DEAR DIARY: EXHAUSTION HAS SET IN:

THIS YEAR FEELS LIKE ONE OF SPRING CLEANING, CONSTANTLY. I AM SO TIRED. I HOPE THAT I CAN BE DONE REORGANIZING MY DESK, AND FILING ALL OF MY PAPERWORK BY THE END OF JANUARY.

THANKFULLY, MUCH HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE CLOTHING I NO LONGER WANTED. *SIGH OF RELIEF* NOW, I NEED TO JUST GET A FEW MORE EXPANDABLE FILE FOLDERS. I CAN BE DONE IN A FEW WEEKS WITH ALL OF MY PAPERWORK BY JANUARY. 

SINCE AGE 18, IT'S BEEN A THEME OF CONSTANT PAPERWORK REORGANIZING, SPRING CLEANING AND PROCESSING MORE PAPERWORK....IF ONLY I HAD LET GO OF MY COMPULSION TO KEEP EVERY RECEIPT. EVERY SINGLE YEAR, I END UP SPRING CLEANING TOO MUCH. I NEED TO SHRED 75% OF MY PAPERWORK, AND JUNK MAIL EVERY WEEK. WHAT POSSESSES ME TO KEEP THIS PILE OF RECEIPTS, OLD DRAFTS? 

I AM GOING TO NEED TO THROW OUT 95% OF MY JUNK. FROM NOW ON, ONCE PER WEEK, I NEED TO SHRED A BAG OF MORE OLD PAPERS, STUFF THAT I TRULY DON'T NEED. NOBODY NEEDS TO KEEP OLD GROCERY LISTS FROM LAST YEAR. 

AS I GO THROUGH THIS YEAR'S JUNK, I REALLY WISH I HAD POSTED A NOTE ON MY FRIDGE TO JUST SHRED OLD PAPERS, RECEIPTS OUT EVERY MONDAY. IF I HAD DONE THAT, I WOULDN'T FEEL EXHAUSTED BY ALL OF THIS END-OF-YEAR SPRING CLEANING.

THE OLD BOOKS I FINISHED, I WAS ABLE TO DONATE. NOW, I WILL SHOWER AND REST FROM THIS SPRING CLEANING. I AM SWEATY FROM CLEANING. I NEED IBUPROFEN, TEA AND A SHOWER. FROM NOW ON, I AM NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP THESE RECEIPTS LONGER THAN TWO MONTHS. THIS IS WHY I FEEL STRESSED EVERY DECEMBER.