I tend to declutter as I go. With chronic illnesses it makes more sense to me just to do it as I'm in an area and only spend 5-10 minutes on it, any more and I'll knock myself back for days xxxxxxxx
I came across your page today and after watching one of your videos, I immediately subscribed. I love your attitude, your spirit and your advice. You made quite a few points like it's ok not to feel you have to do it all at once. I lost my husband about a year and a half ago and kind of have been in a funk. The house we have loved has become such a cluttered mess, even I'm disgusted. I recently became inspired to clean this place up so to speak, and became totally overwhelmed with what needs done. Thank you for your tips and tricks. I'm now off to declutter the kitchen counter....
I’m glad to help! I’m sorry to hear about your husband. Keep clearing space for yourself! You deserve a happy home now still! Check out my website for more inspiration and I hope this helps.
I was feeling so overwhelmed, especially thinking i had to do the kon mari method (which feels so daunting needing to do so much for each category at once, and with even just 1 small child I couldnt have a giant pile of things in one spot on the floor for very long). This is straight forward and something i can tackle a little bit at a time ❤
You are so giving me hope!!! Here`s the crazy thing that happened to me I started hourding when I was 46 out the blue kinda... It started with finding out that I was gulten sensitive .... not the celiac disease but sensitivity. Probably had it all of my life but pregnancy is a trigger too. I was one those women that walked around looking like there 6 months pregnant for years. I noticed if I ate pasta and bread without a salad for example I would almost pass out...sleeping for a few hours would help. Brain fog too I had nodigestive issues beyound the constant stomach bloat. Sorry but really it took 10 years to figure out what was wrong with me. So Whole rows of food now off limits in the grocery store... with my crazy working mom life I found dried food a soltion. I can't use a rice mix because the seasonings they used has gulten in it. There`s a thousand names for gulten by tbe way. So dried foods I could make my own taco seasoning to hambuger helper. I bought one huge bookcase put a rod and curtain on it and was very workable.... then my husband got cancer and I started adding to my food storage. Then any good deal out there , shampoo to TP to canned meat was stuffed in any spot in my house. After he passed away we moved and I am still living with boxes 3 years later. They were neck deep and now I'm knee deep. Knee deep for last 2 years and I would just get so overwhelmed trying to dig into these boxes. I thought maybe I was afraid that I would run into something that belonged to my husband. I think I did a really good job and either packing up and labelling stuff for son to use ( a lot of camping gear) or just donating as I moved. It turns out that cancer was the trigger for me. My father had cancer when I was a toddler. I don't remember much about this at all. Bits and pieces but he later told me that he was disabled from cancer and it took 18 months to get a disablty check in a household of 9 people he was the only one that was working. His parents lived with us, his dad died when I was 4 his mother went into a nurseing home when I was 7. They really couldn't help take care or the 5 children , 3 of which were under 5 then. If my mother had worked all of her pay would have gone to child care. It was a crazy time of near starvation. We had a graden big enough to can and freeze stuff from all of my childhood. That saved us really. My hourding had a reason and I am determined to get beyond that season. I this is long winded but maybe it help someone else out there that just doesn't understand what is going on.....I relized this useing the emotion code by the way. Book by Dr Bradly Nelson
I think this is one of my favorite decluttering videos of all time! I recently wrote down some of these questions with a sharpie on a couple pieces of paper, and placed in my kitchen and bedroom where I can't help but see them! Missing was the question, "do I want to live with this for the rest of my life?"... it is a true gem! I'm recently retired, and really don't want things as much as I want space and emotional freedom! Nor do I want my kids to be burdened with my things when I'm gone, as they will be dealing with their own grief. Thanks so much for this video!! Extremely doable! Extremely motivating! Thanks so much, and keep being AWESOME!
Thanks for this!! I did my closet after watching this and got rid of 25 dresses. Shirts, jackets etc. I don't fit or wear anymore!! I was blown away, I had no idea I had so many clothes! 😅 Thank You!
Marie Kondo ( clothes) sent me to the local bar and it wasn't " tea" that I ordered that night!🤯 I did Swedish Death Decluttering 💀 IN A RAGE for 2 months and DONATED IT TO THE SAVANNAH, GA. HUMANE SOCIETY ( animals) and also ADOPTED an " UNADOPTABLE CALICO" who is not scared of anyone anymore!🥰 He was hiding in a box for 2 weeks and wouldn't come out to try and bond with any adoptees. See what happens when y'all declutter. ❤️ 😍 💖
If you live near an HM store, you can take the torn, stained, or unacceptable clothing there. They will take it in any condition for textile recycling. Then, they give you a 15 % off coupon for their store. Some thrift stores (charity shops), will take this kind of clothing for crafter "rag bags"). Usually, you need to bag it separately from the "good" stuff. Call ahead to confirm - policies can change.
