☘️ The COUNTERINTUITIVE Rule To Help You Declutter More
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- ☘️ The decluttering advice you've heard up until this point is wrong. And even I'm guilty of giving it. Now I'm setting the record straight and helping you declutter LOTS more with this one simple trick. It sounds counterintuitive but it really works.
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I am 55 & preparing to move overseas…I know what works for us & have a strong motivator to unload what doesn’t so here are my 3 best tips: 1) Gifts: if it isn’t something I can use immediately, I express gratitude but dont even fully unbox it. I have a gift section of my hall closet where I store these. I list them for sale & if they don’t move, re-gift them as soon as appropriate. 2) My closets/home: I have a yoga/sewing room with a closet, IKEA cube bookshelf & hanging rack. Everything intended to go for the last 2 yrs as I declutter has been moved into this space & listed for sale. Out of hundreds of items (~$1K/mo) I’ve retrieved abt 6 that I decided I needed to hold onto. What doesnt move within 6-8 mos gets donated. 3) Office & keepsakes: we each spent ~ 1 mo digitizing & backing up everything we deemed worthy of retaining & shredding/tossing the rest. This is 2 full lives & careers worth of files, cards, journals, photos, etc. The paperwork was BY FAR the worst of it!
Wow, sounds like you're making amazing progress! The very best of luck with your move!
This is hitting me at just the right time. I've been decluttering my desk. Some of the drawers haven't been decluttered in years. There are 5 drawers and I've managed to declutter three and a half so far. Unfortunately, because some of the stuff I've found tucked away is sentimental or just oddball things, these Items are now unhomed and sitting in a "doom box" on my dining room table. It's kind of overwhelming. Instead of letting them sit in this box for the unforeseen future, I think I will try interacting with it every day and make a decision on only one or two items per day until all the items have new homes. It might take a while, but eventually, everything will be dealt with, and no more doom box. Thank you for this!
Yes, so true - interact with the itchy sweater and remember that you always need to tug at it, or... discover that you lost a few pounds and that topnk is perfect now. Give it a chance to reveal how useful each questionable item is currently. Great advice, thank you.
Currently doing this with my closet challenge. I’ve already decluttered several items just by forcing myself to wear them. Those shorts that look cute but feel weird? Gone. The jeans I keep having to pull up? Gone. Interaction is the KEY.
@@HowToGYST brilliant!
@@HowToGYST Good for you!
Yeah! Finally good advice! If you put something in box it is out of sight out of mind. If you put in a box to see if you might go get them if you need them, you might as well donate it right away because you will forget about them. If you put it front and center and force yourself to use it, you will will realize if you really want it or not.
I absolutely love this. I’ve been keeping a particular kitchen gadget “just in case” and now, just the thought of having to start using it again “interacting with it”, I remember what I don’t like about it and I can finally let it go.
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I have tried putting stuff in a box and labeling it with today's date. Then if it still sits unopened after a year, I should get rid of it. Then I thought about taking everything out and displaying them on tables and shelves. The two issues with that are space and making your home look cluttered. I don't have enough places to put all this stuff. It was working just fine when it was stashed away in a box in the closet. And what I did take out of boxes just made the room look like a piñata exploded. But maybe that is another key to the exercise. People say everything should have a place. This made me realize that I just have too much stuff. I'm glad you made the video.
Just watching the unfolding then refolding of old clothes, the dusting off the old books, the re-reading the old letters/cards just felt like a lot of work going through stuff that was already gone through once already. Thanks for the inspiration of just getting rid of that stuff in the first place.
Of all the bazillions of decluttering videos on TH-cam, this one really gave me a lightbulb moment, like you said “wait a minute….” I’ve been putting off decluttering my clothes, but now I feel motivated to go and try on all the things I haven’t worn in YEARS…because there’s almost always a reason I haven’t worn them in that long. Thank you so much!
