25 Things You Need To Throw Away Right Now

It’s like building an addition, only way cheaper.

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Am I the only one who feels like my house is shrinking? With everyone home all day every day, it seems like every surface, every drawer and every closet keeps getting smaller and smaller.

To fight the shrink, I’ve been spending part of every day culling the collection of stuff that we have accumulated over a decade of living in our house. Some things are tricky, like the framed watercolor paintings that my husband’s grandmother painted in the 1950s. Ugly, yes. Space for them, no. Get rid of them? Not sure.

But there are a lot of other things that will never be missed. I’ve been tossing them, donating them, recycling them and burning them and all that’s left in their wake is a feeling of space and calm.

It’s a little scary at first to get rid of something that might in some distant time and place have a purpose. But once you get started, it feels great.

So here’s the list. What are you waiting for?

25 Things You Won’t Regret Ditching:

1. Any bottles or jars in your fridge that are less than one inch full.
2. Any single socks in your drawers, your gym bag, the dryer or under your bed.
3. Any scratched…