After dealing with 2 years of fighting cancer my house is a mess. I found the FlyLady methods and landed on your videos. I work and travel a lot in Texas. I really enjoy watching you and listening to your very realistic situations. You are helping me and motivating me!!
Honestly I'm a fellow secret slob. I get a lot of anxiety about cleaning. This channel and what you're doing is so helpful. When I look at the Konmari method, I tried, it's too much so I don't end up doing it. And then I feel like a failure. With this it's so motivational cause I can do the 31 day beginning, or this 21 day deep clean, or your 5 x 5, or even the morning routine. So helpful. Thank you! You and the Flylady are heaven sent!
So I was watching heart of a Horder and she talked about kanmari I guess it's too much for a beginner. I'm an absolute beginner where should I start if I feel decluttering should come before cleaning or even shining my sink. I absolutely let my kitchen become a laundry room as well and I am absolutely overwhelmed. My husband passed away in January and I was doing good at first but he kept me sorta in line and is no longer here to do that not physically anyway. I am trying hard to get started. I bought some baskets for the laundry and a few totes for my keep, donate and throw away items. Some ribs for under my sink and some bleach. I would rather use vinegar or peroxide though much more environmentally friendly toward me, my son and my animals. It's been so overwhelming just losing my husband coming home and feeling just empty because he is gone. My 13 yo son is there but not all day and when he is is in his own world. So Secret slob is this decluttering too much or an overwhelmed beginner.
@@gingercameronfordcrouch7057 oh, you poor thing! I feel for you. I am no expert and perhaps you are feeling better now, but i recommend you follow what the Secret Slob's advice. I know it seems silly to shine your sink when you are surrounded by mess, but shining the sink and keeping it clean and shined gives you a little lift, and encourages you every time you see it. Dont worry about decluttering to begin, you will get to that soon. Just follow the baby steps. 🤗 You can do this!
I've always kept a very cheap notebook and divided it into categories using those stick on divider tabs to locate each section easily and then I list what I've got in my freezer. Whenever I buy something I add it to the list with the date. Whenever I take something out and use it completely I cross it off the list. It's a great way to know what I've got in my freezer at any one time. Hope this helps someone. Love your channel for your honesty, great personality and friendly approach. Keep going 💕💃
Season .Appreciation, Great idea! I do something similar for Christmas gifts. I’m so used to being on a tight budget that it’s too difficult to buy everyone’s present right before Christmas. So, I shop all year round. If I see something I know someone would just love for a gift, I buy it, put it in one of our suitcases and add it my list with their name and what it is. When it does get closer to Christmas, I go through the list and see who I’m missing and so forth. I also keep the list while I’m wrapping too. Don’t make the mistake of wrapping and then putting them away, the wrapping always gets frayed and the corners not looking too good. This happens because they’re in suitcases, so if you were to stack them in a closet or such, they should be just fine. Hmm... wrapping in June... nope, I’m not that organized. With my luck, I’d somehow lose my list and a couple of the name tags would fall off. 🙃 I’m going to try your method. I will just have to check periodically since family members have a tough time telling me they used up the last of something until I get home from the grocery store. Yours is a smart way of doing things though, and I think it would even help with coming up with what to make for meals when we’re at loss of ideas. Thanks for sharing. 🌸
Yep, I've been going to add one on the freezer so it's handy for everyone to mark out. But then I feel like I'd need a pre-typed check list to make it easy to maintain
I am so glad I found your channel. Following along with your fly lady baby steps and now these decluttering projects, I feel so motivated! The best part, for me, is your guidance. You literally tell me what to do, day to day until they become habit. Thanks Steph!!
It's so awesome that you actually admitted, owned, took responsibility, AND MADE A CHANGE to better yourself! I'm cheering you on! I actually grew up in a very opposite situation. My mother taught me to clean from very young, about 5 years old, and she drilled perfection in. I had daily chores 5 days a week, and they were made so that I single handedly cleaned our house. I also was in charge of most decluttering for my much younger brother. Actually, my mom wasn't very organized, IMO, so I actually did extra stuff just so my OCD didn't drive me crazy. I did really well in my own home until I got sick with an automotive disease and now I just feel lazy. 😩
This is my issue. I've been dealing with long-term autoimmune issues and everything is just a cluttered, overwhelming mess with no energy to deal with it.
