I uncovered some irritating clutter while I was packing to move. It's tempting to feel frustration, but that isn't helpful. I just embrace the opportunity to get rid of these random things now. Mentioned: www.aslobcomes...
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@beachprints Жыл бұрын
I love it when you talk back and forth to yourself going through your thinking process, and when you laugh!
@pam811612 ай бұрын
I have found it helpful to watch your videos before I start decluttering. When I am ready, I give myself a pep talk (out loud) - you can do this. You know what's in that room. You know what you don't want. You know what is trash. Got your trash bag? Got your donate bag? Got your all-purpose cleaning spray? Got your cleaning rags? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. OK! You can do this!
@pam811612 ай бұрын
I have to clean as I go, or the dust overcomes my terrible allergies.
@SoMagicalMichele10 ай бұрын
I've been helping my 20 year old daughter. We've been following your method. She keeps saying, "I'm so disappointed in old me." I am doing my best to help her just appreciate that she isn't that person anymore and she's doing better now.
@infopubs2 жыл бұрын
I found out last month that years ago, I actually decluttered/lost/threw away the paid off, mortgage-free DEED TO MY HOUSE. And you know what? I sold that house, final closing just last week, and no one needed to see that physical piece of paper. It seemed like the most important paper I could possibly own, and it wasn't that big a deal to not have it. Gave me some real perspective on paperwork.
@Hillside-Hive2 жыл бұрын
I needed this!!! Paperwork hurts my head
@tonihammes332 жыл бұрын
What I did with my cookbooks was take pictures of the recipes I actually used out of the cookbook because typically I only use a few out of each cookbook. I then made an 8”x8” photo book; one for desserts and one for the rest. So now I only have 2 small cookbooks with my favorite recipes.
@joofark2 жыл бұрын
I have so many cookbooks but I keep going back to only 3, and the 3rd one only occasionally. I think I'm going to go through one book each day and find the recipes I like best, then toss 'em out.
@joellen90652 жыл бұрын
I can let go of my Joy of Cooking. It fits both the cookbook decluttering and the aspirations segments. My cookbook shelf thanks Dana.
@pamelarainville88772 жыл бұрын
That is a great idea. I remember sitting with my older sister (she was 17 years older than me) around the kitchen table copying recipes onto recipe cards from my mom’s cookbooks! I have SO many cookbooks! You are right about usually only using a couple of recipes out of each book.
@pam811612 ай бұрын
Wonderful idea.
@jessicalatorraca85072 жыл бұрын
Right when the video started I thought, “Dana looks great! Her skin is glowing & her teeth are so white! That natural light in your new office is lovely!! I think you look wonderful 💕
@Sandiastef2 жыл бұрын
I thought the same!
@Claycat42 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that, too! Dana, you are a natural beauty!
@debbiebenfield57362 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Me too! Absolutely GORGEOUS and comfortable and real. She's a real person in a fake and plastic world. ♥️
@outofmyelement9322 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@janabuchheit33892 жыл бұрын
She does glow, beauty from within shining outward.
@cindybonin61822 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear that you donated those cheerleading items. When I was much younger I found someone's old school majorette uniform at our goodwill store and Mom bought it for me.I spent so much time in our backyard playing, marching, and throwing a long stick around as a twirling wand. Thanks for the memories!!!! LOL
@amycrane36332 жыл бұрын
I just decluttered a chocolate shaver I purchased in 1994 and never used. Fantasy me has been making cakes with beautiful chocolate curls for the past 28 years. 🤣 Not anymore!
@MaayanSchneiderАй бұрын
LMK if Fantasy You ends up making that cake haha
@courtneyglasco22162 жыл бұрын
It does my heart heavy to think that the 80s was 40 years ago lol
@Claycat42 жыл бұрын
Look at it this way! I was a teenager in the 60s! I'm still hanging in there.
