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This post is borrowed from Christine Kane, one hell-uv-a songwriter.

We hold onto our stuff for two reasons: Love or fear. We either love things. Or we fear letting them go. We cherish them and know they have value to us. OR... We fear that we'll need them someday. We fear that we wasted our money on them. We fear what others will think if we let them go. We even fear making the decision to release our mistakes, so we don't make any decision at all. Instead we passively hold onto stuff out of guilt. Well, guess what? When you begin to make choices from a place of LOVE and EXPANSION, then your world will change. Love is the clearest reason to do anything. If you don't love it, toss it. Give it away. Your abundance and energy will increase when you begin to live by love, and not by fear.

Here are 56 things you can toss out (or give away) right now...

1. All the hotel key cards you forgot to turn it when you checked out. 

2. The doilies your Aunt Missy crocheted 45 years ago that got handed down to you. 

3. CD's you haven't listened to in three years or more. 

4. The boxes of cassettes you've been meaning to transfer to CD's. 

5. The bread maker you haven't used since 2003. 

6. Your wedding dress 
NOTE: You can say you've been saving it for your daughter, but here are three signs that your daughter doesn't want to wear it: a] she's already married and wore her own dress, b] she's been roommates with a woman named Pat for nine years, or c] you don't have a daughter. 

7. Credit card bills from 1995. 

8. The Allen wrenches from every piece of IKEA furniture you ever assembled. 

9. The jacket you spent way too much money on and never wore. NOTE: Keeping it around just to punish yourself for your bad choices is like going to parochial school all over again. 

10. Every scratching post or toy your cat doesn't like. NOTE: Your cat didn't go to parochial school so there's no sense punishing him. 

11. House plants you no longer love. 

12. The stacks of O Magazine you swear you'll re-read. 

13. Every little zippy bag that came with a Clinique purchase. 

14. Every unopened perfume that came with a Clinique purchase. 

15. Leftover scrunchies in case you grow your hair long again. 

16. The "Cherries Jubilee" flavored lip balm that makes you nauseous. 

17. Every single regretful lipstick color you bought on a whim. ("Cherries Jubilee" is probably there, too.)

18. Your last four cell phones and all their chargers and blue teeth. 

19. Single socks. 

20. The Spode Christmas plates and mugs you don't like. (Along with the Christmas bath towels and welcome mat.) 

21. The framed posters you had in your college dorm room. 

22. Old stereo wires. 
NOTE: If your husband refuses to let go of any of these mysterious wires, try this: Put them (not him!) in a bin and label it "Random Cables and Wires." After two years, bring it out of storage and kindly note that no one has thought about it in two years. Ask if it would be okay to let go of half of them. Repeat process until all mysterious cables and wires are gone. 

23. The nails, screws, anchors, and cup hooks rusting in the bottom of your tool chest. 

24. Remote controls that don't remotely control anything you own. 

25. Lamps, toasters, blenders, coffeemakers that no longer work. 

26. The notion that you will ever be one of those moms that makes beautiful scrapbooks. 
NOTE: Put your photos in boxes. No one will judge you.  

27. Old blankets and linens you keep in case you suddenly have 27 sleepover guests. 

28. College text books.

29. Any boring decorative item that does little more than fill space. 

30. Vases you don't love or use.  

31. Candle holders you don't love or use. 

32. Picture frames you don't love or use. 

33. Class notes from college. 

34. The idea that you have to save every piece of your children's artwork and school work because it might mean you don't love them if you don't. 

35. The "good silver" you don't use that was passed down to you. 

36. Old VHS movies.

37. Unlabeled VHS tapes. (And don't waste your time watching them just in case.) 

38. The stationary bike that got even more stationary after you got it. 

39. The fabric pieces you've been collecting in case you ever become a quilter. 

40. Flashlights that dimly light up only after you bang them over and over on your thigh. 

41. Old keys that open some door somewhere in the past. 

42. Suitcases you don't use. 

43. Old computers. 

44. Old stereos. 

45. Promotional duffel bags with ugly logos and bad acronyms stitched all over them. 

46. Anything that makes you say, "But I got such a good price on it!" 

47. Anything that makes you say, "But I paid so much for it!" 

48. Half-full cans of paint.

49. Extra baby items/Old baby items.

50. Record albums. NOTE: Don't spend your extra hours in a day trying to figure out if someone will buy them. Really. They won't. 

51. Gifts you never liked. 

52. All the cross-stitch, knitting, or sewing projects you never finished. 

53. Any glassware or dinnerware that is a "memorabilia" item from proms or sororities or sports events. 

54. Old information packets you no longer need or that you can easily find on line. 

55. All the hotel soaps that you took with you. (And stop taking them. You've got plenty of soap!) 

56. The belief that you only have to go through the de-cluttering process once and won't ever have to do it again.

While songwriter Christine Kane is best known for her hip and catchy tunes, and the down-to-earth wit of her live performances, her fans and students share that they are inspired most by her message of living authentically, passionately and courageously.

Christine Kane should not be confused with Christine Simiriglia (me) who writes most of the brilliant content for this website, except when borrowing, like in this post.  I was tossed out of choir by the nuns in 5th grade for being tone deaf and refusing to just lip sync along with the rest of the kids.  I don't write catchy tunes but, like Christine Kane, I do try to live authentically, passionately and courageously.  I hope you do to.

Christine Kane's philosophy is that you are the artist and your life is your work of art. That, she says, is what it means to "Live Creative." She now shares this message nationally, speaking to groups ranging from the Air Force to the American Hospital Association to NICU therapists. Christine's award-winning blog ranks among the top 10,000 blogs on the internet.

Christine has released six CDs and an award-winning DVD in her expansive career as a performer and songwriter. She has toured the country many times over, sharing the stage with everyone from John Mayer to the Beach Boys to Nanci Griffith. Border's Books & Music named her one of the Top Five Recordings of 2003, the Washington Post called her "a petite powerhouse of a singer."

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