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Love what you said..."money was wasted when you bought the product, not when you get rid of it." ❤ Thanks.

I like how you mentioned to cut up hair ties so birds don't get stuck in them.

"It's time to let go of the guilt that you feel about that, because your guilt isn't going to change what has happened, and it's ok to let those things go." So impactful!

Veterinary hospitals will happily take old towels. Animals are messy and they go through so many towels every day.

I did a big declutter today of my sentimental things from my child/teenhood. My criteria was getting rid of anything that not only had bad memories attached to them, but also things that made me feel weird. It feel so good to have exercised those demons, lol

Re: car sickness. What works for me is sitting up front - and what *really* works for me is driving. Your boys are still little, but let them know there is a solution! In a few years they can sit up front/drive and it'll help *so* much. Also look out of the window the whole time. Don't read/look at devices at all in the car. But I'm sure you've probably figured that one out already. Good luck to your boys! Motion sickness is awful.

This really reminded me how much staying on the minimal side is about continuosly going through stuff and getting rid of it

Small toys, that are still in good condition, but also stuff like those cute erasers or stickers, you could collect in a box and hand out on Halloween instead of candy. The Kids could simply take what they'd like and the rest can still be donated. Yes, I know, it will sit in a box somewhere in the home until then, but it is an option and kids will gonna end up with a lot of candy anyways.

Centipedes 😮😮😮. Yeah that's all the encouragement i need to get rid of boxes, thanks!

It broke my heart giving baby things away when my oldest was about 4, but I did it anyway. Gave to a foster mom. Later, I found water damage and mice with the things I did keep. I was so glad I gave away what I did!

Nursing homes also will take toiletry samples, books, DVDs, magazines, etc. in the US, the Lions Clubs accept donations of used eyeglasses. (Sometimes eye dr offices will have a repository for the lions club). A good place to donate used linens, towels, sheets, etc. are wildlife rehabilitation facilities. (The animals don’t care if they are stained!) They always need those types of donations. Thanks so much for your videos! Keep ‘em coming!

Don’t be embarrassed by your back situation. As a nurse who worked in orthopedics for a time, it takes one wrong move to cause back injury. Good posture and proper lifting are SUPER important. Even if all we are doing is picking up paper off the floor, it’s better to squat than to bend. This can happen to anyone.

My bedroom is my happy place. I have knick knacks, artificial plants and flowers, decorative jewelry tree, Himalayan lamp, charger cords, books, Bible, journal, etc. I don’t want my bedroom to look sterile. For me the bathroom has to be decluttered at all times. I love watching many videos for ideas for all my spaces.

I threw my back out when I was 30. How? Picking up a hanger. A FREAKING HANGER!!! It was weak for well over a year, and I kept throwing it out over and over... some of my favorites were while sneezing, and while brushing my teeth. I started sitting on a stability ball instead of a chair at work (recommended by my chiropractor), and I've had nearly zero issues with it since (I'm 42 now). I can't imagine my back miraculously became invincible as I aged, so I'm sure the ball is a factor. My primary care doctor said it's because the constant balancing (which I don't even have to think about anymore) keeps my core strong.

ORANGE TIC TACS!!!! Work instantly for car sickness… and less trash😉

I think my biggest problem for decluttering in 2024 is my scarcity mindset. Especially after coming out of a high year of inflation that seems never-ending. I m really trying hard to limit my spending by shopping my home this year.

Every time I stop for gas, I clean out the car. People look at me funny, but my car has so little clutter in it. I cleaned off my counters and found a moldy pepper. I just bought hand and body lotion.

😂😂 I SO understand throwing out your back doing absolutely nothing. Usually mine is sleeping or turning wrong. 😂😂

My oddly specific clutter is old plastic tubs that might come in useful as seed trays/pots for propagating plants

- Bags of donations sitting around -- Guilty! - Unnecessary extra wallet -- Guilty! - Keeping pretty bottles -- Guilty! 😅 - Multiple sets of measuring spoons -- So Guilty 😆 - Stretched out hair ties -- Yes! lol I've also developed such a sensitivity to mainstream candles in recent years that I did get rid of some last year, but am thinking I could definitely pare down even further. Thanks for the reminder! Really appreciate this list as it reveals how every single item truly does add up! Also you're right, I do feel loads better knowing that you, our ultra minimalist friend, still encounter and struggle a bit with such things 😉 This video gave me exactly the momentum I needed to consolidate a few blankets and pillows and even reorganize our spare closet! Now it is so much more functional and we can see what we're actively using as well as items we haven't used that could probably be given away. Thanks so much for a push in the right direction!

