| Opening or sending mail are part of the daily routine | | | | You may be getting magazines that you never have |
| and though they seem fast to do operations they may | | | | time to read, it is best to cancel the subscriptions, it will |
| take away much of your time if you allow them too. | | | | only take you a few minutes. To reduce the number |
| No matter how small a task, you should perform it in | | | | of unsolicited mails, check the Direct Marketing |
| an organized way. | | | | Association's website: This site gives you the possibility |
| Set yourself a place where you always open the mail, | | | | to ask that you are taken off the mailing lists so that, |
| having a letter opener, wastebasket and a shredder at | | | | for example, you don't receive credit offers or certain |
| your disposal. Don't throw away an envelope before | | | | catalogs anymore. |
| checking that the return address information is | | | | The U.S. Postal Service offers you the possibility to |
| enclosed in the letter. Group the letters into categories | | | | print postage from your PC. Instead of going to the |
| and use a different container for each. You can make | | | | post office, you can save your gas money and time |
| categories depending on the domain they are | | | | by printing mailing labels and stamps at home. Just use |
| concerned with - professional, personal, bills - or their | | | | the internet and visit for that. |
| urgency level - to deal with today or by the end of the | | | | Buying mail organizing aids is a good investment. |
| month. Don't postpone answering letters that only take | | | | Included here are: shredder, basket or recycling bin, |
| you a couple of minutes since leaving the writing job | | | | baskets or in-trays labeled according to categories - |
| for much later might involve having to write a longer | | | | "bills", "urgent", "not urgent" - and stacking cubes for |
| response. | | | | mailing supplies. |