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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]-Stop asking “do I need this?” and instead ask “can I live without this item? If I did not have this item what would I use instead?”

-get rid of any non-seasonal item you haven’t used in 3 months.

-get rid of any holiday/seasonal item you did not use the previous season.

-don’t get bogged down with the best place to sell or donate your crap. If it’s quick and easy to sell or donate, fine. But otherwise just trash it so you don’t lose momentum/motivation. The real goal is to get decluttered so that you feel the reward and don’t seek new stuff. It’s a pattern shift. [/quote]

What if you can't get past the idea of throwing everything in the trash? I'm not a hoarder by any means, am basically organized, but when faced with the detritus of modern living, I hate to think of it sitting in a landfill. [/quote]

If it is clean, and functional, then just donate it if you don't want to take the time to sell it.

If it isn't- if it "could be cleaned up" or "someone could fix it and then use it" but you can't do it right now - then effectively YOUR home has become the landfill. Don't let your house be the dumping place for junk you can't clean and fix.  You can offer it up for free on Buy Nothing or on your curb "Free to a good home - needs repair!" but if no one wants it free that's because it is junk.

Send it to the landfill if you can't recycle it. And resolve to stop buying so much junk in the future.

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