I have watched you for a long time. Your transformation to calmness and simplicity has been so awesome. I am a 65 year old Grandma and I love watching you and so many young mothers find creative solutions. Hope you know how special you are.
Your morally neutral, non shaming methods to accomplish your goals one day at a time is an effective demonstration of how personal growth and self caring work hand in hand. Thank you.
I love when we get to see the "messy in betweens" 😁The process is messy, but as long as you keep pushing through it all comes together! Thanks for sharing Erica!
I love that you are addressing your critics while promoting your authentic self. Let's all be who we are & own it, even with decluttering! The books got donated, which is what really matters, not how many trips it took to complete the donation. Lalalala Summer!
Deciding what to keep is exactly how we help our children declutter their toys - once our threshold has been crossed, we pull all "like-grouped" items (all games; all aninals/dolls; craft supplies) and give them a target number to choose from each category. They are so much more focused on what to keep that they don't dwell on what is leaving the house
I found your channel after the mention on The Suitcase Designer, and I’m so happy I did. I’m going back and watching your older videos, and you have made SO MUCH progress. Not only your home and the stuff in it, but also you as a person. Well done! And you and your husband are such a wonderful couple. I enjoy watching when you work together on something. So glad he’s on board with all the changes. He’s definitely a keeper!
As I watch this, my great grandmother's tea service springs to mind. I got great joy from owning and displaying that in my home for twenty years, but a few days ago I decided that having a blank area of wall gave me more joy than a big glass display cabinet full of stuff. It took me about nine months to make that decision. I knew nobody in the rest of my family would be interested in the set, so I listed it for a very low price on fb marketplace. I could have got more for it if I had gone down the route of packing and posting it to someone but, again, having made the decision, I wanted it gone. I also gave myself a target of one month. If it did not sell in that time it was going to be donated. For me, I have learned that if stuff hangs around for too long between decision and removal, it encourages me to second guess. So, yes, that second step is very important, and sometimes the frugal side of me screams when I feel that stuff is worth more than I get for it. But then I look at the empty space where it once was and smile. My peace of mind is worth more than my stuff.
I love that you recommended another channel like yours! Honestly some days your channel gets me moving or at least up more than anything else on down weeks. Yet I know you can’t make videos all the time for us!
I agree with slow and steady because when I tried doing a whole area I got overwhelmed and ended up leaving it and avoiding it for 6 months to a year. Yes getting it out of the house is another step but when it’s done you feel great. Thanks for always keeping it real. Stay safe and healthy. Mary, Joes wife 👏🙏👍💪🤞💐🥳
Great video! Love the emphasis on keeping and enjoying what you have rather that just the clutter, but still wanting less stuff and more space and time! 😍💕
A million times yes. We have very similar styles and thought processes. So thankful that you put the time and effort into making these videos for us. They are very encouraging to me.🥰
Your slow-and-steady example is great for those of us who struggle with all-or-nothing syndrome. I often find that I don’t even want to start a project if I don’t have the time or energy to finish it perfectly. It’s great to see you modeling a different way. I feel like if I adopted your model I could probably end up getting more done. Just jump in and give myself permission for it to take a while.
I enjoy all your videos but I think this one is my favorite. Thank you for all the motivation! The way you saw something you wanted to change then changed it is inspiring. It sounds simple but it’s absolutely not simple.
you are so touching when expressing your motivation for the content creation ! bless you !! :) as you give, you receive :) you are an example of doing from sincere heart leads us to our path, you inspire me each time ☺️ thank you to help us in our process 😊😘🌟
I asked on my local Facebook groups if any was interested in general household donations. A representative of a charity wrote back and said they were. Now I pack up cardboard boxes of donations regularly, contact them and tell them they are ready for pick up. Takes the pressure off me in that step so much! Pregnant with baby #4 and homeschooling with 3 5 and under so this is what I can manage right now 😅
I found April, "The Suitcase Designer", a few months back. She is terrific! She is very respectful towards the one that needs decluttering. I am close to 60 years myself and I think that many of my generation might need some help getting their home towards "Swedish Death Cleaning", yet they do feel overwhelmed. And, again, another super video, Erica!
