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It's awfully easy to get overwhelmed with stuff-decorations, food, gifts, and more-around the holidays, and if you're not careful, too much stuff can become more and more clutter. To help keep the clutter from taking over in your kitchen-often the busiest room in the house-follow these quick 'n easy steps.
1. Take inventory: Unless you've compulsively organized all the cans, jars and bottles in your pantry, chances are that you've got some stuff you didn't know about (and stuff you don't need).
2. Set aside the duplicates: (and what you won't need this month). If you aren't making chili for 50, you don't need six cans of kidney beans, or 96 ounces of stewed tomatoes. Keep what you'll realistically use (c'mon now-you know you aren't going to put away all of that canned tuna) and separate out the rest.3. Donate to your local food bank: There are millions of hungry people who will thank you for donating what you don't need (just don't forget to check that your cans haven't expired).
And though holidays are typically donation centers' busiest time of year, this exercise should be repeated several times throughout the year; it'll help them stay stocked up in leaner months, and will insure you aren't harboring expired food. Find your local bank here.
Don't forget, you can do this in any room in your house, with your "unused" stacks of stuff going to Goodwill, the Salvation Army, or any handful of second-hand shops. This goes for your kids' toys, your old clothes, and even holiday decorations.
[Via ::Unclutterer]
Difficulty level: Easy
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