@jmj90632 жыл бұрын
Omgosh just reading your comment killed me. I'm an 80s kid. Where did the time go.
@susanmorgan9952 жыл бұрын
Here's an idea...My partner wanted to sell his coronet for years because it was so 'valuable' he said, but he never got around to it. I finally asked him what he thought it was worth. I bought it from him and donated it to our school music program. He was happy, I was glad and the students benefit - win-win-win. I have done this with only a few other things of his. Now that I have decluttered and continued on to minimalism he is now bit by bit doing the same! Yay! Less is more! You inspire Dana!
@beeblebrox822 жыл бұрын
Genius idea!
@pam811612 ай бұрын
Great solution. Smart thinking.
@bri-crossing2 жыл бұрын
Don't cry over spilt milk or cow utter cutouts 🤣🥛🐄 thank you for the motivation.
@johannabennetts642 жыл бұрын
Last time I decluttered, I found a huge HUGE box of stationery. I probably haven’t written a letter since 1982, but it was in a nice, organized box so I moved it six times AND put it in long term storage when we lived overseas. 😳 I pulled out the one box of #10 envelopes, the only thing I ACTUALLY use, and donated the rest. It only took me 35 years. Btw, your skin is beautiful, Dana. You can pull off no makeup for sure.
@muffsutherland64722 жыл бұрын
Thank you for pointing out “things I missed my chance to use, that passed me by” as another category to give yourself permission to declutter- kind of like “your fantasy self items”!!!!!!!!
@Sandiastef2 жыл бұрын
My husband had boxes that he moved twice but never went through them so I made him go through them before we moved again. One box was at least 10 years old and had mostly candy in it 😂 and a bottle of Sunny D.
@nancyschwartz56652 жыл бұрын
omg...lollll
@MyNancyw2 жыл бұрын
😂
@DanaKWhite2 жыл бұрын
This made me laugh!!!
@deenahaines2002 жыл бұрын
So funny 🤣
@emmelia-60682 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness I laughed so hard I choked on a corn chip 🤣🤣🤣
@nancylopez47202 жыл бұрын
I went through my kitchen drawer because it was getting so messy and I found THREE melon ballers. I've had them for decades. I have never balled melons in my life. I think I tried and was not successful. It's funny how some things just become invisible despite numerous decluttering attempts.
@jmj90632 жыл бұрын
I used a melon ball once and it just took way too long. Whats wrong with cubes anyways😆
@flightlessphoenix772 жыл бұрын
Melon ballers are amazing for scooping out the innards from pumpkins- if you haven't decluttered them yet, donate them to families that like carving pumpkins!
@deniseaskeland28912 жыл бұрын
😁
@nikkil.20776 ай бұрын
😂
@oi812NMАй бұрын
LOL I have never balled melons in my life . . . Thanks, I needed that. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@DebbieLinville2 жыл бұрын
Moving gives great clarity! Before I got married I bought Christmas stocking kits to needlepoint. After 25 years of marriage I decided I wasn’t going to make them and it was time for them to quit mocking me ! You did great in your sorting! Congratulations on your new home !
@HJ-le7ce2 жыл бұрын
This is helpful because instead of feeling bad about the things I have kept for no good reason- I can realize I am ALLOWED to change my mind and decide that $**t can go! Be kind to yourself people!
@juliatepe57602 жыл бұрын
Yes, Dana give yourself some grace. Beating ourselves up just uses up energy.
@RosieCarl2 жыл бұрын
Two years ago, I brought home 6- 120" round white tablecloths and a super-long white rectangular tablecloth from an event so I could wash them. Then COVID hit, and those tablecloths stayed in their black trash bag for all this time, occasionally getting moved from place to place in my house. This year, we were finally able to hold this event again, so I finally had a deadline for washing them. It took me three loads in my washing machine and dryer because they are so big and heavy but they were done in an afternoon. They were taken to the venue for the event, and I have vowed that they will never come home with me again. ( I originally donated these and quite a few more tablecloths from my daughter's wedding to the nonprofit for which the fundraising event was held and so I often felt responsible for continuing to wash them.) This nonprofit is dear to me, but I can no longer be responsible for these cloths. Literally, this has lifted a weight from my mind, and opened a space in my home.