I keep noticing that subscriber count and so happy you are getting closer and closer to 40,000. You deserve it and so much more! Now I am off to watch the video!
I have got to remember "DECIDE WHAT I WANT TO KEEP"! That is all great way to set my mind to it. I did a whole house declutter last year. I had a blank wall in my kitchen and started piling it there. Came home from work one day and it was gone! My husband took it to the donation center for me. That worked out so well... I do it every time I want to get rid of something☺️
I find how intentional you are with your decluttered items very refreshing. It's important that the items are dealt with thoughtfully and with sensitivity. A lot of decluttering channels don't seem to show the dark side of reducing household items.
I drove around with my donations from my kitchen from August to November of 2020. I finally took them out of the car and then in the Spring of 2021 donated them to Deseret Industries, part of the relief aid of the LDS Church. I have very few places to donate things in Utah and they are all at least an hour's drive away.
If you have working systems and games that don't sell you can consider donating them to a library, children's hospital, or after school program. If the calculator works you can also donate that to a local school.
Just had to pause the video and drop off the donations I've had sitting about for months. I had literally sorted through them just before starting this video. Home now after donation drop and grocery run. Thank you for the motivation to get this little annoying job done 😃
I love the collab. I found April about two weeks ago and of course, I have watched you since before you moved to this house (has it been a year? time flies!). Anyways, love you both!
That second step is my Achilles hill... But not just with donations. I sort, but don't quite get it put away. Sometimes it's just that my kids interrupt me and then dump my bucket back out... Sometimes I just have too many piles and not enough time to put away, right away... Some things I can't put away until... Whatever: the baby wakes up, the office corner is picked up, the attic cools down enough for me to shuffle the storage around it. Or until I find the 3 ring hole punch the kids walked off with. And I'm always struggling with just slightly more stuff than I have shelves or cabinets or homes for. "Slow and steady" is a strength. I tend to be a marathoner. It's exhausting and overwhelming to live my whole life that way.
I love this. I collect books (homeschool mama as well) but up until now we haven't read many of them. I have decided to do read alouds and once the book is done, document it and pass it on unless it's a super special book.
Thanks Erica! I have really come a long way and still trying to get others on board. I would love for someone to discuss being a sentimental person and still being able to part with things. Some family members think I am not the least bit sentimental which is just not true.
I've only found your channel recently and this video is exactly what I needed right now. I am doing great at making decisions in my home but felt guilty that it takes me a while to actually donate them. I am the opposite to you and often wait until I have a few bags as it's quite out of the way and takes a while to fill out details etc when dropping off (I'm in the UK). It's helpful to look at the 2 steps separately xx
In my day, every spring my Mom would start sorting. She would spring clean. We would come home from school with Mom abuzz and moving furniture, cleaning, sorting to give away. As a child, not only could we get into our shoes instead of boots, school was easier, less work, almost done, Mom was in a good mood!(happy) We did decluttering back then too! Basically it is logic to do this. Lifes problems can get in the way! Big problems that take over ones thoughts and energy. This is very subtle. Before you know it, bang! Overwhelming mess! Erica, you are a wise girl! You are doing it! I wish I had a friend that is like you! Wise, kind, fun, great wife, great Mom! Family first and of coarse God is in your life! Good morals.......It is difficult to find friends . Sorry, got off track! Ooooops! GOOD EXAMPLE TO ALL! You say you ramble......I do too!🤐
Great job Erica😊 Thank you for sharing your thinking process. I’m jumping off the consumer merry go round and being intentional with anything I buy or bring into our home. I’m with you when decluttering - ‘one box at a time’.
Siempre puedo ver tus videos subtitulados al español . Ahora TH-cam no me da esa posibilidad. Entiendo poco inglés pero acá estoy dándote mi apoyo . Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
They all do, even recycling clothes. They were the first ones to do that :) Once things are dropped off, clothes and some other categories get shipped to get processed.
