Dumpable: no good to you or anyone else - throw them away. Remember that a lot of your waste can easily be recycled and it's a great way to get rid of bulky items. Visit waste point to find your nearest recycling point.

Essentials: you use these regularly - they stay.

Jumble: there's nothing wrong with these things; you just don't use them anymore. If you have a big pile of jumble it might be worth taking the whole lot down to a car boot sale - to find out where the next and nearest sale will be, you need to get the car boot calendar or check your local newspaper. Alternatively, get online and try auctioning your goods on www.ebay.co.uk.

If all this sounds like too much effort and you're feeling generous, give your goods away to a charity shop. Click here for a list of shops near you.

Undecided: if it takes more than 5 seconds to categorise an item, put it in this box. Once it's full, tape it up: if you don?t go in the box for over a year, it goes to the charity shop (unopened).

Nostalgia: this section is for things you want to keep for sentimental reasons (but only allow yourself one box). Now that you've decided these things are important to you, think about how to display them so you see them more often - get nice frames for pictures and photos, put decorative objects out, show other things to your family and friends.

Kaput: it's broken now but could be useful if fixed. If you don't take it to be repaired within two weeks, throw it away.