I counted everything I own as a minimalist.
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It’s been said that the average American home has 300,000 things in it. As a minimalist, I wondered what that might look like for me. So I decided to count everything we own.
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How many things do you think you own? 🤔
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Nathalie the minimalism QUEEN! Literally had the same with my boyfriend who would accuse me of having a shopping problem. We counted our clothes and shoes and guess who had more… him. A time consuming way to make a point but that’s what relationships are for
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@@thekourysisters 👌🏻
“That’s what relationships are for” 😂😂😂😂😂 so must wisdom in one sentence (and yep it supone I’m the non-minimalist one, let’s see!)
Ever since starting this minimalism journey in 2015, I actually own much more items than I did before. The only difference is that I'm aware of what I own and enjoy my items much more because it's a curated collection of things I like: books, art, art supplies, tech, musical instruments, etc... It's really relaxing to have my space work for me rather than having to adjust to my space.
I don't see how that makes much sense, are your things more relevant now whereas you had useless junk before?
@@HandledToaster2 he had junk before, it's pretty straightforward. It makes all the sense
You are running in maximilist race, maybe. How you got more things now than earlier, you are hilarious. Hahha thanks for commenting, I laughed with a buster haha.
@@escape2739 They probably had a bunch of shit that they dod get rid of, but then they started a collection of books, etc., like they said. Which may add up to more in the long run, but they actually have purpose
@@finalcountdown3210 point noted your honor. it makes better ence to me now.
As a punishment for Matt losing the minimalist battle, we want to see Nat take over the channel for a few videos 🙌
Love this idea 🤣
Yes!!
Yes I agree. And I’d like to say she is a minimalist but she just hasn’t realized it yet. But she is. She’s great. Definitely more Nat in the videos. We love her.
YES
YES!
I like this version of minimalisms. It is not about owning less, but really using what you own
So I can have a million things and still be called a minimalist as long as I use it all? Sounds dumb. Call it practicalism then
@@juliejules7780 well that is the definition “someone who intentionally only lives with things they absolutely need”
If you absolutely need 1 million things and you still use them…then yes, you’re a minimalist
@@ImprovementGang i quit the minimalist cult and joined the maximalist cult and and I'm alot happier surrounded by all my stuff
@@juliejules7780 best of luck in your cultic career 👋
@@ImprovementGang 🙂
We love Natalie, our minimalist queen 👑
Been watching you since I was like 18/19 maybe earlier honestly... I'm 24 now. wow. Ill never stop watching. Great vid too, now I have an urge to count everything in the house aha. Also... Best sponsored ad ive ever seen ahah, brilliant.
im 24 too! how have you grown with his content over the years?
right i showed my brother bc of how smooth and well played it was lol.
also I too have been watching him for around 5 years give or take
Not Brilliant, it was Squarespace 🤭
He actually created the website too. Dedication 🤣
Damn now you make me wonder how long I've been watching Matt... I think like 3 or 4 years. It's glad to share, even with some people you don't know, like something that you all grew up together with
Your editing is unreal Matt
Totally agree on this one.
A few months back I thought about doing that same experiment for my own sake and curiosity. But instead I took a look at my sewing and tools drawers and decided that my time would be spend better using these 1209 items instead of counting them.
Soooo, actually you have calculated them)))) LOL
Lol 🤣
I saw what you did there ;)
Counting everything you own, doing all of the calculations, making all those pie charts, awesome editing, thank you so much for all of that, it must have been extremely time consuming 😊
I always said "I'm a minimalist" to fancy being broke, but watching you for the past 3 years has truly changed my perspective about it. I'm still broke though.
I'm br..,minimalist too.
Still the concept is relieving of what you don't need to weigh you down.
@@yazeedalhusban969 very true!
So I counted only my clothes and I was pretty shocked. I have a total of 145 clothing items. Most notably 31 pairs of socks and 15 shirts and 12 pairs of trousers. I think I could easily live with only half of each of these categories. Recommend this to everyone watching! The whole house might be slightly overkill, but one category can be done relatively fast and is still very insightful!
to be fair - you always need more socks, undies and shirts as this is the thing that you will need to change all the time. Maybe the 12 pairs of trousers is a bit too much - but if you go to two types of sports like me and count sports pants as trousers - it is very easy to get to 12. it really depends on how you use them if it is really a lot.
