I can’t imagine being 5-10 years behind on things that “need attending to”. What is a definition of “thing that needs attending to” that can sustain a 5-10 year delay?
> What is a definition of “thing that needs attending to” that can sustain a 5-10 year delay?
Unopened mail, things I need to organize in case of a tax audit, broken things I was going to fix, things that simply need to be put away, things I can't decide whether to keep or throw away, etc.
My father's sophisticated organizational method was the "chronological sort", aka the most recent stuff was thrown on top of the pile. The bottom slowly gets compressed into a rock-like substance.
Things like “But you'll have to trust me when I say that as you get older, your perception of time changes drastically” just sound condescending.
Like, 15-25 was an eternity compared to 25-35.
Perhaps, but it IS exactly the sort of thing a lot of older people say.
Photos. People traditionally want to keep photos so that they can occasionally go back to them and reminisce about old times.
The photo albums that my grandparents lovingly kept weren't out every day, and not even every year.