I used to live by a Goodwill. That's my secret! Having to move often started up my Minimalism journey around ten years ago. 8 years ago I didn't have much. 6 years ago I had the bare minimum. It's slowly crept up, so I decide to sell most of the time now. I went from large loads donated to thinking about it (whichever item to donate) too much 😂❤️
As long as you get it out of the house, that's all that matters. I think for me, the hardest thing now is remembering that I don't need to purchase the "thing" after I've decluttered. I'm working on it - I obviously don't need anything but it's working on the wants and reducing those.
I have chronic fatigue syndrome, and if I don't do it all at once asap, it will never get out of my house. I enlist the entire family to help me, and it gets done. I have a box in the garage for the things I've listed on marketplace, and it can stay there until it's sold because it's just one box. I will collect my son's clothes until I've replaced everything in a bigger size, and I'll try to sell them all together, that way it's an entire wardrobe of one size boy's clothes. My female born child and my donate-able clothes I'll collect until I have a box full, then they go straight to an op shop. Anything else it's the same, I'll collect a box full, then as soon as the box is full, out it goes!
I have been watching you and The Suitcase Designer for over a year. It was fun to watch her recommend you in her video that I watched yesterday. I am on the minimalism journey too and have learned so much from you both. I just sold a KitchenAid stand mixer yesterday with all the attachments even though I used it weekly. Why? Because it was too heavy to take in and out of a bottom cabinet and I realized I never used the attachments. I bought a small mixer (for half of what I sold it for) and I already have a small food processor and that’s all I need. I am learning that even if you use something, you can declutter it once you figure out what you really need (a small handheld mixer) and what you really don’t need (a heavy appliance with too many gadgets). Thanks for helping my work out solutions for my own life by watching you talk through your decisions. The more I declutter, the more layers of clutter I find - peeling back layers of the onion.
I love seeing sister helping brother up. ❤️ I have realized that slow and steady is my pace whether I like it or not. The devil loves it when you hurry. Your talking through your decisions has helped me immensely. The concept of keeping only what I really want is huge. Thank you.
I just love your videos. I love decluttering. I am finding that I am doing decluttering on a regular basis. I still have some to do but I feel so much better about my apartment.
I love the Collab too! I follow you both. You are both kind and patient and so sweet. Great video today! Everyone gets the clutter out when they can - I keep a box in my car. When it is full or I can't stand looking at it anymore, I take it to the donation center.
Erica I have been with you from the beginning, and I’ll be honest my heart skips a beat when I see a new video of yours on my notifications, but a few weeks ago, I saw for the first time April and her declutter videos of her parents home, she is a sweetheart and what a great daughter she is.April and her husband did a wonderful thing for her parents…
I watch April too. Thanks for sharing her TH-cam with us. Yes I have had donations in my car for a while because I waited for family to drop off their donations (I have time to do drop offs when others are working)
Thank you for explaining and encouraging us. I have a box that just sits in my dining room too. I want to take it out but I keep making excuses. Maybe today is the day.
i do it step by step too :) as i do it by bike :) i do not have car :) so sometimes it could seem weird that i send one big bag by one, each week sometimes, but as i go by bike.. i feel it that way easier and helping for my mind too :) i feel that one thing at a time helps me too :) even if i could feel too much :) and feeling the momentum step by step to keep going, in fact, ;) but each one might have different feeling, but i confirm, i feel to have evolved thanks to declutter my life, material, commitments.. relations.. all :) i encourage every one to just let go without being minimalist in fact, but letting go things that we feel no more serving us for our daily life and goals.. step by step, helps us and we feel even more clearer and empowered then, step by step.. and the joy to sense that things will serve others ! ;) this helps me to let go :) .. :) and watching your channel helps me too keep going ;) thanks :) (sorry for my mistakes in English, wishing it can make sense what i tried to share :) kiss kiss :) and lot of love and gratitude ;)
I really struggle with this step. My local recycling centre no longer allows people to walk in - you have to have a car and an appointment - and there have been some really rude staff in some of the charity shops where I have attempted to drop off clothing. One would not accept a coat that had an original price of £200 (I had got it in the sale) as it was 'not the sort of thing their customers wanted'. After several years I built up the courage to go to another charity shop and they sold it for £50 which was great. However I still hesitate to take things in as I don't want a repeat of the experiences of staff going through my things in front of me and criticising them.
