Don't worry if you aren't ready to declutter sentimental items yet! 👋🏻😀Just declutter in another space or area! Remember our pact - I am here with 3 videos each week (guided decluttering, guided cleaning, our Thrive plan for the week) and you comment on every video you watch. Let's declutter - TOGETHER - rah, rah, rah! 🎉🎉🎉😍

I am 81 yo and have been decluttering my jewelry so that it goes to my granddaughters. Thinking about "things" very differently these days.

We have two new tomcats and right today they decluttered an old cactus and a lamp of mine 😂. Easy decision, when it's cracked.🥳🙈

I like the idea of taking some items and bringing them into a less stressful room to go through and declutter the items. Thanks Diane!

Last year I did not want to get rid of the DVD movies. This year I will say goodbye and let someone else enjoy them. Thank you for the push to declutter.

Sorting through children’s games can be quite emotional. Thanks Diane

Thank you for doing this video! I appreciate you sharing that decluttering sentimental stuff isn’t always easy, and sometimes the emotions do catch us by surprise.

I love what you said about sometimes not being quite ready to get rid of things (especially those from when we were small or our kids). I’ve learned it doesn’t mean I won’t ever be ready to let the items go, but sometimes it’s just not yet.

Love this new format. Been in hospital since end of November came home to lots of cleaning to muddle through. I think I will have a full day of PUPA. Then I’ll spend a little time analyzing how I will tackle the cleaning. Ten minutes here and ten minutes some place else will make a huge difference.

I applaud you for being able to part with some of your childhood games. I find the sentimental stuff the hardest to let go of. I am not quite there yet. You inspired me to sort through my cookbook collection which I keep in a cabinet in our living room. Thank you for the videos! They make a difference!!

Thank you for making decluttering so doable with no huge expectations of getting it all done at once Diane ❤ I much prefer to plod along and do a little bit at a time

I'm watching you while I "sitter-vise" my littles and the neighbor kids playing outside. Enjoying the sunshine for some selfcare!

You were constantly ‘with me’ today when I cleaned out 3 drawers in the dresser in the lounge. We took the various items outside and put them on the garden wall….. Within 1/2 hour they were gone! Every day this week I’m trying on 3 T Shirts after my shower and by the end of the week I’ll be down the pile which will be considerably smaller. It’s addictive once you get started 😊

Your decluttering muscles are so strong!

I am two weeks postpartum with my fifth child and I am so thankful for these decluttering and cleaning videos. They're helping me be productive but still at a slow pace so it's not overwhelming 😊.

A little goes a long way. Just 10min of decluttering and I feel a lot lighter. Dankjewel Diane!

So glad to be able to be encouraged to go through our games. I have needed to do this for a long time. Thank you so much for giving me the push to get this done 🎉🎉🎉

I’m finally letting go of some childhood books that have been stored for many years. They are the ones my children weren’t interested in so time to let them go! Thanks for the motivation!

Found this video today and did a small winter-hat declutter with my girls (5 and 8) and shopped my home for cleaning products that I now don't need to rebuy. Thank you Diane for your support in these bitesize pieces ❤

"Shopping my house" and repurposing inherited items has helped me deal with sentimental clutter while saving me money. My niece also loves "shopping my home", so I have very happy memories of her packing her car with my games, along with 2 end tables and HER MOTHER'S lamp! (She said some games manufactured prior to 2000 are more desirable because the games pieces might be wooden, as opposed to plastic.) I had a HUGE win over the weekend while tackling a box that I thought was filled with my aunt's linens. Turns out 75% of the box was filled with my things, including some items I thought were lost in a move. So HAPPY to find them. Moral: doesn't hurt to look in those scary boxes you've been avoiding.

Aww Diane - you were an adorable 10 year old, so cute! Sentimental items aren't easy - you made it look like a breeze!! Well done!!

Have been saving your videos till I've time to work in the area, more loft clearing, found 2 boxes of my sons sentimental bits, decided cards from all my friends and work colleagues wouldn't be special to him, so kept only those from family and close friends. Also found clothing, some items were really sentimental and have been kept, were a few bits that I don't even remember so they obviously weren't that special and have been removed to make room for things going forward. Turns out what I used to think was special isn't now x thanks for this series, is really keeping me moving forward x

Oh the pig! That brought back big memories. I made one of those once upon a time! 🐷

I enjoyed seeing your childhood games. Today I readied some old paintings my son did in college. He will be receiving them. My young grandson has a record player. I will be giving some old 45s to him. He loves to listen to them. 🤗

I love the decluttering videos. Every time my family goes through items, I am trying to declutter at least one item.

