We went through clothes over the weekend and got rid of some. My husband had a hard time with his sweaters for some reason and kept a few that I have never seen him wear. Still, we managed to fill a medium-sized garbage bag of things. I set it up next to the dumpster yesterday and it was gone this morning. People generally will take clothes you leave out like that and sell it at flea markets and such.
I still need to address the mess of shoes on the closet floor next. I'm thinking of buying a shoe organizer. I also think there are some things that need to be gone through on the upper shelf.