Been following u & April for awhile & love u guys!!❤️ I keep a donation pile in a section in my basement & once it gets to be several items or bags full I call my local veterans association for pick up! The electronics is def a pain in the butt I know what u mean. I also find I need to put “drop off electronics donation” in my calendar or I will totally forget about the stuff that goes to specific locations. 🥰
GREAT TOPIC!!! This was such a challenge for me because all I knew was garage sales to declutter. Which totally does not work when you are renting a basement suite. I had to start from square one on how to get stuff out.
I love your channel as well as April's, two shining lights in the world ❤️❤️. I do have a bag of clothes to take to donation and it hasn't made it there yet, but it will☺️
I am the same, I have a bag of organising boxes that have gone back and forth to my mums that I have in my car just now. I really should bring them in so I can get me car cleaned out xxxxxxxxx
Hi there I’ve been following you as I just recently moved into a new home and made it my goal to D clutter and downsize. I’ve been experiencing this sentimental guilt you were talking about. I have to take breaks lots of breaks because I get overwhelmed but thank you your channel is motivating me to continue on. I appreciate it!!💝
I need to put a sticky note on the steering wheel or dash board where i will see it as a reminder to go to drop boxes specially when the only drop box is on the other side of town
I am struggling with Step 2 right now. I decluttered some antiques and collectibles last fall. I photographed them and sent a list to a local auctioneer, and they replied that they would be willing to sell the items for me but it might be a few weeks. I contacted them again in February and they said they were still backlogged and would contact me at the end of March. I sent a reminder at the beginning of April; still no date, but it seemed like they would be ready soon. So I moved the items into my car, where they take up the whole back seat. It is now July and the items are still on my back seat. I contacted the auctioneer last week and they are still backlogged. If they haven't scheduled me by the end of the month, they are losing my business. I want these items GONE (but they're too valuable for me to afford to donate)!
Are you selling and shipping online? If so what app is it or do you have a link to your page, Ide be interested in some of the consoles and games you’re selling
I have watched you for a long time. Your transformation to calmness and simplicity has been so awesome. I am a 65 year old Grandma and I love watching you and so many young mothers find creative solutions. Hope you know how special you are.
Sandra, thank you for making me smile today with this comment!
Same here!!! Aren’t these young parents just amazing 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Your morally neutral, non shaming methods to accomplish your goals one day at a time is an effective demonstration of how personal growth and self caring work hand in hand. Thank you.
WOW thank you so much!
I love when we get to see the "messy in betweens" 😁The process is messy, but as long as you keep pushing through it all comes together! Thanks for sharing Erica!
I love that you are addressing your critics while promoting your authentic self. Let's all be who we are & own it, even with decluttering! The books got donated, which is what really matters, not how many trips it took to complete the donation. Lalalala Summer!
Deciding what to keep is exactly how we help our children declutter their toys - once our threshold has been crossed, we pull all "like-grouped" items (all games; all aninals/dolls; craft supplies) and give them a target number to choose from each category. They are so much more focused on what to keep that they don't dwell on what is leaving the house
I found your channel after the mention on The Suitcase Designer, and I’m so happy I did. I’m going back and watching your older videos, and you have made SO MUCH progress. Not only your home and the stuff in it, but also you as a person. Well done! And you and your husband are such a wonderful couple. I enjoy watching when you work together on something. So glad he’s on board with all the changes. He’s definitely a keeper!
Oh, how fun to see you do a collab with April! I’m watching her Texas declutter series! Erica, you do deserve more subscribers, you’re a 🌟
When I make the decision to get rid of stuff I remove it from my place immediately. It makes me so happy to see it gone.
You've achieved a level of wisdom in decluttering/minimalism that we are blessed to be able to learn from you!
As I watch this, my great grandmother's tea service springs to mind. I got great joy from owning and displaying that in my home for twenty years, but a few days ago I decided that having a blank area of wall gave me more joy than a big glass display cabinet full of stuff. It took me about nine months to make that decision.
