Spring Cleaning

I started spring cleaning over the weekend, but have lots more ahead...
So what perfect timing to across this list on a random blog today (from author Gail Blanke, who urges us to throw out 50 things), which has several suggestions I needed to hear (though I'm proud to say I've already "thrown out" some of this stuff too :)

Throw out:

• the belief that you are alone.
• stale spices and ingredients.
• containers of partially used grooming products untouched for six months.
• medicines for conditions you no longer have.
• trying to please everyone.
• make-up in shades that can't be found in nature (nail polish excepted, of course!)
• books you'll "get to someday."
• dried up tubes of glue. Dried up anything, really.
• playing the same music, over and over.
• feeling that your life is a movie you're watching, instead of starring in.
• souvenirs from bad vacations.
• old parking tickets.
• the times you messed up.
• clothes from a departed loved-one. Someone else needs them now.
• clothes that no longer fit.
• wire clothes hangers.
• sheets, towels or pillows that are torn, stained, or just bum you out.
• the adage "no one is indispensable." Everyone counts.
• keys that have no locks. Haven't had for years--maybe decades.
• fear of looking foolish.
• anything you don't want to pass on to your children--from worn-out rugs to worn-out grudges.