@maryb-h9802 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dana...you are the only one who has EVER got me into decluttering in 69yrs. (Thank you Lord for introducing me to Dana) You continue to encourage me without even knowing! I will keep going at my own speed 👍 Lvu mxxx
@jeanneclark992 жыл бұрын
It's too bad we can't hit the Like button 10 times, because I'm with you!
@sharontyler62482 жыл бұрын
Me too Mary, I'm 65 and from a family of hoarders. I am seeing results already from listening to Dana. I shared her to my 72 year old sister and she's already applying the concepts. I love this girl.
@sandramickewicz40242 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dana for being you! For being so REAL… you really do GET it! When you speak it’s like you know me & I know & trust you. Thank you for not being judgmental.thank you for giving us all Hope & encouragement… even though you donated your cheerleading outfit you are still cheering on so many!!!! Thank you!
@Tedvirgeliz192 жыл бұрын
I told my husband today I don’t understand why it took me so long to declutter. We both realized Dana’s method is the first that has worked for me. We’ve been married 50 years!!
@oatssettle8462 жыл бұрын
@@sandramickewicz4024 I feel the same way.
@lynnej.93572 жыл бұрын
You without makeup shows me that you are beautiful and have an absolutely lovely, and I mean lovely, complexion. And I know you weren't fishing for a compliment. Thank you so much for your videos. They really do help me more than anything else.
@ap85jp872 жыл бұрын
I had my cheerleading uniform for years, my daughter used it once for Halloween. I finally just put my Letter in my scrapbook and donated the uniform - freedom!
@tonyawagoner78812 жыл бұрын
You might not think so, but videos like this truly do help. Sometimes visuals go much further in triggering movement then just the words alone.
@bethann98802 жыл бұрын
Agree. While I try to listen to your Q&A’s, I devour your videos like this
@oliviaalfrey2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone one else LOVE 💕 that Dana’s southern accent is STRONG in this video? No? Just me? Well someone needs to 😍😍
@sarahamill17932 жыл бұрын
I moved 5 times in 3 years with a young son and now, 10 years later, I’ve gotten rid of 70% of it. Such a waste of time and effort moving it all so many times. So glad I found you and won’t make that mistake again!
@LedgerAndLace2 жыл бұрын
"I'm glad NOW I'm at a place where I see that I don't need Shrinky-dinks." I just added that quote to my ORGANIZING FOR THE REST OF US flow-chart. Whenever I go thru things, I'll be sorting for those Shrinky-dink items. It will remind me not to be all judgey with myself. THANKS, Dana!!!
@Saforra992 жыл бұрын
Good idea :)
@gbarnett94702 жыл бұрын
Great move facing the window. Funny I still have maternity clothes....26 years old, menopause, and 100+ pounds. Will toss when I get a ladder back in my shed. Working on visual first - floors cleared and countertops decluttered first. Thanks for being real.
@christinapennell50732 жыл бұрын
Over the years I've told my hubby that we didn't need to move to a bigger house. We just need to go thru things as though we were moving! It's still a work in progress, he loves his stuff.
@MelindaPlainandSimple2 жыл бұрын
I can relate, Christina. My hubby literally said, "But I like stuff," when he realized this decluttering thing wasn't just a phase I was going through. I told him he can keep all of his stuff if he wants to, but I NEED to have less to take care of, so I need to get rid of a lot of my own stuff. I've had to reassure him several times that I'm not touching his things. When I get done, he can have the whole basement for his random things, but I'm hoping he will get it off the floor and onto shelves. He doesn't see clutter at all. I'm gently planting the seeds now, so maybe he'll be ready to come up with the idea himself eventually. Meanwhile, I focus on my stuff and look around his.
