Because of you and your books, I threw away an old pair of pajama pants that no longer fit and weren't comfortable to wear. I wouldn't have done that before because they were a gift but I finally realized that I had used them, enjoyed them, and now the time had come. Oh, and I did my dishes last night. It's a start.

"I get to make up definitions, cuz I wrote the book" 😂😂😂😂

I can’t live with my husband’s clutter threshold ... he can’t throw ANYTHING away! We just moved cross country, to a downsized home, and I am taking the container method seriously - I do believe hubs is a little afraid of me right now 😂. I watched this and marched over to our throw pillow graveyard and tossed them out to my donation corner.

"I can't maintain that." Amen to that, sister. Neither can I!

Your explanation of the “container method” has literally changed how I look at everything! You may not have intended for your channel to go on this long but clearly there are those of us who NEED your insight and humor....consider it your ministry!!🤣

I have been a "collector" of things for years. My clutter threshold has changed a lot as I get older. I was tired of looking at it and dusting it all. Not going to lie, purging did make me feel very wasteful. I felt shame for having spent years and $$$ accumulating it and then just giving it away. But now that it's gone, I don't regret it at all.

“Please note, this is not a decorating channel “😂😂😂😂 oh my word, you make me laugh so hard 🤣🤣🤣😱

Before COVID, it was obvious when watching KZfaq videos, that the KZfaqr was not speaking directly to you, they were speaking to the camera. However, since I am on so many Zoom calls every day, I now find myself nodding my head when I watch KZfaq videos and the KZfaqr says things like, “Does that make sense?” I have to constantly remind myself that they can’t actually see me 🤣

Before I watched this video, I thought our "clutter threshold" meant "how much clutter can we tolerate in our home?" 😄

I am 83 and some time ago decided if I wanted to continue to live alone I needed to downsize to what I could easily handle. At first I did great but after a while I got bogged down and gave up.Thank you for sharing your ideas.I,m now back at it with the help of you and some others,but I get most of my ideas from you as my decluttering personality seems to be most like yours..Thank you again.

“If it makes you feel like your head is going to explode, just go ahead and get rid of it.” This made me laugh out loud, yet, honestly, it is genius advice that should be obvious, but definitely isn’t. Thank you, Dana K White.

Recovering from hoarding and I could not realize what my problem still was....then watched your video and now I get it! I made huge progress can walk through home looks cluttered but not hoarder

Self awareness is hard. :) But you are right...you do learn what you can handle and what you can't. This is on a different note but recently I went with my husband to Home Depot to get supplies to take down some boarder in a room I am remodeling and he tried to talk me into a wallpaper remover that I was going to have to mix with water instead of the spray bottle premixed option because it was more product and cost less per ounce. I looked at him and said " I am getting the spray bottle because I will continue to put the job off if I know I have to find a bucket, mix the solution and then clean all that up when I'm done." I know myself!!! :)

I now search for trash and duh donations when a space frustrates me. It's amazing how knowing my clutter threshold impacts every room of the house.

Throw pillows - out, bags & totes 😬-out, shoes 😱-out, note pads - (seriously?) - out! I love you Dana! I think we're long lost sisters.

Totally agree about the throw pillow thing! My threshold is that I have winter ones with snowflakes (notice I didn't say Christmas ones, so I can leave them out ALL winter) and summer ones with birds. They are also the same size, so all I do is switch out the inside stuffing part and I only have to store the out-of-season outside part!

Forget throw pillows! I have a dog bed on my sofa 😂. It seems laying on top of the sofa isn't enough for our 12 year old pug. She wants to lay on her dog bed on top of the sofa (it's bad enough that we actually have a twin size mattress in front of the sofa to save her joints from jumping on and off - needless to say my home isn't going to be featured on Pinterest any time soon)!!

Love that analogy! My sister's house looks like a professional decorated it. She has tons of things sitting around. Shelves. Cabinets. Full of beautiful treasures. Antiques. I tried to be like her, but all I ended up with is a house full of stuff. A thrift store!!! I finally figured out, after decades of trying to do what I thought I was supposed to do, that I like stuff, but not so much. In fact, I like space more than stuff. Hubby likes stuff, so I'm trying to balance my craving for space and whitespace with his need for things. But yes!!! That's exactly how it feels. My sister can manage all of her stuff. I can't manage that much. So I am living in a thrift store of my own making. Thank you!