A nice thing about the small keychain cards- I dropped my keys once and someone turned them in to the library, who called me to come get them!

..... When I tell you I just ripped off a calendar that I had on my kitchen wall, while listening to this video, that I have ignored literally for the past 3 years!!!??? ... It was a 2021 calendar 🤣🤣🤣 Gone! Omgness lol

We have a sticker book. Irs just a compasition note book but when my son comes hom with stuckers he likes to stick them in the notebook. Gives it a home and is fun for him. Just a suggestion if somone needs a sticker solution for a kid that likes them.

I kept my old nightguard for years! I couldn't wear it because my teeth had shifted, but I held onto it because it was expensive.

You had me at tip #1. What is it that makes us empty box aficionados? 🧐"This could be useful some day." Right. I have decluttered them. Thank you! ❤

We have been doing this in our house. My father just recently passed away. The house he was in has been in our family for a while. 5 generations worth of stuff. We took little bits we wanted. Then hired a person to clear out the rest. It was a tough emotional thing.

For car sickness, get an old ice cream bucket (good excuse for a treat) a gallon I believe but it's the ones with a handle and lid and put some small trash bags or plastic grocery bags in the bottom as extras and then line the bucket. Close the lid. Ready to grab just in case there's an "event" and the bag can be tied off and lid put on for odor control until you can dump it.

I liked it when you told us that you tend to save boxes. I tend to save jars and food containers. I decluttered them a while ago, but now they are "appearing" in my cabinet again! I guess we all have something we tend to hold on to.

Yep I have a box addiction too. I have no problem decluttering the crap that came in the boxes but actually get rid of the box…nooooo😮😂

😂I would have the opposite choice with the waffle maker. I live alone now that my family’s grown, and had to declutter my large waffle iron for a mini one that only makes 1 waffle for me.

I did a major clean out of our bathroom 2 weeks ago--there are just two of us and we had two grocery bags for the trash and half a bag of stuff to donate! I even got rid of my curling iron, I realized that it had been so long since I had used it, I didn't remember, so it was time for it to go. The part that really cracked me up were how many boxes that were almost empty that were taking up so much space--a Bandaid box, a back cream box, etc. We have so much space now and everything has a place again. And I didn't think it had been that long since I'd done it!

Probably falls under duplicates, but TEAPOTS!! My ex used to collect teapots, and at one point we had six different pots, but we only used one since all of the other ones were too small 😅 When we split up I gladly let him have them all, bought one that I love and I’ve never missed any of the cute tiny ones from his collection.

I am 26 now and have been car sick my whole life, literally. Mom told me it started from the age of 2 (when they started travelling with me) onwards. There was nothing on the more 'natural' side that helped and believe me when I say, I've tried it all - from acupressure, specific food, oils, nothing. Not even sitting in the front seat, opening windows to get some fresh air, frequent stops, ... Only prescription-free pills for travel sickness helped me. I take one half an hour before the ride and I'm good to go wherever and for as long as it takes 😄 what I've noticed is that I am always car sick when roads are twisted, like in my home country. Where I currently live (Germany) highways (Autobahn) are, as I believe you've seen when living here, for the most part straight. For as long as I'm here (6 years), I was never, not even once, car sick. I can even eat when travelling, which was impossible before because I'd throw up everything, so I'd starve for hours, and when we reach our destination I would be so tired and exhausted I couldn't and wouldn't eat, only sleep. I would advise you to get those pills and save both you and your kids any pain and suffering. I know how it feels like, I feel sorry for all of you, it is not easy 😶 take care ❤️

I have an obscene box collection. I have recently downsized from my ‘box room’ to my ‘box area’. Bags too! All sizes and shapes. With and without handles. Mall bags and shopping bags. Ugh. I do have too many bags. But I’ll say this. I’ll never just get ‘rid’ of them. I’ve been grateful that I have all those boxes as well as packaging supplies like bubble wrap to use for items in and for my donation boxes! I get rid of the boxes for sure…but not until they’re full. 😊🎉 Bye stuff!! 👋🏼 😊

A tip: I have all of my membership cards in an app on my phone. Got rid of all the physical ones. Saves so much space.

For dry and cracked hands try O’Keeffes in the jar. It really helped me. A little goes a long way. Thank you for your solutions and recommendations. They are helpful.

