It’s no surprise that with my love of a simpler, slower life, Real Simple magazine would be my favorite. For YEARS, on my Birthday, my gift to myself was to pamper myself with a pedicure while reading the January issue. #introvertalert
Now, after years of accumulating yearly subscriptions, I need to (earmuffs) get rid of them. Yikes. I don’t like thinking about it! How will I ever do without them sitting on a shelf?! ← Insert sarcasm. Of
They. Are. Just. Sitting. On. A. Shelf.
Thankfully, when we moved 2.5 years ago, I got rid of half of my collection and now I have the other half to deal with. I stopped getting the subscription about three years ago and I haven’t missed it. I know that if I really want to read the magazine, then I can pick one up. But, it has been nice to see that I can do without it.
Do you have a favorite magazine subscription that you don’t ever actually do anything with after you read them?
I have a goal to flip through two magazines a week until I get rid of them. IF there are 5-10 that I absolutely find valuable, I’m going to keep them. But ONLY ten at the most. Right now I think I have at least 50. (Not all are pictured here.) Most of the issues I’ve kept because of their recipes. I LOVE a good recipe. So, if there are recipes that I know I’ll try at some point, then I’ll rip out the page and then recycle the rest.
This week I started with re-reading the Jan. 2013 issue and recycled it after pulling a few recipes from it. I feel lighter already. 🙂
