![]() ![]() I have two houseplants, and they have pots. I also got rid of my houseplant potting supplies. We haven’t washed a car at home for more than 10 years. Last year I eliminated car washing supplies. As you go through your garage this spring, see if there is one category you can eliminate. We store stuff used for current and past hobbies in our garages. At the end of the month, call or email each company and ask to be taken off its mailing list. Set aside a box for all of the B-list magazines and catalogs that arrive for one month. As you get catalogs in the mail, immediately recycle all those that are not on your list. How many magazines and catalogs do you look forward to reading when they arrive? Make a list of your favorites. Many food pantries will take cleaners that have been opened. Collect all the cleaning supplies you never use and donate them. I like to buy different cleaners that I see advertised, but when I start cleaning, I use the same few cleaners in most situations, not the specialty cleaners. I have an affinity for household cleaners. When samples are handed to me, I almost never take one, unless I will try it that same day. Have a sample party, try things you are curious about, and donate the rest. Samples become reminders of opportunities you didn’t take advantage of. Free is for me! But the odds of using that freebie are slim. Getting a “free” shampoo sample at the hotel or store feels good. And the few times I use them did not justify keeping the boxes of samples I never tried. I once thought I would use travel-size shampoos and one-time-use beauty samples. This rule will keep your linen closet in check. We really need only the set of sheets already on our bed and a back-up set per bed. We often keep older bedding just in case someone gets sick or we have company. In almost every home I have organized, the linen closet holds every set of bedsheets that the owners have ever purchased. This is all I need if the item has to be repaired. When I purchase new items that come with manuals and warranties, I staple the receipt to the warranty and tear off the top page of the manual, which shows the model number and name of the item. Now I save one of each type of cord and discard the rest.Īlmost all manuals are now available online. As you come across electronics you are no longer using, ask yourself, “ Why am I saving them?”Īlong with older electronics, we save cords of all kinds “just in case.” I was guilty of this as well. Why? If the old one worked, I wouldn’t have replaced it. Whenever I bought a new TV, phone, or kitchen appliance, I used to hang on to the old one. It won’t take long, and you will add a few more steps to your pedometer! Or, leave your cart near the checkout line, and run out to your car to get the reusable bags. If you do forget your reusable bags when you go to the store, ask for paper instead of plastic bags, and put the brown paper bags in your recycling bin. Purchase five to 10 reusable grocery bags and keep them in the trunk of your car so you don’t forget them at home when you’re food shopping. Is this the year you go green? Gather up all your plastic grocery bags and return them to the store for recycling. See how many you can make disappear - permanently. Here are 10 kinds of clutter just begging for new rules. How to organize your life once and for all? Eliminate the stuff and make some new rules, so the clutter doesn’t pile up again throughout the year. As I walk through my house, my piles of stuff “talk back to me,” reminding me of all the things left unresolved. ![]() But, despite my best efforts to purge each spring, the clutter manages to sneak back in.Īs items accumulate, our mental clutter increases as well. The physical release, space created, and sense of accomplishment are priceless. There is nothing like the feeling you get after decluttering a space. ![]()
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