I knew nobody in the rest of my family would be interested in the set, so I listed it for a very low price on fb marketplace. I could have got more for it if I had gone down the route of packing and posting it to someone but, again, having made the decision, I wanted it gone. I also gave myself a target of one month. If it did not sell in that time it was going to be donated. For me, I have learned that if stuff hangs around for too long between decision and removal, it encourages me to second guess.
So, yes, that second step is very important, and sometimes the frugal side of me screams when I feel that stuff is worth more than I get for it. But then I look at the empty space where it once was and smile.
My peace of mind is worth more than my stuff.
Something about your calm voice and when I saw your babies sharing, I smashed that LIKE button!
I enjoy watching April also!
I love that you recommended another channel like yours! Honestly some days your channel gets me moving or at least up more than anything else on down weeks. Yet I know you can’t make videos all the time for us!
I agree with slow and steady because when I tried doing a whole area I got overwhelmed and ended up leaving it and avoiding it for 6 months to a year. Yes getting it out of the house is another step but when it’s done you feel great. Thanks for always keeping it real. Stay safe and healthy. Mary, Joes wife 👏🙏👍💪🤞💐🥳
Great video! Love the emphasis on keeping and enjoying what you have rather that just the clutter, but still wanting less stuff and more space and time! 😍💕
A million times yes. We have very similar styles and thought processes. So thankful that you put the time and effort into making these videos for us. They are very encouraging to me.🥰
Your slow-and-steady example is great for those of us who struggle with all-or-nothing syndrome. I often find that I don’t even want to start a project if I don’t have the time or energy to finish it perfectly. It’s great to see you modeling a different way. I feel like if I adopted your model I could probably end up getting more done. Just jump in and give myself permission for it to take a while.
I enjoy all your videos but I think this one is my favorite. Thank you for all the motivation! The way you saw something you wanted to change then changed it is inspiring. It sounds simple but it’s absolutely not simple.
you are so touching when expressing your motivation for the content creation ! bless you !! :) as you give, you receive :) you are an example of doing from sincere heart leads us to our path, you inspire me each time ☺️ thank you to help us in our process 😊😘🌟
I've watched April for quite awhile!
I asked on my local Facebook groups if any was interested in general household donations. A representative of a charity wrote back and said they were. Now I pack up cardboard boxes of donations regularly, contact them and tell them they are ready for pick up. Takes the pressure off me in that step so much! Pregnant with baby #4 and homeschooling with 3 5 and under so this is what I can manage right now 😅
I found April, "The Suitcase Designer", a few months back. She is terrific! She is very respectful towards the one that needs decluttering. I am close to 60 years myself and I think that many of my generation might need some help getting their home towards "Swedish Death Cleaning", yet they do feel overwhelmed. And, again, another super video, Erica!
She’s fun to watch!
I keep noticing that subscriber count and so happy you are getting closer and closer to 40,000. You deserve it and so much more! Now I am off to watch the video!
I loved your explanation of the One Day at a time. Thank you for sharing your process and the reasoning behind it!
I have got to remember "DECIDE WHAT I WANT TO KEEP"! That is all great way to set my mind to it. I did a whole house declutter last year. I had a blank wall in my kitchen and started piling it there. Came home from work one day and it was gone! My husband took it to the donation center for me. That worked out so well... I do it every time I want to get rid of something☺️
I find how intentional you are with your decluttered items very refreshing. It's important that the items are dealt with thoughtfully and with sensitivity. A lot of decluttering channels don't seem to show the dark side of reducing household items.
I drove around with my donations from my kitchen from August to November of 2020. I finally took them out of the car and then in the Spring of 2021 donated them to Deseret Industries, part of the relief aid of the LDS Church. I have very few places to donate things in Utah and they are all at least an hour's drive away.
Been watching you both for a long time and love your channels!
If you have working systems and games that don't sell you can consider donating them to a library, children's hospital, or after school program.
If the calculator works you can also donate that to a local school.
I really like how you talk about intentionality. So good to use your time and your husband’s with your kids rather than decluttering all at once.
Just had to pause the video and drop off the donations I've had sitting about for months. I had literally sorted through them just before starting this video. Home now after donation drop and grocery run. Thank you for the motivation to get this little annoying job done 😃
I love the collab. I found April about two weeks ago and of course, I have watched you since before you moved to this house (has it been a year? time flies!). Anyways, love you both!
