Used to print out every email for my first job in 2015

Honestly, back when I started as a receptionist at a dental office in Columbus, I printed out every single email and filed it in a binder. Took me about 30 minutes each morning just to sort through the paper. Now I just use folders and tags in Gmail and it saves me hours. Does anyone else have a weird old habit from their first job that they can't believe they did?

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spencer_thomas41d ago

Back when I was 19 and working at a copy shop in Akron, I used to keep a physical datebook with every little thing written down in pencil... I had three of them in a drawer for years after I left. But now I see people doing this weird thing where they'll print out a map to drive somewhere when they have GPS right in their pocket. It's like we all picked up these habits from our first jobs and some of them just stuck around way longer than they needed to. The whole paper versus digital thing feels like it's become this bigger argument about trust and control, not really about what works best.

jakewilliams2d ago

Paper files are harder to lose than digital ones though... if your email account gets hacked or Google has a glitch you're out of luck. I still print important stuff for my records just in case.