In the UK torn damaged clothing textiles etc can be donated to charity shops, they are then sold to rag merchants for recycling, I also label the bag "rags".
Great video Robyn! Another type of thing that you may need but don’t use is a fire extinguisher 😁 And I would almost say first aid kit too. Those questions are really good, they cover all the bases.
Another great video Robyn 👍😎 I declutter quite regularly in an effort to simplify life and as I'm preparing to move house in the next few months. It never fails to amaze me that after nearly 6 years of decluttering & minimising how much stuff continues to come into & have to go back out of my home as life & jobs change, but now it's so much easier & totally worth all the hard work I put into it in the past 😊
OMG, I did the whole take everything out of the closet and put it on your bed.. and that was the biggest mistake EVER. I didn't realize the extent of what was going on the bed or the time it would take to put stuff back and at 11pm, I was crying because I just wanted to go to bed but couldn't even see it and had to be up at 5am to go to work the next day. This resulted in my husband's intervention of placing everything that remained on the bed into large garbage bags for me to sort through one at a time over the next week or so. NINE garbage bags later.. I was able to go to bed. It still took me another 2 weeks to finish going through the garbage bags! LOL
Oh wow! The great thing in your story is that you actually got through the bags in only 2 weeks! Lesson learned on what works for you for next time or other areas (try a smaller section or area at a time) but also congratulations for getting though this mega project!
@@marniegoostrey5156If you don't have room for a junk drawer, then what do you do with your miscellaneous stuff, like rubber bands, screwdrivers, plyers, et al.? I don't have room to have a separate drawer for all of those things.
@@edennis8578 I keep rubber bands with my other stationery, screwdrivers in the tool box, batteries in the linen cupboard in a box etc. things just live with other like items but no actual ‘junk drawer’.
AMEN, girlfriend! I used to be so good at keeping a nice home; then I got slammed by Multiple Sclerosis! AND my husband has a traumatic brain injury, which results in a lot of impulsive buying and hoarding, but not keeping them picked up. Flashforward two decades and my MS progression of chronic fatigue and pain...I've been in the overwhelmed/paralysis stage of cleaning for awhile and have to get this stuff done. Thank you for your helpful breakdown of steps. I finally feel it is possible. And I don't feel like I'm a "bad person" if I don't get it all done within a weekend! 😃
Thanks for sharing your story and I am so glad that my work has inspired you amidst these significant challenges! Keep it up! As for help when you can! You can do this!
THANK YOU for these questions. I really like "would you buy it again?' But all of them help the decision making progress. Decisions paralysis is real! 😩
I recently started to declutter my home and working on being a Minimalist. I didn't realize it's taking me longer than I thought. I like your suggestions... which will help me with my decluttering process. Thank you for sharing.
This will sound crazy but I knew I had to stop hoarding…so hubby is the one to go to Costco for the items we needs. He is soooooo much better about only getting what’s on the list. 🤷🏼♀️ If I go in, I get the list + 20 items…..So, my name is Mary and I’m a recovering Costco shopping addict….it’s been two years…..(whatever works!)
I watched this when you first posted it. Just watched it again. I love your sense of humor and you have some great tips that I knew but have been slacking on. Working on it though! 😀
My older sister brought a tape measure before I was going to buy a desk for my bedroom. She measured my room beforehand and remeasured the desk at the store there. It was too wide. Sharen
@@sunshine3914A tape measure is cheap compared to what those apps cost. Most people leaving reviews say that the apps are unusable unless you pay the $10-$20 for the ad-free version.
You are So COOL/CUTE!😎🥰You shared the BEST Decluttering tips ever!👏🏽😊 I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video, Immensely! So very helpful, I just Subscribed!🥳 You also have a Very Beautiful Family! Thanks Million & Perpetual Success to You, Love!❤️👑🙏🏽🕊
While decluttering family items whom have passed, I think of whom may want the item & send a pic or text asking the family member if they want it. If the member declines, I ask another. Once I know its not wanted then I donate hoping someone else will enjoy it. Some family members want the items so I gather & mail it to them. Its getting expensive. Any ideas?
It cost me $200 so far in postage sending photos. toys etc. to my adult children and then they put it " unopened in the garage. A months work of WORK FOR NOTHING! Not even a thank you!😠
We like that you say you're in Canada❤. We don't know how to support Canadian, American and certain other countries ' TH-cam channels, does it say somewhere in the description?