It’s been two years in this house now!
I enjoy watching the suitcase designer almost as much as yours.
That second step is my Achilles hill... But not just with donations. I sort, but don't quite get it put away. Sometimes it's just that my kids interrupt me and then dump my bucket back out... Sometimes I just have too many piles and not enough time to put away, right away... Some things I can't put away until... Whatever: the baby wakes up, the office corner is picked up, the attic cools down enough for me to shuffle the storage around it. Or until I find the 3 ring hole punch the kids walked off with.
And I'm always struggling with just slightly more stuff than I have shelves or cabinets or homes for.
"Slow and steady" is a strength. I tend to be a marathoner. It's exhausting and overwhelming to live my whole life that way.
You might benefit from Dana K White’s “take it there now” method. In fact, you sound like the exact person she designed her methods for!
I love this. I collect books (homeschool mama as well) but up until now we haven't read many of them. I have decided to do read alouds and once the book is done, document it and pass it on unless it's a super special book.
Slow and steady is a great way to do it. With littles and health issues I'm slowly working through our home and it has to be in tiny bites. Hugs.
I love your advice of ONE at a time.
April is great! Your philosophies are so similar...love you both ❤
You are doing wonderfully, Erica!
Thank you, Erica, for sharing this video! I have enjoyed watching your journey.
You are GREAT Erica!!!
Thanks Erica! I have really come a long way and still trying to get others on board. I would love for someone to discuss being a sentimental person and still being able to part with things. Some family members think I am not the least bit sentimental which is just not true.
I had a box of electronics sat around for a year 🤣 and recently got around to recycling it thanks to your prompting!
Ha right?! High five!
Funny you bring her up. I just started watching her at her parents house series a few weeks ago.
I've only found your channel recently and this video is exactly what I needed right now. I am doing great at making decisions in my home but felt guilty that it takes me a while to actually donate them. I am the opposite to you and often wait until I have a few bags as it's quite out of the way and takes a while to fill out details etc when dropping off (I'm in the UK). It's helpful to look at the 2 steps separately xx
In my day, every spring my Mom would start sorting. She would spring clean. We would come home from school with Mom abuzz and moving furniture, cleaning, sorting to give away. As a child, not only could we get into our shoes instead of boots, school was easier, less work, almost done, Mom was in a good mood!(happy) We did decluttering back then too! Basically it is logic to do this. Lifes problems can get in the way! Big problems that take over ones thoughts and energy. This is very subtle. Before you know it, bang! Overwhelming mess! Erica, you are a wise girl! You are doing it! I wish I had a friend that is like you! Wise, kind, fun, great wife, great Mom! Family first and of coarse God is in your life! Good morals.......It is difficult to find friends . Sorry, got off track! Ooooops! GOOD EXAMPLE TO ALL! You say you ramble......I do too!🤐
I love April's channel. What a great colab!
Great job Erica😊
Thank you for sharing your thinking process.
I’m jumping off the consumer merry go round and being intentional with anything I buy or bring into our home.
I’m with you when decluttering - ‘one box at a time’.
Agreed! Slow and steady 💗 Love your channel
Looking back, slow and steady kept me going.
Siempre puedo ver tus videos subtitulados al español . Ahora TH-cam no me da esa posibilidad. Entiendo poco inglés pero acá estoy dándote mi apoyo . Saludos desde Uruguay 🇺🇾
The goodwill by me takes electronics for recycling. If that’s an easier location for you it might be worth checking it out.
They all do, even recycling clothes. They were the first ones to do that :) Once things are dropped off, clothes and some other categories get shipped to get processed.
I used to live by a Goodwill. That's my secret! Having to move often started up my Minimalism journey around ten years ago. 8 years ago I didn't have much. 6 years ago I had the bare minimum. It's slowly crept up, so I decide to sell most of the time now.
I went from large loads donated to thinking about it (whichever item to donate) too much 😂❤️
I have watched you for years and April for a little over a year. I love both your channels.
