Make Your List and Print it Twice…

After completing my holiday cards I made two more copies of my freshly updated mailing list. In the past I would look around for return address labels ripped from envelopes, check my address box for scribbled notes or quickly scan last years list trying to remember who moved, died, or had a baby. This took a fair amount of time.

Then I found a faster, less cluttered way of doing things. I made a paper copy of the mailing list and made updates throughout the year. I updated the paper copy with red pen as soon as I learned of a change. That way I was able to make all of the adjustments to the list in one sitting.

I made the second copy of the list on stickers and used it to update my address box. (I keep my addresses on 3×5 cards in a recipe file box.) This cleans up all of the post-it notes and scribbles that accumulate over time. This step could freshen up an address book too.

Posted December 20, 2007, filed in It's That Time, Clutter Control Products, Less is More, Clutter Hacks