Don’t Just Declutter, De-own.
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- At its heart, organizing is simply rearranging. And though we may find storage solutions today, we are quickly forced to find new ones as early as tomorrow
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How can I get that in India ?
"Owning less, is better than organizing more". 👏👏🙌👍
Yees !
Indubitably So TRUE ✔️🦅
EXACTLY. I am a minimalist through and through. I personally don’t like STUFF. I keep a light load!! I enjoy the very simple things like riding around and seeing places I have never seen before and taking walks in parks and neighborhoods we have never been to either. FUN!!!
This is my favourite sentence too😍👍
YES. Shove it Marykon do
Perfect reminder that owning less is actually freedom, Thank you Joshua.
Yes! Used to spend over 8 hours cleaning and tidying and doing housework each day. Now it's pretty much 30 minutes to an hour. I'm way more relaxed, in better health, and have an overall better quality of life--just from owning less. Amazing.
"De-own" somehow makes so many things so much easier for me instantly.
Bingo: I am sick and tired of finding cutish boxes for my crap, of re-organizing!! De-owning: that's the name of the game. Thank you!
The little voice in my head that argues with everything had something to say. When he said to remove duplicates, it said "Except scissors, you always need scissors."
I think what is more important than decluttering is, that we should try harder to not fall back into consumer traps... it is too easy and too tempting nowadays, especially when you live in a big city. Also - just dumping your stuff at the donation center ist very wasteful, because only 10 % will be sold, the rest ends in landfill... I think we should be more responsible once we got rid of our stuff (try to be responsible and not just throw it away... even though it takes more time, it took me 4 years and I'm still not at the end, hope with the last move it will. It`s about decluttering one last time for good.
A lot of people just declutter, to only hoard again few months later -only to throw stuff away, AGAIN. Minimalism is about ENDING this cycle and what lies beyond that declutter process - freedom, more money, time, mental clarity and energy.
I totally agree! Well said 👍
Tout à fait d'accord, prendre le temps et savoir si cela est indispensable. On ne change pas du jour au lendemain😉
It's not over, the decluttering, organizing, downsizing, managing our inventory, till we're dead. Hahaha. Seriously. It's a journey...a lifelong process, to be sure. Just keep after it. We'll get there. Don't give up!!
Agree agree agree! It's better to join no buy groups and share with the community rather than dump at a donation center.
This video comes perfectly on time just before Black Friday sales!! 😂
Yep! I’m staying away from the crazy stores!
Thanks to you, I've given thousands of dollars worth of "stuff" to charity. 4 pickups from the Salvation Army this year, now donations to Toys for Tots. Not really ever cluttered like many, but ridding of things was like a cleansing. While others buy this holiday season, I challenge people to get rid of what you don't need. This is the season where retail will try to brainwash the public. Thanks Joshua!
Awesome! Proud of you brother
Love what u have to say!! Thank you !!!
Thank you for donating things.
I wish I could get my donations collected but non of the charity shops near me offer that service. I’ve decluttered about half of my stuff and it’s all in the hall waiting to be decantered to various local places but as I no longer have a car it’s taking an absolute age to take it in bags. I’ve got some things which are too big/heavy to carry but much too good to be thrown away but I can’t even offer “free for collection” where I live🤦♀️. It’s so frustrating because the clutter is driving me up the wall and I just want rid of it.
@@ExLibris-Alys no family to help???? Check with a local Church. They will pick up for sure!!!!!
I was a serial “container purchaser”- I used to buy them all the time , but then wonder why I was still basically in a mess ! Then the day I heard you say storage is not the answer , owning less is, EVERYTHING changed for me. It is just so logical . Thank you for your wonderful life-changing advice Joshua.
I've given away so many containers because of this! And now if I have to put something in a container I completely re-evaluate whether or not I want to even keep the items. Game changer for sure.
Me too. I thought that was the solution for a tidy house. I bought lots of storage containers, and organized. My house lwas full of containers with no where to put them. And then I wondered why it still wasn't tidy. Minimalismis the way to go.