I remember when I was 20 years younger I had decor for every holiday: Easter, Christmas, Halloween, valentines, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Presidents Day.... literally every day but Ash Wednesday. When I divorced my ex, I left all of it with him. No regrets.

My threshold has lowered with each child. My mom was here two weeks ago to watch our children while we welcomed our third; she said she had a hard time not buying me lots of stuff to fill our drawers. She can manage much more than I. My nesting this baby was to get rid of truck-loads of stuff!

A thousand blessings upon you for making me realize I'm not alone. "I can't handle throw pillows" - not everyone feels this statement in their very soul!

Good point. Your clutter threshold also changes as you go through different stages of life. As I age my threshold is lowering. I can’t deal with stuff like I used to. I have the urge to purge nearly everything even decor and truthfully I don’t have a lot of stuff compared to most.

My personal epiphany about decluttering was when I realised (a) I have a very low clutter threshold and (b) if I don't maintain it, I get stressed. I seriously reduced my decor - cushions among them. Like many people, I wish I could have a home with all the beautiful decor items that make a house so inviting and attractive. But these very things actually don't bring me the joy they should - they raise my anxiety levels because they have to be "managed".

Dana’s solid gold: “Hers looks like a magazine; mine looks like a thrift store!” Painfully true. But getting better the more I listen to Dana.

My mind is like a container. Don't overfill it, or bad things happen. Haha

I have to put a chair in my sofa so my dog doesn't sit there when we're not in the room...he scratches on circles and absolutely destroyed our last sofa lol. So my home will never look like a magazine until chairs on couches is the new throw pillow collection

Note at bottom of screen: This is not a decorating video. Lol. I can't get enough of your humor. It's my favorite of various types of humor.The big eyes and the frown, and the other endearing expressions that are Dana traits, are ones I could watch repeatedly. Love you so much . SM Hayward, CA. USA

Clutter threshold- an aha moment. Mine is moving as I get rid of stuff, I have less tolerance for stuff in my house. I live in a house of all men, they don’t give a hoot about throw pillows 😂. They just chucked them on the floor anyway. I now have zero throw pillows, just a blanket for when I an chilly.

You are absolutely right! I realized this a while back. I have 3 sisters that decorate their homes beautifully everyday and also Christmas. I try to but it really stresses me out and I become a deer in the headlights stuck. All the stuff becomes so overwhelmingly to me. One day I realized it must be how my brain is wired. I just can’t deal with it so for me the less decorations the better. I really enjoy their homes but it I need to keep mine simple🤗 Great video. I’m glad to know I’m not alone.

Plants are over my clutter threshold. I have a hard time keeping them alive anyway. But even the ones I did manage to keep alive were too much work. So when we moved last year, I got rid of all of them. I don't miss them.

Ahhh, thanks for the reminder that life is a constant flow of stuff...stuff constantly coming in...Also means it needs to be leaving. And also accepting that loving what someone else decorated with can be enjoyed by me...but doesn’t need to be duplicated by me 😉

I love you Dana, you’ve helped me understand my brain so much better. I will say though, that for true emergency stuff, there can be ways to have those things on hand without having to necessarily manage them much. Like I was thinking of all the poor people in Texas last winter with no warm weather stuff, because they don’t need it. But having some emergency blankets and a tent and a print out with ideas of how to stay warm can be put in a tote out of the way, because you don’t ever need to access it after you’ve assembled it unless it’s an emergency. Same with extra food. There are ways to be prepared for true emergencies that can be accomplished with little management. Just thought I’d throw that out there.

Knowing your clutter threshold is key! I'm discovering mine as I declutter. I've realized I can't handle a lot of things and pictures decorating my walls. I hate dusting them and there were too many for me to maintain. A lot went into photo albums, the other stuff left my house and I don't miss them. Also, clearing most of the stuff from off my refrigerator makes me breathe a sigh of relief. Why do we feel like we have to stick things to the fridge? 🤷‍♀️ I am so glad to have found Dana's channel. I also have watched the Minimal Mom.