We had to move, most all of our stuff is out in the shop while we work on the house. I've decided that only what I really want or need is coming in. The rest is getting donated
So usually when decluttering, I only have my trash and giveaway containers. I find that I can’t have a container for rehoming, because it ends up being a permanent keeper. Contrary to popular belief, California is not always warm. We are just warmer in the winter months, then some other places.
Zane, I hear ya! 😂 I got out a notebook and pen and wrote the alphabet down the left side of three pages and excitedly waited for tips on each category, for instance .. A-art supplies C- clothes/cosmetics D- dishes F- food/fitness gear/ first aid H- household cleansers O- office supplies T- tools Etc etc 😊 My bad .. but still some good reminders in the video.
People waste tons of hard earned money on material stuff we end up never using Instead we should save our money for home repairs Car repairs Medical bills Retirement And some to go have fun and make memories
Instead of "would you buy it again" - which I probably wouldn't because I'm cheap, I'm lazy, and the item is most likely going to be out of production - I ask myself "if someone was trying to steal it, would I try to stop them?" I like the prinsciple of "to scale". How often do I have to do this and that? I move clothes around through the year, but many items are used year round. How many of each should I have - for me, that's "enough to fill the washing machine". Or dishwasher, for dishes and that kind of stuff. Also, I like the "onion method". Obvious trash first. Some of it gets recycled. And donations whenever something makes me go "why do I have this?". I love the idea that someone else might use what I don't need or want. Anyway, it's not going to be my problem anymore. When I consider buying something, I often ask myself, "what could I buy instead - or if I buy nothing, what could I do instead?" I also try to keep in mind that it's probably not going to outlive me. So how will I get rid of it? And the "benchmark principle" - is this item I'm considering buying, at least as good as what I have at home already? As a side note, modern people are really protective of their snacks! Just eat proper meals, and you don't have to snack.
We tried KonMari method for clothes and books, which were "smaller" categories. It did work. After that, nope. Papers and miscellaneous everything drawn from all corners of a large two-story house and full garage (at the time) was Just. Too. Much. KonMari was abandoned.
OH I love you.. yes we have things on our plate for some of us…. Me, I am a super procrastinator…. I might could do one drawer at a time. NO Marie Condo is not Not NOT my style. Waffle = no.. yep. If you miss it then you re buy that again , eventually you are dreadfully glad your got rid of. This is a good. Oh the Swish death cleaning super! I am 66 years.. I only have 30 more years yet to go. I got to get it gone! I ask my kids to thing about what they want. As a former military family where we moved many times. Some times I want to move again to get it over with.
IDK why everyone says Konmari is taking 'everything' out when it's really categories.... like not all clothes... just maybe short-sleeve Tee shirts. IDK - made sense to me
Sometimes, people will make a littéral PILE of one entire type of item and this can be daunting and create more problems than solutions. Good point that we can break things down to sub-categories and this is what many people do, but it is a “modified” way as mentioned above.
For me, I need to start with a highly visible area. If I can't see the result immediately right out there in the open, then I don't get the boost, the encouragement. A junk drawer or linen closet just ain't gonna do it.
@@sunshine3914Psychology is complicated, isn't it? What works for one person doesn't necessarily work for someone else. I did see a video yesterday about decluttering a drawer or a closet, and they advised choosing one that you use often so that you can enjoy the results every day.
@@sunshine3914Just to add, when I started decluttering, I started with my living room because it was my #1. problem area. I was definitely overwhelmed. I had huge piles of papers that I hadn't touched for 6 years. I took the advice of Break the Twitch, who advised doing one teeny tiny thing toward your goal, so I got rid of one piece of paper. That didn't hurt, so I did some more. He said do at least one small thing every day toward the goal. I did that and in two weeks, I had decluttered my piles of papers, something that I had dreaded like death.
I'm sitting here matching socks and midway through I am thinking to myself, I love the socks that are all black and are all the same exact thing. Why am I matching the socks when I'd be fine just using all same color same style? In the trash they all go. I will never match a sock again 😂
Also.. do a budget thing. For me I stay away from stores and only take money I need for the item or items I need and nothing more. And I don't eat out.
I really want to 'correct' your 'if it's broken' ... Salvation Army frequently takes 'broken' items and they give jobs to people who can fix the items as part of their charity! (I would recommend telling them as you drop it off what's wrong with that item so they can make the decision if they want it or not) Also, for torn clothing, if your offering items on marketplace anyway, to place on your curb for 1st come, 1st pickup, I would suggest that you also post something like 'various torn clothing'... you never know who wants extra material to either practice on (a teenager who is learning to sew) or an established seamstress who could put that extra materials to good use!!! 😊
Thank you! I see so many people who just pack up everything and donate it en masse, and that's really such a copout. The donation place then has to sort out the 90% crap and pay to have it hauled off anyway. People like that make my blood boil.
