Comments on: Do You Keep All Of Your Magazine Back Issues?

By: David

David — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:10:00 +0000

Thanks Holly, and will check out your site!

By: David

David — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:09:37 +0000

Isn’t it fun?

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:38:59 +0000

Body + Soul, Yoga Journal, O, Real Simple, Domain–all magazines that share my mindset that “less is more,” yet all magazines that weigh down my bookshelves with their colorful spines and sage (but repetitive) advice.

In my own efforts to declutter, I’ve recently started finding new homes for my old collection, too. A year’s worth of Body + Soul made a lovely gift for a friend who was laid up in the hospital for a week.

I’m new to your site–and really loving what I’ve been reading. We’re definitely on the same path! You can find me talking about my own journey toward living a simple, organized, life at http://www.goodkarmahousekeeping.com.

By: David

David — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:57:47 +0000

Glad to be able to help get you organized!

By: SavvyChristine

SavvyChristine — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:00:21 +0000

Well, the answer is no (in response to your title, that is). But that’s not what I want to talk about. What I WANT to say is that I do believe you’ve convinced me about Evernote, and using expensive electronic devices to organize things, and scanning documents in, and the like. And also, I directed Mr. Savvy to your website this week (during our honeymoon, believe it or not), for the tutorial on how to link gmail accounts.

So! On to getting started. Thanks

By: marci

marci — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:06:18 +0000

Some are priceless – like Mother Earth News – any survival mags are kept forever. If the electric goes out I will not be able to access the electronic article, but I will the magazine pages.

Others – like crafting – are given to me. Before I continue passing them along, I pull out the one article I want to keep, or two, and stick it in the folder. Then I either pass it along, or give it to the grandkids for their cut and paste days or for their school projects.

By: Willum

Willum — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:26:30 +0000

I used to keep all my various music and hobby magazines, but I realised I only read them when sorting things out to move/tidy, so i have very few now. I’ve moved around quite a lot the last few years after finishing university, and I’m about to move again. Each time I move I cull more brutally than the last, and not only magazines, so eventually I will reduce my baggage.

I love the scanning idea, I will definitely be doing that with some of my remaining magazines me thinks.

By: Kiwi Chick

Kiwi Chick — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:47:20 +0000

I only subscribe to one magazine and buy one other infrequently. I recently went through my backlog and tore out the articles and recipes I wanted to keep and put them in binders. The unwanted bits then went into our recycling. It was nice to get rid of the pile! I should, of course, look at scanning the pages but haven’t quite got that organised yet.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:21:11 +0000

I keep ALL of my magazines and although I only have two different subscriptions it takes a lot of space. I just got a new bin to put them all in because they were taking up too much space in my book shelf and once I got new books I had no where to put them! The Evernote idea is a good one now I wish I would have kept mine. Reading this article makes me want to go organize them now. For people who do not have a scanner and don’t want loose papers flying all over their household it might also be a good idea to put them all in a folder. One folder of papers is better than 30 magazines right!

By: David

David — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:19:49 +0000

JK- that’s why I use Evernote – it’s in the cloud and on your desktop too