Do you have a donation pickup scheduled? If not, today is a great day to get one on the calendar – a date equals a deadline to get things done!

Are all those receipts necessary? I’m guessing there is at least one you can recycle right this minute.

What’s sitting in the top of your dresser? Should it all be there – or should some of it be put away? Let’s go check…

Timed task: set a timer for 10 minutes and challenge yourself to delete 10+ emails. Bonus points if you unsubscribe from ones you no longer want. Ready, set, GO!

We all have one – that box collection of really good boxes – but unless you are opening a drop ship company there is a good chance you can recycle at least one today.

Time to swap out seasonal linens. Launder and organize them by mattress size. You might also change out throw pillows and blankets.

How is your office/school supply cabinet? Time to toss a lifetime supply of file folders, crumpled yellowing paper, pens without ink and staples that don’t fit a stapler you own.

How old are your bottles, tubes, and cans of sunscreen? Do you need to toss, replace or use up any of them?

Time to tidy the freezer – what’s old or out of date? Freezer burnt? Anything you need to use before it expires?

Let’s sort out the lunch bags and insulated totes. Do you need them all? Are they all in excellent condition? Are they the right size and used often?

Today we toss all those icky, gross, can’t be cleaned, leaking, scratched, warped, peeling, missing pieces, too difficult to operate or clean water bottles.

Organize the outdoor dining items, like an oversize salad bowl and deviled egg carrier. Time to straighten up the space and maybe toss something.

Let go of a kitchen gadget you never reach for, fish flipper? Nutcracker? Pickle picker? Banana slicer?

Remove something from a dresser drawer that you will no longer wear and either toss or donate it.

Use up or discard excess take-out condiment packets and sets of silverware.

Let’s go sort out that small pile of papers you tucked to the side to look through later. Today IS later.

Time to make that phone call you keep meaning to make. Get it off your to-do list today.

Pay at self-checkout with all the loose change hanging out in pockets, bags, drawers & between cushions.

Goodbye to all the wobbly, rusty, questionable folding chairs.

Toss pool and beach inflatables that no longer inflate.

Bye-bye faded, pilling swimsuits or swim trunks with stretched out elastic that you’ll never wear again.

So long sticky flip flops with the broken toe peg. Time to get rid of worn or won’t wear summer shoes.

Today we discard dead plants and falling apart faux flowers and dusty dried flowers too.

Towels: bath towels, beach and pool towels, hand towels, donate whichever ones you don’t need.

Say so long sales flyers and old circulars for all the things you don’t need to buy and sales that have ended.

Dig out that gift card from the bottom of the drawer or back of your wallet and use it up.

Take 10 minutes to prep for the morning- outfit, umbrella, lunch, phone number for a call you’ll make, etc.

Find that one book you don’t need to keep, an outdated reference guide or unused cookbook?

That phone call you have been meaning to make – today, let’s declutter your to-do list and make the call.

That pile of stuff you keep moving from place to place – let’s sort it out today.

Does every pen in the pen cup or drawer have ink? Let’s find out today…

Do you own too many Salt & Pepper shakers? Chances are there is at least one set you can donate today.

Time to read something from the to be read pile. Ready, set, read!

Let’s find out how many photos can you delete from your phone in 10 minutes. Set a timer and 1, 2, 3…go!

Let’s find out how many emails can you delete in 10 minutes. Set a timer and 1, 2, 3…go!

Have you scheduled your August donation pick up or planned your drop off yet?

That chipped dish and cracked coffee mug are hazards, they can break more with use, time to say goodbye.

Time to clean out your bag – will you find a receipt? Loose change? Crumbled tissue – who knows!

Time to gather & sort out all the little notes, reminders, receipts and scraps of paper.

What is that hiding under the sink – waaaay in the back? Let’s find out, chances are it is a toss item.

Ready set toss all the pens without ink and the markers that have dried up.

Say so long to sunglasses that you never use, scratched, broken, missing parts, you know the ones.

Car glove box is the tidy up task of the day! Toss icky things and relocate items better stored elsewhere.

Say goodbye to the icky water bottle, the one you know you should not keep.

Scan your August calendar – look ahead to see what you can do today to prepare for upcoming events.

Pick a recipe out of your stash of recipes to try – check you have all the ingredients – then make it!

Take 10 minutes to read (then process) as many items as you can from the “to-be read” pile. Ready, set, go!

Time for a quick junk drawer clean out – see how fast you can find 10 things to toss – then straighten things out and you’re done!

Get that donation dropped off or pick up scheduled before the end of the month.

Any organizing tools and solutions that didn’t quite work. Hangers you hate, empty boxes with no purpose, bins that are too small or tall…

Rickety card tables and folding chairs on the verge of collapsing are on the toss list today.

