once and for all? Eliminate the stuff and make some new rules, so the clutter doesn’t pile up again throughout the year. Here are 10 kinds of clutter just begging for new rules. See how many you can make disappear — permanently.Is this the year you go green? Gather up all your plastic grocery bags and return them to the store for recycling. 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.
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. Or, leave your cart near the checkout line, and run out to your car to get the reusable bags. It won’t take long, and you will add a few more steps to your pedometer!Whenever I bought a new TV, phone, or kitchen appliance, I used to hang on to the old one. Why? If the old one worked, I wouldn’t have replaced it.
Getting a “free” shampoo sample at the hotel or store feels good. Free is for me! But the odds of using that freebie are slim. Samples become reminders of opportunities you didn’t take advantage of. They can make us feel bad. Have a sample party, try things you are curious about, and donate the rest. When samples are handed to me, I almost never take one, unless I will try it that same day. There is freedom in saying no to free!I have an affinity for household cleaners. 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. Collect all the cleaning supplies you never use and donate them.
I also got rid of my houseplant potting supplies. I have two houseplants, and they have pots. Enough said.I used to sew ripped clothing, replace missing buttons, and go the extra mile to remove set-in stains. Now I send mending to the dry cleaner, and I replace stained and ripped clothing. I no longer have a mending pile.
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