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The two 90-day checks that settle every 'maybe' — with worked pass/fail examples for clothes, books, and kitchen tools.
The rule is a two-part test. Part one: has the item been worn or used in the last 90 days? Part two: has it sat untouched in a closet, bin, or shelf for 90 days? Fail both and the item goes. The rule exists because hesitation is the most expensive verdict there is — unresolved items are what fill rented storage, and about 1 in 10 US households already pays for a unit.
Two checks, not one, because they measure different things. The first measures use: did the item earn its space recently? The second measures neglect: has it been ignored even as stored property? An item can fail one and pass the other — used last week but never put away — and only failing both triggers the go verdict.
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Worked failure: a shirt unworn since the season turned, its hanger unmoved for three months. It fails the wear check and the storage check in the same glance, so it goes to the bag without further debate.
Worked pass: a winter coat in July fails the wear check today, but its test window is winter — retest it after its season. A blender used twice this month passes the use check no matter how it looks on the counter. Passing does not guarantee keeping; the item still has to beat its duplicates under the closet sort's two questions.
Books and kitchen tools run through the same gates. A book unopened for 90 days on a shelf it has occupied untouched for 90 days fails; a pan in weekly rotation passes. When an item fails both checks, it moves straight to the go pile and the donation condition standard takes over — good condition, fair market value, and a receipt, as laid out in Donating Decluttered Items and Claiming the Deduction.
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