In the process of getting ready for an appointment with my tax preparer, I realized that it’s probably time to get rid of some of my oldest tax records (I’ve got paperwork that dates back to before the milllennium). I’m street-smart enough to know that I need to be careful about how I get rid of such records, but when I googled the topic, not surprisingly I found a great many companies who specialize in shredding and document security who all recommend that I shred EVERYTHING from junk mail to sales receipts to old napkins with phone numbers jotted on them. My question to the group is: okay, come on, what do I REALLY need to shred and what can I safely recycle? Shredding companies charge by the pound, and those pounds add up fast. But I do want to be safe with my personal financial info. Any advice?