Aw, I hope it helps you create some extra space for yourself. 💖
I hear myself saying, “Aww, but this is so pretty!” when I try on something like this and remember that the sleeves are slightly too tight, or that it’s slippery and has to be adjusted constantly, or that it’s itchy, or whatever.
I have to say, out loud, “Let’s let this go be pretty for someone who really likes it and will wear it!”
Love the tip to put on the clothing item every day. I always struggle with decluttering clothes....
I’m doing a “wear it all day or throw it away” challenge and I’ve got rid of several items of clothing that looked cute on the hanger, and even when I first tried them on, but NOT when I had to actually wear them around all day.
Just got rid of a bunch of low cut tops and revealing bathingsuits because I realize they make me feel like I'm pulling them to cover myself. Just because it's for others doesn't mean it's for me. I love t shirts and booty short/ full.midrift coverage bathingsuits and now I don't feel guilty looking at all the revealing clothes feeling I should wear them, so freeing!
I will never feel comfortable in a bathing suit. I feel like I’m walking around in underwear. 😂
That is very good advice! And much more realistic for how the sequence of actions is for most people, I think.
Besides things appearing new and exiting, I think a lot of people will also feel the need to go through that put-away box again, so now they have to make decluttering decisions about the same things again, and then they put the box away, and take it out and make decluttering decisions again. Exhausting.
Exactly! It’s doubling up on the work.
I've just started using this idea this year. At the beginning of the year, I started to declutter in a rage. I mistakenly threw away a new pair of slippers. Whoa. They say if you haven't used it in a year, get rid of it. So, I set out to actually use things this year. That includes gifts. This video is perfect for where I'm at today. ☘️
Putting it out and try using it is bang on. When my mother passed, I came home with all kinds of things that were hers. Yes, it has taken some time but I have been letting go of most of those things. I have used them or looked at them enough that I do need them in my memory box or house. The kids have what they wanted and I am not the guardian of family items.
Good for you! Inherited items can be really tricky to navigate. It sounds like you’ve found a great balance.
That makes so much sense. I can relate to every situation you used to illustrate things. Running across an old item in a box and deciding it’s precious for a while. Having some things out so that I can relate to it now. Having some things I’m not sure about, and what to do about it (try using it!)
Something I’ve started noticing is that minimizing should be called regularly confronting your items.
Yes! Love that.
THIS!
At first I thought ’this is terrible advice, I’ve got so much stuff I don’t use that if I put it in my way I’d never be able to move around my house’. Then I realised it’s great advice! I need to do this with just a few things at a time though 😊 And it may take me a while to get through all the things I love that I have, but never use. I also need to stop buying so many things! 😅
Yes, the Only downside I can see with this approach is the volume of things I might have to leave out and try and use. That could be exhausting in itself. Possibly try with 1 category of items such as clothes like Laura is.
I've been decluttering since May (including a 5x15 storage space, left over from a pre-pandemic move) and can report since I started I have been buying a lot less. The desire definitely recedes, as you go through stuff, and have to deal with responsible disposal of what you have.
Oh yes, probably just a small handful items at a time so you’re able to truly engage with them.
Yeah and also no need to do with everything that needs to be declittered just the tough ones the ones -as she says- you’re not sure about (or are hard to let go).
This is a totally life changing approach to me. Most of my decluttering problems are with the sentimental items - and that I have a lot of them…:)
What about with kids clothes they’ve grown out… I definitely won’ t use them anymore but they’re super sentimental. I wish I had a permanent home where I could just store them forever! 😂 Too many of those are super sentimental even after years.