I felt as if I were talking. You spoke ME!!! My hubby always knows when I have been cleaning by the "mess" I make AND....I love getting rid of stuff too! It seriously is a passion for me.
I’m in! I’ll adjust if needed and plan to do a minimal of 15 minutes of decluttering daily. Happy to see you back. 😁👍. The FlyLady and Diane in Denmark are great for helping us along!
"It's minus 26 degrees...we are shaking off the winter blues" . Haha I think you still have a ways to go. I have lived in a hot humid place in US for the past 30 years. I am constantly saying, I need to move to Canada. But, I think, I would not survive a climate with negative temperatures. Anyway, thanks for the inspirational video.
Vinegar and water is awesome!! I also love Krud cutter which is supposed to be environmentally friendly. Here's a tip that might work for some: we only go to the grocery store once a month and buy bulk as much as possible. This means our fridge gets pretty empty around this time so when I get back from the store and I'm putting everything away, I just grab my vinegar spray and wipe the shelves down just where we are stocking things. While things do end up in different places in the fridge, much of it stays in the same place to help it stay tidy and so everyone knows where things are. If an area is dirty it gets cleaned no matter what at this time, but I usually wait until I'm out of biscuits in the biscuit area to wipe that area... Which takes 10 seconds. We also clean off every jar or bottle before putting it back into the fridge. This puts accountability on everyone who lives in the house and uses the fridge... Except the little ones, but if they spill water we still have them clean it up with a dry towel.
Oh, my gosh, you are so cool! I saw a more recent video you did, and I can't believe you were at the beginning level just a year ago! YOU are so refreshingly honest. And now, you are a CONSISTENT FLY LADY! 😀 I am DOING your "Massive Decluttering Project Challenge" one year after yours finished! I'll pretend you are doing it now! Hee! 😀
Bit late but I just found your channel today. Thanks for the motivation. I have cleared off the outside of my fridge and removed all the expired and old food. It still needs a wipe out but progress not perfection right. I started flylady years ago but have well and truly fallen off the wagon. It's autumn in Australia but still warm. My kids were swimming in the ocean today. I hope it has warmed up where you are now. Your energy is amazing. New subscriber!
Never too late to start! Sounds like you had a great day 1! Australia looks beautiful, I want to go there one day. So far I have only been to NZ a couple times.
I'm a bit biased but I think Australia is awesome. I've been to NZ once. My brother was married there. It is a stunning country. I hope to get to Canada one day but the cold turns me off. Might have to come in July! Not this July unfortunately. I've watched a few more of your videos today. I have plans for the weekend now lol.
You are SO relatable!! I discovered you today and I am currently watching all of your videos in a row while I'm deep cleaning my apartment! You are so motivating, I feel like we're in it together! Plus, I'm Canadian too! 😉 New sub!!!
I love your videos. You inspire me! I've been keeping my fridge and freezer decent but I just paused and ran in and cleaned them out of things that were getting old and things that were expired. It makes me feel great!
I did this in January....amazing! I love FlyLady too!! After my fridge, I organized the pantry. I use this grocery list from The Minimal Mom. It’s been so great and helps me keep everything clean!
I had just written my shopping list and decided to clean my fridge out before I go shopping I clicked on You Tube and your video was the first thing that I saw.
I'm trying to get better at decluttering and keeping up with housework. When I found your channel a few days ago I didn't have a sink in my kitchen, due to renovations, so I started by getting my bed ready every morning. I've been adding to my routine every day. My sink got installed yesterday, so tonight I can start cleaning it every night. Thank you for sharing and being such an inspiration.
Thank-you for sharing your experience! I can defo relate 100% i also grew up in a messy house and now i too have my own house to sort out with a toddler and hubby, it has been a very big challenge! Your videos are helping me to start! Thanks so much!
I just found your site the other day. You are so motivating! I procrastinate on decluttering key areas of our house because it feels overwhelming, but your method seems really doable and gratifying to achieve a clean space!
I found your TH-cam channel just the other day and am doing the 21 Days to a Clean Home. I think I will also declutter each day, too! I am a "secret slob" as well and, oh the fights it caused growing up and when I move in with my boyfriend. I don't want to be messy but I also don't enjoy cleaning. Taking it a few minutes at a time each day will probably help me, especially as I am working from home until some point next year, at least, because of COVID. Taking a "declutter" break instead of a coffee break seems like a good idea to me.