Since I have "minimalised" my diet into low-carb/high-protein-fat/intermittent fasting, I eat at home, and save TONS of money not eating garbage and eating out. :D Never felt better or been happier!
@@LJ542 Awesome!
Eating healthy, non processed foods rather than fad dieting can really benefit everyone.. We have been eating non processed home cooked meals for years and years and our health remains well whereas family and friends who partake in processed foods and eat out frequently are overweight and have many ailments. We know what you and we are doing is best because my partner used to be an 'eat out' over indulging person when it came to food and was getting really overweight, ill from eating poor choices and sluggish mentally and physically as he was aging. Changing this behavior to healthy eating changed his health for the better though he still struggles with the mental components of wanting to eat addictive, toxic foods. You don't have to love to cook to eat healthy. You don't have to be high income to eat healthy. You just have to educate yourself about food nutrition, buy those inexpensive foods, cook them and retrain the mind, body and spirit to love and favor them over toxic foods because you want to be and feel healthy and enjoy the health benefits of a healthy mind and body. Nice to read about your success.
@@AM-ou1wt Thank you! And Kudos to you guys and to Joshua! I can't help but think this was the next step in my minimalist lifestyle after having found Josh's channel. His channel has so many serendipitous twists and turns and allows lots of people to connect on truly great levels!
Heck yes!
Great job! Very difficult to change habits but well worth it!
A wise man (you) once said, “Decluttering is always better than organizing.” I repeat that to myself a lot when faced with a messy room, and it has helped my dad declutter his house since mom passed.
I'm really sorry to hear about your mom's passing. That must still be really hard. Yes, very good quote from him. I will have to repeat this to myself more often!
Better than Goodwill is trying a local Buy Nothing group. That way you know your item is going to be rehoused and not just pass through Goodwill on the way to the landfill.
Yes, my husband worked for Goodwill, he said they would toss so much stuff,
reminding me that i need to put a sheet on the lawn, and post to Craigslist and say "all free, take it off my lawn" - been dragging things around for at least 15 years. maybe soemoen else can take it...it's not about "money", it's about "get it out of here, enjoy it"
Then working to that which matters
I put an ad on Craigslist list advertising free items from my garage, everything I wanted to get rid of was, in one day.
@@shawna620 awesome!!!!
Hi Joshua - Great video. My hubby and I are getting old. And our maximizing lifestyle is overwhelming us. I've only just begun, but my kitchen is working for the first time in a long while, and I even have open space. My sister recently passed away and the family went through her home like a tornado, she had stuff everywhere. All everyone said was, "why did she have so much stuff." I don't want that to be the last words for my home. I want folks to say, "wow, this house is minimal and organized." Keep the videos and motivation coming. Happy Thanksgiving. Love PegEgg
Keeping good impressions till the end huh ?
Perhaps you could be interested
in reading or looking for information about the Swedish Death Cleaning. It sounds a bit dramatic but such a heartfelt approah to giving up on items.
My thoughts exactly! I managed to reach that way of thinking as the time approached for my son to move away for university. I just want way less stuff and I want to appreciate and enjoy the stuff we do have.
Thank goodness for this... a minimalist who tells you to get rid of all the crap!!!!!!!
The educational system needs to hire you world wide!!! You're an amazing spoke person to save, save and buy less.
I’ve been following your videos for quite some time now. At this point I just have to thank you for your ad free videos which were the starting point of my de-owning and minimalism journey. Really changed my life in so many ways. Special Greetings from Germany.
Glad you like them! Thank you for the kind words.
Joining a Buy Nothing community online has been the most helpful thing for me. When a neighbor wants or needs something I find it easy to share and I often add to the pile of things I had offered once I see that someone is excited to take them and use them. It also allows me to ask for things when needed so I don’t feel like I need to keep everything “just in case” - a neighbor will lend or give what I need if they can. It’s more work than donating but it’s also rewarding.
"If organizing worked, you'd be done by now..."