As long as you get it out of the house, that's all that matters. I think for me, the hardest thing now is remembering that I don't need to purchase the "thing" after I've decluttered. I'm working on it - I obviously don't need anything but it's working on the wants and reducing those.
I have chronic fatigue syndrome, and if I don't do it all at once asap, it will never get out of my house. I enlist the entire family to help me, and it gets done. I have a box in the garage for the things I've listed on marketplace, and it can stay there until it's sold because it's just one box. I will collect my son's clothes until I've replaced everything in a bigger size, and I'll try to sell them all together, that way it's an entire wardrobe of one size boy's clothes. My female born child and my donate-able clothes I'll collect until I have a box full, then they go straight to an op shop. Anything else it's the same, I'll collect a box full, then as soon as the box is full, out it goes!
love love your passion of helping others whilst on your own journey Erica. I've watched you from the start. So so impressed!!! Jo xx
You continue to be awesome! Just fix the lighting when you’re sitting in the rocking chair. It’s too dark and yellow.
I have been watching you and The Suitcase Designer for over a year. It was fun to watch her recommend you in her video that I watched yesterday. I am on the minimalism journey too and have learned so much from you both. I just sold a KitchenAid stand mixer yesterday with all the attachments even though I used it weekly. Why? Because it was too heavy to take in and out of a bottom cabinet and I realized I never used the attachments. I bought a small mixer (for half of what I sold it for) and I already have a small food processor and that’s all I need. I am learning that even if you use something, you can declutter it once you figure out what you really need (a small handheld mixer) and what you really don’t need (a heavy appliance with too many gadgets). Thanks for helping my work out solutions for my own life by watching you talk through your decisions. The more I declutter, the more layers of clutter I find - peeling back layers of the onion.
Thank you so much Erica for being true to who you are and you have an aura of peace and I truly have so much respect and love for you 🙏
I love seeing sister helping brother up. ❤️ I have realized that slow and steady is my pace whether I like it or not. The devil loves it when you hurry. Your talking through your decisions has helped me immensely. The concept of keeping only what I really want is huge. Thank you.
I just love your videos. I love decluttering. I am finding that I am doing decluttering on a regular basis. I still have some to do but I feel so much better about my apartment.
I love the Collab too! I follow you both. You are both kind and patient and so sweet. Great video today! Everyone gets the clutter out when they can - I keep a box in my car. When it is full or I can't stand looking at it anymore, I take it to the donation center.
I watch you all the time. You are a super hero to me. You are such a inspiration. You motivate me daily even through my physical limitations .
I watch TSD too!
Erica I have been with you from the beginning, and I’ll be honest my heart skips a beat when I see a new video of yours on my notifications, but a few weeks ago, I saw for the first time April and her declutter videos of her parents home, she is a sweetheart and what a great daughter she is.April and her husband did a wonderful thing for her parents…
Love your videos!
I watch April too. Thanks for sharing her TH-cam with us. Yes I have had donations in my car for a while because I waited for family to drop off their donations (I have time to do drop offs when others are working)
Theres always pawn shops or 2nd hand gaming places our local ones are called game room and gamers basically an electronic thrift shop!
Thank you for explaining and encouraging us. I have a box that just sits in my dining room too. I want to take it out but I keep making excuses. Maybe today is the day.
i do it step by step too :) as i do it by bike :) i do not have car :) so sometimes it could seem weird that i send one big bag by one, each week sometimes, but as i go by bike.. i feel it that way easier and helping for my mind too :) i feel that one thing at a time helps me too :) even if i could feel too much :) and feeling the momentum step by step to keep going, in fact, ;) but each one might have different feeling, but i confirm, i feel to have evolved thanks to declutter my life, material, commitments.. relations.. all :) i encourage every one to just let go without being minimalist in fact, but letting go things that we feel no more serving us for our daily life and goals.. step by step, helps us and we feel even more clearer and empowered then, step by step.. and the joy to sense that things will serve others ! ;) this helps me to let go :) .. :) and watching your channel helps me too keep going ;) thanks :) (sorry for my mistakes in English, wishing it can make sense what i tried to share :) kiss kiss :) and lot of love and gratitude ;)
I really struggle with this step. My local recycling centre no longer allows people to walk in - you have to have a car and an appointment - and there have been some really rude staff in some of the charity shops where I have attempted to drop off clothing. One would not accept a coat that had an original price of £200 (I had got it in the sale) as it was 'not the sort of thing their customers wanted'. After several years I built up the courage to go to another charity shop and they sold it for £50 which was great. However I still hesitate to take things in as I don't want a repeat of the experiences of staff going through my things in front of me and criticising them.
