clean and organize with me ✨
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2022
- edit: i realized i scheduled this a day too late.... sorry!
hello friends! here is my attempt to try and clear out things that i should've cleared out four years ago. honestly, i guess it's the procrastinator in me plus the little sentimental girl who just can't let go of stuff. hope you enjoy this video and let me know how you clean up and declutter the stuff in your life!
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5:30 I’ve had a very similar experience! My family is also low-income and how I’ve grown up has made me hold onto so many papers, containers, and clothes because I figured I’ll find a use for it/“I bought this on sale so I can’t get rid of it that’ll be so wasteful!”/“maybe my sisters or cousins will use this.” College is what made me regret that mindset because moving and unpacking is a real pain when uve got a lot of stuff!
i have the same issue with decluttering, i always feel like i might need my high school/previous semesters papers. i switched to digital notes a couple of years ago, so it's a little bit easier now, but i definitely should clean everything up before the new semester starts in september. thank you for inspiration ❤️
I always feel a breath of fresh air and way more productive when my space is clean and this was the motivation I needed to clean my own work space 😅😅
Not low-income or first gen, but went through a very similar problem of not being able to let go of my high school binders and notebooks. It represented so much work, effort, and many accomplishments from that time in my life. And of course I tried to convince myself I would/could reference them in college despite them being on the other side of the country. In the end, I also decluttered them right before senior year. Regaining that space is very freeing, but certainly no one should beat themselves up for holding on to things that were such a huge part of their lives for years. We all get there in our own time and can untangle our feelings from the physical objects.
this is the first time i relate to someone when it comes to hoarding stuff such as notes and the like. i always think that it’ll all be useful at some point despite some of these stuff being from 8th grade and i’m currently at the end of my junior in college. i didn’t actually realize that behavior’s relation with our financial capability before but seeing how you phrased it i could actually relate and see it’s relevance. i guess it’s the fear of wasting some good materials i could potentially use without actually understanding where to use them. i guess i also have to allot some time in decluttering my stuff and removing unnecessary items in my life. maybe that’s what hilding me back as well.
finished the video and I love this! As someone who has a tendency to hoard and impulsively buy as much of what I want as I can, I’ve accumulated so many unused pens, stickers, papers and washi tapes 😭. Videos like this (as well as your stationary no buy) have really inspired me to rethink my purchases and instead make the most of what I already have :> Can’t say I’ve completely quit making impulsive purchases (webudding digital stickers have been a new hyperfixation of mine 😔), but I’m definitely taking more time to reconsider my purchases :> Loved this seo!
There is actually no such thing as "the one real minimalism". Minimalism looks differently for everyone. I consider myself a minimalist, although owning nearly 400 books 😅 (they are one of the most comforting things and spark so much joy for me!!)
It's nice to see that I was not the only one who grew up with this "everything has a use/this could be usable one way or the other"-mentality! Definitely understanding the feelings you've mentioned about this topic!
i have noticed i am more productive when my space is clean and decluttered 🥰 lately i have been in a slump so this motivates me to get organized ✨🤍
Omg, I totally feel you with having a hard time getting rid of stuff. I come from a very privileged and comfortable background, but always disliked how my parents just easily threw away things only to need them later down the line. So I keep a bunch of small things waiting for the day to use them. It doesn't help that I love art and crafts and so I've bought so many things that I haven't touched in years and cannot get rid of because I COULD use them one day.
It's a hard mentality to break out of because I think there is a guilt of like, oh I wasted money on this item I threw away, or I was going to make this - and it's really just something you have to shrug off and be like, "I'm throwing this away now to have a cleaner happier space and I'll make wiser choices next time."
My family is definitely not low income, however, getting rid of notes is not only hard for me but for my mother too. I think maybe it’s a academia thing. You put so much time (but not always effort) into these notes and that’s the point I think. A mix of learning how important information is and that we might need to use old notes again and the energy we put in to them. And on top of that for me my Highschool notes remind me of easier times :)
For me Marry Kondo and her philosophy and also other people I watch on TH-cam (including you) have greatly pushed me into keeping what makes me happy. So little by little I am getting rid of my notes. Keeping tests and sheets where friends wrote funny notes on and then when I’m ready getting rid of more.
I'm glad you mentioned that it was hard for you to get rid of some of your notes and stuff. I remember seeing a video where you got rid of binders full of neat notes and I was baffled how you could seemingly throw them away so easily. Finally I myself got tired of the hoards of random papers of accumulated over the years that I recycled them, but theres still some left and seeing you get rid of stuff it helpful too.
the Always Carry A Book tote is gold 😍
i always tend to forget that i have enough stationery which is a little frustrating when i realize that i'm running out of space at my desk-- i'm also a huge sucker for back-to-school sales in the fall and hold these grand expectations for how or if i'll use my purchased stationery. i'm definitely working on it tho!