So True!😅
I like nothing more than to get ruthless with my stuff. It’s amazing what I don’t need.
Hi, Kay! I haven't seen you in forever. How have you been? Do you keep up with the Belgian much anymore? Great to see you out here on Josh's channel. I "minimalised" my food as well. I have lost a whopping 40 LBS since the last time we chatted.
@@thomashughes4859 Tom, hi!! Forty pounds?! That’s amazing, I’m very proud of you. I’m doing well. I do miss the Authentic Sound gang, but I’m up to my neck in my own musical endeavors. I’m the new choir director at my church, St. Nicholas Orthodox, basically running a marathon like a sprint. I’d like to fill you in.
@@kaybrown4010 I deleted it, but you should have it in your email. I just didn't want to piggyback off Josh's channel. Great to hea from you.
My neighbors were foreclosed on and were evicted. All of their stuff sits on both their side yard and in their front yard. It’s such an eyesore for my neighborhood, and these people were obviously hoarders. They haven’t been back to claim their junk. This entire experience, including having the police called on these people a dozen times a day, made me reevaluate my own possessions. If I were evicted today, what would I take with me and what junk would be lingering in my yard for my neighbors have ire over? I’ve been purging ever since. PS: I did take their outdoor plants 🪴 though 🤭
People losing everything being an eyesore and inconvenience to you is an interesting worldview.
@@Dirk_Strider you don’t comprehend the complex legal ramifications behind it since they also had THREE years from foreclosure date and several moving trucks to pack their shit. They left what they didn’t want as literal LITTER! The debris has blown into my yard and everyone else’s in the past week as a private nuisance and trespass to land. But you are just assuming I’m a nosy Karen. No, I’m an attorney who has compassion and usually works pro Bono or at a highly discounted rate for clients. Moreover, these people had an ADDITIONAL 90 days due to the Biden moratorium from our county having a stay on evictions before two county sheriffs arrived to forcibly effectuate their untimely ejection relocation. Squatters make life more interesting, I suppose 🤣
What??? Seriously? De-own. I love that
What would happen if the neighbors got together to throw away trash & junk? Any legal ramifications of that since the house is unoccupied and the stuff is just outside?
@@murdige we all have been. Day by day, and people come take stuff for scrapping. I wish I could share a photo of the mess at this very moment
I recently did a huge purge on my wardrobe (still in progress btw!) and filled 3 large sacks!
Due to lockdown the charity stores weren’t open, so my sacks sat there for 3 weeks.
Not once did I “need” any of my items (in fact, I added to the sacks!!), which proved to me that everything in those sacks truly wasn’t needed.
Like your video and practical advice!
call a local church!
Because of those shutdowns what I did was give a lot of our donations directly to people who needed them during the times my donation spots were unavailable.
I just got rid of half my clothes, 2 whole 50 gallon trash bags!!
@@gabbyfringette7250 well done you!
I’m finding now that I actually have more choices of clothing because I can now see everything I have 🤣🤣
@@nz-nz me too--now that my kitchen and storage room aren't totally overwhelming anymore, I've used a cake platter that I've had for 20 years and really like but had never used, three times!
When I finish decluttering a room, I notice the organizing system I bought is empty and no longer of use. I've vowed not to buy organizers! And if I have storage totes, I use them as donation bins. Thanks Joshua.
Yes! I have totes. Perfect to use for getting rid of things, not storage.
Excellent
I like to call it reverse shopping ☺
Agree 2000%. BTW, tried to donate two light fixtures that I no longer needed to the Habitat for Humanity Store. Arrived with them. Girl at the desk said I needed to make an appointment to drop them off. I said I'm here with them - you want me to leave and come back tomorrow? She said yes. I said No. Went to Goodwill where a man yelled at me, saying that if they sold a light fixture which then turned out to be bad and electrocuted the customer, they would be liable. So I went home, thinking I would sell them and give the money to charity. Hit a bump and the glass broke on both fixtures. They went into the trash. "No good deed goes unpunished."