Even if the return window has expired. if the item is new and you have the reciept, or you're just unhappy with its quality / function, go to the store anyways and ask to return it. Most of the time, if you're nice to them, the store employees will be able to help you, at least exchanging it for a giftcard if not cash.

You can donate old glasses to the Lion's Club. They take old used glasses and use the glass to make glasses for those in need.

I wouldnt say this is oddly specific or guilt free but still a good list for the basics that cover on most decluttering lists. People hold on to things for just in case and lots of those are that. Maybe really old pillows, socks with holes, things with a broken zipper/closure, unusable broken gadgets are some good ones

What I do with cardboard boxes is break them down and put them on end in a larger box. Once the larger box is filled, any more boxes coming in get recycled. I don’t keep multiples of similar size boxes. I keep boxes because my favorite donation place wants stuff sorted into boxes that close and I have masses of stuff to donate as I work through piles and piles of stuff.

i injured my neck, looking in a mirror. i was 20 and in the military. it can happen to anyone at anytime. thank you for being your authentic self. we desperately need more of that 💛

I love your Pink Floyd T-Shirt!

Thanks for putting my mind at ease about getting rid of things that are not good for the earth so I'd rather keep it in the house for guilt of it existing...🤦🏽‍♀️

21:30 Small pans work great for a countertop toaster oven. I would highly recommend using toaster ovens over microwaves and your main oven. It’s so much better for reheating without over cooking, and it is more energy efficient than the larger oven.

Re: Cracked hands. I recently discovered that hyaluronic acid (the basic serum you put on your face) works wonders for my dry hands and it has even strengthened my nails. I do a lot of dish washing by hand. I put on a couple of drops for both hands, then add regular moisturizer on them (optional- it's the HU that does the healing work).

I honestly live like you at home - my Mum and Dad use to buy at Garage Sales as well - I have been learning to declutter as well.

I am de-cluttering my room and attempting to bring in the spring season. Winter is gone! Spring is here. I am trying to not spend a penny more this May over $100.

Keep a pair of cheapo swim goggles in kitchen utensil drawer to use when chopping onions if youre doin a " big batch" of something. Especially if you are a mascara- wearer

I literally just spent 2 hours removing the sticker off of a beautiful amber jar that my fantasy self will make use of. NOT 🙃 Thanks Marrisa for the reminder that it's just clutter that I will have to manage if I keep it ❤

For car sickness, do not look out the side windows - it makes it worse as the picture rapidly changes. Look straight ahead. If they have to sit in the back, middle seat is best. Dramamine does help but I understand not wanting to take it on a regular basis. Caffeine tends to help as well. Hope they outgrow this, my daughter was car sick until 11-12 but seems ok now. I am still trying to outgrow it :)

Oh man, I love boxes too. I really want to make cat castles, and sell stuff in the mail.

Oh man-- the centipedes in NJ! I lived there for a year and a half in my early 20's and I do not miss those creepy guys. Also, my thumbs crack in the winter, too, and I threw my back out once picking up a shirt. 🙄 Thank you for this very practical list!!

Boxes and pretty bottles-oh man, we must be sisters from another Mister! 😁 I feel like these are both tied to the creative drive to me. I just need to work on my current hobbies, not fantasize about how to turn everything into sth else. 🙄 Love your cake stand hack.

I too have a box addiction as well. Yep I am trying to figure out what I need to keep for a move

A few things that end up piling up around my house are gardening pots, seeds and potting soil, etc. Also, I always end up with cords or chargers that got separated from the item they go with. I don't want to throw them out until I either connect them with the item and donate together or am sure they are not going to be needed!

I’m glad you mentioned cutting hair ties! I also cut the circular pull tabs inside milk cartons (or anything else circular). Also cut up mesh fruit bags really well.

ohhh dear you mentioned the holiday decor omg i so wanna throw that all away ughh!! I mean putting it up taking it down storing it for next time ughh NO thanks. You are the best decluttering lady on the planet. 😁

That's my 3rd comment here haha but this video is so long, that's good tho :D I just wanted to tell my idea for that part 38:13 product that disappoint me - I recently took a box and gathered all products that I have but don't use, and I gradually try to use them, and it works perfect. I had a box full of stuff a month ago. Now it's half empty. I am smiling with every empty box I can toss. And I remind myself of that box every time I want to buy something...and how hard it was to finish the unwanted product... because the joy of buying is only at the beginning. Afterward we usually use the product happily, or we are left with a thing we don't really like, and we lie to ourselves that we will use it out one day. To make it work there are two rules tho: the box must be ugly (like amazon box you know, so you want to get rid of it, not something that looks cute so we can forget about it) and the box must be always out in your bathroom, not hidden in the drawers or cabinets, so you really see it daily!

