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This is Laura.

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Today's tip is that it is okay to throw away unneeded or unwanted stuff.

Sure, we want to avoid waste when we possibly can, but having stuff in your home that you don't need or enjoy doesn't do anybody any good.

So go ahead and let go of it.

After the holidays, lots of people find themselves with stuff that they don't really want.

Maybe it is misplaced gifts, like gingerbread scented sugar scrub that smells great,

but is not so pleasant on your sensitive skin. Maybe it's small pieces of wrapping paper or

holiday decorations that you are tired of or that don't work anymore. If there is stuff that you know you won't enjoy, give it away, or toss it.

If there is stuff that you feel a nagging sense of obligation to use, but you know you never

will use, go ahead and get rid of it.

Ideally, you would be able to give any unwanted items away to a friend or relative or neighbor,

or perhaps to a charity that might be interested.

Maybe some elements could be recycled.

But if you are holding on to something because of the guilt of wanting to keep it out of the

landfill, know this. It is going to wind up there eventually. The question is when? If you opened

that bacon jam from the gift set and tried it and hated it, you are not going to be able to give it to a food bank in a partially consumed condition.

It might sit in your fridge for a year or more, taking up space.

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