The only thing I have ever boxed up was all of my kitchen utensils. I moved into a house with limited storage and my kitchen drawer space shrunk immensely. I put everything in a box on top of my fridge. When I needed something, I would pull it out of the box, use it and put it in the drawer. One day I realized I had not gone to the box for at least a month. I took one last look and decided the rest could go. I also allowed myself one storage tote with clothes 1 size down from what I am wearing now. Since I only had the one tote, I had to make sure I really liked the clothing item. The rest went to the local donations center. The seasonal clothes I’m wearing now were hung in my closet using the backwards hanger trick. I took a look at the clothes still on the backwards hangers just yesterday and took out what I hadn’t worn yet as I know they will not be worn. One other thing I box up is my home decor…I have a spring/summer collection and a fall/winter selection. My win on this is that I can keep more of my home decor and rotate it throughout the year.😊 My house does not look cluttered with ALL my decor out at one time.
I do this electronically all the time. I never do a complete system migration. If I have a new phone or computer I hold off on installing programs or apps until I reach for them. It's quite sensible.
I actually DID come across similar advice from another TH-camr, but was only related to clothing. The advice was encouraging you to interact with the clothing item, put it on and make your decision to keep/donate based on the interaction. I like how you take it a step further to do it with more than just clothing. This definitely helps with the items we're unsure about
Even for clothing I’ve found that just putting it on has never worked. I have so many items I’ve tried on, thought they looked fine, and put them back in the closet. And yet I still never wore them. Now I’m forcing myself to wear each item for a day. That’s giving me a MUCH more realistic viewpoint. For instance, a pair of shorts that I thought looked cute when I tried them on… When I had to wear them around all day I quickly changed my mind. 😂
I put my boxes in the car and get it out of my sight! They go to the donation center the next day! I am giving myself 90 days to sell some purses and wallets. After that, they will be donated!
That’s when you’ve already made the decision though. 😉 I’m more referring to things you’re hanging onto because you think maaaaaybe…
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I have a bin for that, too. It lives in the garage.
This sounds genius! I'm going to try this during my de-clutter sessions! Kind of like some9ne else commented, it takes the whole interacting "does this spark joy? Does it actually serve any functional purpose? Do I have soace for ut? ..etc etc..." evaluation, to a whole new level.
I think this might be just what I needed with those lingering things I keep boxing up and repeating the process...over and over. Thanks for sharing.
Always learning. 😊 Things change. And so do we.
Absolutely! Here’s to the next lesson!
There are so many times when I've gotten rid of something and almost immediately I've had a use for it.😢so now I put my stuff in limbo for a month before I dispose of stuff. So far what I've retrieved from limbo are seasonal items of clothing, things we can use camping, and things the kids need now that they have moved out.
That’s happened to me a small handful of times but I’ve always found I was able to make do anyway.
I think boxed storage works if the contents are categorised with when they are going to be used and what for. I have clothes which are currently not the style or colour palette I'm wearing, but they are my taste and I'm likely to wear them again in the next few years so I keep them. I have household stuff for specific occasional activities and events, I have things that don't 'spark joy' but they fulfill a need adequately, some duplicates for things I use often or ready for when the original wears out. I sometimes swop out cushions curtains and decorative items in my living room in spring and autumn, boxing up the old season. It kept things feeling fresh without redecorating or buying new
I agree. That’s more of a storage thing though. I’m more-so talking about situations where I’m considering getting rid of something and thinking that stashing it in a box will help me make a decision.
This is really relatable advice for me. The 6 month box becomes a sentimental box and then not only do the items feel more special, it feels like I have to “declutter” the same stuff twice! Which usually turns into many more than two times as a periodically stumble back into those boxes and resort them and maybe skim out a few things to donate and mostly just put it all away again.
Even though I find getting rid of stuff hard, it’s easier to do it right away like all the extra clothes in my closet that I’m always shoving passed to get to the few things I wear. If I take them out and donate them right now it gives me the reward of more space in my closet and easier access to what I use.