I recently cut my whole wardrobe down to ten of everything. It is much easier now. I did it a month ago and am planning on going even lower. Maybe 7 items of each thing. Then all I need to do is washing once per week. It is quite liberating having just the clothes you love to wear not old things that you don’t use
@Fit at 42 I'd might keep 9 of at least the basics. Extra underwear and socks is almost a necessity, in my opinion. You can rewear a lot of things, but not underwear.
My wife and I recently visited a couple of family members who have TONS of stuff, it was really taxing being in that kind of environment for the first couple of days and it really helped me get into perspective that I was just organizing my mess, not actually getting rid of unused/unnecessary items in my life. So just in a couple of hours, my wife and I went on to unpack our stuff from the trip and start getting rid of all that clutter in our bedroom and bathroom, we both felt so good about it that we are planning on doing it with each different part of the apartment.
I honestly can't wait to see the difference.
Matt you’ve officially gone insane 🤪 honestly love this concept and appreciate the time/effort !
Haha so true :)
Obviously, the surprise in all this is how Natalie is relatively minimal in her possessions despite not being an avowed minimalist.
This is the best Square Space Ad ever hahahahah 👌
if i was Matt D'Avella's friend, i would add one item to his home everytime I come over without him knowing. Something not obvious but something still functionally make sense to be there. Enough to confuse him.
We need a feature length documentary from Matt, I just can’t help obsess over the cinematography in every video
Edit: I had no idea he’s already made a couple, thanks for telling me, I will watch them now!
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agreed
The amount of work in those shots with moving tools in stop motion, I mean... Right?
He helped create "Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things" on Netflix! It came out in 2016, runtime is 1h 18m
He has 2 documentaries on Netflix :)
As a home tutor and a minimalist, I think just my books and stationery items have way exceeded 1600. Perhaps I'm not a minimalist afterall, but I really do need them. This video inspire me to do a spring cleaning and another round of decluttering.
The urge to count everything in my house now is so strong 😂 How long did this take you Matt? X
It personally took me severals days bits by bits .... but with no stress. I own an Airbnb flat that I rent this was useful too knowing what stuff I had. But I left aside food, toiletries items, papers ...
I feel like I'd be the same with my wife. I'm the minimalist but I have so many cables and batteries and techie things. I so wish you'd recorded Nat's reaction when you told her that you own more things
Listen here, Wayne. Nat was too busy working a real job while her husband spent an entire day counting paper clips for TH-cam.
@@nataliepidding5731 😂🤣👍🏼
Now I learned that, 3 years of decluttering game was something that not that important. You can have some hundreds of items, but you need to use them. Thank you Matt ❤️
When you pulled out the Xmas decor, I went to the box where mine is stored and filled a plastic bag with things to donate. I wasn’t at home this Christmas and I don’t know where I’ll be for the next one. Thrift stores are stocked with them every year, so I can have the fun of finding new decorations.
I love your comment. I think I'll do the same thing. I'm not big on celebrating Christmas but if I'm ever in the mood, I can go to a thrift store. GOOD THINKING! Besides --- it's fun to switch things up. Why have the same decorations every year?
Maybe she should take over this channel and talk how she managed to be a minimalist ;)
Nicely done Matt! Even your transition to sponsorship didn't feel like an ad, it was still entertaining to watch.
😂 This was so fun to watch!
From the nerdy details of all the categories to the overall message of this video...
Thank you so much!
This video is VERY relatable for Leah and I! 😂 I hate Christmas ornaments... she loves them.
this comment reads like a middle aged womans status on facebook
Levi, let’s have you and Leah do the count in your home. 😂 I can’t wait for that. 😂
@@cchampa17 I mean... you're not wrong honestly.
Matt, I just want to say how impressed I am day in and day out watching your videos. Your channel, along with a few others, has inspired me to create my own channel and talk about life. I look forward to learning more as I grow in this process, and I will continue to watch your videos to try and absorb as much as I can from you.
Hi Matt, I loved your self arguing part, that was so funny and athentic and shows the point pretty good, to never take all the intentionalism never to strict, but to enjoy the things that you own is the most meaningful part . Thanks for all the effort making this video :)
Not too long ago I counted everything in my wardrobe and categorized it all. My friends and family called me crazy for doing it, but it brought me a sense of calm knowing exactly what I own. That was only my wardrobe though, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to watch this video...... 🤓
This was very informative, I loved the data and charts you used at the end... the storytelling and value was insane. Great video Matt! 😁
Been supporting you and watching you like a fan for years now from South Africa and honestly this was such amazing insight. I understand how this gave you anxiety but this gave me a lot of relief! Well done Matt!
