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Reducing the Paper Pile - May 2019
It may be 2019, but I seem to get more paper, in bills, in the letterbox, from school and pre-school - even from Church, than ever and it was driving me crazy. There were flyers and notes and junk mail all over the bench and the top of the fridge.
Then I remembered Cath saying the best way to deal with paper was to handle it once and once only. Now when I come home, I go to the letterbox and collect the mail. I open it before I come inside, taking out what I need and putting everything else in the recycle bin. Then I go through the kids' backpacks and get out the newsletters, skim them and jot down any important dates and sign anything to be returned; when I've finished, the papers go into the wastepaper basket.
It only takes a minute or two every day to deal with papers as they come in. I've cut the paper pile and my "paper stress" to almost nothing and I can rest knowing that it's all been dealt with.
Contributed by Meredith Williams
Then I remembered Cath saying the best way to deal with paper was to handle it once and once only. Now when I come home, I go to the letterbox and collect the mail. I open it before I come inside, taking out what I need and putting everything else in the recycle bin. Then I go through the kids' backpacks and get out the newsletters, skim them and jot down any important dates and sign anything to be returned; when I've finished, the papers go into the wastepaper basket.
It only takes a minute or two every day to deal with papers as they come in. I've cut the paper pile and my "paper stress" to almost nothing and I can rest knowing that it's all been dealt with.
Contributed by Meredith Williams