I can see how this new advice will help others, but I actually do fine with the old advice. I have gone through boxes full of items that I wasn't ready to let go of over the past few years and so I set them aside. I return to them once a year or so and each time I get more and more. The largest group of the items, and the most emotionally challenging category, was books. I boxed up ten boxes and left them in a specific spot. Then, I looked up the next closest book sale at the local library. I promised myself if I would donate all the books I hadn't taken out of the boxes before that sale. I finally did it! 10 boxes of books I had been carrying around across five states. All because I didn't go searching for any of them during my set "trial period" - and I haven't regretted it yet. I think part of the reason your new advice would be less effective for me is that I am very good at stepping over the towel on the floor (or in other words ignoring something until I actually fall on my face), therefore the items would essential be "out of sight" as I ignore their existence anyway.
So fun seeing you with long hair. I've watched you since that time! TFS.
I’ve had so many different hairstyles over the years. 😂
This is making sense to me. I have one of those "out of sight out of mind" butterfly brains, especially with craft supplies. I pulled out yarn and needles that I wanted to declutter in May, and put them in a bag in my living room. I knit for a few weeks, and can safely say I am ready to donate most of the bag. Am having difficulty decluttering oil paint (love the open time, hate the clean-up) and have put it, again, in a place where I have to see it on a regular basis. Will try it again, and then make a decision in a few months whether I want to keep it or not. Clothing is not my weak spot, as I buy from thrift shops (less sunk-cost fallacy,) and have the room...but very much aware that I am keeping pieces because they are just beautiful to look at. I think being conscious of what you have plus time leads to making clear decisions about letting go, if you have that luxury. Thanks again for another great video!
I always have the mindset of _"out of sight, out of mind"_ which is how I end up with 3 thermometers, dozens of pants and tops that sit in the closet that is never opened. This probably contributes to the habit that breaks my heart, which is wasting food. I put these lovely items properly in cabinets and the fridge, only to _"forget"_ about them, and favor the *junk food* instead. I'm so aware of all my habits, and am trying to figure out how to address them.
@@amg9163 Good point on the food! I managed to get to a click point with my kitchen, except for the fridge. I have to seriously look at that. (My pantry cabinets require LISTS posted on the inside of the door, so I know what's in there.) I know I get overwhelmed at 4 pm and reach for DoorDash....
In other news, I just found ANOTHER 18 TUBES OF OIL PAINT in storage. Shoot me now....
Hi if you get pleasure from lovely garments , keep them , is it any different from a painting on the wall that is pretty ,? I bought a jacket of eBay just to feel and admire it , after 6 months I sold it , but got great pleasure from having it
You are exactly right. I have not seen others talk about reopening and rediscovering. I put my stuff on a table in plain sight, then if not using after a select time, rid of it. I took back something lately that was sentimental, but I displayed (used) it. Thanks for sharing.
I think you really hit on part of the cycle of clutter, here!! Use it or... turn it into a sentimental museum piece.
Experience is the best teacher!!! This is so interesting to actually use and interact with your possessions.
Love you, Laura!❤
Learning so much as I go!
@@HowToGYST Well, it takes a brave person to admit you were wrong and keep seeking the truth for yourself and others. You are very strong!
Thank you for sharing this discovery🥰
I also find putting stuff in boxes doesn't always work if you have forgotten where you have put it. I find that I usually forget where I've put something, or think that I am going to use it someday and then it becomes an encumbrance. I threw out a bunch of cheap art supplies today, and some old ones that I've had lying around for about a decade because they were packed away in boxes that had dried up. A year or so ago, I would have felt guilty for doing it but I didn't like using them because (for example, coloured pencils always breaking when I sharpened them, etc...) and now I feel liberated because I got rid of those things which I didn't like much. We are moving, so decluttering for that has helped me a bit but I don't feel like I have been wasteful for getting rid of them - I would have done previously, but the real waste comes from the manufacturers for making cheap stuff that don't work very well and people buy them and are disappointed by them.
