Cleaning & Organizing
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Organizing mail?
Hi everyone! We're in an apartment and we keep getting buried by mail. What methods do you use to organize it? We really just have to go through some of it, but that's for weekends. I need a dumping, organizing spot for during the week (currently it takes over our dining table).
Thank you!
Re: Organizing mail?
How much mail do you get that it's too much to deal with a day at a time? We get a decent stack most days, and it takes about 5 minutes to sort it all.
Sign up for the opt-out list to limit how much junk mail you get. Whatever you do get, dispose of immediately. Get a small trash can to use for recycling to keep wherever mail gets dumped.
After that, sort it into categories in an envelope organizer, file folder stand, or something similar. Bills, personal mail, stuff that needs to be shredded, etc.
We actually don't get that much junk mail. Most of it has been from switching things over since getting married. But we also get stuff in the mail for our business outside of work.
On a daily basis, I get home about 8pm and glance at the mail, then get started on dishes, trash and then cooking. The goal is to eat by 9 or 9:30pm, work on my side business and then rest before bed.
I had bought a pouch to put on the fridge to put mail that we have to address, but that doesn't seem to be working.
This exactly!
When the mail comes, I go through it immediately....toss out the junk right away, put magazines/misc. items in one pile and bills in another. I go through the bills and put them in the spot where I put bills that need to be paid. I may not go through the magazines right away, but I go through the misc. pile and toss out anything we don't need/want. If I know I'm not going to get to the magazines, I'll put them in the magazine rack and make a mental note to look at them when I have the opportunity!
As for the stuff you've let build up....just take a couple of hours one day/night/weekend and go through it. I had to do that not long ago with stuff that needed to be filed....just make piles for everything and go through it that way. For bills that have been paid, file them (I like to put the most recently paid one in front and then categorize them by date) so they're easy to get to if something comes up. For bills that need to be paid, find a spot to put them so that you can be sure they get paid on time. I'm not sure what other items you get in the mail, but toss out the things you don't need. If you keep magazines/catalogs/etc., go through the old ones and toss them so you can replace them with the new ones. I actually use my old magazines to stuff in my boots to keep them upright in my closet, but you could recycle them too!
This has made a HUGE difference for us. We have all utilities, cell phones, and bank statements sent to us either electronically or we can access them on the website for the company. We also have several drafts or pay on the sites as well. I literally write one check a quarter for garbage collection. If our church went to taking debit cards for tithes I would never write checks!
I never write checks! I pay my tithes through online banking...my bank (Bank of America) will write a check to anyone I wish. I can even type something in the memo field. You should look into this and save yourself some money on checks