You make decluttering fun 🤩 🎣

Aww this little piggy went rah rah rah!🎉

Diane, you are joy to watch and declutter with. Thank you for sharing your game memories, and suggestions and ideas. Have a great day and 2024 year.

I gave a wooden chess set and some puzzles to my grandsons that their mom had when she was little. They were thrilled!😃

I’m not ready for the sentimental items yet, but definitely soon! I have a granddaughter now and I’ve not decluttered and made decisions on all the stuff I’ve kept from my daughter. The time has definitely come…lol Thanks for all the great inspiration, Dianne! Have a great week, all!

Yes, moving items or bins to another more pleasant room or area is something I just started implementing. I also have a donating zone in my finished basement. When things pile up, we take them to the donation center in boxes or bags. Also, I saw you hanging your sweaters (jumpers) by putting the hanging toward the bottom up. I have now started doing this. I no longer struggle with crew neck sweaters by stretching them out with the hanger. I wasn't taught the bottoms-up method so thank you. Rah! Rah! Rah! 🎉🎉🎉

Thanks for keeping me company while I made dinner!

No decluttering today-changed my bedding-thank you for keeping me company, Diane !

I did a lot of decluttering of children’s toys, games, etc. when we made a cross-country move 18 years ago, after our children were grown. I am glad, however, that I hung on to some childhood favorites of mine and of our adult children because we returned to playing them once grandkids came along. Some favorites are no longer available and are irreplaceable. Many, notably children’s books, have been passed on to the grandkids as they grew into them. It is fun to see another generation enjoying them and especially to play them together.

This is the third week I have consistently completed my routines. I have scheduled a “catch-up” PUPA on Mondays to get back on track if we’ve been a bit lazy on the weekend. The first Monday was exhausting! But I told myself that it would get easier with time after I had gotten a handle on the backlog. Today was the third Monday and there was hardly anything to pupa! I was able to get right into my routine for the day. Then the best thing happened this evening. Our son came home from work and was in the kitchen with his dad and he asked his dad, “why are we so organized?” I told him it was because I had been working on the house for 3 weeks. He was very pleasantly surprised. Diane, you and I may not be able to talk face to face, but you have been a huge encouragement to me! I appreciate so much the effort you put into your videos each week! You really are a breath of sunshine!

My game shelf was overflowing to the floor in front of the bookshelf. I have been so overwhelmed by this space and have avoided it for a long time. Your video gave me the inspiration to tackle this project that wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be. i donated 16 games and was able to toss a grocery sack of games that were missing cards or pieces. Thank you for your support and example!

Your videos help me feel less overwhelmed by cleaning/decluttering. Thank you!!

I'm sorting family photos 10 minutes a day. Progress finally! Thank you for the encouragement and example Diane.

I’m visiting my son and daughter-in-law and they are natural minimalists. Everywhere I look I see empty spaces in closets and cupboards. They inspire me. And YOU inspire me! Thanks!

I take a photo of sentimental items that I no longer use or have space for. That way, you can always refresh those memories without holding on to bulky items

What a great idea - bring the bin up from the basement to sort! It's more comfortable in the living room 🙂

OMG, was that a brief glimpse of Billy Mackenzie of The Associates? What a blast from the past!

Thank you, Diane. Yes those games are very heart-tugging reminders of many good memories. I gave a lot of ours away to a couple of families who are enjoying them. Much better than languishing in the basement. Working in the living room parting with sentimental books. You are a great inspiration!

Hello Diane! I decluttered my room while you decluttered your games. I got rid of some purses that I was sentimental about. Thanks for the inspiration!

I’ve stolen your idea Diane and taken an old CD player into my garage whilst I’m on my static bike and doing a workout. I then decide whether to keep that particular CD or not. Brings back so many memories.

Thank you for decluttering family/ kid items. Time to declutter the toys I saved for grandkids, but they live far and I don’t need all these. Time to bless others!