Thank you for at least trying. It is sad that there is so much waste because even when people try to do the right thing like you did, the system makes it so difficult (at times impossible) for them to do so...it could change but it is an uphill battle to do so because companies want people to be forced to buy new...
Loved your story! This is what happens to the best of us. We learn from our little battles and our changed….and more prepared for the big ones!
Around here we put stuff to the curb n ppl can take it.
Good grief 😔 damned if we do damned if we don't.
In my area, we set things out on the curb with a FREE sign.
@@valerierogers9609 I might have done that if they didn't sell ... but didn't get the chance.
Thanks for the common sense and the always ad-free content
Thanks for tuning in. I appreciate the kind words.
Thank you! I'm in the process of decluttering. I watch gobs of videos, thinking I need to go to Dollar Tree to buy organizational bins. What??? It hit me the other day, & I asked myself Why??? Why spend money on bins for things I truly should simply get rid of? I shouldn't have to spend money, to get rid of things. (I'm new at all of this, but I'm trying) The idea of a trash bag, walking through the house, is an excellent idea. Thanks again.
De-owning, not buying it, just keeping things simple and minimal. It is so much easier. No extra costs, no re-arranging, no storage containers required. Thank you so much.
You sir are better than therapy and you have already helped me in decluttering not just re-organizing all the stuff I dont use nor need. I especially loved your video on house stageing do to your house as if you were moving and want to sell it. Priceless points that if we were to live that way we would definately live in a less cluttered organized and beautiful home we get to enjoy and live in everyday!!! Because of you I have brought two HUGE bags of plates, tea pots, mugs, pitchers, drinking glasses I NEVER use!! Made so much more space and a lot less "eye clutter!" You are truly a God send!! Soon as I saw that video I saw all the "eye clutter" in my kitchen as if seeing it for the very first time yikes! Thank you for your videos short sweet and to the point! Doesn't get better than that!! Blessings!
When I decide to minimalise rather than reorganise the storeroom, I found people who appreciates the 1) 4 badminton rackets I have not used for more than 10 years 2) new unused floor mats 3) new unused cooking pot 4) old mini cupboard. I like my organise storeroom now and do not wish to stuff with things I will not need for whatever time I have left on earth.
I feel fortunate because I have access to a donation company that comes to my house once a month to pick up my donations. I'm thankful for this service because it keeps me plugging away at minimizing.
Learning so much from your videos.
4 rooms down, 4 to go.
I once read that finding new homes for unnecessary items is just moving piles of stuff from one place to another. When you think of it as nothing more than a pile of stuff, you really begin to lose your attachment to it.
Whenever i listen to you, i declutter. I had once taken the 100 things to declutter and actually did it successfully.
Thanks for sharing ur wisdom 😺🙏
Wow! Nice to see a fellow Indian minimalist.
Yeah same here.
I successfully did a no-buy for clothes for 2 years in a row. 2020 and 2021. 😺 i think i have enough clothes to continue this year as well.
I have cleared a lot of clutter - clothes, fashion jewellry, papers, CDs, collectibles etc. It feels good 😊
Do share yput experience too..
I actually enjoy a weekly trip to the Goodwill store. I have donated some really big and/or valuable stuff! The look on their faces is so much fun when I drop off a locking filing cabinet or the working kitchen appliances! Most of my excess stuff is like new 🥰👍🥳
Oh boy is this true!! For years, I was constantly organizing! Bringing things from room to room, upstairs to downstairs...feeling accomplished, but that feeling didn't last long.....I wasn't getting the satisfaction of REALLY doing anything productive! So now that we own less, I don't have to constantly organize THINGS! Life is good!
Thank you, Joshua!!! I have enjoyed the blessings of a more simplified and minimized home for 2 years now. I will never go back!
We love your channel, as well!
My Dad, who was born in 1910, always said our possessions possessed us......