Tip for clothing. Find someone who can use the clothes that can use it and turn it to like quilts, etc. If the clothes aren't wearable and not totally nasty
So in other words, take months or years to get rid of anything, and keep living in a hoarder house, because you don't have the strength of will to throw it out. Gotcha.
great advice as always, keep putting versions of this video out there because we all need a re-set in our declutter mission at least I do!
Thanks Jean!
totally yes. i did a HUGE downsize when i retired/relocated & im ready to do it again!
I listen to decluttering videos while I declutter = motivation 😊
I do this wth Guinea pig cage cleaning videos. ❤❤
I love how humorous you are!! 😆😄😄😄 You make it fun to listen. So uplifting.
For a person who finds calm in listening while working , I like your videos .
Aww, thanks so much!
I tend to declutter as I go. With chronic illnesses it makes more sense to me just to do it as I'm in an area and only spend 5-10 minutes on it, any more and I'll knock myself back for days xxxxxxxx
Absolutely! My friend Marybeth from At What Cost just made a video about chronic illness and decluttering too!
@@MinimalistHome I know I watched it xxxxxxxx
I came across your page today and after watching one of your videos, I immediately subscribed. I love your attitude, your spirit and your advice. You made quite a few points like it's ok not to feel you have to do it all at once. I lost my husband about a year and a half ago and kind of have been in a funk. The house we have loved has become such a cluttered mess, even I'm disgusted. I recently became inspired to clean this place up so to speak, and became totally overwhelmed with what needs done. Thank you for your tips and tricks. I'm now off to declutter the kitchen counter....
I’m glad to help! I’m sorry to hear about your husband. Keep clearing space for yourself! You deserve a happy home now still! Check out my website for more inspiration and I hope this helps.
I love that someone mentioned the quick win. This is how I keep going.
I was feeling so overwhelmed, especially thinking i had to do the kon mari method (which feels so daunting needing to do so much for each category at once, and with even just 1 small child I couldnt have a giant pile of things in one spot on the floor for very long). This is straight forward and something i can tackle a little bit at a time ❤
Omg just got to the kon mari part and you totally read my mind obviously 😂
Glad to help! You got this Mama! 💪🏼❤️
Robyn is One of the best Declutter presenters
Thanks Mabel!
I agree and she’s funny too!
She is Fire ❤ (also elite)
You are so giving me hope!!! Here`s the crazy thing that happened to me I started hourding when I was 46 out the blue kinda... It started with finding out that I was gulten sensitive .... not the celiac disease but sensitivity. Probably had it all of my life but pregnancy is a trigger too. I was one those women that walked around looking like there 6 months pregnant for years. I noticed if I ate pasta and bread without a salad for example I would almost pass out...sleeping for a few hours would help. Brain fog too I had nodigestive issues beyound the constant stomach bloat. Sorry but really it took 10 years to figure out what was wrong with me. So Whole rows of food now off limits in the grocery store... with my crazy working mom life I found dried food a soltion. I can't use a rice mix because the seasonings they used has gulten in it. There`s a thousand names for gulten by tbe way. So dried foods I could make my own taco seasoning to hambuger helper. I bought one huge bookcase put a rod and curtain on it and was very workable....
then my husband got cancer and I started adding to my food storage. Then any good deal out there , shampoo to TP to canned meat was stuffed in any spot in my house. After he passed away we moved and I am still living with boxes 3 years later. They were neck deep and now I'm knee deep. Knee deep for last 2 years and I would just get so overwhelmed trying to dig into these boxes. I thought maybe I was afraid that I would run into something that belonged to my husband. I think I did a really good job and either packing up and labelling stuff for son to use ( a lot of camping gear) or just donating as I moved. It turns out that cancer was the trigger for me. My father had cancer when I was a toddler. I don't remember much about this at all. Bits and pieces but he later told me that he was disabled from cancer and it took 18 months to get a disablty check in a household of 9 people he was the only one that was working. His parents lived with us, his dad died when I was 4 his mother went into a nurseing home when I was 7. They really couldn't help take care or the 5 children , 3 of which were under 5 then. If my mother had worked all of her pay would have gone to child care. It was a crazy time of near starvation. We had a graden big enough to can and freeze stuff from all of my childhood. That saved us really. My hourding had a reason and I am determined to get beyond that season.