10 minutes clearing out my candle drawer. Keeping everything that I still find useful and/or beautiful and the rest is off to the charity shop. The power of 10 mins 💪🕙🔟

To enable myself to let go of things that my children don’t want, but which have tender memories attached, I’m taking photos of the items and I find that it makes me happy just to view the photos…I don’t really need the items themselves to reminisce over.

Decluttering is so soothing for me - it’s my favourite task. I don’t have to get rid of much anymore as I’ve been doing it for so long, but it helps me organise my spaces. It reminds me of what I’ve got and where it is 😊

I usually listen to your voice on my way to work and I'm doing the tasks later in the day. I'm decluttering our dvd drawer and underneath the coffee table.

Hi Diane as we are of a similar age I remembered a lot of them. Apart from a teddy bear and a stamp album I have nothing left from my childhood. The main thing I have to declutter are clothes and books. I want to thank you again for all your efforts. You are truly inspiring xxx

Good evening😊As my boys grew up, we had boxes for putting away toys when they didn't use it anymore. But once a year we decluttered ,and only kept what they ment was importent..When they left home the boxes stayed . But once a year- on a visiting day- I "forced" them to declutter. So the piles get smaller and smaller each year, and finely was down to 1-2 boxes each. When they got their owne home/house ,they collected a beautyful collection of lego, playmobil , books , metal cars, pictures and so on. And now my grandchildren are playing with it❤

Love your three videos a week. Your videos are very motivating to watch.

I actually went ahead and ordered the fishing game for my toddler after watching this video!

Some of those games brought happy memories for me. We had a caravan in the Lake District and it was so cosy playing games with the girls.❤

I’m working in the office today. Decluttering and sorting as I unpack boxes.

Dear Diane, that was so much fun to have a look a your collection of games! Some of them look good enough for a museum. I actually was at an exhibition last week presenting toys and games of 1960s to 1990s. So many happy childhood memories! And I was so grateful to those people who actually kept all that stuff for years and finally donated it to the local history museum... I'm decluttering my collection of necklaces today. Quite sentimental stuff too. But hey-ho, off we go)) Thanks for an interesting video. Have a great week ahead! ❤

We have a loft full of toys, games and Lego that I’ve kept for “if we ever have grandchildren” I will be sorting through these gradually this year, and just keeping the best things. Seeing you let things go has been a big help. Lego will be staying!

I am preparing to move across the US and have been decluttering like crazy! Love your upbeat videos!

Thank you Diane! It is fun to see the games of your childhood as we are the same age! Less is more in the game department area we have learned much becomes overwhelming the favorites remain favorites!

One thing I learned about decluttering this week - you just never know what people want. I sometimes hesitate to put items on my Buy Nothing group because I think no one else would want it. But then the item I was most hesitant to post ends up having more interest! It's so amazing! This week I posted enamel pins that were a real random collection, a shelf that my family has teased me about owning for years, and panty hose that were too small for me. They all went! And I felt so happy to have them out of my house and given to excited people.

You're so encouraging, Diane, as we face sentimental clutter - to focus on what we can do now that we've been doing it for a while!

I heard someone say if you have items in a closet or basement and you haven't been using them they're probably ready to leave your space.You reminded me of that when you mentioned putting games on probation. I found some things I just couldn't let go of in the past. Now they're out of hiding and I'm reminded of them. I've given a solid time limit and they will go if not used or used and not enjoyed. Sentimental items can sure be hard to let go of. But it's getting easier. Thank you. It's so fun to work while you're working!

De cluttered a bedside drawer while watching today. Thanks for the company Diane :)

I really like that you are emphasizing giving things away instead of just trashing them.There is a very active Buy Nothing group in my area, so if one of my family/friends or neighbors doesn't want the item I've decluttered, it goes to Buy Nothing, which is wonderful.

working our way through the dvd's, watching and deciding whether to keep or not, off to the swap shop with the nots.

3 dvds to go. Then revisited my dearly departed Dad’s university work again. Slowly making progress. Remembering I need to declutter my stuff so my little one doesn’t have to do the same.

