I try. that is try to clean out my pantry about once a year. I am not always successful at getting to it. I am amazed when I see stuff that expired 4 years ago. I go to the store, and since I dont always feel great I stock up. I will buy 6 instead of just 1 and that way I dont have to go out unless I run out of staples. I get it into my head that I want to try this or that recipe and will get the ingredients and then forget that I wanted to try it. A year later I am digging out the stuff from the back of the pantry.

I have learned to rotate my stock. I try to put the new stuff in the back and pull the old stuff to the front. its all just a reminder of how much I used to do, and how much I used to be able to get to.