The truck was the best... actually Dawn's reaction to the truck was the best. I told my husband the other day that tidiness is my love language so everything he is getting rid of or organizing is a way to show me love.

Okay, okay, Dawn, you win! 💪😅 But, not only did my 15 friends declutter, we also had a fun Swap Party! 🥳 So we're all winners! 👏😁🏆🏆🏆 Thanks again for inviting us to the Challenge! 💝

Dawn laughing when Tom delivered the truck was so funny! I love these people so much!

Whenever I decide to donate something, I pray for the person who receives it. I pray that they will be blessed and it will help meet their needs. I think that makes letting go of stuff easier.

I'm getting ready to move with a family of 8. I can't get enough videos from your channel!!! I've been just throwing everything away and I feel so much better we haven't missed anything yet!!! Thank you so much for your hard work!!!

I never of think of big items like water heaters and when Tom backed up the truck I was cracking up. I appreciated your conversation about what you thought when deciding to keep or let go of the picture frames. Hearing that allowed me to see where I get carried away with futile potential uses of things.

I love watching your videos as compared to those who buy and buy and buy. It stresses me out with the amount of money these people spend for decor, the amount sitting on shelves, bookcases and tabletops. Keep up getting people to think about what is really needed.

You continue to make decluttering an attainable (and worthwhile!) task! My home, life, and bank account are showing evidence of the personal impact you've made in my life, and I am forever grateful! Thank you, Dawn! ❤️

I took a boot full of stuff to donate/get rid of today! An lampshade, a teaset and two bags of clothes/cushions/kitchen stuff to the charity shop; a bag of carrier bags and over a dozen water filters for recycling and a big bag of cleaning products to the hygiene bank! Feels so good to finally get them out of the house!! 😊

Pay your kids to fill a box!!! THE BEST MOTIVATION!!! This was great, Dawn! Thank you!

I’m going to try 15 minutes, sometimes I just feel overwhelmed but 15 minutes feels doable.

That was fun. Way to go Tom! Parting with the truck made me smile.

You still look at each other like in your wedding photos🥰

I would challenge people to volunteer at a donation center sorting donations before donating their unwanted stuff. When I’ve volunteered before, you sort through boxes and boxes of other people’s trash, essentially, to find good items to resale. Bags of used/dirty undies, ripped clothing, dishes that haven’t been washed, etc. Do it consciously and ethically, and only donate items that are in good enough shape for resale. :)

When y’all went outside... I thought for sure the Excursion was going in the pile! LOL Thank y’all so much for continuing to encourage us in our decluttering/minimalism journey.

It's so good to see that you go through their toys too after they say they are ready to give them away. This is the hardest area for me!

You may be surprised how much TV foster kiddos watch when they first come to you. And that the TV/screen time is comforting. Our child always had the TV on/wanted screen time and her docs said to slowly take away electronics time. Now she watches no more than a hour/day (if that)

I love that you got the boys involved!! They are adorable - and offering to pay them for the work is awesome! Such a great idea.

What cute boys. I taught children at school, all my working life, and kids like these bring a huge smile to my face and make me want to spend time with them. They are adorable.

Perfect timing, I moved here 3 years ago & moved boxes that were stored in a closet there to put in a closet here. I had no idea what was in them (& I paid $$$ to move them here). I decided today was the day to tackle them. Well, I went through 4 medium sized moving boxes in 15 minutes. I only took out 3 small items to keep & I'm donating the rest. This did set a fire in me so I'm continuing, but that's what I did in 15 minutes. Thanks again for the inspiration. Love your channel. (ps- I already scheduled a donation pick-up, it's 2 weeks out so I'm trying to see how much more I can purge before they come, lol)

I love that you got the kids involved too! Priceless life skills that will serve them well all through adulthood!!! Great video, guys!

I like your videos because it’s pointing us to find a higher purpose in our homes/ lives / families. I do get a sense of sadness sometimes as I listen to you because of how sad it is that we bury our lives or joy underneath STUFF instead of enjoying the life that god has given us.