I have the same Writer’s Block notebook taking up space in a bin somewhere 😂
The advice I've been searching for! Thank you! I have never succeeded at the method of store, wait, donate if item not used. I ALWAYS experience new found reasons I "should" keep or save said item(s) once I open the lid...haha. I am so much more careful of bringing only things into my home that I know I will use. Will definitely try your method of "awareness" to help me weed through my unnecessary things I have struggled to let go of.
With graphic tees that you still like but might not fit anymore or you don’t wear anymore, if you’re crafty, you could cut out the graphic part to make a quilt with them, turn one into a throw pillow, or cut out the graphic and put it into an embroidery hoop to hang on the wall.
You could also make a quilt or pillow out of other clothing materials that you like but donKt wear anymore.
Or how to turn one type of clutter into another …
@@cherrymcgregor535 It depends on how you look at it. Everyone’s perspective is different and up-cycling is a thing.
Def I learned to just give things a “test rerun” (or admittedly sometimes a first run-I bought things that just sat there for months or years and once I gave them a run, I wound up getting rid of most of it) and I find that either I do still love it or it just doesn’t work for me. I think it’s really just about tackling decision making. I think the other way is just more like “sneaky” procrastination. A lot of mine was cleaning gadgets or pet things. I think for me it was so often about not wanting to tackle the instructions for it. So I soon learned that I don’t like complicated gadgets so much. Lol. I’d rather just use a broom or something very simple like that Bcuz I don’t have to figure out how to use it. Lol. I also keep a chatzkie cabinet for many of the things I love to have and see. It’s on display behind the glass every single day and I enjoy it. I still have a few things like that I def need to tackle (mostly tech stuff tho and I just hate learning new tech also lol).
I’m glad you have addressed this point… lots of the declutter/minimalism channels suggest to do this… but there’s nothing more sentimental than seeing something after a long time!! Best leave it in sight and it will probably go in the next declutter!
Yes, especially if you force yourself to use it. You'll recognise the resistance and realise it's not worth it.
That actually makes a lot of sense. Thank you 💜
Thanks Laura. I was doing so well years ago. Only bought, kept & used what I loved. Then due to multiple job, life & body changes I'm currently drowning in stuff. Thanks for the inspo, much appreciated 🥰
Hi Laura, I totally agree with you! Things I wasn't sure to keep or not were put in rhe middle of the living room. In my case, it was very effective to know wether or not I still wanted the item! I have no just in case or maybe bins to think about! Take care and cheers from Canada. ❤🌷🪴
Ah, so glad it worked out for you! As soon as I put something in a box I basically forget all about it.
I'm so glad you made this video! I'm a professional organizer and I use this strategy with my clients all the time. Sometimes, they don't even have to go as far as actually using it, just having me suggest they use it is enough. When I start asking practical questions about where exactly we could hang a piece of art of the wall, when will they be able to work on this old hobby next, which event could they wear this outfit to - that's enough for them to see that they don't actually want something in their lives, because they can see that future more clearly and it isn't appealing. When things are tucked away in boxes they have so much potential, and potential is hard to let go of.
Yes! All of us has a vision of how we'd like things to be, but we need to confront reality every now and again too. 🙂
This is one piece of advice I haven’t heard before but makes so much sense! Thank you! Definitely will be trying this 😊
This is what Michelle Ogundehin says too. I think it depends on whether you're decluttering for yourself (use this method) or who you're decluttering with (eg if a child agrees to part with some toys but they can come and ask you if they're looking for something specific, or like me earlier this week when I put aside some overflowing kitchen implements to see whether my husband looks for anything specific or says there aren't enough because if I show him the utensils we've never used he will become attached or feel like it's wasteful to get rid of it)
This is very sensible and I'm going to give it a try.
You gave us a brilliant suggestion! Thank you!
Sooo helpful! Love this and use it more and more!
Absolutely brilliant and simple solution. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It's a very clever idea to use/see whatever we would want to declutter. Will implement it! Thanks! Cheers!
Interacting with something is a whole different ball game!
