Minimalist Living: 50 Things To Get Rid Of In 2018
by Ruth MacGilp

| A Youtube Vlog to teach you how to minimalise your lifestyle. It’s 2018, it’s time to declutter.
In this vlog by Youtuber Madeleine Olivia, we’re given a kick start into minimalist living by learning a whopping fifty items that we don’t need or that no longer serve us. Here, discover what you should be letting go of this year and be empowerd to declutter your life!
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- Clothes that you don’t wear or clothes that don’t fit
- Old gadgets and electronics
- Toiletries and makeup that has gone out of date
- Multiples of the same type of product
- Handbags that you don’t use
- Shoes that are uncomfortable
- Out-of-date food
- Things that are broken beyond repair
- Mismatched or worn out tuppaware containers
- Things that you have no idea of the purpose of
- Odd socks
- Old papers and documents
- Kitchen appliances that serve no regular use
- Other kitchen gadgets that you never use
- Store cards and loyalty from shops you don’t go to
- Books you will never read
- Extra bed linen and towels
- Pens that don’t work
- Old CDs and DVDs: go digital
- Email subcription lists
- Ill-fitting or tatty old bras
- Spare make up brushes in sets
- Gifts that you don’t like
- Mugs from the back of the cupboard
- Old or unread magazines
- Fancy dress costumes
- Beauty product samples
- Childhood cuddly toys
- Used notebooks
- Endless candles and tealights
- Household decorations that don’t fit the home
- Extra sofa and bed cushions
- Old video and board games
- Dead plants
- Glasses and cups you never drink from
- Jewellery that you don’t wear
- Unused wires, cables and chargers
- Old, dead, empty batteries
- Old mobile phones
- Extra coat hangers
- ‘Junk’ draws
- Physical copies of takeaway menus
- Physical copies of appliance or electronic manual
- Cookbooks with no regular use
- Excessive amounts of shopping bags
- Furniture you don’t like
- Old pyjamas or tattered t-shirts
- Band or film posters
- Old birthday and Christmas cards
- Negative mindset!
Remember, it is vitally important for the environment that you ‘get rid’ of your things responsibly. Most things can be fixed, upcycled, recycled, sold, repurposed or donated to charity or friends/family rather than thrown onto landfill!