Unwanted Catalogs

What to do with unwanted catalogs? I have always had two romantic visions of what I would do with these invasions of my mailbox.

1. Art – I will make collages or some form of paper art and become a self-sustaining paper artist that works only with found objects.

2. Leisure – I will sit down with a glass of wine and flip through the pages of all the catalogs, ordering up whatever suits my fancy.

As you have probably already guessed, neither of these is going to happen any time soon. So into the recycling bin they go!

I think back in 1999 I bought a pair of hiking boots from the Campmor catalog and they ended up not fitting me very well, a bit too tight in the toe area. Due to my busy lifestyle, I never got around to returning them so now my sister-in-law wears them when she is walking her very cute dog, Roxy.

I’m okay with all of that. I am happy to live my busy life and go to work each day to help plan D2E. To be honest, considering how seldom I actually go shopping, it is a real treat for me and I like to go into the stores to feel the fabrics, flip through the books or sit on the furniture. Call me old-fashioned, but I love the experience. So if you are like me and each time you get a catalog in the mail it goes directly into the recycling bin – I have news for you. Catalog Choice is an on-line service that will cancel all of your catalogs for you. When I get a catalog in the mail I rip off the address info where my customer number is. Then I log into Catalog Choice, find the catalog that I want to cancel, put the information in and before you can say “recycling is fun but consuming less is bettah” I am done.

Hope this tip helps!

Tags: Consume less, paper, recycle