I've been thinking about this and battling this, thanks for doing this video. Having a home gives you a lot of space, we're homesteaders, and market gardeners too and that comes with it's own clutter, and I'm totally focusing on if it's used and useful and leaving it at that!
Ok here's the thing I might never count how many items I have. But definitely over the years inspired by Matt i have become intentional with my purchases especially with clothing. i might never get rid of my books over the years but i do own less of things which are not used and i believe this is the truly being minimalistic. As always great content Matt.
I have followed your minimalist lifestyle journey since I first watched your video in 2015 until now 2022. I didn't think it was 7 years since I first watched your video Matt. Thank you for discussing minimalism in a very fun and informative way
The cinematography in this video is absolutely fantastic and marvellous! I am currently watching this video and I'm enjoying it so much! Thank you!
I made it a habit to move all I don’t use for a week to the garage … and when I moved I never looked in the garage but asked people to clear it out. Very liberating and keeps you mind clean in that if you REALLY needed something later on it would still be there.
I did this in early 2018 and called it "Inventory of Things I Own" in my bullet journal. Just recently graduated from college and transitioning to dedicating most of my time working. I thought to myself that was a good time to spend checking what I own, what I can dispose of, especially because I had so much paper stuff from my college days. So glad that I got introduced to bullet journaling and minimalism at that point because both areas promoted intentional living. After doing that, the weight of owning a lot of stuff that I don't really use regularly felt more real and incentivized me to buy slower and less. There's a time gap between wanting something and getting it. I only wrote it in my BuJo. But after watching this, I'm inclined to do it again, do a revisit, and use excel to categorize everything, i.e., to nerd it out.
Thanks for the video Matt, really enjoy hearing what you have to say and how your intentional living has shifted over the years. Keep up the great work 😊
Your video, as always, has been the highlight of my week, already started counting! Cheers from Madrid!
Wow, it's SO COOL that you are able to count everything you own. There's no way I can count what I own - I don't even know where to start!
Damn, this must have been a TON of work. Huge respect for undertaking this and making such an amazing video about it. Just a small part of the video but that stop-motion was beautifully done.
This video is a piece of art. Personally as a fresh starter on youtube I can learn so much from your videos. It is so well thought, every detail on how to tell this story. The fun mood, omg. Congratz!
*Did anyone else think that if you counted the 70 holiday decorations as Nat's things, than she would technically have more stuff than you :-p*
I loved seeing this experiment. I don’t care about numbers BUT I do care about value brought by my items like you said and I’m so glad I have the things I do and that since minimizing I have realized having things that are high quality is important to me.
One of the best thing about dude is that he never takes credit for himself when he achieves something. He always respect us, the audience and his team, and he is polite in all his videos. We congratulate ourselves on this achievement more to come 💙💙💙💙
Hm h toh kya gam h ✌
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Stop copying this comment
Lmfao 😂 She doesn't mean it, this comment is just a copy pasta that some TH-camrs use to get more subs lol even Matt fell for this !!
I love your curiosity. I’m so glad to have found a TH-camr that I can relate to. I love minimalism value. Thank you 🙏
Easily one of my favorite experiment videos to date. Thanks Matt!
I didn’t think I would be this interested into this. But I was! I’ve been wanting to get into minimalism for awhile now. I think in my storage room alone is 1,000 things 😅. But I’m moving in a few months and basically starting with nothing so hopefully I can practice it.
Thanks for the video Matt. Missed you the last few weeks! Happy late new year
I did that 3 years ago for my clothing and that changed my life, I remember clearly everything is own, I rated with starts so when I don’t like as much something I am not feeling guilty of getting rid of it, it’s SO nice
Seeing videos like this makes me realise how much stuff I actually have and don’t use - I am going to address it. Thank you for the inspiration Matt!
You always bring a great sense of humour to your videos Matt, and the minimalist exposed gag was absolutely brilliant (and the best ad for squares pace I've seen). Nice one 👌
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The guilt on seeing the actual “actual” things that you owned!!! Anxiety level 📈😬 For me I do count and list the things that I own like audit every quarter and update my list. Kudos Matt! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Finally I’m encouraged to start counting. love the statistics and pie charts, thats what helped me get out of dept as well!
this is such a unique video. I’ve never seen anyone else break down their items in a video. so cool to watch definitely one of my favorite videos of yours Matt!
Matt had to do this for his home insurance application and just decided to make a minimalist video out of it 😂
I really enjoyed watching your misery 😁 This video is inspiring me to go through all my stuff and sell/donate everything I don't really use. Thanks Matt.
