I am plugging along on my quest to complete the Seven “End of the Year” Tasks to Simplify My Life. 

1.Unsubscribe from Unnecessary Emails

2. Put Your Home Phone Number on National No Call List (did previously)

3. Cut down on Junk Mail by Opting Out.

I am still collecting junk mail in my manilla envelope so that I only have to sit down once to make the opt out phone calls. So I am going to tackle #4 on my path to simplifying my life which is

4. Purging Existing Paperwork.

This is my folder of unfiled paper work. Its probably 3-4 months worth.

So instead of trying to file all of it, I am going to decide right now if I  need to recycle, toss, shred or file. These baskets are marked “shred” or “recycle”. If I need to file it I’ll put it away in the file drawers. I found an article by Suze Orman Overhaul Your Files and Finances how long to keep documents.So here goes, hopefully I can cross this off my list today.

 

 

Thirty-eight. That is how many Unsubscribe emails I sent! Wow! I can already see my inbox is less cluttered.

Now on to step 2: Simplify my mailbox

My mail is out of control. I get so much junk mail! In the next few days I am going to do as suggested in
Seven “End of the Year” Tasks to Simplify Your Life which is to pile up all my junk mail and start calling to opt out. I know I need to do that. I have stacks of unopened mail that is just JUNK.

The hard part of this process is that a lot of this “junk” mail is causes asking for donations: Meals on Wheels, Veterans, Habitat for Humanity, etc. I probably gave to them in the past and we’ve continued to get solicitations. Unfortunately, I can’t give to every cause that asks. So what to do? I am going to be calling the toll free number and asking to be removed from their mailing list. I will ask that they only send  me one end of the year request.

I found a manilla envelope and I am putting all the mail I get this week that is “junk” and doing the same with that.

Happy New Year!

I think  sometimes I live up to my name too much. “BUSY MOM” I am certainly not busier than any of my friends, but maybe I make myself more “busier”. For example:

My inbox: I get so much junk email. I delete more than HALF of my emails without even looking at them.  I check my email 2-3 times a day. Is that necessary? So I am starting by taking the advice of Celebrate Every Day with Me and doing the Seven tasks that she recommends for simplifying your life starting with number #1.

Unsubscribe to unnecessary emails.

I am going to try and do all seven by the 31st. So I’m starting right now!

Ligia