{"id":744,"date":"2024-01-08T20:32:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T04:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=744"},"modified":"2026-01-02T19:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T03:59:39","slug":"sheveling-like-its-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=744","title":{"rendered":"Sheveling Like it&#8217;s 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s been a year since I last sheveled so it&#8217;s time for my 2024 National Clean Off Your Desk Day sheveling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-05-12.39.10-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-05-12.39.10-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-05-12.39.10-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-05-12.39.10-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-05-12.39.10-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-05-12.39.10-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-05-12.39.10-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-05-12.39.10-edited-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Before sheveling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with the typical dust, receipts, and miscellaneous bits of paper and trash, I found things such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An empty box of See&#8217;s assorted chocolates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.5 bags of Ginger Chews (original)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Half full box of &#8220;Megamix&#8221; Mike and Ike candies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One-third of a large Toblerone <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow paper crown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thirteen guitar picks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tin of Trader Joe&#8217;s Organic Pastilles Gingermints<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cheap combination lock<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four juggling bags<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctor Who hat (with white pompom)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tangram set missing one piece<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Name tag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Six chip bag clips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two sets of flashcards (Korean)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rubber locust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assorted paperclips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whistle keychain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seven expired credit and insurance cards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Someone else&#8217;s keys (that needed to be returned)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Program from the Westview performance of &#8220;School House Rock Live! JR.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rubber light-up flower ring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mask (lower face, not my &#8220;Man in Black&#8221; mask)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two bank statements (now shredded)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ghibli-themed Reversi game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Luggage label<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Effective Java: Third Edition<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Program from &#8220;Westview Band and Choir Present&#8230;Sleigh Ride Songs &amp; Deserts&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Five snowflake multitools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receipt for my Zamberlan Anabasis Mid GTX Hiking Boots<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goodwill tax receipt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notes from a meeting and various numbers\/timings as I was measuring performance of a data import task<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Program from the Westview Choir 2023 Awards Concert<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hand-doodled diagrams for an eventing architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ESP8266 with attached submersible thermometer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kermit the Frog water bottle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Old wallet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card (card was in the same place from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=724\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"724\">when I last sheveled<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>75 cents in change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yo-yo string<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Empty Altoids tin (amazingly only one)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Garage door open (was actually expecting to find two&#8211;not sure where the other one is&#8230;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bookmark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pointy bit for electronics screwdriver set (since returned to case with other bits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dice set (including the D10 that I couldn&#8217;t find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=724\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"724\">when I last sheveled<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-08-20.26.35-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-08-20.26.35-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-08-20.26.35-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-08-20.26.35-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-08-20.26.35-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-08-20.26.35-edited-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-08-20.26.35-edited-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-08-20.26.35-edited-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After sheveling<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently it&#8217;s been six years to the day since I first recognized \u201cNational Clean Off Your Desk Day\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=436\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"436\">My Sheveled Desk<\/a>.  And of course, like every time before, now my office is in dire need of tidying . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a year since I last sheveled so it&#8217;s time for my 2024 National Clean Off Your Desk Day sheveling. Along with the typical dust, receipts, and miscellaneous bits of paper and trash, I found things such as: Apparently it&#8217;s been six years to the day since I first recognized \u201cNational Clean Off Your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=744\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sheveling Like it&#8217;s 2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sheveling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=744"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}