a few weeks later did I discover some of the old bills piled at the side with the newspapers, waiting to be used as tinder. Happily, by then we didn't need the hard-copy evidence.

Yes - knowing what is actually useful now versus what is simply old information. I've shredded a lot of that lately so I don't keep revisiting accounts down memory lane.

Taking a deep dive into the office closet, the spot where that file box lives. I'll be taking some e-waste to recycle today and plan to top the tote bag with excess from there; I have several bins full of cables and computer peripherals and power supplies that sometimes I use (e.g., something that arrived here from Goodwill without a power supply gets one from this bin). But not all of them will be put to use, and they can go to e-waste. At the very minimum, they can all be dusted and rearranged neatly in their labeled bins.