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These ideas worked for me:



Tell people you are going to give them clothes before you tackle the closet. For example, my friend and I have been dieting and working out. She went down to a size 8, and I went down to a six. Most of the stuff in my closet is already a six, (it was just too tight for a few months, now it fits) I told her that I would give her my size eight shorts. Then, as I was going through my closet I was looking for stuff to give her. I made a special stack for her. I… Continue

Donate/Trash/Give to girlfriends:



10- old food from pantry - a big trash bag full

11- an old wooden vhs tape holder that I stuck boxes of freezer bags in to prop them up (totally unnecessary why did I do this?)

12- empty ceramic holder that used to hold wooden spoons

13- broken remote control helicopter (2 of these)

14- big stack of PTA brochures about your child and video games that I never passed out (we all know what they say)

15- portable CD… Continue

First of all, I'm not a pack rat. I purge all the time, but there are always a few piles of school paperwork, kids art work, and random items. This book is helping me tackle them. Very cool.



A funny issue we have is my husband gets the worst gifts from his family. The useless stuff, like page a day calendars with pictures of Ireland, those metal chinese puzzles that you have to take apart (he's been getting those for 25 years - he had never enjoyed them (WHY DO THEY KEEP GIVING THEM… Continue

Bedroom

1- Old bathing suits

2- Bad underwear

3- shorts that are too small and too high waisted

4- 3 handbags that I don't need

5- old pajamas

6- old shoes- just one pair- there are a few more to go

7- mismatched socks

Kitchen

8- old dressing bottles from fridge

9- donate heavy popcorn bowls tat we'll never use to school carnival



Mental clutter -



Stop making excuses, and running interference for teenage son with my husband… Continue