Benefits!
So I’m not “benefits eligible” in my job. I still get fabulous benefits. Ready access to spiritual advice, close proximity to church - you name it! And sometimes the advice is just plain practical, too.

As I picked up orange juice carton stoppers and one of those plastic security rings from a gallon of milk from off the kitchen counter, I remembered a piece of advice that our pastor passed along to us over lunch. When it comes to dealing with paper work and other things, remember the acronym OHIO...

OHIO: Only Handle It Once. When you sort through your mail, do you tend to look at everything once, and then leave it all in a pile, perhaps opening one or two things of interest? Then when you need to pay bills, you have to look at everything a second time in order to pull out your statements. Later, you may go through the same pile a third time to find a program flyer or the one credit card offer in which you might be interested? What a hassle! Only handle things once. When you sort your mail, sort it into bills, items to file/keep, items to pursue (put them on your to-do list) and recycling. You can likewise triage your email and telephone messages.

That’s darned good advice. And you can apply it to yogurt lids, bottle tops and a billion other household items. I’ve mentioned it to the family. But it hasn’t caught on. I’ll keep trying.