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30 Days to a better man<br />
your pens that have run out of ink. Get every last piece of unusable<br />
clutter out of your life.<br />
4. Sort through your stuff. As you work through each section, take<br />
everything item by item and decide whether you’re going to keep it<br />
or which bag it goes into: trash, sell, or donate. Here’s some advice on<br />
how to make that decision:<br />
• Books. Go book by book and ask yourself if you’re ever going to<br />
read it or read it again. Be honest here. Don’t keep a book because<br />
it makes you feel smart while deep down you know there’s no<br />
way you’re going to read it. Books aren’t accessories or decorative<br />
pieces. Also, keep in mind that if you get rid of a book and then<br />
regret it, you can always check it out from the library or buy it<br />
used for $2 on Amazon or at a used book store. This is not a life<br />
or death decision, so err on the side of uncluttering.<br />
Take the books you don’t want and put them for sale on sites<br />
like Amazon or half.com. Or take them to you local used bookstore.<br />
If you can’t sell them, donate them to the library.<br />
• Clothes and miscellaneous items. Go through your clothes and<br />
other stuff piece by piece. Ask yourself this question as you hold<br />
each item, “Is this something I have used/worn in the past year?”<br />
If you haven’t, then get rid of it. We often hold onto stuff<br />
because we think we’re going to need it “someday.” But if you<br />
haven’t used something in a year, you’re probably never going to<br />
use it, and it will just end up taking up space in your house. Even<br />
if you would end up using it 10 years from now, the cost/benefit<br />
analysis of lugging that thing around for the next decade just<br />
doesn’t make sense.<br />
When you make this decision, be quick. Don’t mull over it too<br />
much. The more you mull, the more likely you’ll hold onto it.<br />
Remember, if you hesitate at all, you probably don’t need it. You<br />
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