Wednesday, May 10, 2006

What to Do with Paper Clutter

These are great ideas to help eliminate paper clutter in your home.

Dismantle your current piles.
Each day, choose one pile of paper to work on. Set a timer
for 15 minutes. Pick up each sheet, one at a time, and
determine what the action should be. There are only 4
choices to make: Do it, Delegate it, Delay it (file it) or
Dump it. When the timer goes off, if you want to keep going,
set it for another 15 minutes. If you wish to stop, that's
also fine. Perform this system every day for a minimum of 15
minutes per day, and your piles will diminish.

Open mail over the recycle container.
When the mail arrives, at home or at work, be sure there's a
recycle container nearby. If you like to go through your
mail while sitting on the sofa, or at the table, that's
fine. Just move the recycle container close to you. Then,
sift through your mail one item at a time, immediately
tossing anything that is of no interest to you. This will
reduce unwanted mail from adding to the paper clutter.

If you like these ideas, look at Marcia's newsletters.
http://www.getorganizednow.com/free-ezine.html

Kerry

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