Why is there so much paper in my world?

I was away from home for a week.
When I got home there were more than a dozen peices of paper laying in wait to capture my attention and time and detailing
Why?
I use internet excessively - so why do I need all of this paper everywhere? And, what I am supposed to do with it? I have on the desk in front of me - a list of painting prices from Gabe Gely, an empty cracker tube, a receipt for my Pangnirtung hotel bill, a list of things to consider as I do the budget for NSRT, a Saskpower bill a file folder full of paper related to the airplane, unopenned banking envelopes, 150 bucks in cash and a stack of unknown unwanted useless advertising flyers.
My office is a disaster of piles of paper - all equally important it seems.
This is not to0 mention the pile of papers on the chair to my side.
Yesterday I generated more than 500 pages of paper getting ready for a teaching module in Cape Dorset.
Paper - I could learn to hate it