Your videos really helped me name that feeling/tendency, I’ve always had, that made feel uncomfortable whenever I was surrounded by too much stuff or whenever as a kid I got rid of toys I didn‘t want anymore. Minimalism and severe OCD are a heck of a combo, boy I tell you.
One of my favourites of yours, I love the natural progression to counting all your items, but also the absurdism of the exercise. You're a good sport!
p.s. the discussion at the start totally made the whole thing. I love how seriously you took it! Thank you and well done
Technically, your business wouldn't work without all the gear, much like the harddrive doesn't work without the cable. And since that's one thing... I'd say you nailed it ✨
I clicked on the Video, paused and started discussing with my friends "what defines as a thing" ...just a few seconds later Matt does the same :D
Awesome Experiment
Awesome that my favorite Tech TH-camr watches my favorite Minimalist TH-camr!
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du, hier? total unerwartet, aber nice :D
Grateful for ALL your efforts - this was super interesting!! Especially the breakdowns.
your home is lovely, tidy and very uncluttered-- love it. You and lovely Nat are doing a wonderful job living without excess. This is why people sleep well and take comfort in hotel rooms--the serenity of the lack of clutter is very relaxing for people.
It never was a matter of numbers, it is a matter of utility and serving a logical purpose.
(slowly puts away his totally useless banana slicer)
Whenever I play video games I tend to always organise my inventory, so I thought why not do that in reality? Then I tried to do inventory, but the problem was categorising the stuff. So I looked into Muji and IKEA online shop on how they sort items. Once I’m done I think I’ll finally be able to scratch the itch that my brain is having. Really inspired by your video now to continue mine! Thanks!
in case you are still doing this, here is a tip: I have at my desk 3 drawers for stuff I use daily (e.g. pens, lip balm, tissues, headphones), one for stuff I use weekly (like sewing supplies or sticky notes and stamps) and stuff I use monthly (like facemasks and my hair dryer) - these are my quick access drawers, but the items in it would fall into another category if they were in a store
I really enjoyed this. The look and explanation, when you had to say that Nat had less stuff was awesome. Now we want to see Nat do the happy dance. 😁
This thing about minimalism + your mind blowing video editing got me hooked!
I want to go minimalist but the anxiety of counting what I own, to decrease it to a smaller size, freaks me out. Great content. I swear my life has changed for the better from looking at life from this guy's perspectives.
You don’t *need* to count everything you own to be a minimalist
You don’t have to count if you don’t want to! If you can look at something and say, “I use this often and it makes my life better”, then that’s it.
If it helps, what brings one person joy will bring someone else misery. Additionally, one person only finds value in 52 items, while someone else may find value in 300,000 items.
The great news is there is no number! If you get value out of everything in your home, awesome!
@@ArtJourneyUK Yeah, you're right. I was just saying the concept of this video gave me anxiety bc I got like 100x the amount of clutter than he had in this video
@@TylerLloyd that's exactly what I did. Just moved from an apartment to house and the amount of things I left behind bc I hadn't worn it or used it in months was astounding.
I did not ask myself why you were counting things. Seems perfectly reasonable to me 😂 love the video idea!
My hat tip to you, Mat for your patience and energy put on counting literally every things that you and Nat own. This really takes times and finally, you got it. I agree with you that considering ourselves being milimalist, intentionalist or anything else is just the title. It doesn't speak volumne of things compared to the the essence. For me, As long as we 're intentional with what we comsumne and really use what we buy. And most importantly, we feel enjoying and happy with that in the long run. That's okay 😊
I could not be happier, I've been working on a similar counting and categorization thing for all my belongings and this has given me tons of great ideas!
Matt, since you use everything you own, I'd say you've arrived at the proverbial minimalist "there". Congratulations!
I got curious one night about that 300,000-thing statistic and wrote to Dr. Regina Lark, the organizer who mentioned that number to the LA Times (the article that everyone likes to quote). She replied that she had no details on the study that produced that, and had gone through her files to no avail. Googling produced nothing. So there's really nothing to back that up: who did the study, how the households were chosen, how things were counted, etc.
The 100-thing challenge was a little suspect, because Dave Bruno, who started it, counted only his personal things, not shared things as you did. He also counted 300 books as one thing. So I'm amazed that people took that so literally.
He counted books as one thing??? Anyone moving knows that 300 books don’t weigh 1 book!
Tracy with the receipts. 👌🏻💯
this is my kind of thinking: not taking (esp.) numbers at face value and asking the "right" questions instead. Great comment!
I did this the first time I ate psychedelics and it forever changed my life. I wish I were joking.