this literally hit home so hard! i didnt realize that it was from my upbringing that influenced how i view the things i have. i also feel guilty because at the moment i thought i had wanted it but it just doesn't spark that joy anymore but i feel like i should keep it cuz money was spent and i hear my mom scolding me about the possible uses in the future. it's been tough trying to let things go
I've realized that I tend to feel attached to objects, so having a lot of disposable items is the main reason why I'm holding onto so many things I don't need (I'm keeping school paper from 5 years ago lol)
Now that I know I have this problem, I try to get myself quality items that are refillable and that are built to last. This kind of items could become truly personal and sentimental over time. I could keep the same set of stationeries around for years and don't need to get rid of them. It will be better for both me and the waste control
towards the end i 100% understand the whole keeping things because of being both first gen AND a lower income family, i have so many things i keep just in case, and it can be the most odd or esoteric things that most people wouldn't see a use for but i still 100% understand the anxiety of "oh if i get rid of this, what if in x time we need it again?", it's hard to shake off just from being someone of a background where nothing comes to you easy, but doing a declutter once and a while has truly helped me understand and get rid of more and more stuff! this was a great video and a great read into a lot of people's thought process !!
Yes! I still have my notes as well. I am Hispanic and my parents are engineers, along with me thinking that I could use or post my notes online/learned that I could make use with what I have (similar to an engineer mindset), and those notes help me remember information I previously learned. I could also help someone with the courses I took with help from the notes I took
^ My parents were low-income, so they also have that feeling in them as well. They still have their chemical engineering textbooks (that may or may not come in handy for me lol).
YOUR NAILS ARE COLORED !!!! THEYRE SO PRETTY WOOO
I relate so bad to hoarding tendencies :^( despite my family being very well-off i still find myself keeping everything I own due to thinking there will be a use for it someday and that I’d feel bad ‘wasting’ money getting a new thing. I own one pair of jeans and don’t have any fitting shorts for the summer and I’m still feeling incredibly guilty that my parents are paying for me to just get a few more pieces of clothes that I literally need in day-to-day life. And yet I find myself spending money on things I don’t really need at the same time, like lots of washi tape and pens… they bring joy but I really shouldn’t be buying them all.
I relate so much to holding onto everything because somehow it might be useful. I think this also relates to the way I grew up and the scarcity mentality my parents grew up with as low-income too. You’re not alone Seo!!
i know just how you feel. i held onto school stuff (still am in some ways) for a long time. heck i graduated high school longer ago than you did and i only last year finally got rid of all my old french & japanese notes. i kept telling myself i'd use them as reference but never do so i just buckled down and recycled them all. i always feel the need to hang onto stuff in case i might need them later.
I have the same mentality of keeping things too.
a couple months ago i did the same to my old notes so i totally understand how you feel
Just started watching the video, but I have the same problem too! I always am afraid that I’ll have a future use for something that I haven’t touched in years. I’m hoping to do a deep clean of my room once I’m on summer break though!
💀 This is such a personal callout bc this is me 100%. I try my best to only buy what I need, but sometimes I all of a sudden do use that one thing that I hadn't even looked at in 3 years, and that just reinforces the idea that yes, it will come in handy later.
💡 In any case, regarding notes, I'm trying to compromise by scanning everything and uploading it to my Google drive (although it's a slow process) and tearing out the used notebook pages to use whatever's left. This way I still have access to everything.
Hi I am in High school and now its my summer vacation I was just thinking for cleaning and organizing and video is here loved the video and lots of love stay safe and happy
Looks like i need a clean up too👀
OMG IM SO EARLYYYY !! just what i needed after a long daaay of classes huhu i love ur videos so much
I wish I'd kept my notes from school. It's easy to forget!
ok i kinda feel like the odd one here, but being a first-gen in a lower/middle class family, i actually hate the way my parents and other family members hoard things, so i go the opposite way and keep my spaces really neat and tidy, which means not owning a lot of stuff. except, the thing about not owning a lot of stuff mainly comes from the influence of my parents' childhood poverty mentality, which basically passed on to me, so i think about nearly every single purchase i make
I remember all those notes omg they were so pretty :') I used to have trouble getting rid of my notes but after grad I felt like I needed to get rid of it all after covid haha
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Where’d you get ur drawer where u put ur books?
I need to get rid of my old HS stuff lol 🙃
I would cry if you did a mcat series 🥲 because i’ve literally been watching you forever and knowing you’re taking the same test as me makes me hopeful
Electrical tooth brushes are actually not bad because you don't change the hole toothbrush each time
im fortunate enough that my family is pretty comfortable income and resources wise, but my parents and their parents generations were low income. i've definitely been raised with some of the same mentalities because of their experiences with scarcity. its actually kind of unhealthy for me because i feel intensely guilty when i purchase anything remotely unnecessary,,, i have such a bad relationship with money
you're a *what* in college? but... when i started following you,you were still in high school, and not even a senior...
*i'm gonna need to process the passage of time, i didnt have an existential crisis in a while...*
Veganism isn't environmentally friendly though, especially when food is shipped in from other places and is out of season. Eggs, meat , and dairy are fine as long it's local and farmer's markets are usually filled with locally grown food anyway. Health is always more important though.
I have nieces and nephews, if I want to unload stickers and art supplies, I can just give it to them and they'll actually use stuff. It's what I'm planning on doing, but I have so much stuff it's overwhelming.