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| I find it ironic that, on the very top of that massive pile of magazines and tear outs, is Mother Earth News' Living on Less and Loving It! Hilarious! |
Gross.
One might ask, "How the heck did you get so many magazines?!?" Well, it started off innocently enough. I've always loved magazines and have subscribed to Oprah since it first came out, however, all other magazines were purchased directly from a store (usually when I would go grocery shopping). This would limit me to one to four magazines a month. No biggie...I could whip through those in no time flat!
Then, I had the brilliant idea that I could get subscriptions to all the magazines I regularly purchased, save some money and not have to think about it...they would just magically appear in my mailbox once a month! I like magic! So, I subscribed to no less than 10 magazines (my original Oprah included) about a year and a half ago. Some subscriptions were for one year, some for two.
Since this brilliant idea of mine was implemented, I have slowly gotten busier and busier with house and yard stuff (you know, that whole growing a garden thing takes a lot of time) and I have discovered how truly silly a lot of those magazines are. So magazines have continued to pile up. Really, it's to the point where I don't even want to read them, but I feel like I have to so they're not being wasted.
Alright, so what can I do? What are my options?
Read them
Give them away
Recycle them
Throw them away
Put them on a bookshelf for future reference
I think I'll try to do a little of everything except the throwing away. You might be thinking, "Why the heck would you keep a magazine for future reference?" Well, while I have not renewed any of my original subscriptions (not even Oprah), I have subscribed to Urban Farm and Mother Earth News and those guys can be used for years to come!
The Great Clean Up is happening today...wish me luck! And hey, anyone out there want some magazines???
Good for you! I need to do that, too. We used to take all of our old magazines to the hospital for people to read in the waiting room (just make sure to cut off your address) but recently they've gotten pickier and only take ones from the last few months. Call ahead and ask!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the idea Kelly! I didn't even think about the hospital!
ReplyDeleteI ended filling our 35 gallon recycle bin-2x from all of my magazines. I actually had an inventory system for my magazines. I watched an episode form hoarders and it scared the crap outta me. That is when decided I had to STOP buying them and keeping them. I no longer buy magazines. I do borrow from people or check out from the library. Many of the ones I recycled I scanned some the articles or clipped pages for my ideal folder. The ones I left intact are labelled and are mainly gardening magazines.
ReplyDeleteHa...yeah...magazines really have a way of piling up! I've stopped buying them at the store and only get a few delivered (Urban Farm and the like) which I file away on a book shelf now. The subscriptions I cancelled are still coming in though (I had a two year subscription for some of them), so I'm still trying to make them go away!!! Crazy!
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