Adver­tis­ing is part of life in this world (unless you live really off the beaten path — and if you’re read­ing this, you most likely aren’t).

We get a packet of junk mail every Wednes­day. With­out fail, I spend about three min­utes sort­ing through the pile. Some weeks, I think I should just toss it all in the recy­cle bin before even look­ing at it. But I go through it any­way, to set out the super­mar­ket fly­ers for Heather and to see if there are any other trea­sure await­ing. Most of the time there aren’t.

Take­away: What things can you cut out of your rou­tines to save time? And to save men­tal energy, be it how­ever small an amount?

And by the way, happy new year!!