I just came across “by accident” these decluttering videos and thought they might be helpful to share with the Facebook group some of whom are really struggling right now, in fact maybe posting any of your videos on there regularly might help too. I wasn’t sure how to do it 😍
When you said every drawer and every cupboard? Haha I'm not alone. When I clean, I move every item that doesn't belong in the current room I'm cleaning, to another and eventually most ends up behind a closed for or drawer lol. I suffer from ADHD and with 4 kids ahhhh! I gotta make a change cuz the anxiety is horrible. Ty!
just finished my freezer and frig today!!!! feels so good to get it done!!!! trying to tackle one challenge at a time even if it takes me more than one day. thanks for your videos!!!! I love your channel!!!
Yay, you're back! I'm in for the challenge. Maybe being messy is something inherent in the name Stef/Steph.☺ I thought I was the only one with a refrigerator that lacks a meat tray. It was like that when we moved into our current home. I've been trying to keep up with my routines and I find when I have to skip a day or two, it doesn't take much to get back on track because of the previous work that I have put into my routines. Glad you had a nice time at the wedding and motivated by your fun personality and seeing someone else who is trying to learn housekeeping skills. You and your other viewers, and me--we got this!
Hahaha I am totally going to blame my messiness on my name from here forward! "I'm a Steph, and we are just messy people" LOL. Glad you are with me still!
hey steph, re your messy heritage, if i might call it that, fyi i grew up in a clean/tidy house and still turned out to be a slob. i have two siblings. one is a slob like me and the other is clean and tidy. i think housekeeping was an issue where my mother cleaned but was really negative about it so that's our heritage/baggage. your channel has really helped me to cut the crap (literally) and just get to work. btw there are a lot fewer dishes sitting around in my kitchen now, and i have become positively addicted to making my bed! I'd be interested to hear other people's takes on the housecleaning situation when they were kids.
I just found you yesterday and have been watching some of your videos. I bought the FlyLady book several years ago and followed along for awhile. I'm motivated today to start your 21 day decluttering project! I cleaned out my fridge which took an hour! A whole hour! But I did take everything out and wash it, along with throwing out a whole bag of garbage. Yuck! I didn't get to the freezer, but have it on my to do for tomorrow. Anyway, thank you for the motivation and I'm looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow. Fly on!
These videos are great for me to be able to watch how the zone cleaning and decluttering works. I have a suggestion for keeping your veggies fresh longer. I learned it from another utuber of course. Get a "larger" rectangular tupperware container (I use a rubbermaid one) and a bar keepers towel. They are thin dish towels kinda looks like a cloth diaper. They sell them at wallmart in the kitchen towel section. Prep your veggie take out of their plastic bags wash and dry. Lay the towel in the rubbermaid container first and then place the veggies inside. Using extra parts of towel to cover the veggies then put on lid to container. I use romaine lettuce in one container by itself. Place in veggie drawer. This keeps your veggie fresh a long time. Change towel if it gets wet with condensation every week or so. Tab
Well, I have one for you! In our spare room on an upper shelf we have 3 urns...my mother in law, her husband and their Husky Dog. We have Reilly the cat on the shelf....then on a shelf in out room we have our last two pit bulls that went for private cremation. So, how do you declutter that?? My mother in law never wanted to be put on a shelf...she wanted her ashes, her husband's and the dog all put together and spread over a golf course. I keep telling my husband that if we don't do something...no one else wants them. I told my husband that if he passes before me...putting him in the dining room on a shelf and going to talk to him all the time. Lol I am not being morbid...he just does not seem to be able to turn loose of his mom.