@dianaweber43962 жыл бұрын
Maybe if hubby doesnt want to come along for the ride, you can provide him with containers to put his stuff into. When he runs out of containers then he has to ask himself what must go!🤣😊❤
@MelindaPlainandSimple2 жыл бұрын
@@dianaweber4396 Thanks. Not sure if you're responding to Christina or me or both. I have done that. He puts stuff in the container, but when the container is full, he just puts more stuff on the surfaces. I think he must have a higher clutter threshold than I do. And we have opposite organization styles too. He doesn't see the overflowing baskets or the dusty piles or the stuff spread across the coffee table as a cluttery mess. It seems to be how his brain needs it to be. He eventually adapts to the areas I declutter and organize (pantry, fridge, freezer, drawers, etc), but this is his stuff so I don't touch it. The problem is, it's in the living room, which in our house is the entryway. I don't fuss about it. Baskets sort of backfired, so for now, I'm trying to better understand the differences in how we see and deal with clutter. Maybe as I continue decluttering my stuff, his clutter will start being noticeable to him. That's my hope. The container method is great, but it only works if the person is ready and willing to accept that they can only have a limited number of containers and what they keep has to be inside them. He's not there yet. Maybe someday. Thanks for responding, Diana. I appreciate you trying to help. 😄
@dewryce11214 ай бұрын
So great to see I’m not alone! I’ve been actively decluttering periodically since 2000, and every time I do it again I find things and think to myself “why did I keep this?” But this time, I discovered you/Cass/Dawn and your videos and have been watching them. While each decluttering sweep of my house makes me feel better, this time has been life changing. So thank you!
@donnav2 жыл бұрын
Two things come to mind after watching this video: -my mom still has mine and my sister’s prom dresses and we are both over 50!😁She still doesn’t want to part with them. -when my husband and I were waiting for the house we now live in to be built we had to box up a bunch of stuff and move into a rental place for several months. When we finally moved in I think I opened at least six of those boxes, closed them up again and donated them. After 3 months in storage I realized I didn’t need or want any of it.
@heathersmeather2 жыл бұрын
😆 My favorite line from this video, “Cow udders, I don’t need them!”
@MelindaPlainandSimple2 жыл бұрын
I found 12 packs of red tacks...??? I don't know why I bought them in the first place. I think the receipt was from the 80s. I kept one pack, though I can't tell you the last time I needed even one tack, much less a whole pack of them. Definitely don't need 12 packs of tacks. I recently decluttered a gallon size bag full of bits of paper and cardboard. I think it was from when I did a couple of junk journals a few years ago. I guess I thought it was precious and couldn't be replace. I found a box of Crayons in a box that we moved with us 13 years ago. The Crayons were fine, but rest of the contents was basically trash. Dates showed it was from 1979. A bottle of perfume someone gave me. It smelled so bad, I put it in a bag in the garage so it wouldn't stink up my house. We moved it with us and it was in our garage at the new house for 13 years. That's when I started decluttering. It was at least 20 years old by the time I pitched it. I don't think my friend is going to ask about that bottle of perfume at this point, but even if she did, that perfume had to go. And the guilt along with it.
@heatherhoover99632 жыл бұрын
Just decluttered English muffin "tins" . I made English muffins once in 15 years!!!! I routinely get rid of a lot, but I am surprised at how often I find weird things like this!
@jmj90632 жыл бұрын
I'm doing photos right now, the beginning of my attic project. Tons of non photo stuff you're not the only one. But 7 kids and 30 years of photos makes me wish I had spent less time taking pics of memories and spent more time being in the moment.