I this is long winded but maybe it help someone else out there that just doesn't understand what is going on.....I relized this useing the emotion code by the way. Book by Dr Bradly Nelson
I think this is one of my favorite decluttering videos of all time! I recently wrote down some of these questions with a sharpie on a couple pieces of paper, and placed in my kitchen and bedroom where I can't help but see them! Missing was the question, "do I want to live with this for the rest of my life?"... it is a true gem! I'm recently retired, and really don't want things as much as I want space and emotional freedom! Nor do I want my kids to be burdened with my things when I'm gone, as they will be dealing with their own grief. Thanks so much for this video!! Extremely doable! Extremely motivating! Thanks so much, and keep being AWESOME!
I so wish my mom felt the same way you do, now I have an entire house full of decades of stuff to deal with, it's completely overwhelming
Thanks for this!! I did my closet after watching this and got rid of 25 dresses. Shirts, jackets etc. I don't fit or wear anymore!! I was blown away, I had no idea I had so many clothes! 😅 Thank You!
I love that Lianna!
Something I need to keep but have never used: a fire extinguisher!
Oooh! Thanks!
Marie Kondo ( clothes) sent me to the local bar and it wasn't " tea" that I ordered that night!🤯
I did Swedish Death Decluttering 💀 IN A RAGE for 2 months and DONATED IT TO THE SAVANNAH, GA. HUMANE SOCIETY ( animals) and also ADOPTED an " UNADOPTABLE CALICO" who is not scared of anyone anymore!🥰 He was hiding in a box for 2 weeks and wouldn't come out to try and bond with any adoptees. See what happens when y'all declutter. ❤️ 😍 💖
Oh goodness!
Thanks for doing this. What a lucky boy!
If you live near an HM store, you can take the torn, stained, or unacceptable clothing there. They will take it in any condition for textile recycling. Then, they give you a 15 % off coupon for their store.
Some thrift stores (charity shops), will take this kind of clothing for crafter "rag bags"). Usually, you need to bag it separately from the "good" stuff. Call ahead to confirm - policies can change.
Oooh that’s cool! I don’t live near an HM darn it
Old clothes,washed remove buttons,zippers--can be reused--cut up,have your own rag back.Any extras? Donate to mechanics :)
In the UK torn damaged clothing textiles etc can be donated to charity shops, they are then sold to rag merchants for recycling, I also label the bag "rags".
Hello from Athens Greece! I am a new subscriber and I find unique the way you motivate me to start decluttering! Keep up the good job! Thank you!
Robyn this is fantastic advice!! great video with such good humor. LOL....thank you!!!!
I just watched your video! Thank you, for all the information!
Clutter is real, and a sometimes scary task to start!
It really is!
Great video Robyn! Another type of thing that you may need but don’t use is a fire extinguisher 😁
And I would almost say first aid kit too. Those questions are really good, they cover all the bases.
You are so positive ,speak wonderfully and your ideas are great, Thank you soo much!
Thanks so so so much!
Another great video Robyn 👍😎 I declutter quite regularly in an effort to simplify life and as I'm preparing to move house in the next few months. It never fails to amaze me that after nearly 6 years of decluttering & minimising how much stuff continues to come into & have to go back out of my home as life & jobs change, but now it's so much easier & totally worth all the hard work I put into it in the past 😊
That’s great Bex!
i had new floors installed so I has to move stuff out, then I did not want to put it all back. That is how my decluttering started.
There you go!!
Same. Home renovation
Omg! Me too!
But it is sooo hard!
Im still in the thick of it all!
Thanks for the pep talk. I enjoy your informative and entertaining posts!
This video was my pep talk before my daughter and I tackled her room and all the stuff from her dorm room that just came home with her- so good!!
OMG, I did the whole take everything out of the closet and put it on your bed.. and that was the biggest mistake EVER. I didn't realize the extent of what was going on the bed or the time it would take to put stuff back and at 11pm, I was crying because I just wanted to go to bed but couldn't even see it and had to be up at 5am to go to work the next day. This resulted in my husband's intervention of placing everything that remained on the bed into large garbage bags for me to sort through one at a time over the next week or so. NINE garbage bags later.. I was able to go to bed. It still took me another 2 weeks to finish going through the garbage bags! LOL
Oh wow! The great thing in your story is that you actually got through the bags in only 2 weeks! Lesson learned on what works for you for next time or other areas (try a smaller section or area at a time) but also congratulations for getting though this mega project!
i love that you love watching Max Miller -- love him!!! haha
He’s so great!
We have ALWAYS had junk drawers since I was a kid! I just heard today that some ppl DONT! Lol
right??? Weird!
They lie!🤣
I don’t have a junk drawer! I don’t have room for one!
