Magazines
This is how I deal with magazines.
by Jill
www.LivingOnADime.com
Limit how many magazines you subscribe to. Not only will it save you money but also time and clutter. I know what it is like to love reading magazines but you have to be honest. If you don’t have time to read them or can’t find them when you want them then what good are they?
One thing I learned as a young mom was to use my library. On those days when I just had to “get away from it all” I would go to the library and sit it the peace and quiet reading magazines. If there was an article I needed I would copy it and on rare occasions when there were several things I liked in it I would buy the magazine at the stands.
For the magazines I do subscribe too this is the way I deal with them.
1. I try to read them right away. Preferably within the week I receive them. Take them with you while waiting to pick up the kids from school, the doctors office, keep in the car while waiting for a train or between appointments.
2. I tear out the article I want to keep which I put into a file folder that is kept on my desk.
3. When the folder is full I have a small file box divided into categories. At night when I’m watching TV, or sitting with the kids doing homework I file everything away. I do this every time the folder gets full. If I don’t I become overwhelmed. Control yourself, if the folder is full you can’t add more articles. You have to throw them out! So file the things away regularly.
Though I limit my articles to 1 file box, I realize some of you may need more room. You can use a filing cabinet or a small filing box for each category. The filing boxes then can be placed on some shelving. Be sure to label them clearly.
What categories you divide your articles into depends on your own interests and tastes. Here are some of the categories I divide mine into:
Decorating
Gardening
Sewing
Home remodeling
Children
Cooking
Crafts
Scrapbooking
I then sub-divide those again. For example if I have a file box with Decorating I then would divide it into kitchen, bath, bedrooms, etc. In the Sewing file box I would have folders such as quilting, crocheting, knitting etc.
Once again adjust it to your own needs. A gardener would divide theirs into trees, flowers, compost, bugs etc.
Last but most important is throw the magazine out, give it to someone else to read or give to the thrift store. If you have a friend or relative that enjoys the same types of magazines you do then share the subscriptions. One person subscribe to one magazine and the other person to another magazine. Then swap with each other. If there is something you want to keep in your friends magazine ask if they want it and if they do then just make a copy of it.
by Jill
www.LivingOnADime.com
Limit how many magazines you subscribe to. Not only will it save you money but also time and clutter. I know what it is like to love reading magazines but you have to be honest. If you don’t have time to read them or can’t find them when you want them then what good are they?
One thing I learned as a young mom was to use my library. On those days when I just had to “get away from it all” I would go to the library and sit it the peace and quiet reading magazines. If there was an article I needed I would copy it and on rare occasions when there were several things I liked in it I would buy the magazine at the stands.
For the magazines I do subscribe too this is the way I deal with them.
1. I try to read them right away. Preferably within the week I receive them. Take them with you while waiting to pick up the kids from school, the doctors office, keep in the car while waiting for a train or between appointments.
2. I tear out the article I want to keep which I put into a file folder that is kept on my desk.
3. When the folder is full I have a small file box divided into categories. At night when I’m watching TV, or sitting with the kids doing homework I file everything away. I do this every time the folder gets full. If I don’t I become overwhelmed. Control yourself, if the folder is full you can’t add more articles. You have to throw them out! So file the things away regularly.
Though I limit my articles to 1 file box, I realize some of you may need more room. You can use a filing cabinet or a small filing box for each category. The filing boxes then can be placed on some shelving. Be sure to label them clearly.
What categories you divide your articles into depends on your own interests and tastes. Here are some of the categories I divide mine into:
Decorating
Gardening
Sewing
Home remodeling
Children
Cooking
Crafts
Scrapbooking
I then sub-divide those again. For example if I have a file box with Decorating I then would divide it into kitchen, bath, bedrooms, etc. In the Sewing file box I would have folders such as quilting, crocheting, knitting etc.
Once again adjust it to your own needs. A gardener would divide theirs into trees, flowers, compost, bugs etc.
Last but most important is throw the magazine out, give it to someone else to read or give to the thrift store. If you have a friend or relative that enjoys the same types of magazines you do then share the subscriptions. One person subscribe to one magazine and the other person to another magazine. Then swap with each other. If there is something you want to keep in your friends magazine ask if they want it and if they do then just make a copy of it.
posted by Tawra Jean at 12:15 PM
3 Comments:
Hi Tawra! I've got your book, have emailed you but you may not really 'know me'. Still, I have a brand new blog here and when I get computer-saavy, may I link here? Just check me out to feel comfortable before responding. I want to link to frugal/christian sites. Thanks. If you could, you can leave a message on my page. Thank you.
I used to be a magazine freak, especially when it came to scrapbooking magazines. (My other weakness is cooking magazines.)Then I stopped to think just how much I was getting out of each issue. When I realized it was sometimes only one or two articles, it was time to end my subscriptions. Now I only get a few magazines--and I read the others at the library.
A new one I'm just getting is "All You." Cover price is just $1.97, but the coupons in it add up to a lot more. Since I definitely will use the coupons--it's like getting the magazine free. And I'll take all the free I can get, LOL!
Eileen,
Feel free to put a link up on your site.
Thank you!
Tawra
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