Ginny, I can sooooo relate to your shredding and tossing! I did so much of it prior to leaving the East Coast--and I still have too much. I had a lot of business files, handouts from various professional seminars, that held a lot more nostalgia than I would have expected. I was involved with artificial intelligence at one point and, for some reason, just had real attachment to those files. In any case, I find it a time-consuming task to sort through it all, and I burn out on it rather quickly. I hope it's easier for you.