Comments on: Tip of the Day #24 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:07:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-96292 Jennifer Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:24:56 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-96292 Also, if you find you don't want the magazines at all, you can donate them to your local library, to be given away, or taken by others who have the same interests. Also, if you find you don’t want the magazines at all, you can donate them to your local library, to be given away, or taken by others who have the same interests.

]]> By: Julie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-95748 Julie Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:08:47 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-95748 Great tip Peg! I'll have to post your tip so everyone can benefit. Thanks! Great tip Peg! I’ll have to post your tip so everyone can benefit. Thanks!

]]> By: Peg http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-95574 Peg Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:09:33 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-95574 I'm a sucker for magazines and subscribe to a jillion of them -- Organize (of course), knitting, quilting, travel, news, etc, etc. I've found one method for dealing with them that works the best for me: I sit down with a magazine THE DAY IT COMES and quickly go through each page, tearing them off as I go. When I come to something that I want to keep (like a pattern) or to read later, I put it to the side. I DON'T READ IT AT THAT TIME. The goal is to get through it quickly and get it off my desk. When I've gone through the entire thing, I find I usually only have a dozen or so pages left to deal with. The patterns/reference articles go in the appropriate file folders and the "read later" articles go in my "Take to work and read at lunch" envelope. I also keep an "Internet" file folder for those articles that reference something I want to check out on the Web. If I don't follow this method, I find that I am soon overwhelmed in back issues and it takes almost an entire Sunday to plow through them. I’m a sucker for magazines and subscribe to a jillion of them — Organize (of course), knitting, quilting, travel, news, etc, etc.

I’ve found one method for dealing with them that works the best for me: I sit down with a magazine THE DAY IT COMES and quickly go through each page, tearing them off as I go. When I come to something that I want to keep (like a pattern) or to read later, I put it to the side. I DON’T READ IT AT THAT TIME. The goal is to get through it quickly and get it off my desk.

When I’ve gone through the entire thing, I find I usually only have a dozen or so pages left to deal with. The patterns/reference articles go in the appropriate file folders and the “read later” articles go in my “Take to work and read at lunch” envelope. I also keep an “Internet” file folder for those articles that reference something I want to check out on the Web.

If I don’t follow this method, I find that I am soon overwhelmed in back issues and it takes almost an entire Sunday to plow through them.

]]> By: February Issue of Domino Magazine http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-95593 February Issue of Domino Magazine Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:20:32 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-95593 [...] about all these magazines, maybe this is the appropriate time to send you over to my post on Organizing Your Magazine articles. :D Technorati Tags: domino magazine,organize magazine,magazines about organizing,how to organize [...] [...] about all these magazines, maybe this is the appropriate time to send you over to my post on Organizing Your Magazine articles. :D Technorati Tags: domino magazine,organize magazine,magazines about organizing,how to organize [...]

]]> By: Julie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-94985 Julie Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:01:55 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-94985 @Alan, You are very welcome. It's still hard sometimes for me to throw away my favorite ones. Especially when they have a great cover! I do have a great collection of articles now though. Thanks for stopping by. @Alan, You are very welcome. It’s still hard sometimes for me to throw away my favorite ones. Especially when they have a great cover!

I do have a great collection of articles now though. Thanks for stopping by.

]]> By: Julie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-94984 Julie Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:00:26 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-94984 @Jennifer - Yeah, I thought I was getting that magazine ripping vibe from you. ;) I hope the moving is going well. Rip, rip, rip...Wish I was there to help. I'm very good at packing and unpacking. I've had just a little experience. Let's see....6 moves in 8 years. Ugh. @Jennifer – Yeah, I thought I was getting that magazine ripping vibe from you. ;)

I hope the moving is going well. Rip, rip, rip…Wish I was there to help. I’m very good at packing and unpacking. I’ve had just a little experience. Let’s see….6 moves in 8 years. Ugh.

]]> By: Julie http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-94982 Julie Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:58:59 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-94982 @Pamela - it's amazing how much space a flat magazine can take up isn't it? It used to be very hard for me to throw them away, but with all of our moving I had to develop a system to keep my favorite articles. This has worked well for me. @Pamela – it’s amazing how much space a flat magazine can take up isn’t it? It used to be very hard for me to throw them away, but with all of our moving I had to develop a system to keep my favorite articles. This has worked well for me.

]]> By: Alan http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-94954 Alan Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:42:16 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-94954 Great idea. I always wonder what to do with those magazines that are important but are taking up a lot of space. Thanks for the useful tip. Great idea. I always wonder what to do with those magazines that are important but are taking up a lot of space. Thanks for the useful tip.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-94981 Jennifer Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:10:52 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-94981 Oh my gosh it's like our brains are connected. You know how I'm moving; well because I used to submit to more magazines I get a ton. But since I'm moving and don't want to take them all guess what I've been doing in my spare minutes? Too weird. I started this like three days ago. Oh my gosh it’s like our brains are connected. You know how I’m moving; well because I used to submit to more magazines I get a ton. But since I’m moving and don’t want to take them all guess what I’ve been doing in my spare minutes? Too weird. I started this like three days ago.

]]> By: Pamela http://www.blisstree.com/articles/tip-of-the-day-24-207/comment-page-1/#comment-94971 Pamela Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:53:13 +0000 http://www.declutterit.com/tip-of-the-day-24#comment-94971 Thanks for sharing this useful tip. I also keep magazines with articles that I like. But as I keep more magazines, it also take up a lot of space. Thanks for sharing this useful tip. I also keep magazines with articles that I like. But as I keep more magazines, it also take up a lot of space.

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