Thursday, May 8, 2008

Did you take out the trash?

Great!

An important skill you need to learn to keep your life from becoming cluttered is throwing away (or recycling) things that are truly garbage.

Here's a short list of things that you can get rid of this week. These things are trash and are burdens to you. Get rid of them:

  • newspapers (recycle)
  • chipped dinner plates (trash)
  • socks with holes (I recycle them into one-time use rags)
  • hand or body lotion with a scent you dislike (throw in trash if over 1 year old; otherwise, see if your co-workers want them)
  • pens that don't write (trash)
  • scissors that don't cut (trash)
  • glue that's dried out (trash)
  • expired medications (trash--you may be able to recycle the bottles. Keep pets and kids safe! Don't let them get into medications and cleaning supplies!)
  • eye makeup older than 6 months (trash)
  • computer manual from 2 computers ago (might be recyclable--check around)
  • more than two current phone books (recycle)
  • broken video or computer game controller (trash)
  • scratched CD's that you tried to repair (trash)
  • CD scratch remover gadget that didn't work (trash)
There's a short little list. See if you have a few of those things hanging around and get rid of them. You are un-burdening your life!