I read something very similar to that in the book "A Passionate Apprentice", the eary diaries of the British author Virginia Woof, from 1897 to 1909. The author grew up in a house with widowed/remarried parents and children from three marriages. When the parents had died, Virignia's sister had to hire men to smash some of the furniture in what must have been a house jammed with belongings, parents, children and servants. No wonder Virginia Woolf shared your father's view about possessions possessing people!
My father, born in 1917, used to tell us all the time: You don’t need that! Turns out, he was right.
@@TheDriftwoodlover I was born in 1961 but have been told I act like someone who lived the Depression. One of my favorite books that I own is "Stories of Thrift for Young Americans" published in 1915 and wortwhile today. Each chapter is a story and one is about how the father in a family or several of the neighborhood fathers aren't bringing in as much money because of a slow work time so the children start the Making Over Club to see who can go the longest without buying new clothes. The children talk about how clothes can be altered and trimmed and re-used. I think it's in that chapter also how they talk about growing their own vegetables. Those plans and ideas are good even today. I never minded wearing hand-me-downs!
I have been on a decluttering/minimizing journey for a couple of years now. Your videos, blog, and books have been very helpful. My life feels light and peaceful now. Cleaning is so quick and easy. I have time for things I enjoy that I never used to have time for. What’s interesting is, I haven’t even missed anything I’ve gotten rid of. The other day, I took a bin of clothes to goodwill and gave them the whole thing, bin and all. Didn’t need it anymore.
Exactly my story but for 4 years. I give them the containers too 😂. I have not missed a single thing! So much more space, time, energy in my life now. Would not go back.
You just helped me make a decision. I scrapbook memories and I purchase paper, punches, other supplies because they look nice, yet I haven't even worked on old projects with what I have for over 6 months. Plus I need to declutter my craft room to do any work. So...no more purchases for now, not until I really need them. Thank you for your wonderful advice.
I used to scrapbook and then realising it was too hard to scrapbook with all the stuff I have accumulated and the mess, so there were many times where I took that time to organise all my stuff instead of actually scrapbooking 😩
So true, we keep on buying but not using them to actually craft. I think this is the problem many crafters experience.
"Owning less is always better than organizing more." Yes.
Think next time in the Fall and Spring when Target and other stores have rows and rows of plastic storage tubs and containers, so you never have to get rid of anything, but since they are in fancy new plastic tubs, you think you accomplished something.
Exactly! The only time, I was able to keep clean home, was when I had little stuff.
I love this video. The storage containers are extra possessions and potential clutter too. De-own and contentment are the way to go.
🤣 I was just mentioning the way you explained " organizing " to my son. 😍🙏💚
Thanks for the good reasons to declutter. I found the following quote helpful. "The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry, the garment in your wardrobe is the garment of the naked; the shoes you do not wear are the shoes of the one who is barefoot." St. Basil the Great (4th century)
De-owning makes so much more sense. TFS 👌
Just as simple as the 2 bras that I always wear and are simple and comfortable versus the other 8 that I keep to a special dress or occasion that doesn't happen in years! And in the meanwhile I'm keeping things that don't serve me and even make me feel somewhat uncomfortable 🙄. Like the pencils and pens that I don't use but think that my daughters (who don't live with me anymore) or their future kids😃😐 will find very useful. No! I'm going to give them to the school for whoever wants it now! (And if someday I have grandchildren I will buy them their favourite pencils and make it an important event 🥰) Thanks for all your good advice
I always thought I was a minimalist but my daughter said I was a very organized hoarder. In the spring I sold furniture and gave many items to friends. I moved in July. Well it seems I did not downsize nearly enough. I have been selling things on facebook marketplace for several months. I have made many trips to Salvation Army to donate. Tomorrow a computer desk and matching storage pantry style cabinet will be picked up. In the next few months I will evaluate all my clothes and donate what I do not wear. It is liberating.
That's it! I'm done buying things I don't need anymore. I'm starting right now!
