I have previously written about how to greatly reduce your pile of snail mail by opening the envelopes, removing the fluff, and unfolding the important papers. (See Honey, I Shrunk the Mail.) In that organizing tip, I coined the term “paper thickness”. A single piece of paper is one paper thickness. A piece of paper folded in thirds, such as when inserted into a business envelope, is three paper thicknesses – three times as thick as when it is unfolded. An envelope is two…
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I have a confession to make. There is always a pile of paper on my desk. It’s true, even organizers struggle with paper. After all, we, too, live in this world where we get more mail in a week than our parents got in a month, and more mail in a month than our grandparents got in their lifetimes.
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On Sunday, May 20th, Staples is teaming up with the City of New York for the 5th annual Shred Fest at 14 locations throughout the five boroughs. The first four people to arrive at each location will receive a free personal shredder from Staples! 5TH ANNUAL SHRED FEST DATE: Sunday, May 20, 2012 TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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Last time, I wrote some basic guidelines for creating effective to-do lists. Today I’ll cover the burning question of whether it is better to keep your to-do list on paper or electronically.
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Did you ever have in your hand an invitation to an event, or a schedule of upcoming lectures, performances, or exhibits that sounded interesting but which you weren’t ready to commit to? Chances are you added the invitation or schedule to a pile of paper on your desk, or put it somewhere in your file cabinet. Months later, you came across it and said, “Oh, I’m really sorry I missed that”, and threw it out. So what really happened here?
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