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30 Things You Can Toss Today

No hard decisions. Nobody has ever missed these.

When I am not in the mood to declutter, I start here. These are the freebies. No emotions, no second guessing, one bin bag.

The sheet, in text

Kitchen

  • Expired food and spices
  • Containers with no lid
  • Chipped mugs
  • Takeout sauce packets
  • Warped pans

Bathroom

  • Expired medicine
  • Dried-up nail polish
  • Hotel minis
  • Stretched hair ties
  • Old toothbrushes

Closet

  • Single socks
  • Stretched underwear
  • Wire hangers
  • Shoes that hurt
  • Clothes with stains

Desk and tech

  • Dead pens
  • Mystery cables
  • Old phone cases
  • Manuals for things you sold
  • Expired cards

Living areas

  • Old magazines
  • Burnt-out candles
  • Broken decorations
  • Games missing pieces
  • Dead batteries

Paper

  • Junk mail
  • Expired coupons
  • Old receipts
  • Takeout menus
  • Used-up notebooks

What I would actually use for this

Do the sheet first. If you still need something afterwards, these are the ones from my own shortlist that fit this job.

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