Here’s the latest on how I’m getting on with this project (see here and here for previous posts). For the most part I’ve been successful in completing the first few steps.
The main spring-clean of no longer needed subscriptions to newsletters and blogs is done, although this will be an ongoing exercise. In addition I’ve made use of the ‘rules’ function in Outlook to separate out unimportant reading material and notifications from social networking sites. I’m pleased to say this has dramatically cut down the number of emails collecting in my inbox and requiring attention.
The ‘one out before another one in’ policy has been put to the test! A few days ago I decided to join an online group providing a monthly teleclass and newsletter. It was very affordable, but that wasn’t the point! So I looked through my other paid subscriptions and found two that I didn’t mind cancelling.
There was another lesson here.
Have you ever found that low-cost subscriptions set up to take recurring payments by direct debit or via credit card, can continue almost unnoticed month after month? Because there isn’t such an impact on your bank account, you don’t cancel them as quickly as you would a higher cost subscription. I’ll bet if you take a look at your bank and credit card statements, you’ll find a recurring payment or two that could be stopped!
I didn’t get around to the third step from last week’s post, which was to make a list of all current & proposed projects, and prioritise them by ROI (return on investment). This is what I’ll be focusing on now and will let you know how it goes next week.
If this has been useful, or if you’d like to share your own tips to help me out, please leave a comment below!
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