I have used this method and found it to be the best. When I try on an item and it tells me why I never reach for it. I can then let it go without guilt
OMG! Finally some useful advice.
I was smiling while watching your video. You were speaking my mind! Specially, trying on an undecided apparel several days before making a final decision.😊
This is so so good advice!!!! The trying the clothes!!!! Wow... l love all yourvideos but this one really hit home! Thanks! 🌺
I watch many of the decluttering videos, but often think on this point of " boxing things and putting them away for a time and going back at a later date to see if you even missed or needed any of it" as a catch 22. If you had room to store a box or two away for 6 mos or a year, that would be a luxury to me. The whole idea of decluttering is to edit your " stuff" and get rid of it ( donate, sell, toss, etc.) Many don't have a garage or attic or extra storage place to begin with. I know I sure don't. If I kept a box of items and went back to it in 6 mos or a year, I'd be startung all over again ( time wasted?) & might be tempted to hang on to much of it. Counter productive? I am saying this as a procrastinator of decluttering, so take it with a grain of salt! 😂
This is good advice for people that struggle to let go. I found it was the best method to help me let go of things although slower that most may like.
I’ve never heard this advice before, but it makes sense. Thank you for sharing, I will definitely put it into practice :)
Thank you for sharing that your experience with storing 'maybe' items for a period of time turned out to be counterproductive. I'm glad I never tried that strategy!
This is really awsome advice§ I have so many time will tell bins that give me strife! I love all the examples. Thank you!
I like this idea of interacting with my treasures. I’m going to try this way of thinking .
Enjoy. 🙂
This makes so much sense!
I love this idea so much....I can totally relate ❤
Wow, this REALLY resonates with me!
Hope it helps create some extra space in your home. 💖
What a great idea. This makes very much sense. I will be putting your suggestions into action now. Thank you so much!!
Yay! Hope it works well for you. 💖
This is great!
Wow! Just wow! Awesome advice!
Thank you! Hope it helps. 🥰
Thank you!! So useful.
Great advice!
Good thought. I’m going to try this more. I do this with clothing.
What has worked for me on paper/office things.... I have a bin labeled “destroy when I die” and only stuff I need to keep to jog my memory goes in there. I have a smaller bin labeled “past jobs” and it limits me to only keeping what fits in there as I can be too sentimental.
Clothes I still struggle with but part of it is the extreme temps in my region causing need for a wide variety to avoid heat stroke and frost bite.... And the sweaters I “hate” are always the warmest at 40 below.
Thank you, That's good advice. 😃👍
Great piece of advice! Thank You 💚
Hope it’s helpful to you. 🙂
My way of decluttering is kind of like this.
I keep things until I can’t stand keeping it anymore.
I don’t use it, I really have no place or purpose for the item.
Bye bye!!! thing.
This is kind of what I do with. clothes. I force myself to wear them, sometimes dispose of them at the end of the day because I hated it, other times, I rediscover the piece and love it again.
That’s what I’m doing right now with my closet challenge. 😁 A few items gone after forcing myself to wear them all day.
Awesome advise, I agree with you.
It makes much more sense for my brain.
It makes sense that since we are all different, our approach to decluttering will need to vary from person to person😉
Or even from item to item!
Wow, this short hair fits you great! I saw you the first time and regognized it instantly as I saw the former videos outcuts. You look so much younger with this short hair, really fresh and fit!
Yes, every time I see myself with long hair I cringe. 😂 I never think it looks too bad at the time… until I get it cut short again.
I like both methods it depends on itemsfor me it's clothes and beauty products. I love my clothes and will wear them even though I've lost multiple sizes (not by choice) and they don't fit like they used to if they're out of sight they're out of my mind and I won't feel guilty and am more likely to let them go same with beauty products as I see it as a waste. Where as things like cards sentimental trinkets and gifts really makes me think is it sentimental or is it just the fact that person gave it to me and I'm feeling guilty letting It Go. (Old school reports and work mum kept for me, gone, childhood memorabilia minimised). Physical photos will I display it ?!? Digitalisation and throw out.