You are a very beautiful woman with a clear mind and a kind soul.❤

Gift wrapping stuff. I realised my life has changed and I am just not gifting as much as I use to. So will just buy as I need. ❤

I have albums of pictures of my life events..wedding..trios to meet my military husband on R&R, my children from birth to 6th grade...countess picture if fruends/family..I reduced them to 4 seven gallon clear latched totes. 10"×12" 18" deep. I started out with 11! Now everything I own fits into 20 of those totes except for 4 cookie sheets/pizza pan

I had a weirdly specific reaction at the very end of this video. My old college papers and projects are the equivalent of kids' workbooks, papers and projects! I've held onto them...well, because they're my thoughts and words. As a whole, they're bulky symbols of a special time in my life and the work I put in as an adult learner -- retaining an out-sized significance to me all these years. Given the personalized content, perhaps I can start by identifying duplicates (yes, drafts) for now...let go of more once I've started and do a reality check. It's possible that what I remember as being brilliant isn't so much as I've continued to learn and grow. And to think I nearly skipped the kids' toys segment, thinking it irrelevant to my life, but guess what.... Thanks, Marissa!

I reuse my stretched out hair bands. First, we have vertical blinds. When we open the windows, we open the blinds and put a band around the slats to keep them from fluttering in the wind (and making a lot of noise). Second, When I use a plastic bottle of water, I refill it a certain number of times before I throw out the bottle. So that I know how many times I have yet to refill it, I keep that number of bands around the bottle. After I refill it, I remove a band. When the bottle has no more bands, I get rid of the bottle.

I feel inspired to improve my life when I watch your videos. I have chronic pain from a crippled limb. I'd like to see more videos by people with significant health issues about how they manage to live well (holistically) with their condition. In my experience, I've needed to be willing to accept a lot of help from family and friends to make it through difficult times. I wonder how I can break free from needing as much help. I'm still quite young, so at least I have that going for me... but sometimes it's challenging to keep an optimistic perspective.

Cake cover. We do the same thing. Except we us the Pyrex lid of the bowl for it, just upside down.❤

I'm moving from a 1 bedroom to a studio apartment this month, so this is perfect timing.

😅 I do the exact same thing with bottles.And jars, however, moving out of a 2 bedroom, 2 bath 1000 square foot down to a 500 square foot.Wake shut up.That's why I have to start listening to you guys to get me through.This less is more less is more❤❤

Car sickness victims sit up front. They can rotate and take turns since there's just 2 of them. Bench seats were great for this!😂 The one in the back seat can lay down. That helps. When I was pregnant I had to drive everywhere, like my kid's dad couldn't drive me 2 blocks without pulling over. The whole 9 months, btw. Old towels go to the animal shelter along with old sheets. They wash every day, so they're always in need. Cardboard boxes can get so out of control! I'll keep maybe 3 and the rest go to a local elementary school where they get paid for a full dumpsterload, so we are supporting the school! (We don't have a recycling bin at my apartment. Bummer) Awesome video! And thanks for cutting the hair ties!

You Refreshen our lives and our homes !!!😁😁😁❤️

18:59 i do love this!! i personally will take different vases and use them as stands for my buddha statues i have throughout my home. sometimes i put candles on them or use them to hold lighters, pens, and etc. i’m all for repurposing already owned items!!!

Motion sickness- the most comfortable seat in the car for that is the back, center seat. It experiences the least forces and has the best view out of the front windshield. One of the best things you can do is work on your smoothness as a driver. Some car insurance companies like geico have apps that grade you on this and you can track your improvement, so you might look into an app that detects your driving skills so you can work on it. Gradual stops and gentle accelerations, smooth turns are important for the passengers comfort. Bonus - your car will experience less wear and tear too. Use cruise control on the highway and keep 3 seconds behind other drivers at all times so you aren’t constantly adjusting for their every move. It also will greatly reduce your chances of rear ending someone. Best of luck- I was a car sick kid and it made a big difference who was driving. Some adults get pride and defensiveness around this unfortunately but it’s something I now as an adult know to be sensitive to with my own kids who are prone to it as well.

