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How To Manage Your Mail.(an interview With Donna Smallin)(Interview)
Byline: INTERVIEWS BY CARA LITKE AND BROOKE LE POER TRENCH
An Interview With Donna Smallin
Smallin is an organizational expert and author of The One-Minute Cleaner (Storey Publishing) .
Telling someone who struggles with a mountain of mail to "just open it" is about as effective as telling a kid with ADD to "just behave." Fortunately, there are strategies for efficiently sorting the good stuff from the junk and keeping it all in order.
Avoid pileups. When you walk through the door with a stack of mail, get in the habit of going through it right away instead of piling it on the kitchen counter. It takes about three minutes, and it's far easier to keep up with it on a daily basis than to play catch-up on the weekends.
Toss as you go. Open your mail next to a large recycling bin, throwing out any junk, envelopes, and unwanted catalogs as you go. Put anything with an account number and name on it through a shredderthe possibility of identity theft means that everyone should have one these days. For $50, you can get a good model that takes six or seven pieces of paper at a time and cross-cuts documents (rather than slicing them into long strips).
Give everything a home. Have a drop zonelike a basket or magazine holderfor catalogs you want to keep, but store only the most recent issues. ...
- `Organizing Plain & Simple' by Donna Smallin; Storey Books.(The Dallas Morning...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Maza, Mike August 21, 2002 700+ words
...sustain the self-help industry: Getting organized could save us lots of time if only we had lots of time to get organized. Donna Smallin's practical, economy-minded book won't put that problem to rest. But she's done a nice job of soaking up everything...
- `Organizing Plain & Simple' by Donna Smallin; Storey Books ($16.95).
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) August 15, 2002 700+ words
...sustain the self-help industry: Getting organized could save us lots of time if only we had lots of time to get organized. Donna Smallin's practical, economy-minded book won't put that problem to rest. But she's done a nice job of soaking up everything...
- Americans Plan to 'Lighten Up' This Summer; -- Beverages Like Minute Maid...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 18, 2004 700+ words
...too many commitments simply add to the challenge," said Donna Smallin, organizing expert and author of Organizing Plain &...satisfying almonds as a snack food and a salad topper. From Donna Smallin: -- Set up clutter collectors where things naturally tend...
- Scanning the numbers.(top sellers)(List)
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly October 9, 2006 700+ words
...Organizer Storey 19,000 Plain and Simple by Publishing, Donna Smallin Sept. 2004 2 Better Homes and Meredith, 11,000 Gardens...busy. People Plain and Simple by have more and more stuff. Donna Smallin They're looking for expert advice on how to reconcile the...
- Mops with cool moves.
- News wire article from: Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) May 21, 2007 700+ words
...northwest Clovis, Calif. "There are just so many now." Standing in the mop aisle, he counted at least eight options. Donna Smallin, a Mesa, Ariz., author of cleaning and organizing books, says these disposable products have revolutionized how we clean...
- Mops with cool moves: Disposable or washable pads are convenient.
- News wire article from: Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) May 17, 2007 700+ words
...store in northwest Clovis. "There are just so many now." Standing in the mop aisle, he counted at least eight options. Donna Smallin, a Mesa, Ariz., author of cleaning and organizing books, says these disposable products have revolutionized how we clean...
- Out With the Old, The Outdated, The Ill-Fitting, The Annoying.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 2, 2003 700+ words
...and forgotten crock pots, trashing junk mail. But we need a plan. Tuhy says that...Books, 309 pp., $16.95), writer Donna Smallin has polled professional organizers and...thing she found is that an overstuffed e-mail in-basket can be just as discouraging...
- Peel, Kathy. The Family Manager Takes Charge: Getting on the Fast Track to a...
- Magazine article from: Library Journal Poquette, Bonnie November 1, 2003 700+ words
...family life make the text easy to read, while her liberal use of sidebars and lists makes it both useable and browsable. Donna Smallin's Organizing Plain & Simple is a fine alternative where Peel's books have not been in demand. Recommended...
- Tips lighten household drudgery.
- News wire article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) July 16, 2007 700+ words
...courtesy of "The One-Minute Cleaner Plain & Simple" by Donna Smallin, "No Time to Clean!" by Don Aslett and Mary Ellen Pinkham...Media Services International at +1-213-237-7987 or e-mail tmsi@tribune.com. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup...
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- Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) August 18, 2002 700+ words
...LEADING A SPARTAN LIFE: Bookworks is hosting these two book/author events this week.... Clutter got you disorganized? Donna Smallin will give a demonstration on solving clutter and sign copies of her new book "Organizing Plain & Simple: A Ready...