@@marniegoostrey5156If you don't have room for a junk drawer, then what do you do with your miscellaneous stuff, like rubber bands, screwdrivers, plyers, et al.? I don't have room to have a separate drawer for all of those things.
@@edennis8578 I keep rubber bands with my other stationery, screwdrivers in the tool box, batteries in the linen cupboard in a box etc. things just live with other like items but no actual ‘junk drawer’.
AMEN, girlfriend! I used to be so good at keeping a nice home; then I got slammed by Multiple Sclerosis! AND my husband has a traumatic brain injury, which results in a lot of impulsive buying and hoarding, but not keeping them picked up. Flashforward two decades and my MS progression of chronic fatigue and pain...I've been in the overwhelmed/paralysis stage of cleaning for awhile and have to get this stuff done. Thank you for your helpful breakdown of steps. I finally feel it is possible. And I don't feel like I'm a "bad person" if I don't get it all done within a weekend! 😃
Thanks for sharing your story and I am so glad that my work has inspired you amidst these significant challenges! Keep it up! As for help when you can! You can do this!
Such a great video. Thanks for sharing. I love your enthusiasm and playfulness.
I love your channel because it is the only one that really motivates me to do the work of decluttering. I can relate so well to your approach!!❤
Oh! Thank you! Happy to help Karen!
VERY HELPFUL!!! ❤ Thank you!!! 🙂 (I LOVE ALL the tips!!!)
You are so welcome!
I totally enjoyed this video. You are so dang funny and I felt energized just watching it! Sally in Oregon USA
Aww, thanks!
THANK YOU for these questions. I really like "would you buy it again?' But all of them help the decision making progress. Decisions paralysis is real! 😩
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This was super helpful!
I recently started to declutter my home and working on being a Minimalist. I didn't realize it's taking me longer than I thought. I like your suggestions... which will help me with my decluttering process. Thank you for sharing.
You make great videos and great advice!
Your videos are soo helpful and entertaining. Thank you sooo much!
Thanks for the lovely comment! Thank you soooo much too!
Enjoyed this video so much with all the tips for decluttering. I could never do Marie Kondo style. This is the way for me. Thank you.
Thank you!
This will sound crazy but I knew I had to stop hoarding…so hubby is the one to go to Costco for the items we needs. He is soooooo much better about only getting what’s on the list. 🤷🏼♀️ If I go in, I get the list + 20 items…..So, my name is Mary and I’m a recovering Costco shopping addict….it’s been two years…..(whatever works!)
I start by taking a bath and grabbing a quick snack 😁. Thank you for the video ☺️
Love that!
Thanks! Great ideas, I am starting today and terrified! lol
You’ll build up the “decluttering muscle” as you do a little bit at a time. You can do this! 💪🏼✅
❤ loved the video! You always keep it real especially living with kids with ADHD
Thank you Paige!
Love this!
Yay! 🌟
Excellent video and analogy! 🏃♀
Thanks Jenny!!
I’m new to your channel and I just love you!!! Keep up the great work❤️
Aww, thanks!
I watched this when you first posted it. Just watched it again. I love your sense of humor and you have some great tips that I knew but have been slacking on. Working on it though! 😀
Wonderful! 🌟
Great tips 👌
Loved your video 💟
I found four packs of mailing stamps I thought I lost.😂
Sharen
Hey, there ya go!
That's great, especially since the price of stamps is going up faster every couple months!
I'm Canadian, too. 😉
Thank you for this. 😊👍
Thanks! This was really helpful. 😄
You’re welcome! Thank you!
NEW SUBCRIBER!!!Love your content!!!
Aww! Thank you!
I just love you! You make my day. Thank you.
Thanks so much!
I’m a Brit an just found your channel :) I appreciate the Z 😂
Yes! Haha
You are so funny and love your tips! First time at your channel. Will definitely subscribe 😊
My older sister brought a tape measure before I was going to buy a desk for my bedroom.
She measured my room beforehand and remeasured the desk at the store there.
It was too wide.
Sharen
Oh goodness!
@@sunshine3914A tape measure is cheap compared to what those apps cost. Most people leaving reviews say that the apps are unusable unless you pay the $10-$20 for the ad-free version.
Free on fb market place is such a good idea because you know it will likely be used
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Love This. Glad I found your channel, I need this. 😀
Thanks kathy!
My reason was and still is : “ less time cleaning “
😉
Thanks
You are So COOL/CUTE!😎🥰You shared the BEST Decluttering tips ever!👏🏽😊
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Ripped clothing can be recycled. Check with your local recycling center for textile recycling options.
You could wash the garment and get it altered,or cut it into rags for cleaning.
Sharen
You could…but for how many garments and at what point do there become too many?