I saved all the boxes from moving - ready for the next move of course. I had to empty the loft so that the installers for solar could move around. It was then, after 8 years of storing them I realised if we're investing in solar then we're not moving (anytime soon) Our loft space is now empty, and I am so oddly proud of this fact!😂 Tackling our memory boxes is next for me. That'll be a test!

I wasn’t able to declutter along with you, but made a list of the areas and items to tackle this weekend. I live in a super dry climate and I moisturize my hands at bedtime with a heavy body butter, then cover my hands with cotton gloves. (I also do this with my feet and cover with cotton socks.). I also moisturize after washing my hands, while they are still damp, and I wear gloves when washing dishes or any other time I’ll have my hands in water for an extended time.

While listening to this video, I went through my kitchen towels and got rid of 3 and got it nice and organized. Also- don’t be embarrassed about throwing ur back out- last year I got the flu and slept in the guest room so I wouldn’t get my hubby sick. The second day, I woke up and felt better and went to get up- ouch- my back was out! It took 2 weeks, a chiropractic visit, and lots of heat for it to heal. Welcome to middle age!

Great video Marissa! I have been hanging onto a heavy glass cake stand for a very long time because well.. it’s pretty 🤦🏻‍♀️ out she goes!!! The cake stand hack is brilliant 🤩

Sweet almond oil is amazing for winter dry skin. We have a big pump bottle of it that the whole family uses instead of lotion. It really helps protect our skin in Montana winter.

RE: all those dang membership discount cards… I take a photo of them and keep them in a dedicated photo folder on my phone. Scans fine, works great, and I can keep a teeny skinny little credit card/cash holder in my purse instead.

Extra measuring cups or spoons place them into containers to use. Iced tea mix has a 1/3 cup and so on. Saves going for your good set to use snd always there ready for you to use

You were able to have more of your personality come through in this video. Well done.

A bit off topic... but my hobby is nail polish & I was feeling bad for your how sore your fingers are! ☮️❤️🙂 I use cuticle oil multiple times a day & my cracked skin has healed. I recommend the Orly brand of cuticle oil, but you can just make your own cuticle oil with jojoba oil & something like vitamin E. Mom lecture over! 😁

I used to live in Chicago and Germany. At any Christmas market when they give you the mug you can return it for money after you are done drinking it. You don’t have to keep the mug.

Retailers are all to happy to give you boxes. Never got a no.

Haha yep at 40 i threw out my back leaning over putting Christmas ornaments away. I feel ya

I found a way to make daily use of my cake stands. I have a larger bottom and smaller bottom and stack them for a pretty glass fruit holder. I also have the trick for large glass platter and bowl turned over it for cake cover. I store the large glass platter on the bottom of the fruit stand and it gives me more space for fruit. This way none of these larger items are in my cabinets taking up space but are still useable when needed, I just take apart my fruit stand when need the parts for cakes.

Box addiction? Did I hear someone mention a box addiction? I grew up in a U.S. Foreign Service family, and it can literally hurt to throw away anything that looks like it's good for packing & shipping. (Did I mention that I'm just shy of 65 and our last overseas trip ended in 1988?) I've grown a truly impressive collection of unfolded & flattened boxes that actually *are* slowly getting used, but have had to bit the bullet and every week a couple of them go out with the recycling. Accounting for the input of Amazon, Chewy, and Target boxes, I figure I'll be box-free by 2735 CE.

Your kids are "walking around in promotional merchandising" for Nike

For the dry hands, fill a sink or bowl with the hottest water you can stand and some white vinegar. Let your hands soak until the water cools. Then slather in a good lotion and put gloves or socks on hands. Go to bed. In the morning, your hands will be so much better. My grandmother taught me this a couple decades ago and I swear by it.

I was a box hoarder also. I may need them some day. After 1 year, yep got to go!!!

