Declutter

Don't limit your decluttering to the usual garage or basement. Look at the common areas -- drawers, cupboards and places where things tend to go that we think we'll get to later, especially closets. You can divide clutter into boxes marked "keep," "donate," "sell" and "throw out" -- even though you don't want it, someone else might. Hold a garage sale or sell it online. Make sure you also check out freecycle.com.

When I'm decluttering I donate items to my local food pantry. They take anything. And donating items means I am not overwhelmed with trying to organize a garage sale, and your garage is not suddenly cluttered!