Awesome ideas! I read once that there is an approach to living where you move 27 things a day. When we begin to live in a way that has us considering what we have, what we need and how we can give, we net so much!

Ugh. I need to purge. I try to fill a trash bag of broken stuff every few months from the kid's playroom. And give away stuff that we don't use or need.

I'm always reassessing my stuff. I have a schedule set up, where I evaluate something quarterly and throw unused sh*t away. This quarter it's my closet. Last quarter was my home office, and trinkets I don't care for.

I'm still cluttered, but it keeps me in check. Best o luck!!

Purged a hugely huge amount with the move but I've been informed we still have a way to go to fit everything into our much smaller new residence. I'd not heard of the swapping site. That may be a really great resource for us!

I like the one thing a day idea. It's less scary to take it slow, and you'll miss those things less than if you mass cleared out.

I'm working on it this weekend...lets see how it goes. Good luck with your quest!

I keep a bag in my closet into which I drop things for the local second hand shop. When it gets full, I drop it off. It makes purging so much easier. Since I've been downsizing me as well as my stuff it sometimes gets batches of clothing that is now too big for me. I hope someone is going to appreciate all those sports bras that went into the bag yesterday.

I love the thought of getting rid of one thing each day. fabulous.

I try to reuse or repurpose. I don't have much stuff to begin with though, so I think it's easier for me.

This is what I need to do. I have too much stuff. My husband will be a road blocker, though - he's a bit of a hoarder. "We might use that eventually!"

Yeah, I think this is something I need to do. Living in tehe South, we have no basement now. This is a good way to do it.

Like sandys, I keep a bin close by to toss stuff into to be donated. When it gets full, I take it and drop it off. Every season we do a "Fashion Show" with the kids clothing. They pull everything out of their drawers and try it on. If they don't like it anymore or doesn't fit, we get rid of it. And we go buy stuff to replace/stock up on things they need for their wardrobe.

Check out FB-there are usually groups where you can post the stuff you have for sale and people will buy it. I'm a member of two and have sold TONS of stuff.

I actually paid money for a de-cluttering service to come in and help me rearrange my kitchen and bedroom late last year. It was a very well-spent $50.

I don't keep enough things to declutter effectively. I think what I need is tips on how to keep more things!

We're actually going to be doing that this year to make room in the garage so that hubby can have some space to build stuff. We'll be selling some things and probably throwing quite a bit away. We tried a garage sale last year before Pike was born, and not much went away (unfortunately we live in a very small town).

I recently read about a challenge where you get rid of 7 things every day for two months. I like the idea but here I sit, weeks later, with exactly the same amount of crap as before. I like your idea of one a day better.

Every time I buy something new (clothing, toy for the kid, etc), I make sure to get rid of two things. I either donate, toss or store in my storage room. It really helps with clutter. Another big help is a neat freak husband who loses his mind with clutter and 'stuff just laying around'.

Starting with closest is a good way to get motivated. The concept of packing away clothes that aren't seasonally-relevant all while weeding out ones you haven't worn in 2+ years (then dontate them) works well for me.

What I do is I move. Moving is such a pain in the butt the less stuff the better, so it forces you to declutter. Also, you lose things in the move.

You probably don't want to do that, so my other suggestion is twice a year garage sale and anything you haven't actually used or touched in 6 months goes in the sale. Anything you don't sell you give away. Period.

I also like to look at magazines of show homes and I get so excited about how clean and uncluttered it looks it inspires me to declutter.

Love it. Getting back to the essentials.

If you have large items or a lot of stuff to donate all at once, check with the local Housing Authority, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, or Epilepsy Foundation. Often, these charities will come to YOU at no cost to pick up your stuff.

I suck at getting rid of extra stuff. Mostly I have to be in the right mood, and that happens awfully rarely. What I need is somebody to come in and help me organize what I have!

Ooh, Listia. I'll have to check that out. I know of some other exchange sites, or resale sites, but that one is new. Thanks!

Personally I enjoy getting rid of stuff. We live in a smallish house and the less crap in it the less I have to organize and clean. Twice a month a charity comes by and picks up 'stuff' we no longer use or want. I love it :)

I can't even begin to tell you how much I love to throw stuff I don't need away. There is an entire dump dedicated to my crap. I should note, though, I only throw the broken/worn out crap away. I do donate the stuff in decent shape.

Conceptually I think this is a brilliant idea and seems relatively easy, but then I couldn't think of single thing to throw away. My husband has TONS of things I would LOVE to throw away but he for some reason insists on keeping his college notebooks just in case he wants to one day check the notes he wrote in Art History.