I work in the school system with Autistic children and started watching you before school let out and decided I was going to do this I actually got my kitchen done before school let out and I continued and I am still in the process of decluttering it has felt so empowering to take back control of my house. I have been watching all of your videos for inspiration and it has made a great deal of a difference in my home my husband and son got on board very quickly. There is now a place for everything and I am amazed at how much of a difference it has made in our lives. I am going to continue this journey and I thank you so much for your inspiration you don't know what a great help you are to so many people out there you don't know. Thank you

Such darling little boys!! I was cracking up when Tom brought the truck out!!😂

“I actually forgot we were getting anything” Be still my beating heart! How adorable are those babies! ☺️

I challenged myself to clear out our junk drawer yesterday, which led to me clearing out a drawer in the bathroom. I would have kept going but we had dinner plans so I had to stop. It’s amazing what 15 minutes can do!

Kudos to Corbin for not trying to put gage in the box! 👍

Tom, you can always get a laugh out of me!

The price of metal is pretty good right now. Hope you took the truck and scrap metal to a junk yard! You could easily get $300 or more! Great job clearing the clutter!

I'm just over 3 minutes in. I suspect Corbin is thinking $2 per Lego could add up fast! 7 minutes in and the boys are done. It sounds like I was wrong about the money. They seemed more motivated by the challenge not the money. Good for you guys!

I'm amazed and impressed by how much you decluttered! I actually said WOW out loud when Tom pushed the truck into the pile. All of you did a great job!! XO ❤

Gage looks so much like Tom to me, haha. Your kids are all adorbs.

It is so great how Tom always thinks of Uncle Eric!! 💗

I believe Tom won! Since you were donating the ottoman anyway put it on Market Place for free. Someone will get it in a heartbeat and it isn't back in the house. At least not for long.

Just when you think that your family has decluttering lots already😱 I liked you did bit of research on the TV. I like when I can give items to folks needed or wanted your items. Thanks for sharing, been checking out the others but hands down you all won but in the end we all win 🏆 by participating ❤️

This was awesome! I would love for Tom to get the guys on board with big declutter items or just a lot of cords!!!

Just a thought. I like Dawn’s videos and I can’t wait for a new one to come out. She inspires me, but I do have a question for the 7 people that gave this and other videos a thumbs down, if you don’t like these videos, why do you keep watching them only to dislike them?

Wow I wasn’t expecting to see so much, you did great! Thanks for inviting us to do this with you.

Your boys are so cute and nice you've got them involved in donating their own things. Getting rid of the truck is serious decluttering! 🇳🇿

WOW, You have done your job well Dawn. You have without doubt won Tom and your kids over for minimalism. You do your job well and have won me over as well. I'm so grateful for that. Thank you

I moved back to Canada from Europe after 17 years there. I only brought heirlooms and things we really loved. There are a few regrets but it was amazing to get rid of so much! I have built up my inventory to a ridiculous point and now you are helping me restore balance. ❤️

I love these challenges! Ever time I start out thinking I really don’t have that much to declutter but always manage to find more.

After getting Bell’s palsy I realized how stressed I was but didn’t know what triggered it. Thank you for returning my peace of mind, and a maintainable house of course lol

The cutest little boys ever.

When the truck came into view, I just died laughing!! 😂😂😂 I’m motivated to take 15 minutes today to make my life a little less cluttered! Maybe even once a day this week!!!

I had a good laugh when Tom put the truck "on the pile" 😂 I haven't watched the other videos yet, but I'm sure you'll win!

Dawn, I really like your channel. I stored a 50 inch non-smart TV in the half finished basement. I finally gave it away. It didn't work 😞 because it was stored for so long. Waste of money.

Whoo Hoo!!! Excited to watch and happy to join the Challenge too 🦄😉🌟

Your boys are absolutely adorable!! Love when they make an appearance in your videos (which I also love). Thank you, Dawn and Tom!

I just love the way this has become a way of life for your entire family! I really enjoy seeing your kids join in! It makes me wish I could rewind time (my kids are grown up now). Great job everyone!!

