Throw these 70 things away

  As I’m busy decluttering my life I have come across many things that you should get rid of. This list below are items that create a messy look in your house and more often than not are not needed at all.

This has slowly but surely turned into a long list. you can tackle this list by focussing on throwing away one thing at a time on the list or you can throw away as you come across any of these things. I prefer to throw away as I go because walking around my house searching for items to throw away just sounds like a waste of time. Items with a star infant of them are things you should donate rather than just throw away.

So here goes:

1. Unused cell phone accessories
2. Old electronics instruction manuals
3. *Books you’ve already read and don’t have space for
4. Old university/ school books
5. Extra buttons that come with new clothes (you keep them because you think you “might” need them some day, but be honest have you every used them?)
6. Games or puzzles with missing pieces
7. Delete old unused documents and files off your computer
8. Delete unwanted itunes music (I don’t ever even listen to iTunes anymore as streaming music has become so big. I only use iTunes to store all my dancing music)
9. Delete old emails (get that inbox to 0 baby)
10. Unsubscribe from annoying emails (don’t just delete these)
11. Old bank statements
12. Old fortune cookie or sugar papers
13. *Promotional clothing you never wear (think t-shirts, caps, bags, etc)
14. *Hand-me-downs that you have been guilt tripped into keeping
15. Expired food
16. Christmas lights that don’t work
17. *Bleached towels
18. *Outdated clothes (don’t wait for them to come back in style, you’ll probably be too old to wear them then)
19. Old files and folders
20. Shopping bags
21. Old or broken decorations
22. Loyalty shopping cards you don’t use
23. Extra/unused mugs (any crockery for that matter)
24. Old herbs and spices
25. Old batteries
26. Used envelopes
27. Your kids old art work (scan these in so that you can keep the memory, only keep the really special pieces)
28. Ripped or broken clothes (if you keep promising yourself you will fix them and still haven’t, you never will)
29. Unused stationary, sticky notes, stickers, paper, etc
30. Random containers and jars (try to repurpose these to optimise storage in your house)
31. Old art supplies
32. Junk Mail
33. Tupperware without matching lids
34. Broken appliances or kitchen equipment
35. *Worn out shoes
36. *Old blankets and pillows
37. Handbags you don’t use
38. Broken electronics
39. Empty containers
40. Broken costume jewellery
41. Pens that don’t work
42. Laddered stockings
43. Socks with holes in them
44. Socks with a missing partner
45. Old underwear
46. Stained clothing
47. Old DVD’s
48. Old paper work or bills
49. Expired vouchers and coupons
50. Expired medication
51. Dried up nail polish
52. Expired condiments
53. Sample-size toiletries
54. Old make-up
55. Old toiletries
56. *Gifts you don’t like
57. *Clothes that don’t fit
58. *Scarves, hats, socks, and gloves that you don’t ever wear
59. * Old bras
60. *Kitchen utensils you don’t use
61. Hair accessories you don’t use
62. Hair elastics that no longer stretch
63. Bobby pins that have twisted
64. Magazines
65. Leftover small change
66. Receipts you don’t need
67. Scrap pieces of paper lying around
68. Cards with no sentimental value
69. Extra earring butterflies
70. Earrings without matching mates

So, if you come across any of these items in your house within the next month GET RID OF THEM! Recycle, bin, or donate. It doesn’t matter as long as they are no longer your property.