13 things you can get rid of * right nowfeatured
*Donate/recycle/share as much as possible before you “get rid of”, too!
Magazines. Look, either you’ve read them or they’re in a stack because you’re not gonna read them. Share these with collage-happy classrooms and carpool-bored parents alike. (But get them off your floor, please.)
Shopping bags. Why are these so hard to get rid of? Yes, they’re cute, and yes, they’re great for the environment, but there are only so many things we can tote around in a given week, you know? Keep seven of your favorite, donate the rest…and watch as three more enter your life this weekend.
Department store bags. This makes sense- to a point. After all, you probably spent enough money on something to warrant its own fancy bag…but unless you’re using these in the same capacity as a canvas tote (which you’re not, because= expensive product from store bag), recycle them, or start giving things away in them. (Maybe unread magazines to a pal?)
Pencils. Unless you’re actively proctoring an SAT exam in your living room while I type, I can guarantee that you’ve got too many pencils living at your house.
Half-empty shampoo bottles (…from those times you tried new products, didn’t super-duper like them, and proceeded to shove them in the back of your shower/bathroom closet/under-sink area).
Coffee mugs that a) you don’t know where they came from, b) you *do* know where they came from and it’s not a great memory, c) have chips or fading, d) you don’t absolutely love. Life is way too short for coffee mug ambivalence.
Towels with stains or frays. Unless you’ve got a slew of muddy puppies coming in out of the rain, share them with pet shelters! (And then take pictures, because #puppies and #kitties.)
Cords and chargers for electronics you haven’t owned since tiny backpacks were all the rage.
Kitchen utensils that you’ve never used, never liked, or never even realized were there until you/we took a good, hard look. (Why, tiny whisk, why.)
Throw pillows that don’t really do it for you anymore. (Here’s a low-stakes experiment: Remove two throw pillows from your couch and go about your day. Later on, check in with yourself and see if you missed them/if it doesn’t look just a li’l bit tidier without them, or if you had to remind yourself to even check back in. These are all “tells.”)
Sunscreen over a year old. (After the expiration date, it literally just becomes old, heavy moisturizer. Get rid of it!)
That pile of things in the corner of your kitchen that you keep meaning to fix. Especially since they’ve lived in that pile longer than anywhere else in your home.
Mismatched socks. (Hey, did you miss National Lost Sock Day yesterday? Yep, now you can grieve ’em and toss ’em- even a day late.)
Keep it going- what items are so easy to get rid of?
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