Amy Lu's View

I was so successful in cleaning up old files off my work computer today, that I got a “warning” email from the system alerting me that I had deleted a large number of files. 

Yes! I am the Queen of Computer Decluttering and I win National Clean Out Your Computer Day (February 12)!

It’s more accurate to say I deleted files from the cloud, but in my opinion, that still counts. I think it more than counts, as most files we access via computer are in the cloud now. 

In case you haven’t heard…2024 is the Year I Will Reach My 25th Work Anniversary. Maybe you haven’t heard, for while I seem to bring it up at every work meeting I attend, you may not be in work meetings with me. But if you have even the most casual social contact with me, or read my blog, you will hear about it. 

It’s not surprising that after almost a quarter of a century (?!–no my heart did not almost stop when writing that) I’ve accumulated a lot of files–digital, paper, mental, spiritual. And while today was not the first or only day I cleaned up my computer files, it’s still amazing how much I have amassed. 

Today I unearthed some delightful photo artifacts among the decades old meeting minutes and project charters that I now share with you. This is hardly a systematic retrospective (most photos only go back as far as 2007) but it conveys some of the different hairdos and accessories I’ve sported throughout the years.  (Yes, I still own most of these).

While I’m feeling accomplished that my work computer files are slightly streamlined, I now need to delete all the photos I just downloaded onto our Chromebook while working on this post.