"It doesn't matter, so much, how you remove unneeded possessions from your home, as long as you do it" I agree. There's so many theories out there on the right way to purge your room, home, closet, etc, that it can make you get stuck on the process, instead of just getting it done. I've used so many ideas to collect the stuff to donate, but in the end, what matters is that it's gone. I have also sold some stuff, but mostly I don't want to deal with having people come to my house, so I donate. Someone who needs it more that I do, will appreciate it.
Thank you, Joshua, for a message even more special than usual. I backed up even this short video several times to hear again what you had to say. What an important lesson that organizing is just re-arranging. We need to reduce the VOLUME of what we have if we have too much.
Reduce, Reduce, Reduce inventory, less stuff to manage
This came at a good time for me. I'm de-owning a bunch of stuff that I no longer use this weekend!
I love these videos because they are clear, much like minimizing itself. There is a sense of lightness as you let go. My problem is I’m completely overwhelmed with where to even start. I will follow some of the advice he’s so kindly shared: Get rid of duplicates, share and give away things that aren’t being used, donate TO the thrift shops instead of buying so much FROM them!
Love this, nice practically steps to start decluttering/minimizing-for anyone who struggles with it 😊 Thank You!
Hi Joshua
Love ur content
I’m a minimalist architect and interior designer, helping people simplifying their home and life thru minimalist designs
Can u please consider adding Arabic CC for Arab people
I’m Egyptian 🇪🇬 and some of us can’t understand the English language but I definitely do
Thanks for ur efforts and keep being different
*"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." - Hans Hofmann*
I joined a neighborhood Buy Nothing group and have helped so many people and been helped by many. It's crazy how many things we need are sitting on a shelf in our neighbor's garage and they want to get rid of it.
I live in Miami and don't ever need a heavy coat. But I was traveling to Chicago for Thanksgiving and needed one for the trip. A neighbor who just moved to Miami from NYC was happy to lend me one for three days.
That's $300 staying in my pocket and closet space saved.
Excellent advice. Making a peaceful house permanently peaceful is a good goal. For me, peace comes with fewer things (which means fewer things to organize), so I have to work on de-cluttering and on not bringing things into my house that I will then have to organize. Many thanks for another great video!
For the first time i watched a few episodes of the Hoarders series. The sheer number of possessions and garbage filling these homes from top to bottom is mind blowing. I thought it would make me feel better about my space but i e seem over the past couple years how easy it is to have things like empty boxes fill up the home. Especially with the immense stress from the world and being a single mom phd student I’ve come to rely on meal kits food delivery and amazon. There are times tbh that literal trash (not garbage), scraps of paper, mail wrap, empty boxes can just lay in the floor where it falls and stay for days, no one picks it up if I don’t. In short I didn’t feel better i felt worse because it’s easy to see how stuff accumulates if you aren’t on ongoing guard. I could imagine my home getting to crazy levels, maybe not level 4 or 5 hoarding scale but there are times i have felt buried in clutter and it’s a source of daily stress. It also saddens me to think how 100 tons of crud may be removed from just one property on the show. Times that by millions and that s filling our landfill and planet. No wonder the earth is in such a state.
I like the plan to take one bag to Goodwill every week. That is not overwhelming and it will become a great habit. Thanks for the tip
Found this video through Kate Kaden's TH-cam page, as it came highly recommended. I definitely need to de-own a few things!
Thank you Joshua, pls on this season give us more frequently support 🙏
Kate Kaden sent me. Love this ‘de-own’ topic!
I’m a new subscriber now!
Pat in Colorado, age 73, retired accountant
Welcome Pat.
Thank you for always bringing things to light.. I need to de-own
A lot more.. as well as donate.
❤️Love that you have no ads!😀👍
Hi Joshua , been following you for a while now , but glad to see that you are making an impact on other channels such as KATE Kaden’s.. thanks for commenting on her channel, you MADE HER DAY ( and all of us ( K-squad)
I love your videos! Short and to the point. Thank you!
1 trip a week to a donation center with one box or bag is a very good motivating tool, especially if you pick a day of the week and stick to it, just like you would for a city garbage collection schedule. Just a suggestion: Try to favour charity shops that have a drop off area OUTSIDE of the store, so that you're not tempted to go in and shop some more.