pat Mulh This can be a touchy subject. He obviously is still healing and is not ready to let go. I think the best way is the remind him of his mother's wishes and where she wanted to be spread. Also to remember that our.love ones are not gone, dead or lost. They are here with us energeticly. They are in our hearts. Nothing is ever lost. Best wishes to you and your family
Aww don’t blame your upbringing, your poor mum getting the blame. I grew up in a tidy clean house cos we kids had to do loads of chores (cleaning the silver anyone?) and I hated it! So I’m a slob now in my own home!, I’m hoping your videos will help me get on track 😀
Interesting! I certainly don't blame my mom, but I definitely never lived in a clean house or had any idea of what to do. Glad you are finding your way too 💜💜🕯
The Secret Slob 😀 So I’ve binge watched your 21 steps and massive declutter, and started back at the beginning. I love my shiny sink! I’ve always got dressed straight away - is it a generation thing I wonder? I’m 59 - so that’s not a problem. I did Kondo the whole house a couple of years ago but there is some clutter building up again - but much easier to deal with this time around. For ages I’ve been saying if I just did an hour a day the house would be better, but I had no focus on what to do in that hour despite my early training! Now I have focus and a lovely smiley face (yours) to help me along the way. Thanks! ❤️
I have two refrigerators (each with a freezer) and an upright freezer. I wish I could get it done in 30 minutes! I did both refrigerators right before Christmas but it never stays organized for long. That is what is so depressing about housework to me, but I am at the point that ALL of the clutter is closing in on me! Lol!
oh my...i ABSOLUTELY HATE cleaning the fridge. My hubby has to do it 😀 I don’t know exactly why i hate it. Maybe it’s because i don’t like it when all of my produce “sweats”. I feel like i am encouraging mold to form or something 🤷🏼♀️?
Fellow secret slob here too🤷♀️ I've tried to follow FlyLady many many times, but I just always fall off! I also find her website so cluttered and overwhelming it's impossible to use! I'm so glad to have found your videos, system and challenge!
Another great channel is Dana K White, A Slob Comes Clean. She talks about overwhelm and gaining control over your house. She's very relatable and, like Steph, has been very open about her struggle with this.
I tried to keep the sets together and tossed the oddball ones/ones I don't like out for donation. I made sure there were two towels for everyone in my family, plus a few extra for the beach/pool and some for guests :)
You're so honest speaking about your pass. It actually help me to appreciate your efforts even more.
WOW! You're like the whirling dervish of cleanliness. Very impressive results!
After dealing with 2 years of fighting cancer my house is a mess. I found the FlyLady methods and landed on your videos. I work and travel a lot in Texas. I really enjoy watching you and listening to your very realistic situations. You are helping me and motivating me!!
Honestly I'm a fellow secret slob. I get a lot of anxiety about cleaning. This channel and what you're doing is so helpful. When I look at the Konmari method, I tried, it's too much so I don't end up doing it. And then I feel like a failure. With this it's so motivational cause I can do the 31 day beginning, or this 21 day deep clean, or your 5 x 5, or even the morning routine. So helpful. Thank you! You and the Flylady are heaven sent!
Baby steps x
So I was watching heart of a Horder and she talked about kanmari I guess it's too much for a beginner. I'm an absolute beginner where should I start if I feel decluttering should come before cleaning or even shining my sink. I absolutely let my kitchen become a laundry room as well and I am absolutely overwhelmed. My husband passed away in January and I was doing good at first but he kept me sorta in line and is no longer here to do that not physically anyway. I am trying hard to get started. I bought some baskets for the laundry and a few totes for my keep, donate and throw away items. Some ribs for under my sink and some bleach. I would rather use vinegar or peroxide though much more environmentally friendly toward me, my son and my animals. It's been so overwhelming just losing my husband coming home and feeling just empty because he is gone. My 13 yo son is there but not all day and when he is is in his own world. So Secret slob is this decluttering too much or an overwhelmed beginner.
I feel the same way, overwhelmed at looking at the huge picture!
Same here, secret slob all day
@@gingercameronfordcrouch7057 oh, you poor thing! I feel for you. I am no expert and perhaps you are feeling better now, but i recommend you follow what the Secret Slob's advice. I know it seems silly to shine your sink when you are surrounded by mess, but shining the sink and keeping it clean and shined gives you a little lift, and encourages you every time you see it. Dont worry about decluttering to begin, you will get to that soon. Just follow the baby steps. 🤗 You can do this!
I've always kept a very cheap notebook and divided it into categories using those stick on divider tabs to locate each section easily and then I list what I've got in my freezer. Whenever I buy something I add it to the list with the date. Whenever I take something out and use it completely I cross it off the list. It's a great way to know what I've got in my freezer at any one time. Hope this helps someone. Love your channel for your honesty, great personality and friendly approach. Keep going 💕💃
Season .Appreciation,
Great idea!
