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My first time on your Chanel , so pleased I found you 2 lovely ladies. I am in uk LEEDS . I have stopped myself from going to stores except for general supermarkets for groceries. I do struggle with the simplicity of online shopping and do find myself with parcels of things that have missed the return by date. Here we have IKEA and Jysk that give 12 months returns policy which is very helpful as I struggle with getting stuck and procastinating. Interested to hear where you ladies are in the world xxx

Get rid of old hobby stuff and old activity stuff.

Give away stuff for free or trade for stuff you want.

Make an emergency bag. Know if you had 10-15 minutes to get the most important things in your house out, what to grab. Make them ready to take. Like your meds, your important papers, your money/ your purse/wallet, your family pictures, your phone/computer, emergency bag (set of clothes/shoes), your pet, musical instrument.

When you clean up closets, drawers, your car, you find all kinds of things you forgot you had that you can use, things that you have more than one of and you only need one, trash, things you don't need any more.

I grew up poor so I add water to the ketchup bottle and get all of it out used. I add water to the dish soap, laundry soap and hand soap and use it all. Or i take two bottles of ketchup and pour one in the other. I scrape the bowl when cooking. I use every bit of the butter or cream cheese in the package, i take a knife and get it all out. However i thinned down many collections, just saved a few of my favorite, got rid of old college books, thinned down purses, shoes, scarves, belts, hair accessories, clothes in various sizes, gadgets rarely or never used, anything broken, containers that are basically trash, many knick knacks, too many wall decorations, things you dont use any more; your old skates, your old bike, duplicate items (two toasters). Old medicines, cleaners you don't use any more, old vitamins. I got rid of tons of kitchen stuff with containers with no lids, reusable containers i bought food or stuff in, and items that i just had too many of.

Plastics and chemicals, and dyes, and pesticides, and oil, and nuclear waste are the truly dangerous waste.

If there is an EMP blast, those books can be burned for heat or to cook food or even shoved in clothing to make a petson warmer, or used for toilet paper.

He's wrong. Small changes add up. Knowledge is power. Action is needed. Its more work and initial money to buy steel or glass that we can wash, then paper or plastic products that are convenient.

Interesting and given me food for thought. More research for me now. Thank you

Love the digital one. So much email! I can’t seem to get a handle on it.😢

Great ideas!!

Love this podcast!!! Made me feel so much better about myself!

Chat gpt is incredible! I've used it at work a few times.

Interesting topic and great advice (as always). Thank you!

Yes, I am clutterblind for sure. Artifacts of clutterblindness populate this house and property. Somehow it became normalized. Focus and fresh eyes and photos will help to unravel the fiddle. Thanks for a great video!

I can't believe I'm listening to, and enjoying, a podcast about Decluttering incorporating Good Housekeeping. I am old! ;-)

Thank you very much for sharing this helpful information . I really appreciate it. I have shelves & my t-shirts never looked tidy. They will now. I will try your method next laundry day

I guess that's why before and after pictures are the highlight of cleaning videos on TH-cam!

11.15.2024 Thank you ladies for all your help, tips & positivity towards each of our individual journeys to declutter & organize, then maintenance. When I began my journey my main reason was so I didn't leave a bunch of junk for my adult children [2 over 40+ years, w/spouses] to deal with. And it has helped quite a bit that I'd moved into a senior building within the past 2 years that has quarterly inspections & that comes w/rules & regulations. Anyway, I've been very diligent about how to deal w/items & w/a thrift store being less than 5 minutes away could be my help or my downfall ... depending on where I keep my thoughts. I'm on my last bit of stuff to let go for now. I've let go of box after box, bag after bag, etc. of some things I'd had for a long time & never used, worn, etc. or rarely used. Moving from one place to another. It's very freeing, so to speak & my place looks so much better & I just feel so thrilled. And my children are too! 🤣 Cuz they know they'll have it much easier when I pass away. 🤣 Again, thank you Ingrid 🪻& Lesley.🌷 Please don't wait if you're older, is my #1 tip. I'm 67 y/o & waited & then a couple of years back I developed Osteoarthitis in both knees, so it's been much more difficult to move than when I was younger & better health. ❤

Can you do a story on people who live in falling down housing with no money ? It doesn't matter how minimalist I live, my place is falling down, cracked walls, broken glass and peeling paint. Surely, I'm not alone. I can't afford to fix anything on my wage and don;t tell me to work more or earn more, I cannot work harder. I would like advice

11.12.2024 Oh yes, I've been into the SDC method quite a long time, before I just learned now what it meant or that it had a specific name. 🤣 I'm an older, mature lady with adult children w/spouses & grands. Even though I'm in good health, nobody's promised tomorrow. So when I do pass away, I don't my belongings to be a burden on them. I've been trying to declutter & stay outta thrift stores, etc. I'm not even close to being a "hoarder", but more disorganized & had a bit more of certain items that I would actually need. I'm doing really well & have the new year as my goal to be completely done & then just maintenance. Thank you for all of your tips, etc & work on your channel. I really like you two ladies, Leslie & Ingrid. My best to you both. ❤

I love the part of this where you talked about judgement! So helpful! Thank you! ❤

Yes, love the green sweater! Podcast was excellent..

