January Decluttering

I had resolved to declutter three items a day in the month of January and to include some bonus items to bring the total up to 100 items.  Some days, it was easy to find three items a day, other days, I struggled!  I tried not to include regular recycling, such as empty boxes and cans, but one or two ended up on the list, anyway!

Here's what I decluttered in January:

1/1:
- 2 pens (one had dried out, the other ran out of ink as I was writing)
- 1 stem glass (broke!)


1/2:
- 1 gift bag from my stash
- 1 empty sparkling apple cider bottle
- 1 empty gallon sized milk jug

1/3:
- 1 blouse that was starting to fray and the silver trimming was starting to wear off
- 1 pair of grey pants that was too big
- 1 calendar (2017)

1/3 Decluttering

1/4:

- 1 black skirt I bought years ago but never wore as it was too tight at first, felt too short to wear to the office (although it was knee length - I like my skirts to be longer), and is now too loose!  

- 1 old wallet (daughter bought me a new one)

- 1 old pocket planner

1/4 Decluttering

1/5:
- 1 catalog
- 2 magazines

1/6: Didn't declutter as I was too tired to do it

1/7: declutterings included 3 items to make up for 1/6, when I didn't declutter:

3 gift bags from the stash

2 books

1 dead anthurium plant

1/8:
- 2 empty glass bottles from the rose and almond essences for the love cake
- 1 empty lotion bottle

1/9:
- 3 books 

1/10:  
- 2 dried out crazy glue tubes
- 1 cracked plate

1/11:
- 1 binder/procedures manual
- 2 pens

1/12:
- 2 bathmats
- 1 glass pickle jar

1/13:
 - 3 small glass jars

1/14:
- 1 plastic food container
- 1 sinus rinse kit
- 1 jar petroleum jelly  (old!)

1/15:
- 1 travel size container of shampoo (ancient)
- 1 travel size container of body wash (equally ancient)
- 1 lip balm (also ancient)

1/16:
- 1 empty dry roasted peanuts jar
- 1 glass jar
- 1 plastic food container with lid

1/17:
- 1 plastic cereal container (minus lid) 
- 1 candle stub
- 1 old highlighter pen

1/18:
- 1 wooden ornament (broken)
- 1 plastic package clip
- 1 medicated ointment (prescribed for radiation burns)

1/19:
3 magazines 

1/19 Decluttering

1/20:
1 pair of slacks
1 sweater
1 blouse

1/20 Decluttering

1/21:
- 3 pencils

1/22:
- 3 highlighters

1/23:
- 3 pens

1/24:
- 3 handkerchiefs

1/25:
 - 3 handkerchiefs 
(I kept 3 additional handkerchiefs - one embroidered one that had belonged to my mother, one that my aunt gave me on my wedding day which was my "something borrowed and something blue", and one which had belonged to my stepfather, with his initial embroidered; keeping all 3 for sentimental reasons)

1/26:
- 3 pencils

1/27:
- 3 pencils

1/28:
- 2 old bathmats
- 1 hat  
1/29:
- 3 hats (given by the Cancer Center when I was undergoing chemo treatments)

1/29 Decluttering

1/30:
- 3 hats (from the Cancer Center and one that I bought)

1/30 Decluttering

1/31:'
- 3 blouses 

1/31 Decluttering

Bonus items (to make it 100 items tossed):
- 7 pens 

A lot of small items, but that's OK.  I have a bag of clothes to donate; most of the rest was recycled or tossed.

Did you declutter anything in January?  Did it get easier as you went or harder?