Household just incase use or gone.
I have come across this once before and put it into action with a vase I recieved from a sibling for my 21st. So I kept it sentimentality but did not like it visually. Once I started to interact with it, it was like a change to my personality to be bolder and more lively instead of the simple style I would normally use. 😍
That’s wonderful! Thank you for sharing that story. 💖
The best advice! Thank you! I recently lost several loved ones and inherited a significant number of their belongings. It was really (REALLY) difficult for me to balance the desire to honor those individuals and to still maintain some feeling of myself amid the tragedy. Because of emotional overwhelm, I kept an alarminging number of items (even things that were outdated or not "my style") because, "who knows what my kids might want"? Right? Well, due to the "lucky" circumstance of very little, inside, hidden, storage space, ANNNND the outdoor storage temperature, this past summer, that could melt even plastics, I ended up stacking most everything on the desk of my home office space.
Eventually (of course), it hit critical mass; I couldn't't get work done in that space. The only efficacious way to continue being an even pseudo-functional human was to either: use or to get rid of the sentimental items in my workspace.
This conundrum had a few surprising benefits, (that Laura, wisely, had already noted). One: some items that I had written off as being purely "sentimental" ended up being incorporated into the fabric of my daily life (which left me feeling much more contentedly connected to my lost loved one than having something sadly "sacred" in a box could ever do). Two: I learned to be more open-minded to things that I might have a preconcieved notions about (bad and good). Some things I thought would be amazing, didn't really work for me. And some things I'd written of as "not me" grew on me. Three: living with a particular item day-in & day-out, gave me the confidence to let go of things that simply didn't serve me. And helped to remind myself that holding on to the thing (that doesn't impact my life in a positive way) is not honoring my loved one. But, that by donating it, I am offering potential satisfaction to someone who appreciates that thing more than I could. And, thus, honoring my loved one's legacy more than keeping something in a box in my closet ever could.
Thank you…this is great information ❤
I hope it helps. 💖
I've been doing this with my shirts lately (I tend to buy more shirts than any other article of clothing). I definitely ended up looking forward to getting rid of a few of them at the end of the day. It really works.
It's amazing how your feelings on an item of clothing can quickly change when you have to wear it for a while. 😂
Hi from Germany Laura 😊
First, I absolutely love your channel (bing watching it pretty often 😉)… of course, everyone is unique, and so is the way we approach the decluttering journey, right ?!?😉
…my view on “boxing things up in a “time will tell bin” is different on yours (and that’s okay 😊)… I put only things that definitely can be donated into a bin that’s not clear and will be donated too, and at the “due-time” the box goes straight to the donation center (without even peeking into the box!!!)…
Love your ideas anyway ❣️
Thanks 🙌so needed this 💝💪🏻🤝watching on tv im plowing through
So glad it's helpful!
My childhood toys, my grandmothers worthless knitting un-oiled machine and other sentimental stuff (junk heirlooms), I never chuck that type of stuff.
Mum just recently moved in with me in my tiny 2b unit (no garage) and together we have so much stuff and soon my brother will be joining us with all his too. Most is now in storage, but will be sorted once we move into a actual house (plus lots of glass door cabinets).
I love your hair
Thank you!
Here is my best decluttering tipp: THINK of an item and decide to declutter it.
Make up your mind and then go and do it.
If I make up my mind, before I handle the item, it's much easier.
Try it!