I find the older I get my threshold of “stuff” becomes less & less. I’ve also started to accept that regardless of how much I want to be someone who hosts dinner parties I’m 45 and not had a single one..... decluttered all that “hosting” stuff.

Completely true! My threshold is getting lower and lower...as more goes out, I love it that way!

It was a game changer learning this threshold thing. My biggest threshold was not having *anything* on my floors that wasn't furniture. No bins, baskets, hampers, boxes, bags, sculptures, tiny random plants, pattern paper rolls, etc. I don't do robot vacuum cleaners, it's just another thing I don't want on the floor 🤣 so I realized the only way I would be motivated to vacuum every other day or twice a week or whatever was to keep *everything* off the floor except minimal furniture and my large plants. And it actually worked. I made a linen laundry bag with a hook to hang inside my closet door and donated the hamper. I minimized my wardrobe and got rid of the dresser. I put the small plants in the mudroom off the kitchen on a half bench thing I was planning to donate. Only the large floor plants are in my rooms now. I store the vacuum cleaner in a closet downstairs and it's the only thing on the floor in that specific closet so it's easy to remove and put back. All of this was a process. It took time and managing the house before I started realizing I could get rid of more and more stuff, making it easier to manage what was left.

I realised my big problem was bags, handbags and purses, I would change them and then have half emptied bags everywhere. I have treated myself to a new beige bag and a new purse and donated the rest. It feels liberating. I have told myself I can buy one a year as long as I donate the old one. It feels amazing and seeing how great it feels has been a chain reaction for so many other things. I love your channel 😍

I think The Clutter Threshold might actually be the key concept to absorb for successful decluttering. Thank you :D

I am so glad Cas introduced me to you. We are so much a like. I learn so much. Thank you for being you❣

Yes!!! My piles become part of the landscape and I don't see it day by day. If someone else walks in the house, NOW I see what I should have cleaned up 😜

I'm with you on throw pillows! Also, I've found that the "Rule of Three" decorating tip helps keep things under control.

Throw pillows and extra pillows on my bed! I learned that one years ago - it's way over my clutter threshold, too! Because I've experienced that it really helps me understand your clutter threshold concept! Thank you

I find I like my home best when the moving van is still half full!!!

You are so my organizing double. Just came to this conclusion myself. My mail would sit on my kitchen table. That was it’s home. But other stuff accumulates there. And I had a plant in the center. I cleaned it off one day for a meal and never put anything back. Not even the plant. Because a funny thing happened in the meantime. People started using my kitchen table. They used it to sit and eat. They used it to sit and talk. And I thought, oh my goodness. The only way this is going to work is to have nothing. I love it. I would see Dawn TMM with an empty table and think - now that’s just too far. But if something is there now, it’s very noticeable. Kudos to you. Love your channel.

Once I realized I have a low clutter threshold, I donated all of my decorative bed, couch, and chair pillows. I love my space now. It’s much quicker to makeup my bed in the morning and I no longer have to wash or fluff throw pillows any longer. And I discovered that my couch looks better without them. 😊 ☺️ 🙃

This is a good way of describing what One can handle. I think that I’m learning here that having chronic pain has lowered my clutter threshold, this is why I can’t have so many clothes, dishes, decorations, craft supplies, puzzles, and other things in our home. I think I have to accept that things need to be easier than I have allowed them to be. Thank you!

Where have you been my whole life?! I am very glad I have discovered you and your decluttering and household ideas! Thank you for putting it all out there. 👌

Your explanation really was a light bulb moment for me and the fact that my husband and I have very different thresholds.

This is me!! I need to get rid of my extras! I literally have a pile of throw pillows sitting on my laundry room counter because they overwhelm me. I wash them and then don’t put them back. I have probably 9 sitting on that counter. They need to go! Thanks Dana for sharing with us and being sooo real!!

Thank you, Dana K. White, your books and your videos have brought me such peace and an action plan I could handle emotionally. GRATEFUL!

