What's the first 10 things you'd get rid of?

My brother is a pilot and stays at nice hotels very often. He would being me the bath toiletries and I made up packages to donate to the homeless. Not a bad idea to recycle and help people in need at the same time.

My parents did the hide your things if you didn’t take them out of the common living areas every night. BUT you could get them back if you paid $0.25 cents per item (I’m Gen X)
AND there was a special clause: if you found where they hid your item, you didn’t have to pay.
TOTALLY worked, you learned fast.

One time I left my shoes out 😳 But I found them in the piano bench! 🙌
Good times 😂

When my parents would go to Florida for three months I would keep an eye on the house, pay the bills, drive their car to keep the battery charged through the Ohio winters, etc. First thing I would do was pitch anything forgotten in the fridge. Nothing should have been in there since they were gone for three months… I would spend another day getting rid of expired things about of the deep freezer. Another two days would be the pantry. I would find things that could have been involved in archaeological digs had it not been expired food. Mom and Dad would come home and never have any clue I had declutterred for them.❤😊

I like the rule of not running out of anything.

This is a washcloth household!
A drawer in my bathroom is dedicated to small washcloths. Everybody in my house knows you grab a clean one for every shower, they go in the wash on high heat for bacteria. Clean body and clean fabric!

I use Korean wash cloths once I learned how much dead skin stays on your body without a cleansing cloth. Your hands do not do enough to remove that skin. I started when I tested by rubbing my bicep firmly with a towel after a bath was over. I was appalled at how much dead skin was there. So now I use regular wash cloths most of the time and once or twice a week use the Korean wash cloths which are amazing.

Donating the small soaps /toiletries to people after disasters is an  awesome use of them.  Any travel size anything & baby wipes for when people don't have running water.

I am not a minimalist when it comes to extra supply of the basics. I have a small closet stocked with extra toilet paper, cleaning supplies, bottled water, deodorant, various soaps, ziplocs, foil, etc.

Japanese washcloths are amazing - different levels of exfoliation. They're super-thin and can be machine washed in hot water so, no bacteria build up.

Family of four. I have a large stack of washcloths. We use a clean washcloth every time we shower. Again, to each is their own but works best in our house.

Ambien…..my hubby took it in the hospital…..stripped himself naked and thought he was kidnapped and held for ransom…….they restrained him for 8 hours….no joke.

Take out sauce packets are good for lunch boxes. 🤣

I grew up using a washcloth and still do now. I tried using a bath puff but preferred a washcloth.

If I find myself in possession of some travel/sample size toiletries, I chuck a couple into the bag I carry to the pool/gym. Makes that bag lighter, they're used up in a few days and have saved me at least a little bit of money. So, yeah, bring them home, but use them immediately.

I had an uncle who hoarded samples, even the little milk portions from hotels. He had a good job and lots of money, but he grew up poor, in the post-war years, with rationing and austerity, and however much money he had later, he couldn't get past that scarcity mindset.

ran in to this at 7am in a spring cleaning haze
so stoked to see what i'm about to throw away😂

Gotta use a washcloth! One per day. Just using hands doesn’t clean the skin as well. IMO I think microbiology lab where we swabbed different body parts to see what grew in a Petri dish pretty much ruined me for the hands only washing method.

I keep a pencil bag with electronic chargers and block.   We are on vacation for granddaughter's graduation.   It was so easy grab without wondering if I had what I needed.  Peace of mind!

I use wash cloths. I've used wash cloths my whole life, but I've figured out that when I travel, I should take two with me.

My mother in law had a hotel soap collecting from all the places she had traveled to....when she passed away we ended up donating them to a local seniors convalesant home this was in 2000 when they accepted those kind of donations ❤