Out of Chaos an organizing newsletter
Subscriptions
Many of you subscribe to too many magazines, newspapers and newsletters. If you don’t have time to read them all, then you are getting too many. Maybe because they are relatively inexpensive, maybe because they come right to your door, they seem to be an easy thing to ignore and yet they are things that can quickly spiral out of control. September always feels like a new beginning to me. The heat abates, people come back from vacation… it is a perfect time to take a look at our lives and our habits and make some changes. So often as our lives expand and grow, we hold onto the old stuff, while at the same time embracing the new. Maybe you need that new subscription to Time Out Kids, but maybe Vogue just depresses you these days (okay, okay- that’s me). Take a moment to re-evaluate what subscriptions you really enjoy and have the time to read. Even though it may be more expensive to buy a magazine at the newsstand, a single issue of Atlantic Monthly bought for an airplane ride may bring more enjoyment than that entire stack of unread magazines sitting in your living room.
Also, it seems no sooner than you subscribe to a magazine, than they are offering to renew at a “special” rate. Don’t fall for it. Keep a list of subscriptions either on a piece of paper in a folder labeled: SUBSCRIPTIONS or on a document in your computer.