Lesley's green sweater is pretty. It pops on the screen.

I made my own diy multi-tier hanger using the soda can tab. = works great for when needed = i can only hang 4 deep or else it becomes to heavy for top hanger. .. i like to hang Everything, so it works great for pants & tank tops.. It does save alot of space. 😊 In the future, i may invest in a multi-tier hanger to see if i like it. .. i also plan to purchase the folding hangers for places that require narrow depth.

I started out w/ Free Kohl's (USA) hangers = all uniform.. I next got the thin fabric hangers. My next purchase will be skirt & pants hangers, as the current Free ones are steadily breaking. I have very nice coat hangers from my husband's suit purchases (thru the yrs). These I will keep as they seem to last forever. ..My annoyance w/ hangers is if there is no grip to keep clothes put.😊

I love dresses and have about 5 I think. However, I also have NO skirts.

I'm with Ingrid as with the use of a car bin. I spent a lot of time in my car when my daughter was sick, and her doctors were two hours from home. I had a crate in the floor board of the front, and it had wipes, a roll of paper towels, umbrella, anything I thought I might need if my car broke down in the dark. Beside that, there was room for a small trash can, the size that would go beside the toilet in the bathroom. Small for functional. Otherwise, my car would have stayed trashed because I was spending so much time in there. Also, I was a salesman during the day and traveled from 8 to 5, in and out of the car, eating out, drive through food, lots of trash is produced when you spend your working day inside your car. Lots of reason to have a trash bin in the car. And in Kentucky, USA, it's " Glove Box " here too. I've heard it called Dash Box, that's for fancy people.

just found you and I listened for a bit and then got out the photo albums. Oh my goodness. Cleared out, cleaned out and consolidated. No one will want these ! so with your motivation, I am keeping the ones that are special and I would like to look at again, and the rest are going. I love your humor, your honesty and I am going to listen to your other videos and podcasts now. Thank you.

Tell us something new!

well said on downsizing

thanks again

thank you whew,,,, its scary ,,but true boo hoo very helpful plus food for thought.

Amen, to covet what others have and to compare ourselves to others. What true words!!!

Brilliant and so helpful really appreciate you both even though I cringed quite a few time’s the truth hurts!! I recognised a while back that I would regularly start scrolling through Gumtree which is very compulsive as you never know what’s going to come up for sale and it’s so affordable yeh another bargain but actually I ended up with loads of clutter hence I’m now a regular listener and now call Gumtree Numbtree !!!Huge thanks x

Excellent episode. Carrie was so generous with her 4 tips and book recommendation. I will definitely keep her in mind as a reference for others when needed. I know a couple of people who might be interested in her assistance. Ingrid, great questions, great interview! I am going to go take the quizzes to see how many 1s I get :) I love a quiz too!

Excellent food for thought xx

Yes, you do need to keep your divorce document. It amazes me the number of forms that ask you for your marital status and sometimes you need to prove it. And even after you die your ex-spouse may be able to contest your will so your executer will need the document.

Definitely inspired to do some more! 😊

What a lovely podcast. Thank you Christina for sharing your journey x

I decluttered my house when I downsized several years ago.. I now declutter 5 items each week to help maintain .

Great podcast! I somehow didnt catch the second hotspot. What was that? After entryway/hallway and before living room coffee table? Or if there's a list of all 10 somewhere can you share a link?

My dear little mother was a real bowerbird. But she was born and raised during the Depression. She had only one dress beside her school uniform. I don't know why: her parents could have afforded more. But now l see why she squirrelled away everything she thought might one day be useful. I absorbed that lesson growing up, although mum made sure l never went without anything l actually needed. There's a generational trauma. If my kids ever need something, I want to be able to give it to them. I don't have the money. It makes it hard to let go of the stuff.

"Planned spontaneity" is an oxymoron. I will add it to the list of oxymorons right after "jumbo shrimp." Spontaneous decluttering is one of my main decluttering. It happens often when I am looking for something and can't find it. I spontaneously declutter things I rediscover during that searching that I had completely forgotten I own and I realize I don't need.

Great listen/watch. I agree that the member Q&As are fantastic (you also have access to all the previous ones!) and, yes, Ingrid and Lesley are hysterically funny. 🤣 I was a member for 2 years and have recently decided to go it alone. I would recommend anyone to become a member, even if it's only for a while, there really is so much information on there are the community is great. I might be back sometime. 🤔

Thanks for sharing the pictures! I had watched the podcast and heard her describe how overwhelming a project it seemed at 1st but a picture is truly worth a thousand words! I can't believe she did all that thru a move, a death of a loved one and a heart attack!

Wow! Amazing! You motivate me!🎉

Congrats! A HUGE accomplishment. 👏👏👏👏

I understand. I have a few barrels of things never opened since we moved to our house in 1988.