On Dec. 13, I started a “10 items a day for 1,000 days” project. Every day, I get rid of 10 items in our house. Some I throw away and others I give away. My strategy is simple: I pick one drawer, one cupboard, one closet, one file and begin. At 10 items, I stop, no matter how tempted to continue. Our house isn’t ultra cluttered, but after 23 years the stuff has piled up, hidden away in drawers and closets. And the garage! Oh my.