Growing up, I always had a clean room...my locker in school would get messy, but maintained it pretty well. I went to a business college, no dorms. I had my first apt. I wished I would have convinced my mom I didn’t need sooo many things...she thought of “my life in the future”....it continued to spiral “out of control”. I agree, I can’t have as much in my “container” as my mom did. As, I’m getting older...I know I have tons to get rid of...My adult kids are minimalists. My son gets rid of stuff right away...I’m not like that... I wished I would have found you sooner Dana!!! I can really relate to what you say!!! I am just starting my journey...I guess I shouldn’t say that. I work on it & then I get overwhelmed & I quit!! So, I’m starting the process over & hopefully I won’t quit this time. I LOVE the don’t make a mess concept, that has really helped me!!! I have both your books & it has helped me already!!! I listen to your podcasts etc... Thank You!!!

An aha! moment: I also was raised by a person who has a high clutter threshold, and I am finding I have a low clutter threshold. It's time to be me in my own home and stop trying to be my mother (whom btw I appreciate and admire, but again I am not her).

I donated the throw pillows that came with my sofa! I keep one throw pillow here in a closet since someone might want it for their lumbar, but it's on a closet shelf, not on the sofa. 😆 with covid, we don't have visitors so one extra pillow is even kind of overkill. But it has its own dedicated spot.

New subscriber here so that's why I'm commenting on old videos. Really curious when I saw this title. Surprised to find that I have a really low clutter threshold. Now I understand myself better. Thank you!!! I too had to get rid of throw pillows! I love them but couldn't maintain them. My puppy taught me that I didn't need them 🤣🤣🤣. She couldn't resist grabbing and destroying so I put them in a closet at first (and there wasn't room for them in there!!!). Then I realized I loved the furniture without the pillows so they got donated.

Ahh, this is why I love you!! I feel like you ate my soul sister. Thank you for explaining what I couldn't figure out. I love how other people's homes are decorated and I felt like I should do that but I don't have alot of space and it becomes clutter and stresses me out. I now mostly only have things I love and I feel like you just explained why it's ok to go ahead and get rid of the things I don't love but thought I should have. I'm literally about to cry bc you have made such an impact in my life, you've freed me up of some crazy ideas I had of what or how I needed to be. Also, I have a slob friend that hasn't watched you but I told her about your techniques and she got 6 xlarge trash bags of crap from her *3* personal closets. I don't even know how I found your channel other than I needed you and God put you in my path ❤❤❤

I got rid of the couch and chair in our family room. I put a small dining room table and chairs in there instead. I love it. It gets used, but I keep it cleared off. The couch was always a mess. And all the stuff that was stored behind it...gone. The room is peaceful now.

OMG! Now I know why I get so stressed and my husband wonders what the hell is going on! This is THE best KZfaq clip on minimalism ever. Thank you for posting.

We’re taught that as Americans we have so much and we do, that we should be thankful and we are, but then we feel stressed and guilty about it all. We feel guilty and bad about ourselves because we can’t keep pace with what the media has “sold us on”. Here’s the thing. I’ve got a saying, yes “we can do it all, but we can’t do it ALL well.” Let us prioritize and do the things that actually matter, keeping first things first. All this time I had wondered how I could keep such a clean house before I got divorced, well truth is all I did was clean and maintain stuff and try to keep my kids occupied. How did I use to have all the time I wanted with friends while I was younger but none now? Truth, I had a lot more free time then. Bottom line, what’s really important? Make a list (not a long one either), then start whittling down the list and actions needed to actually live a life that matters, keeping priorities in order. No body said it’s easy but I can honestly say having less things to weight down the mind, and body of extra responsibility is so worth it. Still working on simplicity, and hoping when the last big decluttering projects are done that I will have reached my clutter threshold.

I love this explanation of clutter threshold, using your throw pillows as an example. There are things in my house that make me uncomfortable because they are constantly a problem. I am realizing that if I get rid of them, I will never think of them again and not miss them. For instance, I have several mypillows which I like but I bought two that are queen size and two full to be comfortable. So even though I paid good money for them, I don’t like them, and now that I’ve donated them I don’t feel the guilt of not using them anymore. It is mind blowing indeed.

I ditched all our throw pillows except our master bedroom! Man, do I relate to this!