Of all your videos this is my favorite.
It’s making me think. Thank you.
Wow what a task! I love how you are always committed to what you set for yourself and then we reap the rewards, Tysm 😅👏🎊
What's good about being a minimalist is valuing what's truly important.
Knowing I have a sock problem - I love them! - I decided to count my socks this morning. 67 pair. That includes sport socks, trouser socks, and slipper socks. 67. Sigh. Believe it or not, the rest of my wardrobe is rather minimal. Just not the socks.
I was waiting for this video for 5 years. It did not disappoint.
I agree that it takes a lot of WORK to recognize and determine how it got out of control. I'm finally learning how to block out all the companies who want to sell so much to me. I hadn't realized how many things I had bought to 'fix' my clutter problem. That was an eye opener. Today I have approximately 10 large empty containers that held things I was previously organizing in those boxes. Also I reduced my holiday decorations by half this year. Now all that stuff is gone. It feels good! I have a long way to go, but I'm heading down the right path. Thanks for your very fun video today!
Out of curiosity, did you find any areas where you could streamline what you own?
From my experience, those hair ties end up of ALL OVER the house in such random places
I did counting every date that I lived
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I didn't know I needed this but I did ! Thanks Matt !
Admitting you had more things than Nat made me like this video, the pie graphs got me to subscribe. I’m not gonna count the things in my house but I’m inspired to do some decluttering today.
I'm curious how much stuff one thing can collect. Like to own a laptop, how many other items are involved? To have a bed, how many things are collected? The list goes on! Snowball effect.
I have done the "count everything" exercise a few times. It was easy right after I lost almost everything in an apartment fire in 1989. The insurance claim experience led me to keep a reasonably good inventory of my stuff in the future. The advent of digital cameras made things much easier.
I did another detailed list when I sold off almost everything in 2001 for a few years of backpacking. The list was mostly so family could locate and send me any hiking equipment I might have needed.
These days I keep a running total in a spreadsheet that hasn't been "audited" in 7 years. Household & personal items are about 4,500 items, while business non-inventory assets are about 1,200 items (lots of tools). My business 'for sale' inventory of items numbers exactly 718 as of EOY 2021 (Tax Inventory).
Thank you for all your hard work. Count would be very proud of you .
If anyone is moving soon and are currently packing, counting your items that you are keeping in the move and categorizing them would help out future you. I have started counting and recording my food inventory recently but I would definitely benefit from doing this with other items in my home. Thank you Matt!
This is very brave to confess what you really own. I think you may have to admit that your wife is in fact a minimalist? 🤔 I was surprised by how many clothes & personal care items you had Matt lol 😂. Loved the video 👍🏻
I would never 'why are you counting all your stuff' because this is just the kind of crazy shit I would do too.
I moved out of my family home a while back with only tne necessities, figuring id go back and get anything i really found myself wanting later. Ended up not needing much of it, was a good way to figure out what stuff i really valued.
I got discouraged when he talked about his two little bins of holiday decorations - we have 7 large bins of Christmas decorations! But, I love them all, they bring me joy!
Minimalism is about keeping just the things that have true value in our lives, not judging what others find important. I say GOOD FOR YOU for your Christmas collection that brings you joy! I love Christmas too, and getting to see other people's Christmas decorations is one of my favorite things about the holidays! I'm grateful to those who invest the time and energy to decorate, and consider it a gift to the community! ❤🎄☃
"it's fair that I separate my work items from personal items" and yet he counted Nat's hair bands and the Christmas ornaments as individuals and not a pack of hair bands/ornaments.
I'm so sad that you didn't include Natalie's reaction to when you told her she had less stuff than you 😂
Omg, literally the best video I saw in months on yt! So enjoyable to watch, great story and thank you for your sincerity :)
I feel like you are having more fun making the videos and we are loving the content!
The psychology of minimalism.
Each item you owns holds a little piece of real estate in the back of your mind.
One thing, might not be that heavy, but when you own thousands of things, that's a lot of mental bandwidth being used up (even when you're not thinking about them), which means your stress levels will be higher by default and you'll always be much closer to a mental breakdown. Where as the less stuff you own, the more mental bandwidth can to the things that actually matter.
Own less stuff, live a better life.
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Thanks Matt for this amazing video. Now I am getting psyched to count the items I own.
Great Video Matt! I think this can apply to just a specific category of 'stuff' you own, as you can gain some context of how much you have of something. Say for example you have lots of clothes, breaking it down into categories can help you be more intentional with future purchases, or help you decide whether you actually need something.