I love reading magazines. I have several subscriptions to various magazines and a sweet neighbor passes down some of her magazines. As much as I love reading and looking through them, it does get a bit overwhelming when they pile up.
After a few months of looking through the magazines and dog-earring the pages I find interesting, I end up with this:
(Divided into piles according to magazine: This Old House, Better Homes & Gardens, Various [Real Simple, Martha Stuart Living, Family Circle], Country Living, Taste of Home, Everyday Food)My challenge for this week is to go through my pile of magazines, tear out pages that I want to keep, and recycle ALL of the magazines. I like to tear out the pages of recipes, design ideas, crafty ideas, and good articles and put them in a binder for future reference.
I realize this isn't a big task, but it's one that has needed to be done for quite a while. Here's to decluttering one small step at a time!
(Divided into piles according to magazine: This Old House, Better Homes & Gardens, Various [Real Simple, Martha Stuart Living, Family Circle], Country Living, Taste of Home, Everyday Food)
3 comments:
We have magazines galore too! They are a mess!! We don't even pay for any of the subscriptions, but we have plenty. I use to have lots of time to read them, and I just don't read them much anymore. It is kind of overwhelming sometimes. We get huge stacks, and I sort into a George pile and a Liz pile, and then we go through them again. I do enjoy flipping through them though. I am trying to remember how many we have. At least 8.
You will be so glad when you get into this. It will cut down on the magazine clutter so much. I also take the pages I have torn out and scan the recipe or craft into a folder in the computer. That way I have a digital copy.
Liz: I don't pay for any of my subscriptions either. The ones I get are free from saving Coke rewards points or from the neighbor. Chris has his own pile of magazines, which are his responsibility to go through!
Kelly: Maybe scanning the pages will be a project for another week. That is a really good idea!
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