ive found it at least makes me feel a little better if i can do something useful with stuff i cant use--obviously it only applies to a couple things on this list but if i run out of time to return something i dont need ill be less mad at myself about it if i donate the thing somewhere i think its likely to be used food i know i wont use but that i havent opened yet can go to the food bank--or if i have opened it i can leave it on the break-room table at work for someone else to take clothes that are brand-new but dont fit me could go to a homeless shelter or something similar depending on what type of clothes they are lots of places like donations of gift-type items right now which is handy for situations where maybe you bought someone a gift but discovered it was the wrong size or something they already had and forgot to return it in time at least that way i dont beat myself up about it quite so much because i can reasonably assume somebody is benefiting from my fuckup