What does being organized have to do with being green? As we can attest from personal experience...plenty. Getting organized can help you take steps towards a more sustainable life, and we've got a roundup of some of our best tips to get you started...
When you're disorganized you:
- don't know how many magazines you get, or even which ones. Solution: the next time you receive one in the mail, call the subscriber and cancel it. Read it on Zinio instead.
- forgot to fill in your check register and bounced a check so not only are you overdrawn but the bank charged you for it. Solution: bank online or go one step further and sign up at Mint and keep your financial life, from investment accounts to the value of your car, in one place.
- can't remember if you have something, whether it's a certain piece of kitchen equipment, a pair of brown pants or dish soap, so you go out and buy a new one.
- don't have time to turn everything off before you leave the house; you often leave your computer on. Solution: plug everything into a power strip. You'll cut down on the amount of stuff you have to turn off.
Here are some tips to get you started:
[image from Shawn and Amy's Laurel Canyon Retreat]
Just make sure you power down your computer before you turn off the power strip. You could possibly screw up some programs and/or hardware if you do a hard shutdown like that. Better yet, get a laptop and just shut the lid when you leave to make it hibernate.
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