I do something similar for Christmas gifts. I’m so used to being on a tight budget that it’s too difficult to buy everyone’s present right before Christmas. So, I shop all year round. If I see something I know someone would just love for a gift, I buy it, put it in one of our suitcases and add it my list with their name and what it is. When it does get closer to Christmas, I go through the list and see who I’m missing and so forth. I also keep the list while I’m wrapping too. Don’t make the mistake of wrapping and then putting them away, the wrapping always gets frayed and the corners not looking too good. This happens because they’re in suitcases, so if you were to stack them in a closet or such, they should be just fine. Hmm... wrapping in June... nope, I’m not that organized. With my luck, I’d somehow lose my list and a couple of the name tags would fall off. 🙃
I’m going to try your method. I will just have to check periodically since family members have a tough time telling me they used up the last of something until I get home from the grocery store. Yours is a smart way of doing things though, and I think it would even help with coming up with what to make for meals when we’re at loss of ideas.
Thanks for sharing. 🌸
Yep, I've been going to add one on the freezer so it's handy for everyone to mark out. But then I feel like I'd need a pre-typed check list to make it easy to maintain
I am so glad I found your channel. Following along with your fly lady baby steps and now these decluttering projects, I feel so motivated! The best part, for me, is your guidance. You literally tell me what to do, day to day until they become habit. Thanks Steph!!
I am a cleaning lady and the tips are awesome. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for your honesty, humility, and humor! Never too late! We are all works in progress.
I am so glad to be on this journey of decluttering and cleaning. The coolest reward for me is I can ask people over and wouldn't before. Love it.
You are so likable, true and charismatic! Discovered you few days ago, as well as a flylady system and full in to it! Cheers from Switzerland!
You did a great job. Thanks for the motivation!
It's so awesome that you actually admitted, owned, took responsibility, AND MADE A CHANGE to better yourself! I'm cheering you on! I actually grew up in a very opposite situation. My mother taught me to clean from very young, about 5 years old, and she drilled perfection in. I had daily chores 5 days a week, and they were made so that I single handedly cleaned our house. I also was in charge of most decluttering for my much younger brother. Actually, my mom wasn't very organized, IMO, so I actually did extra stuff just so my OCD didn't drive me crazy. I did really well in my own home until I got sick with an automotive disease and now I just feel lazy. 😩
This is my issue. I've been dealing with long-term autoimmune issues and everything is just a cluttered, overwhelming mess with no energy to deal with it.
I felt as if I were talking. You spoke ME!!!
My hubby always knows when I have been cleaning by the "mess" I make
AND....I love getting rid of stuff too! It seriously is a passion for me.
I’m in! I’ll adjust if needed and plan to do a minimal of 15 minutes of decluttering daily. Happy to see you back. 😁👍. The FlyLady and Diane in Denmark are great for helping us along!
Yay! Totally adjust as needed and as your time allows :) Even 5 minutes a day will make a huge impact!
I love your honesty. It makes me feel better about myself. Thank you!
"It's minus 26 degrees...we are shaking off the winter blues" . Haha I think you still have a ways to go. I have lived in a hot humid place in US for the past 30 years. I am constantly saying, I need to move to Canada. But, I think, I would not survive a climate with negative temperatures. Anyway, thanks for the inspirational video.
Vinegar and water is awesome!! I also love Krud cutter which is supposed to be environmentally friendly. Here's a tip that might work for some: we only go to the grocery store once a month and buy bulk as much as possible. This means our fridge gets pretty empty around this time so when I get back from the store and I'm putting everything away, I just grab my vinegar spray and wipe the shelves down just where we are stocking things. While things do end up in different places in the fridge, much of it stays in the same place to help it stay tidy and so everyone knows where things are. If an area is dirty it gets cleaned no matter what at this time, but I usually wait until I'm out of biscuits in the biscuit area to wipe that area... Which takes 10 seconds. We also clean off every jar or bottle before putting it back into the fridge. This puts accountability on everyone who lives in the house and uses the fridge... Except the little ones, but if they spill water we still have them clean it up with a dry towel.
