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Preventing the Newspaper Pile 

We can’t always read the newspaper on the day it arrives. If you get the newspapers delivered daily or if you subscribe to more than one newspaper,  the pile can quickly grow. I once came across a house with forty five boxes of newspapers lying around. That may or may not be the case at your house but here’s some options to consider to prevent newspaper clutter. 

1. Consider subscribing online and skip the actual newspaper arriving at your doorstep.  

2. If you currently can’t get through all your subscriptions, cancel all but your one favorite. Once you can master a routine with reading it and getting through the current paper, add another into the mix. It will save you money in the long run and will free you of guilt if you throw out new unread papers.

3. Toss the sections you know you don’t enjoy reading. It’s okay to be picky. Pick and choose which sections mean the most to you and recycle the rest.

4. Don’t clip articles. Trust me, you won’t look back in your files to read them or access them as a resource. These days it’s so much easier to jump online. When you need to research a specific topic or idea, you’ll look for the latest and most up to date information, not an outdated clipping in file that you cut out years or months ago.

5. Create a routine of when and where you read the paper. You’re more likely read if it’s built into your day as a permanent routine. 

6. Finally, if you have old newspapers piled up or stacked around your home, give yourself a deadline to get caught up. Or better yet, wipe the slate clean and accept old news as clutter and just move forward.  

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