Use a storage container for food. Put lid down upside down place cake on it and use boel part as the top of your cake pan. Other times use it for food storage

What a cool list!! I love how you really have to dig to find things to declutter as a longer running minimalist now, which makes for this great content. haha. Oh. Interesting about your boxes! When we get boxes, I break them down immediately and put them with the recycling. Magnets make me feel soooo weird to see on people's fridges these days since my mom and dad have TWO refrigerators (even though we grew up as a family of 5 with one) and both are COVERED with photos and magnets. UGH. I don't mind flat hair or cracked hands (mine are so dry too). Bye bye pretty bottles. I used to collect Jones soda bottles when first married and was happy to recycle them when we made our first move. I love how you create function from other objects (like your big dish becoming a cake stand). I was gifted TWO cake stands when I got married and never baked cakes. They were Lennox ones too and I brought them to Salvation Army in the boxes when I became a minimalist. I like how you state to people what is practical for your family and how it may not be for others. My husband actually recently asked me what happened to our small waffle maker one of my friends bought me in like 2007. I said, "I used it once and after six months donated it. It's been gone a long time. We don't need it." I used to be a swimmer too (but not competitively but I did get lessons at a gym as a kid for years and swam laps). Speedos are the best for those laps. My last suit from them I wore in 2006 until I switched to surfing wear instead. I always wore the caps and goggles from Speedo too. I finally bought some new underwear this weekend and so now I need to declutter that area. Some toothpaste containers can be recycled. I wash mine out and put them in recycling right away. I think that is a healthy habit to make. . .recycle things immediately that need it (including that junk mail pile). Are night guards for post braces wearing? My 15 year old is getting his braces off in March so I am curious now haha. I recently replaced the towels that were gifted to me for wedding from an old boss I had. I had those 19 years. They had strings hanging and everything. I really can make things last long. Oh man, I wish you still lived in NJ so we could hang out haha. No one here understands minimalism at all. I think my mom is finally convinced I can start helping her declutter. . . we'll see. You have a lovely bedroom. Other items: highlighters and pens that don't work, dead plants.

I think you're not alone in pulling your back out over some everyday activity! I pulled mine out a couple of weeks ago throwing the trash in the bin. You're also not alone in staticky hair or cracked and bleeding skin! No worries, girl! ❤

Don't be embarrassed Marissa, I threw out my back 2 years ago while locking my bike when I was only 25 years old and I couldn't do anything for 2 months! Sometimes our bodies are just awkward like that. 😂 I haven't had any problems ever since! My boyfriend also had the same thing at 16 years old when he lifted me in the air the wrong way. I was very skinny at the time so his movement was just incorrect.

If you need to keep a box for a product and you aren't storing that product in it, just break it down... you can tape it back up when you are ready to use it but it takes less space in the mean time.

I've thrown my back out sneezing(of all things).....so don't feel embarrassed about your "blow dryer mishap".....as for cracks that bleed in the corners of fingers....my favorite hack is super glue, get the kind with a brush and put a thin coat over the cut or crack....my favorite tip for motion sickness is to look at the horizon threw the front windshield or a least front side windows.....no reading or looking down at the floor....ginger chews at the health food store are good too....

Vaseline and gloves and sleep in them. It works!

Thought I was mostly under control with decluttering but your video reminded me to do the cabinet where i keep hand creams, medicines etc, just decluttered two small boxes of medicines and creams that are way out of date and found the bag I need for keeping my passport in when i travel which ill be doing soon so thats a good find. Also realised a lot of the things in this cupboard dont really belong there and are more bathroom adjacent things so they can go else where. Whilst i went through the medicine box I realised that my wrist supports really weren't up to standard anymore so chucking the old ones and ordering a couple of new ones. Hopefully I won't get so many midnight wrist subluxions woooh.

Also go through your stationary. I regularly declutter and that’s one of them. My youngest is nearly 16 so I can def get rid of pencil crayons! Lol Also go through lens and check which ones work and which ones don’t. Same for any other type of pen or colouring in. Get rid of old note pads that you’re finished with or take out the pages you’ve used but not longer need so you can use the fresh paper inside. For women go through your hair things. Get rid of broken or unused hair ties/clips. Go through your make up and get rid of old make up or make up you don’t actually like so don’t use. Remember that make up and perfume have expiry dates. Pair down on pet toys too and old blankets.

I can totally relate to your raw hands in the winter! What I found that works better than putting lotion on every time I would wash my hands is that I started usin shaving cream! It actually has a little bit of soap in it so it does clean your hands, and it also moisturizes at the same time. I have only had to put a Band-Aid on my hand maybe twice this winter so far and it used to be an every night ritual. Plus I would wear latex gloves during the day to keep my hands dry and I would wash the gloves instead of my hands so it was just ridiculous! I bought the Barbasol brand at Big Lots and it was only $1.99 a can versus $3.99 at CVS! I bought six cans when I was there and I still have a couple left so I think I will get through the entire winter with those!

Use Jojoba oil for your nails, every time you wash your hands use a drop on each hand for the nails and cuticles - this has really helped me.