Space Treat: It Pays to Open Your Mail. Literally.

Seems like as far back as I can remember, a common inaction among my wonderful clients, is that they just don't open their mail. For whatever reason (and there are many), they let it pile up on counter tops, boxes, drawers and even in shopping bags. I know some of you out there are relating.

Trust me, I really do understand how overwhelming dealing with mail is. Although it's quite easy for me and does actually give me a great sense of accomplishment, I deeply understand how painful it can be for you and my clients so I write this with complete and genuine empathy.

The good news is, I've never met a client who didn't feel complete and euphoric relief after we finally plowed them out of a shopping bag or two filed with rather dated mail.

Over and over while organizing with clients I find the most amazing things buried in these mail mountains. Once I had a client who had gone through all the trouble of submitting to her health insurance company for reimbursements yet was too overwhelmed to open the mail. Much to her surprise, when we finally did she found thousands of dollars of medial reimbursements!

And just this week another client, Dr. Debra Condren, author and founder of AmbitionIsNotADirtyWord.com opened her cell phone bill that she pays for her niece to find that it had been charged an extra $300! After a quick chat with the cell phone provider, she was able to get that $300 credited back to her account and made another $600 by having a new family plan retroactively applied to her account. If she hadn't opened her mail, she would never have discovered the overcharge let alone thought to call the provider for a new plan. It really does pay to open your mail. A session to organize your mail, paper and finances with us could practically pay for itself!

Go open your mail… now.

Space-taculary,
Erica
www.TheSpacialist.com
212.924.4383

Posted March 10, 2009, filed in How I de-cluttered, Clutter Control Products, Clutter Hacks