From experience with clients and in my own life, these items are typically safe from ROLG (regret of letting go). So grab your donation bag, and a trash bag, and watch your space become lighter!

1. Anything in your house that is rotting
2. The vase that came with gifted flowers
3. Excess plastic bags (probably found wadded up under the sink, or inside other plastic bags)
4. Dried up rubber bands
5. Expired jam/mustard/specialty topping that sounded good at one point but not anymore
6. Whatever item is at the very bottom of your freezer
7. The plastic takeout container that is *almost* helpful as food storage
8. The branded water bottle you got in a swag bag
9. Hotel toiletries from 5+ years ago
10. Skincare / makeup you don’t like (why did I keep a mascara that made my eyes burn every time I used it for so long?? learn from my mistakes please!)
11. Expired sunscreen (or sunscreen that makes your skin burn – again, learn from my mistakes!)
12. Hair products you haven’t used in 2 years
13. Perfume samples
14. Hair ties that are stretched out beyond use
15. Chapstick that has promotional branding
16. First aid supplies that expired or lost use a long time ago (a bandaid with no stick is worse than no bandaid in my opinion)
17. Socks that no longer have any elastic
18. Underwear that no longer has any elastic
19. Costume jewelry you got in high school
20. Worn out sleep mask
21. Book you gifted or bought out of obligation
22. Belts that don’t fit or are cracked
23. Dried out pens or dull pencils
24. The printout someone gave you to read 5 years ago
25. Duct tape that is no longer adhesive to anything but itself
26. Another families Christmas card from 2007
27. Receipts from purchases made more than a year ago
28. Ads that came in the mail 
29. Rusty nails, or extra parts that came with ikea furniture you assembled 10 years ago
30. Extra ethernet cords (seems like these came with every router, and everyone now owns at least 15)
31. Screenshots on your phone you don’t even remember taking
32. Apps you haven’t used or opened in years
33. Promotional emails (bonus if you unsubscribe from a few!)
34. “Time to check-in” emails from hotels or flights
35. The 3rd and 4th and 5th photos you took of the same sunset