mentioning it! (Love “shredder food”!)

@Chris – What kind of shredder is it? And is it quiet like Darcy requests? Compost… Hmm. I think you might be on to something!

OMYGOSH! Extra Crispy is here!! Hiya, Mark!! Ohhh, and I love your child labor idea. “Cut that out right now or I’m going to *give* you something to do!” I’ll bet it’s fun for them, though. Ahh, childhood. Great to see you here!

@Darcy – Headphones. Gotta have ‘em – especially if you’ve got a saved-up pile! Go, hubs!

By: Darcy

Darcy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:09:19 +0000

Our community just had a shredding day, but we missed it by being out of town that day. I recently had my sweetie bring up his heavy duty ear protection he uses for woodworking up from the basement so I can shred a huge stack of stuff and not be tortured by the noise. If anyone has a super quiet shredder, I’d love to know about it.
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By: Mark W. "Extra Crispy" Schumann

Mark W. "Extra Crispy" Schumann — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:33:33 +0000

Oh, I definitely shred. If it has an account number on it, or if it’s proprietary client data, it gets shredded. I usually let the “to shred” pile accumulate until one of the kids is really bored.

Shred, and then recycle.
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By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:24:32 +0000

bought a heavy duty shredder and it lives at arms length (plus a short roller chair surf) from my desk. Couldn’t live without it! And every few months I take the shreds and put them in my compost pile. Good things grow from my piles of paper — what could be better?

By: Sarah Tieck

Sarah Tieck — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:06:41 +0000

I’m a big fan of the secure shredder at the bank. We save up shreddables to take over there … and, there is a pile of “shredder food” atop the shredder and my husband and I take turns feeding it to the paper-hungry beast.

By: Marissa

Marissa — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:03:20 +0000

I absolutely HAVE to keep the shredder near my desk. Any other location (and I’ve tried several) results in infrequent use and a buildup of to-be-shredded papers.

I also HAVE to make myself shred papers right away. I’ve tried keeping a to-shred folder, but it invariably grows to unwieldy proportions, which makes me not want to deal with it, which makes it sit there longer and get even larger… ack! Cycle!

If I follow those two rules, I do pretty well with shredding. If I vary… I kind of don’t do so well.

There is something cathartic about shredding, though. It’s a little bit good for the soul, I think!