Less 365

I love this idea.

This idea is so brilliant in its simplicity that it ranks among the wonderous "Why Didn't I Think of it First?!"

I shall start this on my birthday, August 4th! Thank you for such a witty and wonderful method of decluttering life.

A brilliant idea indeed. Even if once a week or once a month, I hope others follow along.

inspiring idea.. gonna give this a go..

inspiring idea.. gonna give this a go..

You gave away the wand? That's some crazy Harry Potter shit!

This is awesome. I'd join you but I don't have 365 things!

Brilliant. I'm signed up!

I am going to buy 1 thing every day for a year to counteract your effort. #moreismore

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me too, count me in...that means I need to find 80 (!) items to give away or recycle. Well, guess that means I'm cleaning the garage!

cool idea but why defer to tomorrow what you can do today?

I'm giving away half of my stuff this week. 'cause who knows what will happen in 3 or 6 months...

Brilliant! I'm signed up too. Off to the garage to pick out my catch up items now.

Love this idea and am going to do it. However, you seem to be getting rid of much more serious stuff than I can probably manage knowing my hoarding instinct. I can see my list being something along the lines of ... A broken glass, half a candle, broken key ring etc. But I will do my best. Brilliant inspirational idea. Thanks.

I thought I would have a yard sale next weekend to get rid of a few things, then started visiting closets and pulling everything I forgot I had or don't regularly use. So far I have one and a half garage bays filled with...stuff! I honestly don't care if I make a dime off the yard sale. It'll just be great to see people get excited to add to their own collection of worldly possessions. I only hope they discover the freedom in flushing out their non-essentials as well.

Love the idea but why do it one day at a time. Plan a garage sale or yard sale or whatever you want to call it and give everything away. When you put the signs up, include the words "EVERYTHING IS FREE" and voila ... it's gone! All of that clutter evaporates in one day. You'll feel great and the people who come to take your junk will be SOOOO appreciative.

Cool idea! It’s similar to the “100 things challenge” where you try to get rid of all your possessions until you only have 100 remaining. I think it might often have similar stipulations like excluding books, music, and art.

Good luck with your endeavor!

had already started on this earlier this year... not an item a day but going through a room (or part of a room) a month. bags of unworn clothes, boxes of old electronics, etc.
Impetus was a possible move to europe. the move isn't going to happen this year, but the cleaning isn't going to stop now that we've started.
still have a long way to go, but I can tell you it already feels great

That's it, I'm in. Right after this post. I've been trying to get started for weeks now. I think doing this "in formation" with others might be the thing to keep me motivated.

Please consider posting your progress on Twitter.

Off to discard 14 things.

Thanks.

Love the idea . . . just make sure that you pass things along to people and/or organizations that will use them. Moving stuff from your pile to another pile somewhere may help you, but it doesn't help the planet.

And, during this year, consider what you do need. Create a list. Then, find the absolute best built items to fulfill that list - things that you'll never part with and will pass on to future generations. I've started my list and I'm going to start posting my purchases - my last purchases - over the next year.

We'll be watching your progress! Good luck!

90% of cleaning out a house or garage is getting rid of things, not rearranging them. Once you've done that, organizing the remainder is a piece of cake.

Instead of making it a daily affair, you could take care of the whole project over a weekend. Put everything you haven't used in over a year and probably won't use over the next year into a box and take it to Goodwill. If you really need something later on, you can always buy another one.

Books and music can easily wind up being the vast majority of the weight you have to lift when moving. Switching to mp3 + iPod and ebooks + Kindle can let you get rid of hundreds of pounds of stuff from your house.

Good luck with your project! Simplifying is very freeing.

90% of cleaning out a house or garage is getting rid of things, not rearranging them. Once you've done that, organizing the remainder is a piece of cake.

Instead of making it a daily affair, you could take care of the whole project over a weekend. Put everything you haven't used in over a year and probably won't use over the next year into a box and take it to Goodwill. If you really need something later on, you can always buy another one.

Books and music can easily wind up being the vast majority of the weight you have to lift when moving. Switching to mp3 + iPod and ebooks + Kindle can let you get rid of hundreds of pounds of stuff from your house.

Good luck with your project! Simplifying is very freeing.

This is such a great, simple and inspiring idea and I'm going to do it. I'll start with a visit to the charity shop later and donate a few bits.

JUST what I need! I look around at so much stuff that "could be useful someday" and feel like I don't have room to live my life... giving away one thing a day seems like a pretty painless way to make a big difference!
Thanks for the idea!

Love it. I'm going to ask (beg) Dav to participate in this with me. We'll split - one day him, one day me. I just like the awareness it'll build to take a look at things tucked away in corners. We've been in our place for close to 7 years. With a kid, life just piles in. Good stuff, but it feels heavy. My secret dream is to move overseas to force us to really lighten up. Thanks, Randy!