Shred your junk
Lots of changes for me recently, including a couple of physical moves. Thanks to a packing service and some planning, it went perfectly. Until this morning when my brother called frantically, claiming that an attorney at his wife's office had found a bunch of my credit cards this weekend. I assured him that was impossible, because I don't have any credit cards and my wallet was in the gym bag slung over my shoulder. My mind started racing, the only thing I could think of was that somehow a bunch of my papers and personal items got tossed during the move. Even worse, was someone opening credit cards in my name? Sure enough my sister-in-law called back with several of my old credit cards, Discover, Amex, an Amazon Visa - most nearly 5 years old! The lady from her office found my stuff lying in the street, across town, recognized my name and gathered it up. First, what are the odds? Second, thank you and good karma to her for taking the time to pick it up. Lastly and most importantly - shred your old stuff. I went through every piece of paper in my apartment, so I must have hidden these old cards instead of destroying them. Whatever they were in, I tossed. Then someone crawled into a NASTY, smelly, wet dumpster at my old place, went through the trash and plucked these out. Disgusting, but lesson learned. It was already on my todo list - but a new shredder is on its way.