@NaneeH632 ай бұрын
Yes, just live the moment. 😊
@CULady2 жыл бұрын
Love it! When I decluttered, I used the mindset I was moving into an apartment and can't take it with me. Especially my basement. Funniest items...my husband had two Daffy Ducks t-shirts still in their specialty packaging. One was folded , shrieked, wrapped like a brick, and the other was in a plastic dumbell. Lol! Plus, they were 20 plus years old and a size too small. So he opened them and gave them to our great nieces who wear as night gowns!
@judyscholfield8202 жыл бұрын
What a great video! I am staring at a toaster that definitely is a “why do I still have this?” It is electric and the sides flop down and the bread lays in the tray. It is old...really old. And it would NEVER occur to me that I have it let alone ever use it. Begone silly toaster. I want the white space where you were.
@staciearagon53942 жыл бұрын
😆 cow udders! I don't think anyone can top this as random!
@marywiggins74112 жыл бұрын
I love the thing about 'aspirational items', such a light bulb moment for me! I need a tshirt that says someday is today.
@IrisTatjanaIsaksen2 жыл бұрын
Have to tell you. I decluttered 133 things today…totally out of the house. So glad. In Norway we dont have so many places to donate. Because of the Ukrainan war…..😥 🤬 winter jackets, wool clothing, dog suplies etc. I earlier had platina belt in shopping, so the things are nearly unused..
@debbiemize22692 жыл бұрын
Photos are my downfall! I inherited all of my mother’s photos and photo books, along with my own! I have been married for 49 years, so there are LOTS of photos! I started sorting through them before Christmas as I was making a book of their photos for each of my 3 children, all girls. While doing this, I came across an envelope of photos that I had intended to send to one of my cousins, even had the envelope already addressed! Sorry to say he passed away without ever receiving those. There were pictures in that envelope of him as a baby (he was 12 years older than me), him with his parents, his parents on their wedding day (they divorced when he was 3), and a few others I’m sure he would have liked to have. But my procrastination kept me from sending them. I am in the process, as I go through my mom’s, of sorting them into piles to send to different cousins I think might enjoy them. Some are also being thrown away. I have come to realize that pictures that meant something to someone else, or even to me at one time, doesn’t mean I need to keep them forever!
@queenofputrescence51672 жыл бұрын
When I had to go through all of my parent's photos, I first went through and got rid of all the envelopes and negatives from the developer. That reduced it quite a bit. Then I went and got rid of all pictures that did didn't have people in them or houses/buildings that we were attached to in some way. Since my Dad loved taking pictures of plants, flowers and cool buildings that reduced the pics left by 75 percent!
@jeanneclark992 жыл бұрын
Rather than throwing away negatives and unwanted photos--especially the ones of landscapes, buildings, and people--check with your local or state historical society or museum to see whether they would like them. Photos are the ONE thing I would go out of my way to deliver to the "best" place, because they are not replaceable.
@reneegagnier32262 жыл бұрын
@@queenofputrescence5167 -- I'm going through old photos doing the same thing right now. Tons of photo envelopes and negatives -- tossed. Only keeping the photos that mean something. I've purged a ton! Nobody will want these in the future -- I disagree that negatives are worth anything anymore. Felt great to get them out of the house.
@jmj90632 жыл бұрын
I'm am in the middle of photo sorting. Been married for 26 years and have 7 kids. We inherited lots of photos from parents and grand parents and even great grandparents. So many that are unmarked. We kept the ones that have a historical value to give to the grand kids but the rest are being tossed. I realized that taking so many pictures is really overrated. Most of our pictures of the last three kids are digital. Thats my next project. There are so many who has time to even enjoy them.
@username000092 жыл бұрын
Also consider donating photos. Some crafters love using old photos, and buying them online, even as digital downloads, can be pricey.
@nancyschwartz56652 жыл бұрын
Once again helpful and hopeful. And please always keep the comments at the end of the videos. It's time to let the choir sweater from the 1978 trip to Disneyland go. Let it goooooooo.....Let it goooooo.... I can sing that. We just got 10 more inches of snow and its 35 below so we are definitely ...frozen.