This was so good & yes I have watched April too ! Lol 💖
Been following u & April for awhile & love u guys!!❤️ I keep a donation pile in a section in my basement & once it gets to be several items or bags full I call my local veterans association for pick up! The electronics is def a pain in the butt I know what u mean. I also find I need to put “drop off electronics donation” in my calendar or I will totally forget about the stuff that goes to specific locations. 🥰
Yes I have done it.🤣🤣🤣 kept stuff in my car for too long. You are helping people more than you know
GREAT TOPIC!!!
This was such a challenge for me because all I knew was garage sales to declutter. Which totally does not work when you are renting a basement suite. I had to start from square one on how to get stuff out.
I love your channel as well as April's, two shining lights in the world ❤️❤️. I do have a bag of clothes to take to donation and it hasn't made it there yet, but it will☺️
You answered my question! Yeah! Liked your answer!
I am the same, I have a bag of organising boxes that have gone back and forth to my mums that I have in my car just now. I really should bring them in so I can get me car cleaned out xxxxxxxxx
I’m trying to start on my clothes😳
Hi there I’ve been following you as I just recently moved into a new home and made it my goal to D clutter and downsize. I’ve been experiencing this sentimental guilt you were talking about. I have to take breaks lots of breaks because I get overwhelmed but thank you your channel is motivating me to continue on. I appreciate it!!💝
Great video thank you for sharing love your videos xx
Yes, stuff might sit in my car a while till I get to the donation place🤦🏻♀️
I need to put a sticky note on the steering wheel or dash board where i will see it as a reminder to go to drop boxes specially when the only drop box is on the other side of town
I am struggling with Step 2 right now. I decluttered some antiques and collectibles last fall. I photographed them and sent a list to a local auctioneer, and they replied that they would be willing to sell the items for me but it might be a few weeks. I contacted them again in February and they said they were still backlogged and would contact me at the end of March. I sent a reminder at the beginning of April; still no date, but it seemed like they would be ready soon. So I moved the items into my car, where they take up the whole back seat. It is now July and the items are still on my back seat. I contacted the auctioneer last week and they are still backlogged. If they haven't scheduled me by the end of the month, they are losing my business. I want these items GONE (but they're too valuable for me to afford to donate)!
Idea for future video -- I would love to know what you do for digital declutter.
Ok sure! That’s a tough one for me.
Great topic!
Outstanding video!!!
Love your channel! Always great tips. We could see you better if the lamp was in front of you instead of behind 💙
Got a box in the back of my truck right now thats been there for a few weeks now 😅🤣
Donate the unsold game systems to a thirft store. Those are a huge blessing to kids whose parents can not afford a game system 🙏
Woah, you said one category, tee shirts and I’d just sat down to watch after decluttering half my tee shirts. Spooky.
Are you selling and shipping online? If so what app is it or do you have a link to your page, Ide be interested in some of the consoles and games you’re selling
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I may or may not have a large suitcase that's been sitting around, full with donations 😱
it's not about de owning items,it's about stop bringing more in.
Not trying to be cool, but I would have dropped all the books at once!
You cld have just listed all the books for free and I guarantee many would have wanted to come get it within an hr.....
Hi there sweetie pie hope you are well just take one day at time love your videos love from Eugenie your friend xxx 😀💓💪🏡
What would I carry in my trunk if it wasn't all of the donations all of the time? 🥴
What does an empty trunk look like?? Ha ha ha
@@EricaLucasLoves no idea. Lol
Things for activities! 😂❤️
I hope you don’t waist petrol to go 7 times to drop books to collections point . Keeping everything in the car use more petrol …