How many old magazines do you need?

It's probably true that there are some good articles or pictures or recipes or projects in that pile of magazines sitting dejectedly and slowly withering away over there on that shelf. But I am here to tell you that the probability of most of us going back to that stack on a regular basis is exactly zero. Truly. There are only two reasons to hang on to old magazines. (1.) someone in your home is an artist and actually uses magazines on a regular basis or (2.) someone reads them on a regular basis. 

Oh, but maybe they'll be worth something some day because how many old National Geographic magazines can there possibly be in the world? Well then by all means take them to a rare books person and find out for sure. But for the rest of us? Give them to an art teacher, sell them at Half Price Books, or donate them to an assisted living facility. Pack them up and be done with it. 

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