Continuing to eliminate stuff from my piles of notes and miscellaneous papers. Destroying my diaries last week was a big relief. I have realized that hard-copy drives such trunkfuls of manuscripts may be valuable to oneself but perplexing trash to others after one has passed away.

The rule of thumb should be to throw out everything that exists only because of the memories associated with it. They are your memories and no one else's, and should remain in your heart and nowhere else.