Just finished the 21 day challenge now I want to do this!! Thank you Steph!! 💛
Oh, my gosh, you are so cool! I saw a more recent video you did, and I can't believe you were at the beginning level just a year ago! YOU are so refreshingly honest. And now, you are a CONSISTENT FLY LADY! 😀 I am DOING your "Massive Decluttering Project Challenge" one year after yours finished! I'll pretend you are doing it now! Hee! 😀
Yes! That is a great idea:) you will get there too!
Did you find a list somewhere to do the decluttering project?
Thank you, sweet girl! You have changed my life! Much gratitude to you.💜
Bit late but I just found your channel today. Thanks for the motivation. I have cleared off the outside of my fridge and removed all the expired and old food. It still needs a wipe out but progress not perfection right. I started flylady years ago but have well and truly fallen off the wagon. It's autumn in Australia but still warm. My kids were swimming in the ocean today. I hope it has warmed up where you are now. Your energy is amazing. New subscriber!
Never too late to start! Sounds like you had a great day 1! Australia looks beautiful, I want to go there one day. So far I have only been to NZ a couple times.
I'm a bit biased but I think Australia is awesome. I've been to NZ once. My brother was married there. It is a stunning country. I hope to get to Canada one day but the cold turns me off. Might have to come in July! Not this July unfortunately. I've watched a few more of your videos today. I have plans for the weekend now lol.
You are SO relatable!! I discovered you today and I am currently watching all of your videos in a row while I'm deep cleaning my apartment! You are so motivating, I feel like we're in it together! Plus, I'm Canadian too! 😉 New sub!!!
Your videos give me hope! Thank you!!
WrenchWench Me too, sometimes I just feel like burning my place down
@@ingridr8917 and a year later, I am not much ahead. Best of wishes to ya. We got this!
I love your videos. You inspire me! I've been keeping my fridge and freezer decent but I just paused and ran in and cleaned them out of things that were getting old and things that were expired. It makes me feel great!
Yea me to. I love your energy and i like how you talk through the video instead of music. I dont like a lot of the music choices. This is motivating!
I did this in January....amazing! I love FlyLady too!! After my fridge, I organized the pantry. I use this grocery list from The Minimal Mom. It’s been so great and helps me keep everything clean!
Stephanie, I just love you! You really make me feel like I can do this.
OMg 😮 I thought I was the only one that grew up like that.
Nope! Me, too.
I had just written my shopping list and decided to clean my fridge out before I go shopping I clicked on You Tube and your video was the first thing that I saw.
Funny how that works eh? Welcome!
So glad that you are back with another challenge. I'm in.......
Excellent! Glad you are back with me :)
I'm trying to get better at decluttering and keeping up with housework. When I found your channel a few days ago I didn't have a sink in my kitchen, due to renovations, so I started by getting my bed ready every morning. I've been adding to my routine every day. My sink got installed yesterday, so tonight I can start cleaning it every night. Thank you for sharing and being such an inspiration.
Thank-you for sharing your experience! I can defo relate 100% i also grew up in a messy house and now i too have my own house to sort out with a toddler and hubby, it has been a very big challenge! Your videos are helping me to start! Thanks so much!
I Love You and Clutterbug!!
I just found your site the other day. You are so motivating! I procrastinate on decluttering key areas of our house because it feels overwhelming, but your method
seems really doable and gratifying to achieve a clean space!
I found your TH-cam channel just the other day and am doing the 21 Days to a Clean Home. I think I will also declutter each day, too! I am a "secret slob" as well and, oh the fights it caused growing up and when I move in with my boyfriend. I don't want to be messy but I also don't enjoy cleaning. Taking it a few minutes at a time each day will probably help me, especially as I am working from home until some point next year, at least, because of COVID. Taking a "declutter" break instead of a coffee break seems like a good idea to me.
Welcome :)
I just came across “by accident” these decluttering videos and thought they might be helpful to share with the Facebook group some of whom are really struggling right now, in fact maybe posting any of your videos on there regularly might help too. I wasn’t sure how to do it 😍
When you said every drawer and every cupboard? Haha I'm not alone. When I clean, I move every item that doesn't belong in the current room I'm cleaning, to another and eventually most ends up behind a closed for or drawer lol. I suffer from ADHD and with 4 kids ahhhh! I gotta make a change cuz the anxiety is horrible. Ty!
just finished my freezer and frig today!!!! feels so good to get it done!!!! trying to tackle one challenge at a time even if it takes me more than one day. thanks for your videos!!!! I love your channel!!!
