The Mail Problem
Do you have mail spilling out of your inbox? Are you overwhelmed by the thought of dealing with your mail? Me too! Yes, I am a professional organizer but getting and dealing with my mail does not thrill me. But guess what? I do it. Why? Because the alternative is not pretty. But the real reason I process my mail each and every day is that I know a little secret a
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bout the mail. Want to know my secret? The mail takes 2 minutes to deal with! Yes, it is true.
If you set up a mail center with a shredder, letter opener, and trash you can you can get rid of your mail problem in 2 minutes or less. If you are a little behind then you have a larger time investment. But if you stay on top of it the pain is over before you know it – quick shot and you are done! The only mail items you keep are actionable items (invoices to pay, events you’d like to rsvp to, etc) and you shouldn’t have many of those. Why? Because you’ve made all of your bills paperless and you pay them online, or even better, with autopay through your bank. The less mail you have coming in the less there is to deal with. If than isn’t an incentive for paperless bill/statement options I don’t know what is!
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