So many of us have an overload of paper and magazines and catalogs are a good part of that. If your paper overload consists of magazines, look at the number of catalogs that you get and the number of magazine subscriptions that you have. Do you really need all of them? Do you read all of them? If there are too many, it’s time to scale back. Don’t renew the subscriptions for the publications that you don’t read or that you aren’t getting value from and don’t add anything new no matter how tempting it is. When yo consider subscribing to another publication, think about it first. Are you going to read it? What value does it bring to you? Why are you subscribing?
Next choose the perfectly sized container for your magazines and catalogs and put them in it when they arrive. Don’t let them sit too long. Set a reasonable time period for reading them. Maybe you choose to read them by the time the next issue arrives, or maybe you cut the articles you want to read out of the magazine and place it in a reading file. If a catalog has something that you’re interested in, cut it out along with any ordering information that you need.
Once you’ve read the magazines and catalogs, save any articles or items that you want by filing or scanning them. If you save a lot of articles, file them in a binder organized by type or topic. Remember to be environmentally friendly and recycle the rest of the publication.