I can so relate with what you said. When I try to clean or declutter I dig out more than I can do, and in turn get discouraged and stop trying.
I'm so glad I found you and your channel!! I'm loving your kitchen! I'm super excited and motived to declutter!! I'm just now starting my routines
Your spirit is amazing! Keep up the good work...inspiring channel
Thank you Judy! :)
Yay, you're back! I'm in for the challenge. Maybe being messy is something inherent in the name Stef/Steph.☺ I thought I was the only one with a refrigerator that lacks a meat tray. It was like that when we moved into our current home. I've been trying to keep up with my routines and I find when I have to skip a day or two, it doesn't take much to get back on track because of the previous work that I have put into my routines. Glad you had a nice time at the wedding and motivated by your fun personality and seeing someone else who is trying to learn housekeeping skills. You and your other viewers, and me--we got this!
I'm glad to see you are back & I'm also glad you are taking us into spring uncluttering.👍
Hahaha I am totally going to blame my messiness on my name from here forward! "I'm a Steph, and we are just messy people" LOL. Glad you are with me still!
Its the perfect time to throw stuff away! I am so excited for warmer weather!
Hi! I just decluttered my freezer... yay! Thanks!
woo hoo! Glad you are doing it too!
I use flylady as well. I still struggle w routines but love the babysteps and zone cleaning.
Decided to start here! New subscriber. I’m Canadian too!!
Yay! Welcome :)
I found your channel today and I love it and your personality. I am now a new subscriber. Love from Sweden.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Isn't she wonderful!
hey steph, re your messy heritage, if i might call it that, fyi i grew up in a clean/tidy house and still turned out to be a slob. i have two siblings. one is a slob like me and the other is clean and tidy. i think housekeeping was an issue where my mother cleaned but was really negative about it so that's our heritage/baggage. your channel has really helped me to cut the crap (literally) and just get to work. btw there are a lot fewer dishes sitting around in my kitchen now, and i have become positively addicted to making my bed! I'd be interested to hear other people's takes on the housecleaning situation when they were kids.
I just found you yesterday and have been watching some of your videos. I bought the FlyLady book several years ago and followed along for awhile. I'm motivated today to start your 21 day decluttering project! I cleaned out my fridge which took an hour! A whole hour! But I did take everything out and wash it, along with throwing out a whole bag of garbage. Yuck! I didn't get to the freezer, but have it on my to do for tomorrow. Anyway, thank you for the motivation and I'm looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow. Fly on!
Awesome Teresa! I bet it feels great to open your fridge now! 💛😊
Just found you. Great attitude and personality. So pleased I found you x
Glad to see you back. I’m in!
Awesome :) Glad you are back Darlene
Thanks for the video and motivation! I just did the fridge and freezer after watching this! :)
Yay! A new challenge, count me in...:)
Woohoo! Glad you are back with me :) Thanks!
These videos are great for me to be able to watch how the zone cleaning and decluttering works. I have a suggestion for keeping your veggies fresh longer. I learned it from another utuber of course. Get a "larger" rectangular tupperware container (I use a rubbermaid one) and a bar keepers towel. They are thin dish towels kinda looks like a cloth diaper. They sell them at wallmart in the kitchen towel section. Prep your veggie take out of their plastic bags wash and dry. Lay the towel in the rubbermaid container first and then place the veggies inside. Using extra parts of towel to cover the veggies then put on lid to container. I use romaine lettuce in one container by itself. Place in veggie drawer. This keeps your veggie fresh a long time. Change towel if it gets wet with condensation every week or so. Tab
Thank you! I will check that out, I use paper towel now, but I like the less wasteful idea.
This was made for me! I am late starting, however am committed. Thanks for your assistance,
Yay! Never too late, keep me posted 😊
Great job Stephanie! I'm right there with you. :)
Thank you!
Just found your channel and subscribed. Your personality is infectious!
Loving your videos! Day 1 done - fridge looking good. Did cheat a bit though as it was pretty empty before my big weekly shop :)
ha! You got it on a lucky day :) Awesome, and probably so nice to put groceries into a clean fridge!