That’s often the plan but sometimes easier said than done. 😉
My birthday was earlier this month (August 7) & I received a gift like you talked about So I have decided that if I still don't get around to using it I am going to regift it to a friend's daughter (her birthday is December 31st )
You are a genius Laura! I would indeed think of something as special if put away in a box and rediscovered again... and yes, having the object sitting in plain view would probably accelerate my desire to get rid of it. Problem now is that my husband is going to get annoyed with seeing random objects sitting on the kitchen counter. I will tell him it's your fault! 😜
😂 You could make a game of it, doing one at a time and seeing if he notices. 😂
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The two main things I’m struggling with decluttering right now are a pair of jeans and a hairbrush hair dryer thing. The pants don’t fit exactly right but pretty close. The hair dryer brush works well enough for a “blow out” but takes longer than the regular hair dryer.
If you already have other things that will fit better or do a better job, don’t settle for second rate. 💖
okay i'm not even a full minute in and IS THAT A LABYRINTH BOARD GAME!!! omg i need that! where do i get one? *types frantically into amazon*
😂 It is! It was a gift so not sure where it came from but I’m sure you’ll find it online somewhere. I also have replicas of the door knockers from the movie hanging on my wall. 😁
Inspiring
Thank you!
It's great to see and hear the comments here. I'm not sure I feel the same as it's worked well for me to allow things to time out because I've not missed them.
There will definitely be exceptions. The main thrust of it is that if you’re not interacting with it (and that can be from an admiration perspective too), you probably don’t need it.
@@HowToGYST Absolutely this. Thank you 😊 My Declutter Doggos send some wags to Jovie. X
Oh, you just stretched my mind in a new direction! Your approach makes so much sense. I've tried the boxing up thing ... and everything is still in the box and feels even more special when I open it some time later. (I'm looking at YOU, box of leftover materials from my old business that's been taking up floor space for the past 6 months!) rummagerummagerummage
I was just going through pictures and came across so many gems. It was amazing. But also I know I have opened up boxes of stuff and was like eh..... Don't care about that... Why did I keep that. I think I am doing a yes no decluttering session in my basement. This year I am hitting my house HARD. I will have all the kiddos in school.
And I know that is my goal every year.... Get my sh*t together ....But this year I actually have the freedom and time.
Another way to kick stuff to the curb is to ask yourself if you really ever want to touch the item again.
I give it 7 days... If I clean out my closet, I put it in a box, in a visible area, if the box sits there for more than 7 days without me wanting to go thru it, it goes to donation.
This morning I had decluttered stuff and most of it came from a basket and a cloth bag. I’ve toss stuff from cloth bag, due to being bent. Other stuff from basket was too old to be used.
I kinda already do this 😊
It will annoy you right away if you should declutter it
Decluttering and purging are so freeing! I’d never thought about putting things I wasn’t sure about in a box and then looking at them in 6 months. I would usually just give them away … especially if i hadn’t worn or used something in over a year. I generally go through my closet about once a month. I always find something to donate! (Which is good as I go thrifting every 2 weeks!) 😅
I must be utterly ruthless LOL when I decide something is being donated it goes that day😂
Nothing wrong with that! 😁👏
I realized recently that if I'm mad that I have to use it, I should get rid of it.
Exactly!
I don't put stuff in a box for later. I don't have room for extra boxes. I try to thin things out a minimum of twice a year but I'm wondering if I need to add a third time for more cluttered areas.
Try it and see how you go. 🙂
Putting things out where you will trip over them is a sure way to cause and accident which will mean a hospital visit the charges for which means a big bill to pay and down time when you can't work while you heal.
Who said anything about putting it somewhere you’ll trip over it? 🤷
@@HowToGYST listen to all the words in the video... it is there.
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Hm. The original method works perfectly for me! I've had things that I could never throw away because seeing them constantly renewed my emotional connection to them. Once I put them away, the connection losened more and more and I finally could part from them. They were not "special" or "limited edition" for me, just not interesting anymore, like random stuff.
Interesting! Thanks for that perspective. 😁
Works for me, too. I get a chance to miss it or not. However, I only box it for about a month and I don't put a lid on it, because the lid makes it feel like a present or discovery. I just use a cardboard box.