@ioanabaja23392 жыл бұрын
This perspective is amazing! "Would I take this thing with me if we were moving?" I have finally found a new question to ask myself to help me declutter. "Does this spark joy?" stopped being useful quite a while back. While our stuff now confortably fits in the spaces, I still feel that there's room for improvement.
@gwenj54192 жыл бұрын
We've been considering moving and just that possibility has given me a whole new decluttering mindset.
@lorenlasky57862 жыл бұрын
Yes, exactly!
@amma72442 жыл бұрын
This was helpful as we pre-declutter for health related downsize in a few years. Even anticipation of a move seems to change my lens.
@laurelarmstrong45352 жыл бұрын
I keep thinking I’m all done decluttering. However, time has a way of changing priorities, lifestyles and what was so needed is now clutter. Thanks for reminding usual keep at it.
@kaymurray80102 жыл бұрын
I tried to make room for all of my old stuff in my new house. The square footage was the same, but it still did not fit. It took me getting MAD about it and finding you and Dana to let it go. Thousands of dollars worth of stuff has flown out my front door! It hurts a bit, but , BUT when I open ANY door in my home, NOTHING FALLS OUT!! Neat stacks of linens, towels, bins for over the counter meds, no expired ANYTHING!! My garage is still a train wreck, but I have only been serious about giving up and letting go for 30 days. So much better!!! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!
@laurtheonly4980 Жыл бұрын
When moving I found a beautiful handmade dress I’d forgotten to dress my daughter in. It was size 6 months, and she was 5 years old. It honestly broke my heart and I had some tears. Then I decided to keep it, in case she has a daughter. I donated it a month ago after she explained she’s probably not going to remember it and neither will I. She’s 14 and so awesome.
@lynnettelg2 жыл бұрын
The credits! ❤️ Maybe the earrings are in the catch-all drawer with keys we keep that we know belong to some kind of lock. 🔐 😂😂😂
@TalytaB2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your brain 🧠 soo much because I go through the same thought process!! I was decluttering yesterday and after about two weeks of sorting paper and going through different piles..I FINALLY feel like I've made progress. I'm getting better with asking myself the questions. Stuff that I put in the keep pile one day, I got rid of the next day because I said, I don't need to hold onto it for another 20 years 🙌🏽 breaking that threshold 🤗
@F13_6662 жыл бұрын
This was so helpful. I have several boxes that I've labelled as miscellaneous and go through them when I have capacity, but the truth is that I don't need or use that stuff. Some of it doesn't make sense to donate. So trash it is and I'll make sure that stuff doesn't come into my home again.
@bethann98802 жыл бұрын
We are moving 2000 miles away in four months. Your videos are very timely for me at this point in my life! I cannot justify paying the gasoline at these current prices to haul something across the country that never should have left the donation center. I am loving hearing about your move.
@jeanerdman1432 жыл бұрын
Since you asked I am nearly done making a list of 100 activities, responsibilities, worries that I am never doing or thinking about doing again. Needed because decluttering the stuff is well underway but for quality of life and clarity of mind, need to focus on fewer uses of my time and energy. Thanks for your help.
@Saforra992 жыл бұрын
That's a great idea! :)
@kempydupree93742 жыл бұрын
When we moved 2 years ago it was one of the best decluttering I have ever done. We had to use a POD for a few weeks while the house sold so lots of boxes where in there. When we got into the new place I started to unpack the “de cluttered” boxes and I ended up getting rid of lots more. The items had been in the POD for a few weeks and I didn’t miss the majority of it.
@jennifershort18982 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dana!!! You have helped me a lot with my decluttering thought processes over the years. You're a genius!!! I find myself in yet another season of power decluttering!!! I want peace MORE than creativity expression! I go back and forth!
@PuzzlesC4M2 жыл бұрын
One of the craziest items I can think of was a ziplock bag of Cheerios I kept with the art supplies thinking I was going to do a pinterest activity with my kids. I kept them for 8 years.
