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Professional organizers are no strangers to working with clients who are resistant tothrow items away.

Plus, if you repurchase something down the line, it will likely come with a charging cord anyway.

The same goes for chargers that you’ve been keeping but are unsure of their specific use.

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“Any guidance you may need can be found on YouTube or Google,” she says.

This means getting rid of food containers whose lids have gone MIA.

These items, Brady says, “just take up space and cause frustration.”

“Let it go and reclaim valuable space for items currently cluttering up your counters.”

“If you dont, its time to say goodbye,” she says.

“The best indicators are texture and odor,” she says.

Toss it out, you won’t regret it."

She recommends digitizing anything essential and then discarding the physical papers.