💯 wish more people could hear this message AND actually understand/accept it 👌🏻
probably off topic but id like to thank you for your clear pronunciation of words, you have an amazing diction!
Hi Joshua, I donated a lot recently, I have trouble letting go of items but when I brought a pair of horse riding boots down to the charity shop the lady working there was so happy and said she was going to give them to a little girl with special needs and it would help this family out because they had not much money. Also my son had so much lego he is grown up now so I gave it to a neighbour he stopped his car and all his grandchildren thanked me, you are so right it is better to give away items than have them sitting in an attic or on a shelf. I am going to do more de-owning it gives you a feeling of freedom and wellbeing knowning someone can benefit from your items. Thank you for the lovely message.
Omg, Joshua, you look amazing here! Please share some minimalism self care you've been practising recently! 😊👌
In German:
Weniger besitzen ist immer besser als mehr zu organisieren!😍👍Thank U @JoshuaBecker and Greetings from Germany🌲🌲🌲to all!!!
This is the exact reason I use the words "declutter" or "simplify" instead of organize when talking about how clutter relates to burnout. Making this small change now can have profound effects on our well-being and financial health. Great reminder Joshua!
Kate Kaden sent me over - I'm already a subscriber but somehow I had missed this video, so it worked out well. There's always more to learn about decluttering and simplifying things. We just hold way too much STUFF and it gets on my nerves. Life is calmer when you have what you need, and everything has a place where it belongs. :-)
Just watched Kate Kaden and she suggested watching this video. It's short, but very sweet. Thanks Joshua.
Excellent message. Organizing is just rearranging 😱 it’s so much deeper than what it appears as you have laid out.
Hi,popped over from kate kaden channel ...new subscriber.
That comment of our friends needing things that we are not using really got to me....I'm going to de-own and share x
Sent here by the wonderful Kate Kaden. Love this.
Another great video Joshua - always better to get rid rather than organise. Happy Saturday. I am going to fill a rubbish bag today.
Great content mr. Becker I was an organized person my whole life for the last 2 years I followed a lot of your advice I live so much simpler now have only the things that I use most of my stuff I donated keep up the great content
I admire your concept of not including ad in between the videos. I realized it when a I saw a comment mentioning about that. Your videos are great. I've changed myself after watching those
Thank you so very much!! It's changed me TREMENDOUSLY!!! So appreciated!!!♥️♥️♥️
I am filling this week's box for Goodwill. I have a bag for the library and food pantry, too. Tina
You have helped change my life viewpoint. Just found your videos and it has helped me go from organised to less and organised. Keep up the good work.
*Je suis d'accord avec vous ! Je dis qu'organiser nos possessions ne sert qu'à " cacher la misère " alors que s'en débarrasser c'est La SOLUTION*
Salut du Mexique, mon amie !
i took a few items to a young woman who doesn't make much money. told her to get rid of the same number of unwanted items that she kept from the bag. said later that she gave a coworker some stuff!!!
I spent 3 days managing stuff this week. Had a yard sale today with my sister and it filled the lawn area. It was cold here in NJ so only 2 people came out and bought nothing. Had to spend 2 hours taking it back to my sisters barn to store it. Will try and sell it again in a few weeks. So much wasted time on stuff management. I have not bought 1 thing this week and it feels great.
"De-own." That's brilliant.
Best best video ever! Thank you so much. Each weekend. I de-own.
Thank you a great reminder, especially as Christmas nears.
Enjoyed your words. Sent here by Kate from Kate Kaden..Thank you.
Your comments are always right on👍
So glad that I found this channel at the right time in my life
Watched a minimalist blog, the idea was not to look at unowning, more like what you really want vs just having a bunch of extra inventory to manage.
I couldn't agree more with this. I really need to declutter badly. 😩
Kate Kaden sent me. Decluttering is an on going thing, as things come into the home other things need to go out.
Kate Kaden sent me! She was speaking of your videos and how you've inspired her. :-)