If a voice in your head screams, "Clean up this room!" every time you walk into your bedroom, you might want to listen.

Reusable totes are great for trips to the grocery store, but for your daily trash—um, no. And, paper bags aren't the most durable. Once your trash is in the can, you don't want to have to see it again—ever.

Ha! You laugh at clutter. Those piles of useless, unrelated items are out of your life. Everything is filed away in its rightful place. The freedom you feel as you float effortlessly through your organized, harmonious home is sheer bliss…

Recycling cans and bottles as a kid was like winning the lottery. You'd schlep those things five miles through 10 feet of snow for $1.20 per case. That was a whole lotta money back then.