Great video. I finally get it. ....I’ve also been decluttering since December & my hoarder spouse is jumping on board in his own personal way (no tidy person would see any progress, but he’s trying). He’s always happier when he has decluttered a bit; so I’m glad I somehow motivated it!... which in turn I was motivated by your ideas & videos :)

Lord almighty, I wish you could see my sister-in-law’s home! Her bedrooms look like they are out of a magazine...very pretty! Each bed has anywhere from 8-10 pillows on them! I’m not even joking! It freaked my husband out! During our visit, all but 4 were left on a pile in the corner (2 pillows for sleeping and 2 decorative). No way was I doing the 10 pillow thing every day!

If you think about it, a photograph or even a video of a "perfect" room is one frame in the time dimension, but a house is a living process. If I look at that single frame and imagine it in the process of my home, it's easier to see how I could (or could not) adapt it to my family's life BEFORE I make the fatal mistake. Very cool stuff, Dana. You have wonderful "aha" moments!

Visual clutter destroys my focus, it's a like it's too much for my brain, but I came from a family that had cosy home style with so many knickknacks and furniture and no matter how much I tried to make home feel cosy. It's only since watching you and Dawn and Cas, that I'm learning that what I was brought up with, was never going to feel cosy and calm to me. Thank you so much for your time and your videos. My home is finally starting to feel like a calm place 🥰🤗

I love this! I lean toward minimalism, and STILL.....I "lose" my phone in my house 10x a day. I can't keep track of shxt!

This is VERY helpful. Please keep making videos. (Also, did you get a microphone or something? The sound is fantastic. Whatever you're doing, keep it up)

I grew up in my grandmas house, who is a hoarder. She became that way because she grew up dirt poor and was taught to save everything because it could potentially be useful. My mom, one of her sisters, my brother and I ALL have hoarder tendencies (I’m working on mine. They’re still in denial lol). It’s funny though because my little sister and my other aunt are the extreme opposite. They are CONSTANTLY decluttering. All of us hoarders used to get so frustrated at them for throwing out such useful stuff. It’s finally clicked in my brain this year that I need to be doing the same thing. It’s hard for me to break the thought that I could make something out of random things. It’s a struggle. Wish me luck on this journey you guys lol

Thanks!!! I threw all the extra sofa, chair, and bed pillows away a year or so ago! Yay! Felt so freeing! 😁

So true! I had zero pillows (all donated years ago when I discovered minimalism and went on a decluttering bender). I was about to invest in a bunch of them again, on the advice of an interior decorator who was trying to help me create ambience in my home, when my mother kindly gave me two of hers as a start. Well those pillows spend nearly zero time on the sofa. The kids kick them off. The dog kicks them off. I am forever picking them up and putting them back and they are driving me nuts. Suffice to say I will not be investing in throw pillows or blankets that drape over the arm or any of that stuff. Maybe it’s the season of life I’m in or maybe it’s just me, but life was certainly simpler before I got throw pillows! My question is, how DO you make your living room look nice without all the pillows and blankets and ornaments and stuff. Most times I don’t care, but when I see a beautiful home and mine looks so bare and plain... well, I wish I was that person who could handle all the stuff... I guess I’m still not at the self acceptance stage.

Thank you. I want to be a throw pillow person, too, but I'm accepting that I'm just not. You helped me realize that. I totally relate to this!

Hi Dana - Great, great great video series!!! I am an extremely organized person, as expressed by my husband and everyone who knows me. I know I like having less stuff with a very low clutter threshold and always have. Organized, in order, everything in it's place and minimal mentality. HOWEVER, your container video and a few others were mind blowers! I used to just keep organizing, reorganizing and reorganizing until everything I had fit in it's proper place. Then if I purchased something new, there goes another reorg and over time depression that it's not all perfect. Even being an extremely organized person does not exempt us from ourselves, if you know what I mean. You have explained so many things that make so much sense to me about how my (and others) minds work. Paper has always been the worst. Your paper clutter video motivated me to start again to find a system that "works for me" not someone else's idea of what works. Thanks soooo much. Love your sense of humor and down to earth (let's get real) delivery. Keep 'em comin'. P.S I have been blessed with a husband who is the exact opposite of me...nothing put away and everything left out all the time.