Those boys are melting my heart! They are so cute and helpful!! They put this video over the top!!

Oh please tell Corbin and Gage how impressed some subscribers were to see them enjoying decluttering! Even forgetting you offered to pay them. That was amazing, boys! Great job!

I love how making it a competition made it so easy to get the whole family on board.

Tom is like my hubby. He's got all kinds of metal and parts around. And I think it's all going soon. I think we'll need lots of 15 min to do the job here in our house. ☺

Thanks dawn and Tom!! You’re both wonderful and your fabulous kids. ❤️

Tom for the win!! 😂 I enjoy and appreciate y’all so much. Thank you for great motivation.

The Pineapple decoration !!! I liked that on your shelf....almost bought one.. ...crying now that you are DECLUTTERING IT: (......I wondered what a minimalist would get rid of (besides clothes and toys...and old electronics) the message I hear is to be mindful of what we are buying so we have nothing to declutter except hose main things i mentioned...I was so grateful for the comments left on where to give items away... thank you.

Those boys are everything. What a blessing!

Thank you Dawn! You always inspire me I came home after a full day's work and decluttered for 15 minutes and loved every minute of it!!

Out of all the videos I watch on YT.. none make me smile more than yours does. Your kids are adorable. The legos... lol.

Love this vid! You guys are such motivators! I loved when you said "If we dont win, I will be amazed!" I was thinking...."If we don't win, that's GREAT!! It means that someone else is getting rid of EVEN MORE stuff than this!! Wow~!" ha ha!

Hi Dawn, you're one of my inspirations to declutter. I figure if I haven't used it or worn it in a year then let's donate it.

Tom wins 🏆 Totally wish my husband would let his scrap gooooo praying 🙏

Just when you think you can't get rid of more stuff, you found more! Good work Tom!

Definitely add pictures of the foster kids to your walls to make them feel like family

This video has lots of great tips!!☆ ~ think about the retail value of an item rather than the original price you paid ~ consider giving it to someone who could make use of it now rather than storing it for "someday" ~ pay your kids an incentive to declutter! ~ put things aside for a month or more before deciding whether or not you want to save them indefinitely ~ set a timer to motivate your decision-making & to not overwhelm yourself ~ make decluttering a contest with your friends!

I also keep a donation bag in the garage. I put anything I think I want to donate. Very, very occasionally I have taken something back out, but overwhelmingly once it's in that bag I forget all about it. Once every few months I take it all to donation center. It's a great system that allows me to "have a think" about things before getting rid of them.

Spending a rainy day here in Florida, watching decluttering videos. Guess it's time to get to work before hurricane Elsa gets any worse.

I have been watching you since declutrting your kitchen & your kids toys/clothes(a couple years ago)... I have just done my kitchen again today(feel so good!)

Great job guys! Love seeing your faces :) husband and I are preparing to long haul truck drive and I can't wait to massively downsize and declutter our stuff. We will rent our home out so less stuff to store will be key! Cannot thank you two enough for sharing your life with us all, it has helped so much in simplifying our home and honestly making me laugh a lot. You two feel like friends 😁

You win ! So smart to include all 6 of you. I was encouraged by both not keeping things in case or for some day and if we keep we have to find space to store & and keep it clean until future use. Because this says to me that I am still managing the stuff

When the boys said they wanted to declutter because they have too much, I thought of the scripture “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Great job guys 😊 You are raising some good little humans. They will probably be very giving as adults.

Dawn, you are so sweet. Thank you for always encouraging us to be kind to ourselves as we declutter. I know I have kept many things out of guilt over the years.

You're boys are so adorable. You've got a keeper there with Tom. Love your videos. Great ideas for the camper that I can use in my house.

Was waiting for this. Saw your older full house quick declutter.

WAY TO GO TOM LOL! I straight up laughed when the truck hit the pile LOL! This was such a fun challenge, thanks for allowing me to be a part of this collab, and loved the tips and tricks! Way to get the whole family involved!!