Unless you personally want to go to our homes and do it for us, butt out.
While decluttering family items whom have passed, I think of whom may want the item & send a pic or text asking the family member if they want it. If the member declines, I ask another. Once I know its not wanted then I donate hoping someone else will enjoy it. Some family members want the items so I gather & mail it to them. Its getting expensive. Any ideas?
It seems reasonable to me that you ask them to pay the postage.
@Heerton, I agree. Thank you.
It cost me $200 so far in postage sending photos. toys etc. to my adult children and then they put it " unopened in the garage. A months work of WORK FOR NOTHING! Not even a thank you!😠
@@malissakirby4193 .. they should reimburse you, or else stop sending them anything more.
Your funny and helpful 😊
Thank you Jacquline!
I am in Australia, I have to say zed too. ☺️
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Love your videos. Thank you for acknowledging ADHD. I feel more connected. Also you’re very funny.
H&M has a great recycling program and will take torn/stained garments and will recycle them.
I have a baby so I have a goal to declutter one diaper box worth of stuff a month.
Great idea!
We like that you say you're in Canada❤. We don't know how to support Canadian, American and certain other countries ' TH-cam channels, does it say somewhere in the description?
I’m not sure…sometimes people will put the location as Canada. I don’t often.
I would love to see a whole video on the love hate thing with Costco ….that store is my kryptonite lol
Oh Costco! I’m the same!
Same!
We had to move, most all of our stuff is out in the shop while we work on the house. I've decided that only what I really want or need is coming in. The rest is getting donated
Wonderful!
Me 13 seconds into the video: "Zed! Zed! She said Zed!!"
Watching from the UK and getting a bit carried away because we say Zed too. :-D
haha, yay! Zed!
😂 I am in NZ, we say zed too.
In our city (Massachusetts) we have to recycle old clothes/textiles. We have a non profit that takes it. They get money for by the pound of textiles.
That’s great!
So usually when decluttering, I only have my trash and giveaway containers. I find that I can’t have a container for rehoming, because it ends up being a permanent keeper. Contrary to popular belief, California is not always warm. We are just warmer in the winter months, then some other places.
Oh man, I miss the sun in winter, that’s my thing
I don't have rhis kind of time! Funny!!
Look up textile recycling services!!! Like For Days.
We don’t have any nearby 😫
@@MinimalistHome oh shoot! 😔
I just had to stop your video for a moment because I kept saying to myself it's zee, zee, zee, over and over . 😂
Ha ha ha. I live in the UK and we say zed.
hahaha
The original!
An A-Z guide that Immediately Starts out with words that start with W,Q,J,B,L..not the alphabet I’m familiar with but helpful non the less😂
hahaha, oooh, you caught me!
Zane, I hear ya! 😂
I got out a notebook and pen and wrote the alphabet down the left side of three pages and excitedly waited for tips on each category, for instance ..
A-art supplies
C- clothes/cosmetics
D- dishes
F- food/fitness gear/ first aid
H- household cleansers
O- office supplies
T- tools
Etc etc
😊 My bad .. but still some good reminders in the video.
People waste tons of hard earned money on material stuff we end up never using
Instead we should save our money for home repairs
Car repairs
Medical bills
Retirement
And some to go have fun and make memories
Instead of "would you buy it again" - which I probably wouldn't because I'm cheap, I'm lazy, and the item is most likely going to be out of production - I ask myself "if someone was trying to steal it, would I try to stop them?"
I like the prinsciple of "to scale". How often do I have to do this and that? I move clothes around through the year, but many items are used year round. How many of each should I have - for me, that's "enough to fill the washing machine". Or dishwasher, for dishes and that kind of stuff.
Also, I like the "onion method". Obvious trash first. Some of it gets recycled. And donations whenever something makes me go "why do I have this?". I love the idea that someone else might use what I don't need or want. Anyway, it's not going to be my problem anymore.
When I consider buying something, I often ask myself, "what could I buy instead - or if I buy nothing, what could I do instead?" I also try to keep in mind that it's probably not going to outlive me. So how will I get rid of it?
And the "benchmark principle" - is this item I'm considering buying, at least as good as what I have at home already?
As a side note, modern people are really protective of their snacks! Just eat proper meals, and you don't have to snack.
Thanks for sharing all these tips!
We tried KonMari method for clothes and books, which were "smaller" categories. It did work. After that, nope. Papers and miscellaneous everything drawn from all corners of a large two-story house and full garage (at the time) was Just. Too. Much. KonMari was abandoned.