Well, I have one for you! In our spare room on an upper shelf we have 3 urns...my mother in law, her husband and their Husky Dog. We have Reilly the cat on the shelf....then on a shelf in out room we have our last two pit bulls that went for private cremation. So, how do you declutter that?? My mother in law never wanted to be put on a shelf...she wanted her ashes, her husband's and the dog all put together and spread over a golf course. I keep telling my husband that if we don't do something...no one else wants them. I told my husband that if he passes before me...putting him in the dining room on a shelf and going to talk to him all the time. Lol I am not being morbid...he just does not seem to be able to turn loose of his mom.
pat Mulh
This can be a touchy subject. He obviously is still healing and is not ready to let go. I think the best way is the remind him of his mother's wishes and where she wanted to be spread. Also to remember that our.love ones are not gone, dead or lost. They are here with us energeticly. They are in our hearts. Nothing is ever lost. Best wishes to you and your family
The fridge in my rental apartment is small. Trying to better my way allso. Takes a while to learn.
Did you only work on decluttering for 15 min or just as long as it took?
For the massive decluttering project I did whatever time I had each day. Sometimes it was enough to finish and sometimes it was 10 minutes!
I love you videos!
Thanks
I love you! Your videos have helped my life SO MUCH! Also, I keep thinking about your kitchen. That backsplash 😍 what is it?
Thank you Emmie, it is called Alchimia
What is the ratio of vinegar to water you use for cleaning?
1/3 vinegar to 2/3 water :)
I declutter my fridge on wednesday cause its bin day Thurs food shopping friday.
Good idea!
All the fly lady's are a god send. Too much work n poor time management. Now routines rules. No washing up in my sink.
Aww don’t blame your upbringing, your poor mum getting the blame. I grew up in a tidy clean house cos we kids had to do loads of chores (cleaning the silver anyone?) and I hated it! So I’m a slob now in my own home!, I’m hoping your videos will help me get on track 😀
Interesting! I certainly don't blame my mom, but I definitely never lived in a clean house or had any idea of what to do. Glad you are finding your way too 💜💜🕯
The Secret Slob 😀 So I’ve binge watched your 21 steps and massive declutter, and started back at the beginning. I love my shiny sink! I’ve always got dressed straight away - is it a generation thing I wonder? I’m 59 - so that’s not a problem. I did Kondo the whole house a couple of years ago but there is some clutter building up again - but much easier to deal with this time around.
For ages I’ve been saying if I just did an hour a day the house would be better, but I had no focus on what to do in that hour despite my early training!
Now I have focus and a lovely smiley face (yours) to help me along the way. Thanks! ❤️
Is there a list resource print-out type thing you can share that you are following? I'm in!
I am working on one! Stay tuned :) :)
@@TheSecretSlob Is there a list yet somewhere?
I have two refrigerators (each with a freezer) and an upright freezer. I wish I could get it done in 30 minutes! I did both refrigerators right before Christmas but it never stays organized for long. That is what is so depressing about housework to me, but I am at the point that ALL of the clutter is closing in on me! Lol!
oh my...i ABSOLUTELY HATE cleaning the fridge.
My hubby has to do it 😀
I don’t know exactly why i hate it. Maybe it’s because i don’t like it when all of my produce “sweats”. I feel like i am encouraging mold to form or something 🤷🏼♀️?
Fellow secret slob here too🤷♀️ I've tried to follow FlyLady many many times, but I just always fall off! I also find her website so cluttered and overwhelming it's impossible to use! I'm so glad to have found your videos, system and challenge!
Another great channel is Dana K White, A Slob Comes Clean. She talks about overwhelm and gaining control over your house. She's very relatable and, like Steph, has been very open about her struggle with this.
I always wash my fridge with warm soapy water...just fyi
Hi from Ontario!
Hi!😄
That fridge looks like ours except for the touch screen
Kathy B
I use vinegar n water.
Or vinegar zoflora n warm water.
How do you decide how many hand and bsth towels should we keep?
I tried to keep the sets together and tossed the oddball ones/ones I don't like out for donation. I made sure there were two towels for everyone in my family, plus a few extra for the beach/pool and some for guests :)
Done!
The chemical cleaners are trash! I love that you use vinegar and water!
what ratio of water to vinegar do you use?
about 1/3 vinegar to 2/3 water :)
@@TheSecretSlob thanks you
Meats don't go on top bloody runs down sometimes