The last few times I have taken away clutter in donation boxes, I have tried a reverse 'container theory' using a BIG donation box and trying to fill it all the way up before I take it away. The box being the 'limit' to what goes in it. Knowing I would be going out in a few days, prompted me to go ahead and fill that half full donation box with more things I wasn't at first anticipating. It was a fulfilling feeling knowing I was taking away a now FULL box!

Impressive that your boys are so great at decluttering! I accept your 20 minute challenge. I started the huge job of cleaning our garage which is packed full of boxes from our move. (things that cannot fit into our new house). I threw out 8 large plastic bags, the kind that are used for lawn care. I had only one box of donations so far. But made a decent area clean...about 36 sq feet. It's a 2 car garage, so I have a lot of decluttering left. But this made me feel great!

I just moved from an farmhouse & acreage to a 2 BR apt. Thank goodness for your videos. I purged over half of the stuff before moving. If it was not a definite yes, it was a no. As I unpack, I have a donation box. Still ready to part with more. Thank you!

My thumbs up for the last "big thing(s)" tom brought, omg hilarious 😆

Your youngest reminds me of one of my grandson's...too cute! You are training them well when even they look forward to purging...and how quickly they got it done! Proud mom moment for sure! ❤🥰

Aww love it when kids helps

Your kids are absolutely adorable! Thank you for sharing them with us :)

Decorating with real pumpkins and baking them at the end of the season is my way of winning at decorating without storing them.

Just a fun idea for kids to hang up artwork in their room. You need two hooks and a thin rope or twine that runs between the two hooks and clip clothes pins. That's it. Simple and can be easily changed out with new pictures.

Tom dropping that truck in the pile was the funniest thing! Y’all are so much fun to watch.

Absolutely loved the end where Tom comes in with the truck!!! 😆

I just cleared out my understair cupboard while listening to this video. You are my motivation. Thank you!

Tom’s contribution made me laugh. I was expecting a vehicle but not for the truck bed to be filled also. Great job to everyone in your family.

Myquillyn Smith in her book 'Welcome Home: A Cozy Minimalist Guide to Decorating and Hosting All Year Round' offers us minimalists a great way to have our homes decorated seasonly without keeping large inventory of decorations.

The real winners are people that declutter their excess,,,, so I think EVERYONE IS A WINNER!

Ugh, how did you know? My family storage unit recently caught on fire and my husband/in-laws lost a lot of things. If we could go back in time perhaps we would pick out 5-10 important books and keep them on our shelves, hold onto the one baby item we all talk about, and sell a few big items (stereo parts) that unfortunately never got used. It was heartbreaking for a while and then honestly a relief. I didn't realize that it was so common to find those "someday" items ruined but it makes sense! I do know that your basement has flooded before so you understand. And mine did as a child several times too, I always remember my parents with the water vaccuum feeling super frustrated. Thank you for helping me connect the dots with that. And what a fun video this is!

Went thru my room after watching this video. Cleaned out my closet and some room decor. No big stuff, but I took a bunch of stuff to donate today and have some stuff put aside to bring to a friend 😁. Thanks for the motivation!

The day before you posted this video, we did a pretty decent declutter. 5 bags to Community Aid, another box of stuff to Community Aid, suitcase to the trash, and another box of baby clothes to my sister. In the declutter, I also found some items that I thought were lost to time and had actually felt sad about missing (accidental quarantine...), so it was fun to see those items again!

Love how you got the kids involved

Y'all did a great job. Tom always makes me chuckle.

The boys are so well behaved! You are a great Mom, Dawn. Thank you for your continued motivation and practical advice.

I took a load of stuff to the thrift store last week, took a load to the dumps yesterday and today the garbage can is full of stuff. I love your Blog. I used Hoarders to stop buying and your blog to get rid of it.

Replace the glass in the picture frames for mirrors. Add a painted scripture or sticker on the mirror or frame to encourage self worth. Foster kids need encouragement through practical application. Repurposing items is another option to consider!!!

Such a beautiful family guys, those boys are just gorgeous! Love watching this channel! So glad I found you.! Much love from Australia xx