I’ve been decluttering for years and honestly thought I had watched all the videos with methods and ideas on how to declutter. This was so creative and refreshing! Thank you! And your holiday decluttering/planning guide is so pretty and useful. ❤
The effort and planning that go into your videos is outstanding and incredibly helpful. Thank you for not just making a gimmick TH-cam videos for $$ but providing us with genuine thought out content we can refer to time and time again ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Is someone who loves to organize items, I enjoy watching your videos. I am also in the season of life where I lean more towards the minimalistic way of life experiences over items have been my favorite switch so far.
I haven't finished watching the video, but I wanted to share two experiences from my own attempts at this with my three-year-old: 1. She asked me randomly one day where a cup that she had hardly ever used (and not seen for months) was. I said that as she was not using it, I had given it to another child. She was extremely upset and I felt very guilty that I had not asked her opinion. 2. She draws a lot; she had a huge pile of paper with drawings on, and I asked her whether we could go through them, pick some to keep, and throw the rest out. She asked me to throw all of them out. With the cup incident fresh in my mind, I asked her several times and highlighted that once they were thrown out, I couldn't get them back, she was happy with this, and has since happily thrown out piles of paper on a semi-regular basis. What have I learned? An important lesson was to try to understand how my child sees stuff. Things that seem unimportant to me (the cup) might be more important to her. Secondly, as you suggest, I should involve my child in conversations about stuff and how much we keep. I definitely haven't got all the answers (I am very grateful for your ideas!) but I feel more than ever that this process should not be about me chucking out her things, but about us building those skills together.
My daughter is getting great at letting go for the most part! She constantly gets stuff in the mail from a relative and at this point shes actually getting annoyed by the packages because she realizes that it more stuff that she already has and doesnt need more of- A third backpack after already recieving one from that same relative that had her name on it. Why another? More hats. So much for the yarn we picked out together, intending to knit winter hats. Repeats of the same print socks she got in the mail 2 months ago? Ahh at least my daughter instantly declares all on her own that she will "give them to the poor girl" in our operation Christmas child box.😂
New subscriber! Love your realistic tips and approach to minimalism with kids. We have three kids 12, 5, and 3. And sometimes I feel like I'm drowning everyday with clothes, toys shoes and random things all over the house haha. I've taken the minimal approach more the last year or so and I'm ready to dive more into it! Thank you for these videos ❤
I’ve been decluttering for years and honestly thought I had watched all the videos with methods and ideas on how to declutter. This was so creative and refreshing! Thank you! And your holiday decluttering/planning guide is so pretty and useful. ❤
The effort and planning that go into your videos is outstanding and incredibly helpful. Thank you for not just making a gimmick TH-cam videos for $$ but providing us with genuine thought out content we can refer to time and time again ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! That is so kind of you to say!
Is someone who loves to organize items, I enjoy watching your videos. I am also in the season of life where I lean more towards the minimalistic way of life experiences over items have been my favorite switch so far.
so many fantastic ideas!! I love all the playfulness you incorporated. Excited to try some!
So glad you like the playfulness. It's so important to keep things fun!
So great and so many suggestions! Thank you!
I haven't finished watching the video, but I wanted to share two experiences from my own attempts at this with my three-year-old:
1. She asked me randomly one day where a cup that she had hardly ever used (and not seen for months) was. I said that as she was not using it, I had given it to another child. She was extremely upset and I felt very guilty that I had not asked her opinion.
2. She draws a lot; she had a huge pile of paper with drawings on, and I asked her whether we could go through them, pick some to keep, and throw the rest out. She asked me to throw all of them out. With the cup incident fresh in my mind, I asked her several times and highlighted that once they were thrown out, I couldn't get them back, she was happy with this, and has since happily thrown out piles of paper on a semi-regular basis.
What have I learned? An important lesson was to try to understand how my child sees stuff. Things that seem unimportant to me (the cup) might be more important to her. Secondly, as you suggest, I should involve my child in conversations about stuff and how much we keep.
I definitely haven't got all the answers (I am very grateful for your ideas!) but I feel more than ever that this process should not be about me chucking out her things, but about us building those skills together.
My daughter is getting great at letting go for the most part!
She constantly gets stuff in the mail from a relative and at this point shes actually getting annoyed by the packages because she realizes that it more stuff that she already has and doesnt need more of- A third backpack after already recieving one from that same relative that had her name on it. Why another? More hats. So much for the yarn we picked out together, intending to knit winter hats. Repeats of the same print socks she got in the mail 2 months ago? Ahh at least my daughter instantly declares all on her own that she will "give them to the poor girl" in our operation Christmas child box.😂
🤣 I love it!
These are amazing ideas! I’ll have to revisit this video in the future when me baby is older.
Thank you for sharing these great tips!
You're welcome! I hope they help!
thanks for the great idea!!!
You're welcome! Let me know how it goes.
New subscriber! Love your realistic tips and approach to minimalism with kids. We have three kids 12, 5, and 3. And sometimes I feel like I'm drowning everyday with clothes, toys shoes and random things all over the house haha. I've taken the minimal approach more the last year or so and I'm ready to dive more into it! Thank you for these videos ❤
You’re welcome! Good luck in your efforts! It’s so worth while!
I liked the size and shape of your children’s treasure/memory boxes. Where did you get them?
I got them on Amazon! They've been great. The kids love looking through them. Here's the link: amzn.to/3AAM0s4