Thursday's one minute task

This is a one -five minute task I do every Thursday. Our garbage pickup is on Friday, so we empty all the trash cans in the house on Thursdays. Trash bags are expensive, so I don't like to throw out a partially empty bag.

So once the obvious trash in that room is picked up, I like to top the bag off with items I need to get rid of, but aren't donate quailty.

Examples:

Clothes that are torn or stained. Here's looking at you random socks with no mates.

Food that has expired, or those random empty boxes that find their way into the pantry.

Stuff in drawers that no longer function. That junk drawer for instance.

Now here's the deal. This isn't a full on take everything out of the closet and try everything on task. This is a quick grab those two random t-shirts I know have been worn to death and toss them into the garbage.

It's not a organize, label, put everything into plastic containers. It's get rid of the cream of mushroom soup I bought 2 years ago with the good intentions to eat at home more and that dream never necame a reality.

This task shouldn't take more than a minute or two. The more you declutter, the less there is to grab. But for most of us, there is always something we can toss in to top off a partially full trash bag.