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.

Today is a great day to pass along that boxy logo promo t-shirt, the one you never wear – someone else will.

Today is a perfect day to play sock matchup!

Time to reconsider keeping undergarments with elastic that is too tight or too loose.

That pile of papers to go through – today is the perfect day to go through them!

Let’s inventory candles and candlesticks today. Organize the ones you use – if you use any. Then donate or discard the rest.

Small countertop appliances you don’t reach for, like cake pop makers, are the ones to go today.

All the unused decorative rings, the ones you never slide around the “good” napkins – those can be donated today.

Say so long to scratched cutting boards.

Extra lightbulbs for light fixtures – like chandeliers you no longer own – can go.

Decanters you never use, yes, they can be donated.

Tablecloths, runners and pads you never put out.

Could it be time to wash the potholders? I think so…

Say so long to specialty glassware. Things like shot glasses, beer Steins, champagne flutes, and stemware you never use.

Bye-bye serving platter that never makes it out of the cabinet. If you don’t serve anything on it – then maybe you don’t need it.

Time to trade out the kitchen dishtowel. And when you do – check for any you can discard, the torn and tattered ones or the ones that are no longer absorbent.

Bye-Bye coffee maker that no longer makes coffee. Check with your local Staples Store – they may take it for recycling at no charge no matter where you bought it.

Pass along the cookbook you never reach for. The one without photos or the one that has too many time-consuming recipes using ingredients you rarely have on hand.

Is it time to replace or at least disinfect the kitchen dish sponge? Probably…

Today is Clean the Toaster Crumb Drawer Day (I made this up) but let’s go with it…

Worn table linens – toss or recycle stained or torn placemats, napkins, and tablecloths. Donate any that you could use – but won’t.

Accessories for countertop appliances you no longer own are no longer needed – you can let them go today – yes you can donate them.

Food storage containers without lids – match lids and recycle the rest. Also toss warped, peeling, scratched, cracked, hopelessly stained, or ones that do not seal.

The candlesticks you won’t use, the ones you don’t love, the ones you never reach for or all of them if you don’t light real candles – time to donate them.

Expired store coupons can be recycled today.

Bye-bye fridge magnet for the pizza place – you already memorized the phone number, and you can toss the save-the-date one for the wedding that took place ten years ago.

That piece of wall art you don’t like, never hung, or are tired of seeing – donate it today. And the piece you like and keep meaning to hang – this is your reminder.

Say so long to the salt and pepper shaker set you never use. Maybe it is too hard to fill, dispenses too much, or is simply hard to clean, whatever the reason is, if you don’t use it – donate it.

Those old, out-of-date, multiple copies of the same take-out menu (some from restaurants that have closed) are on the toss list today.

Chipped and cracked dishes, the ones you would not set out for guests, they can be a hazard. You can get cut and they can spontaneously break. Time to let them go.

Time to inventory the table runners. Maybe put a new one out for the season. Toss any that got icky in storage and donate any that are not used, or you don’t love enough to store.

Unused dishes and serving ware – donate or store away seasonal or rarely used items.

Junk Drawer Clutter – Toss dried pens, expired coupons, or random bits.

Duplicate utensils, keep only what you use; donate or toss extras.

All the unused rings, the ones you never slide around the “good” napkins – those can be donated today.

Do you have any half burnt, almost used up or burnt down (but saving the jar) candles that need to go today?

Those returns you’ve been meaning to return – today is the day!

Time to tidy that corner of the room where random things are piling up.

That impulse purchase – the one you don’t love – can go today.

Excess Knick-Knacks = clutter. The ones you don’t absolutely love can go to someone who will love them!

Say so long to crumbling dusty (and can’t be cleaned) no longer love them seasonal decor items.

Say so long to old DVD players, VHS players, VHS tapes, outdated streaming devices, broken speakers and other household electronics that are no longer needed. Check with your local Staples or Best Buy store – many will recycle them for you for free.

That organizational solution, the one that isn’t solving the problem – it is only contributing to the clutter – which means it is time for it to go.