How to Control Incoming Paper Clutter
- Meera Sharma
- Jun 30
- 2 min read
Paper clutter builds up fast. The insidious little sheets stack up into overwhelming piles without so much as a whisper! Dealing with the papers that are already in the house is a whole decluttering category by itself in the KonMari Method. But we are not going into that here. Let's focus on preventing more paper coming in and taming the incoming paper clutter.
Typical incoming paper with clutter potential:
Flyers, business cards, brochures, magazines that you didn't subscribe to, business cards, packages, take -out menus, manuals, coupon mailers etc.
What you can do:
As you bring the mail in don't let it pile up on available flat surfaces.
Take a few minutes to:
Separate them into subcategories- important mail, flyers, other.
Remove mail from envelopes. Discard envelopes. If you need the sender's address take a quick picture or note it down. Keep the return envelope if you plan to use it for mailing payments.
Flyers: skim through them if they matter to you. Clip coupons if you are a coupon person. Recycle everything else.
Magazines: Keep the ones you actually read and toss the unsolicited ones.
Business cards: take a picture and put into a folder/album on your phone.
Packages- trash/recycle
take-out menus - available online, feel free to toss,
manuals- available online, can be tossed. Keep if you feel insecure without them. But honestly, if they are available online why keep them?
coupon mailers: stay honest. Keep only those you actually mean to use.
Newspapers: Are you ever going to read through old stacks? I won't tell you to keep or toss. Hopefully you can make a wise decision yourself.
You will be surprised to see that very often EVERYTHING from the mailbox can actually be tossed! I've had many such days when there really was nothing important in the mail. And yet we bring it all in as a ritual. Let's be more mindful about incoming paper. That's half the battle won in dealing with paper clutter.
Sincerely,
Meera
Decluttering and Tidying Coach
Certified KonMari® Consultant
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