Amazing video, Dana! I have a low clutter threshold but my husband's is high - so I feel like my life has been slowly unraveling for the past 20 years LOL. He always says "You were so neat when I met you" - yes, because my residence room in university was easy to keep neat and organized but a house full of his stuff is a different matter. We have 5 sets of dishes and enough books to open a used book store! My son is like my husband - he has his collections but they are contained in his room and they are neatly organized on his bookshelf (which of course my husband insisted on buying for him!). After watching this video I think that my daughter has an even lower clutter threshold than me - her room is always a complete disaster and she loves to craft so the basement playroom is a wreck too. Thank you for your books and videos - they have blessed me and my family so much!

Good video. Makes a lot of sense. Getting clutter down to a level you personally can cope with, and then properly organising what's left. As far as throw pillows are concerned, you may find you need them as you get older. Pillows behind your back, your neck, and for when you doze off, etc; etc! Can't bear the ones that "dress" a bed, however. Complete waste of time.

Yes! So true! I got rid of my throw pillows too. It’s so much better. Thanks for the term clutter threshold. Over the past years as I’ve been trying to go from super messy to more simplified I started thinking that super messy people are natural minimalists because I didn’t actually use or take care of very much stuff. It was just lost in a mess. Lol! Your clutter threshold explains this. Thank you!

Yes, I love the way pillows look but they are constantly in the way for just sitting. I paired down to just one on our L shaped couch (mainly for when we want to lay down) and I have a small pillow in a chair that hardly gets used since right now we don't have a lot of people over. I do however, have throw pillows on my bed. I make my bed almost every day and I love the way the pillows look and take the time to arrange them. I guess that's where I get to enjoy my love of pillows that works for my clutter threshold.

Wow. I kept looking at my couch with it's two pillows during this video. When I had more, they would get thrown on another surface and never replaced after we got up. When I decided to replace my pillows for another color (new couch), I decided to get rid of all them and only buy two. I'll see pictures of beautifully decorated couches, and know, deep down, in my house, the 3rd plus pillows would become clutter, not decoration. I'm so glad I'm not the only one.

Good concept. I feel that way about area rugs. I like the way they look, but we have three dogs. Bare floors are easier to keep clean.

I too have a low clutter threshold. I discovered many, many years ago that I wasn't good at managing my things. Wish my family was more supportive when I tell them I don't want stuff for gifts. I also have a low threshold for how much I can visually tolerate.

I’m with you! My best and only “throw pillows” are the small ones I use to support my lumbar. Anything else is a waste. Don’t use them for pretty just practical. Lol

I used to love buying all kinds of Knick knacks and cute antique china but I have no where to put it nor time to organize it or clean. Therefore, I got rid of the majority, kept one tea set that I bring out for Mother’s Day or anything tea party themed. Other than that, most of the items are out of the house and I refrain from purchasing any new “treasures”.

The throw pillow thing. So true. I like them, but with four kids six and under they just don’t stay put. I decided they just had to go. My couches each have two pillows that they came with and that’s what I kept

Oh my....you just solved a question I've had for YEARS AND YEARS... Why do I hate throwpillows? Now I finally know, it's because one throwpillow is to much for me to maintain. Thank you 😁😁😁

THIS! THIS! THIIIIISSS!! I had started doing something similar for other aspects of my life. "That stresses me for no good reason, so I'm getting rid of it." Or "I feel cramped with this here, so it's gonna live over there now." But to use that for *clutter* will be a game changer! Especially, if I can get my S.O. to understand this.

1 in 1 out: I've noticed that I don't have to replace like with like. I needed some boots, but I didn't have any boots to get rid of. So, I filled the boot box with nicer than "duh" donations from space near shoe storage and let that go instead.

So far I’m already loving what I’m hearing and boy do I need help! I moved into a studio apartment! 🤪

My clutter discovery! I love all the cute tiered trays and decor, but I've discovered I can't stand surface clutter. So, I've learned I can handle wall Vignette's, so that's how I decorate now!