Party supplies that aren’t in perfect party shape. You might be able to donate some to be repurposed in crafting. Others simply need to go.

Let’s reconsider all the baskets. Rinsed out berry baskets, wicker baskets, storage baskets, and gift baskets, do you need every single one you currently own?

Say goodbye to unused luggage pieces. Still good = donate. No longer useable? Staples Office Stores offer free recycling.

Consider repurposing extra & unused furniture in another room. Or donate, check with Habitat for Humanity and other local donation places or your buy nothing group.

Do you have any half-finished craft projects? Time to 1. finish them 2. pass them along to a fellow crafter 3. donate.

Framed posters that are just not for you anymore, share them today, someone else will love them!

Those old textbooks taking up shelf space, today is great day to give them away.

Schedule that pickup of items earmarked for donation – a pickup date = a deadline and deadlines = accountability!

Pass along unused sports equipment (for safety reasons – no helmets) and toss anything that is unsafe or too worn-out.

Sort out that drawer, bin, basket or container overflowing with random stuff.

That book you borrowed, the item left at your home, the thing that is not yours – today is a good day to return it.

Time to wipe out cobweb-filled flowerpots and unused flower vases. Use them or let them go.

Time to sort through that box of stuff you set aside to sell at a yard sale – but you still have not hosted the sale.

Coffee cans and baby food jars with nails and screws too old to use.

Board games with missing pieces are on the list today. Also, games you won’t play or play again. All can be donated. Ones with missing pieces are often used in crafting.

Home renovation remnants are on the list of items to be looked at today. So long box of tiles from two bathroom renovations ago.

Is it time to recycle the boxes for items you no longer own or are no longer under warranty? Date boxes with the warranty so you know when you can discard them.

Collect old, non-working or never used electronics for proper recycling. Check with Staples and Best Buy, the have a free consumer electronics recycling program.

Let the piece of furniture go for that refinishing project (or any crafty project) you won’t get to any time soon.

Discard icky red, white and blue decorations that have not done well in storage. Still good but not used? Donate those. Enjoy the holiday!

Broken, old, will-not-be-used lighting fixtures. Some can be donated and maybe even repaired – check with your local library to see if they host a free repair cafe.

Say bye-bye to old exercise equipment, the pieces you will not use or the ones that are not in good working order.

Recycle or dispose of unidentified cans of paint, paint you won’t finish, paint that has changed color or consistency. Your town Public Works Department may have information about upcoming hazardous household waste collection dates. Many paints can be re-shaken and even tinted at the local home store to make them fresh or a more appealing shade.

Schedule a pickup with an organization to collect your bags and boxes of donations.

Catch up on laundry today.

Pick out the clothes you’ll need for upcoming events, holidays, and get-togethers.

Let go of tops with stretched out necklines or sweaters with shoulder bumps you can’t fix.

Toss, donate, recycle clothing hangers that don’t work easily. Too thick, too thin, too flimsy, too whatever.

T-Shirts you never wear for whatever reason, it is time to give them away.

Life is too short to wear uncomfortable clothing, if you don’t feel great in it then give it away.

If you don’t wear something because it is dry-clean only, hand-wash, or needs lots of ironing, then why keep it?

If you cannot get the stain out, use the item for cleaning or recycle it today.

Donate unused fall costumes or pieces for fall costumes.

Today is the day to donate that impulse purchase you keep just in case you can find a way to wear it – but you won’t – so why keep it?

That once trendy garment, the one where the trend will not come back or you didn’t love the trend anyway, that piece can go today.

Jeans that you never wear. Too tight, too loose, too long, too short, too blue, not blue enough, you get the idea.

Formal pieces you will not wear or re-wear.

Bye-bye clothes with broken zippers.

Restore pilled clothing with a fabric shaver.

Reconsider keeping clothing with price tags still attached. There is probably a reason you didn’t wear it.

Fix or toss items missing a button/zipper or with a permanent stain or unwearable due to damage.

Donate the multiples of basics, like black slacks. Keep your favorite – the ones that are not your go-tos can go-to someone else.

Say so long to workout clothes you never use when you work out.

Donate any formal pieces you will not wear or re-wear.

Say goodbye to any dry clean only clothes that you will not wear because you won’t dry clean them.

Tidy up the closet by sliding empty clothes hangers to one side of the bar.

Today is a great day to clear the top of the dresser. Put things where they belong.

Catch up on laundry today. While the laundry is spinning see if you can delete 10 emails.

Revisit accessories like belts, hats and scarves, do you need them all? Do you need any of them? Find a few to share today.