Thanks Diane for your gentle encouragement. It definitely helps to let things go. It's so hard with the sentimental things!xx

Decluttered a couple of pieces of jewelry this morning! Wore Mom’s ring today. ❤

Loved this video. Our family loves, loves, loves boardgames. It was lovely seeing and hearing about your beloved games.

And YES to A Night at the Opera! 💙

Listened to this while washing dishes 💜. It was comforting 💜

Great advice as to moving items to a more pleasant and friendly environment. Thank you 😉

That's what gets me through the sentimental stuff. Knowing the joy it will bring to someone else. A wee bit under the weather this week but I did declutter some more fabric. Marlene in 🇨🇦

Our house is open-concept, so when you walk in the front door you are practically in the living room! We've done a pretty good job of keeping it tidy and clutter-free, but when I took a good look around while watching your video I found a few 'trouble spots' that I can work on this week. Thank you (as always) for the inspiration ❤

I need to do a sentimental declutter of my "china cupboards" which are almost all things from my mom and grandmother's. I don't use most of it and I think I could condense it down to just half. But today, I was working in my sewing room. Lots of sorting, PUPA, filled the trash bin.... it was a good day! Thank you!❤

I loved Clue too when I was little. I can see you playing the teapot game with a grandchild someday, hopefully.❤️

It´s so much easier to keep up momentum, when we are doing it as a community. Since you started this challenge, I have decluttered almost 100 items!

Wow, Diane, you’re brave… Some memories are connected to things and I’ve the feeling I’m loosing my memories, if the things are gone. I know, I can take photos, but it’s not the same. It was fun to see little Diane and her games, which are not existing here in Germany. Like children books the games are different in every country, interesting the tea pot game! I’ve already given a lot of games and books to the younger ones in the family. Now I’ll dive into the living room, expecting guests today… Love, Monika❣

Putting things on probation has been a game changer for me! 😁

Decluttering papers this week and storing digitally instead. Love your positivity! 🎉

Moving items to a more pleasant area - worked wonders! Thank you

I’ll be taking a few past treasures when I visit my daughter and her family. Let them love the treasures, and I’ll see the joy on their faces!

Inspiration for tackling some tough decisions (with good humor & joy)…TY!

Just this morning with my adult son looking for his old year book. Went down memory lane but realized there was some memorabilia that needs to go!

We had the British Isles version of the jig-map when I was a child. So much fun and educational too! So good to see you working through sentimental childhood games and leading by example..... the idea of putting them on probation the same as clothes is great 🎉

The idea of bringing the things to a comfy room to declutter them is such a good idea! I'm with you on games, Diane. I think I am more attached to them (and the memories) than the kids. :)

My declutter pile is growing every day. Thanks for the inspiration.

Always feel uplifted and ready to get to it during and after your videos, Diane. Thank you!

I have kept so many things for “grandchildren”. We have one and she loves all the old toys and books of mommy’s and aunt’s. So far the games are beyond her but she loves going through them and so I must keep them for a few more years!

I have decluttered 2 garbage bags to donate and 1 grocery bag to give away to a friend who has been off work a few weeks and she have some new to her tops to go back to the office.

I decluttered/organized a stack of photos from the 1990's. Glad to weed out the ones that weren't very special and I will get the nice ones in to a photo album next week.

I am sure there are games that I could declutter! My fantasy self sees us playing games, but the kids are grown. Next on my list to declutter. Thanks for the inspiration!🎉🎉🎉

My living room is pretty good, but our hall closet needed some decluttering. Thanks for the company 😊

Diane not much to share other than love to watch and follow along with you!! 🙂💞🌻🦘

I am decluttering board games, card games and jigsaw puzzles from my hall closet!! There are so many!!!

Declutterring for months now. It’s always in the room or space that I’m gonna use in that moment the most 😘

Yes! I need to declutter school books we aren't using, need to make room for my kids new obsession with puzzles!

You and the Fylady system helped me so much. Whenever I'm behind I start in the zone of that week, knowing it wil be alright.

Hi Diane! 🙂Today I decluttered a desk drawer. It is a deep drawer and a lot of papers, cards and all kinds of stuff came out of it. Also cards and letters with sentimental value to me. I shed a few tears while reading through it, but that's okay. Good memories were put in a memory box and the other items were categorized and given their own place. It felt good to shred some papers. Very satisfying! 😆 See you on Wednesday! 😃