Clutter Threshold Concept is such a game changer!! It explains so simply, how and why we have different struggles with stuff or less stuff. I think I'm somewhere in the middle of you & your mom. I've cringed sometimes at the idea of throwing away everything you don't use that's less than $20. Cause I just don't have an issue managing SOME key items.

I love the way you can put into words, explain logically, use real life examples for me to apply to the decluttering of my own space. Also, toward the end of your video my mind wandered to how we could apply this same process to other behaviors in our lives & to possibly decluttering toxic people out of our lives as well.

I literally can’t watch your videos without your making me laugh out loud. You’re phenomenal! You’re kind of like a psychologist LOL

My clutter threshold is VERY low. Bless my heart. I have bad ADHD and I have to keep my home super minimal or I lose stuff and clean continually. It’s very annoying. I like cute stuff and decor and such, but can’t have it because “it looks like a badly organized thrift store 🙄”

Hahaha! I’m almost 5 minutes in and I had to stop and go deal with the numerous very large empty boxes from my recent order of a huge craft desk and all it’s accessory pieces that were still cluttering my house. Since I was headed to the dumpster, I collected all the trash cans I. Various areas and took them out as well. Also moved a full donation box to the car to take to Goodwill tomorrow rather than waiting until I had enough to have a full carload. Why??!! It’s not like I have a long journey to get there...it’s less than 10 miles from my house. 🤦🏼‍♀️ And while I was in the garage putting the box in the car, I noticed 2 large silk trees I’ve been meaning to take to Goodwill for a couple of months, so the car wound up pretty full. Thanks for your books and videos.

Love this! Throw pillows actually make me feel crazy! Now I now it's because it's past my clutter threshold.

Haven't even finished the video yet, but had to pause to comment that I'm LOVING your super super curly hair today Dana! (fellow curly girl here! ♥)

I just started reading Decluttering at the Speed of Life and reached the section on clutter threshold. This video explains it so well. I thought I already “got it” from reading but now I am internalizing the concept. There is still so much to learn about myself and my relationship with clutter but I feel I’m making progress. Hopefully my clutter threshold will be reached this year. And now I’m off to get rid of living room throw pillows that get shoved from one spot to another.

Thank you so much for this message. I so needed to hear this. For years I have had stuff I bought to try to decorate and as you say it looks like it came from a thrift store. Nothing against thrift stores, I love them, I just don't want my house to look like one. Thanks to this video I'm going to give myself permission not to decorate. It's above my clutter threshold and I'm going to embrace the idea. I already feel better about not having to decide what to put on the mantle.

I agree with throw pillows. We use some tiny pillows on our bed but we actually use them at night so its true I had 2 pillows with my couch that I took to the second hand store. They were so hard, my kids kept pillow fighting with them (it hurt) and they took too much room when all of us tried to sit. My husband didn't think I needed to give them away so I put them in a bag in the attic. Then after a few years I tossed them into the van and hauled them off before anyone could stop me. What a relief to have them gone forever We are thinking of moving and I am ready to purge!

This honestly hands down is the best explanation to clutter. I know now that I only needed to get rid of what I couldn’t handle, not necessarily get rid of things for the sake of having less to manage as the minimal mom says. I couldn’t wrap my brain around missing items I wanted and or needed. I think I jumped in too fast into this whole minimal lifestyle because I thought that’s what I need to do to be organized. I’ve always been great at getting rid of stuff if my house felt cluttered or overwhelming. I do notice when someone puts things where they don’t belong and I put it back where it goes. I like my couch with lots of pillows and I fluff them daily so they look nice. I sell things or donate items regularly when I no longer love an item or have a use for them. So I guess my threshold is high 🤷🏽‍♀️. Thank you this was an ah ha moment!

You’re such an inspiration! My bathroom only needed a 12 minute declutter, so I stopped this video midway and did it. Thank you so much.

“I wrote the book on defining clutter” 😂 Yes, yes you did!! Thank you so much for sharing! Awesome!! 🙌🏻❤️

I so identify with the throw pillow issue and I can tell you I have way more than 6 or 7..... OMGoodness! I need to rethink the reality of what I can maintain. Thank you!