Yes, I hear this a lot. You need to use strategies that work for your family and your home. 🙏🏼✨
OH I love you.. yes we have things on our plate for some of us…. Me, I am a super procrastinator…. I might could do one drawer at a time. NO Marie Condo is not Not NOT my style. Waffle = no.. yep. If you miss it then you re buy that again , eventually you are dreadfully glad your got rid of. This is a good. Oh the Swish death cleaning super! I am 66 years.. I only have 30 more years yet to go. I got to get it gone! I ask my kids to thing about what they want. As a former military family where we moved many times. Some times I want to move again to get it over with.
Oooh, very good! Thanks Cynthia!
IDK why everyone says Konmari is taking 'everything' out when it's really categories.... like not all clothes... just maybe short-sleeve Tee shirts. IDK - made sense to me
One category at a time makes sense to me too. But isn't that *modifed* Konmari?
@@ingerfalch-jacobsen1717 you break it down in pieces to how you want. IDK why this is daunting.
Sometimes, people will make a littéral PILE of one entire type of item and this can be daunting and create more problems than solutions. Good point that we can break things down to sub-categories and this is what many people do, but it is a “modified” way as mentioned above.
@@MinimalistHome that was always my understanding from the book. Like if you have 50 Cutting boards. You break down to Wood vs. plastic etc. idk
Oh I completely understand the low energy with peri menopause and then add diabetes to the mix and it’s a disaster waiting to happen.
Oh I bet!
For me, I need to start with a highly visible area. If I can't see the result immediately right out there in the open, then I don't get the boost, the encouragement. A junk drawer or linen closet just ain't gonna do it.
@@sunshine3914Psychology is complicated, isn't it? What works for one person doesn't necessarily work for someone else. I did see a video yesterday about decluttering a drawer or a closet, and they advised choosing one that you use often so that you can enjoy the results every day.
@@sunshine3914Just to add, when I started decluttering, I started with my living room because it was my #1. problem area. I was definitely overwhelmed. I had huge piles of papers that I hadn't touched for 6 years. I took the advice of Break the Twitch, who advised doing one teeny tiny thing toward your goal, so I got rid of one piece of paper. That didn't hurt, so I did some more. He said do at least one small thing every day toward the goal. I did that and in two weeks, I had decluttered my piles of papers, something that I had dreaded like death.
Clothes not good for donation are called textiles - some of the agencies do accept those types of clothes.
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I'm sitting here matching socks and midway through I am thinking to myself, I love the socks that are all black and are all the same exact thing. Why am I matching the socks when I'd be fine just using all same color same style? In the trash they all go. I will never match a sock again 😂
Also.. do a budget thing. For me I stay away from stores and only take money I need for the item or items I need and nothing more. And I don't eat out.
I really want to 'correct' your 'if it's broken' ... Salvation Army frequently takes 'broken' items and they give jobs to people who can fix the items as part of their charity! (I would recommend telling them as you drop it off what's wrong with that item so they can make the decision if they want it or not)
Also, for torn clothing, if your offering items on marketplace anyway, to place on your curb for 1st come, 1st pickup, I would suggest that you also post something like 'various torn clothing'... you never know who wants extra material to either practice on (a teenager who is learning to sew) or an established seamstress who could put that extra materials to good use!!! 😊
Great tip, thanks!
yay "zed"... let's get our canadianisms out there.
Yes! ✌🏼
There are places that will take unusable textiles for recycling. Given clothing is a large part of our waste stream try to send to these companies.
You realize that people who are overwhelmed and delay decluttering are just going to be brought to a screeching standstill by that advice, right?
If you wouldn’t give it to your mother in law, don’t donate it!
hahaha, love it!
Thank you! I see so many people who just pack up everything and donate it en masse, and that's really such a copout. The donation place then has to sort out the 90% crap and pay to have it hauled off anyway. People like that make my blood boil.
Always put away items you are keeping before taking donations. You may find there is no room for it, so, donate.
Lol ✨declutters epi-pen ✨just kidding
If a person doesn't have a junk drawer, they're a psychopath and you need to get away from them.
Tip for clothing. Find someone who can use the clothes that can use it and turn it to like quilts, etc. If the clothes aren't wearable and not totally nasty
So in other words, take months or years to get rid of anything, and keep living in a hoarder house, because you don't have the strength of will to throw it out. Gotcha.
You are hilarious
Step 1: Stop watching videos
Yes, step one, get up! Thanks T Karcher! Helpful!
It helps a LOT to have the videos playing in the room we are working in.
@@briannab5296 I subscribed because she is beautiful, but I need quiet when I'm clearing out this place. It's too easy to avoid work.
Watching decluttering videos truly helps me get in the mindset to clean. So step one can actually be : START watching some videos
Yes!! Struck a nerve for a clutterbug😂