Comments on: Declutter Your Mailbox http://www.logisticallyleah.com/news/clutter-free-mail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clutter-free-mail An Organized Life Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Bonnie http://www.logisticallyleah.com/news/clutter-free-mail/#comment-75 Bonnie Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:28:58 +0000 http://www.logisticallyleah.com/?p=70#comment-75 Just as a side note, I, too, was one for removing my name from mail lists and getting frustrated with extra mail. That was before I realized how many people we're keeping in business simply by keeping our mouths closed and our recycle bins open. Not only are we helping the recycle people and paper people, but we're also keeping writers, editors, managers, and (most importantly to me), ink salesmen in business. The printing business is a dying art, and if there's anything we can do to help one another keep our jobs (and my dad's for as long as the pigment business will last), it is greatly appreciated by the business and the people's families. So I complain less (always a plus) and deal with the mail as it comes in, but I like to think that I'm helping my dad a little more by keeping my name on those lists. Just as a side note, I, too, was one for removing my name from mail lists and getting frustrated with extra mail. That was before I realized how many people we’re keeping in business simply by keeping our mouths closed and our recycle bins open. Not only are we helping the recycle people and paper people, but we’re also keeping writers, editors, managers, and (most importantly to me), ink salesmen in business. The printing business is a dying art, and if there’s anything we can do to help one another keep our jobs (and my dad’s for as long as the pigment business will last), it is greatly appreciated by the business and the people’s families. So I complain less (always a plus) and deal with the mail as it comes in, but I like to think that I’m helping my dad a little more by keeping my name on those lists.

]]> By: Natalie http://www.logisticallyleah.com/news/clutter-free-mail/#comment-58 Natalie Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:32:19 +0000 http://www.logisticallyleah.com/?p=70#comment-58 Thanks for this helpful post, Leah! I've really enjoyed reading your fun and useful organizational tips. Something we've also done when sorting through our mail (especially credit card offers or other unsolicited mailings) is to tear off or separate any parts that have our personal information on them (address, phone number, etc) and shred, tear up, or black the information out with a permanent marker before recycling them. That way we won't get additional unwanted mailings--and it gives us peace of mind that the mail we receive (and the information in it) is private and not easily available for others to see or use in a way we wouldn't want. This is also helpful for drafts of letters, projects, etc--anything we create or receive. Once someone found on the street and returned a draft of something I had written but had definitely recycled a few weeks before. That was unusual, of course, but made me more mindful of how I securely dispose of information. Just an additional thought. :) Keep up the great work, and many thanks! Thanks for this helpful post, Leah! I’ve really enjoyed reading your fun and useful organizational tips.

Something we’ve also done when sorting through our mail (especially credit card offers or other unsolicited mailings) is to tear off or separate any parts that have our personal information on them (address, phone number, etc) and shred, tear up, or black the information out with a permanent marker before recycling them. That way we won’t get additional unwanted mailings–and it gives us peace of mind that the mail we receive (and the information in it) is private and not easily available for others to see or use in a way we wouldn’t want. This is also helpful for drafts of letters, projects, etc–anything we create or receive. Once someone found on the street and returned a draft of something I had written but had definitely recycled a few weeks before. That was unusual, of course, but made me more mindful of how I securely dispose of information. Just an additional thought. :)

Keep up the great work, and many thanks!

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