I have a problem with magazines. I love them. I have subscriptions. I have stacks. I have more stacks.
Mostly my problem is that I don’t have time. Or uninterrupted time. I never seem to have enough time to get them read. I have a bunch lying around that are folded over so that I know I’ve read at least part of it. But I never seem to get them finished.
*sigh
I need to weed out a bunch, recycle, donate, use for crafts, whatever. I just need to get rid of about 150 and then I can work with it. The above stack is just those within reach of my laptop.
But the other half of my problem is that I just can’t toss them. I feel obligated to read them. And mostly from cover to cover. Even if the article isn’t really all that appealing to me. I have gotten a tiny bit better about skipping over some parts, but I still cannot just get rid of one that I haven’t read. Even if it is a Time from 2 months ago. How can I care that much about news that is old?
*sigh
So this week, I’ve decided I am going to “read” at least 1 magazine a day. Maybe I skim and discard. Maybe I read cover to cover. Maybe I go through a whole stack in an afternoon. Whatever it is, there must be at least 1 magazine in the recycle tub at the end of each day. For at least this week.
Are you feeling me?
Hopefully I do more than one and hopefully I keep it up past these 7 days, but I’m trying to not overwhelm myself with too many intentions at one time.
And I plan to whittle down my subscriptions this year.
Though I just ordered a lot around Christmas.
*sigh
I have a serious problem.
(and just ignore the tear in the seat of my barstool)
haha…yea. i think that would be a problem.. I guess you’ll only truly have time to read magazines when your kids have all grown; once again, like my mum, haha.
Oh, and I recycled at least 5 yesterday.
Good intention! I have done much better about not renewing my subscriptions…I miss not having a ton around, but now we’re down to four and once the new issue is in, I finish up the old issue and recycle (well, at least finish it by Tuesday morning when the recycling is picked up)!
I would love to get to where you are. I’m tempted to just grab stacks and toss them in the recycling without looking at them at all.
In my defense, the Detective also has a magazine problem.
Keep those magazines, one day, ONE day, whe you’re totally free, read them all. by the way, my mum has the same problems too.
Oh Shardhana, could you imagine if I saved them all for 5+ years? I’d have to buy a bigger house!