@alexa5742 жыл бұрын
Yes it is amazing going through my storage area for the hundredth time, how many things I have stored for years and now with different eyes I now see that Yes I can declutter that, regardless how much it costs, some were expensive. But I now look at my storage space per how much each square foot cost,several hundred s of dollars, it let's me argue with the side of me that wants to sell it, but know I wont. Add that cost to the mental,emotional and physical costs that clutter is causing in my body, on top of that the family relationships and the fact I can't let good friends come over due to embarrassment,, Clutter is very costly! I have to Let it go!
@mage76032 жыл бұрын
I paused after the cow spots and went and got my wolf costume together in a bag to donate. These videos help me declutter! Thank you for taking the time to share.
@barbaramoss64132 жыл бұрын
A decluttering victory report. I moved in April 2020 to Alabama. I only spend part of the year in Alabama. I am still putting things together and into the place I would look first. Lately I added a container of crochet hooks and bits to my designated yarn storage area from where it had landed in the desk in my second bedroom. I had room in that designated yarn area for this smallish container and I like crocheting and I DO crochet! This morning my older cousin in Arizona was telling me about needing a crochet hook to pull out a sweater snag. She scrapbooks and doesn't crochet. I went to my designated yarn area, fetched the container and now 3 hooks are in an envelope, addressed, to her! Here's to the first decluttering question!! Where would I look for this first?? A sort of corollary story, a neighbor dropped by for a visit yesterday. I had not caught up with them in a while. He mentioned that a pseudo son who married a while ago had just had a new baby girl. I know exactly where my finished baby blankets are stored. I immediately pulled one out for him to give to the new baby! So here's to the second deuttering question, too!! I knew I had finished baby blankets and I know where to find them. Of course, that in turn gives me more motivation to keep crocheting baby blankets; which means I will use more yarn from that designated yarn area and so on and so on and doobie doobie doobie!; Thanks for all you share in such an affirming, caring and encouraging way.
@deborahturner18532 жыл бұрын
Children's hospitals/neo-natal units often enjoy getting new blankets!💝
@barbaramoss64132 жыл бұрын
@@deborahturner1853 thanks! I moved away from a Baby Pantry in Michigan and haven't hunted up anywhere here in Alabama at which to donate. I appreciate the reminder to look.
@jenniferwiggins15192 жыл бұрын
I love your videos-always a great way to get me motivated. I found recently that I had kept a little folder from a mattress I bought 2 years ago-not a warranty just advertising-and I found streamers from my now 24 year old sons 5th bday party that partially disintegrated when I picked it up out of my decoration tub to throw it away…after a moment of “omg I can’t believe I had kept that” it pushed me to keep going to find more forgotten stuff to get rid of.
@LoriTaylorSmithGA2 жыл бұрын
Great video, and Reid is so funny! My parents recently gave me my trombone that I played from ages 9-14. I’m 55. I automatically said thanks so much, and took it, but will be donating it. I had no idea they had it stowed away in their attic. I’m so afraid of what else is up there!
@amycrane36332 жыл бұрын
I'm about the same age and my trombone is in my attic. I think I'm about to let it go!
@deborahturner18532 жыл бұрын
@Lori Taylor Smith and @Amy Crane contact local middle schools or high schools. They may be THRILLED to receive musical instruments!! AND it feels SO GOOD to give your unnecessary possessions new life and joy in the hands of children!!
@amycrane36332 жыл бұрын
@@deborahturner1853 that's my plan
@michelesusanne12 жыл бұрын
I wish you could see my after, I had over 100 cookbooks and donated all but 12. Going forward, I will mark pages with a post it when I use a recipe and in 3 months re evaluate. If I haven't used it, it will be donated. Once you tackle a decluttering category you wonder why you didn't do it sooner. Thank you Dana, for sharing your valuable decluttering tools🌷
@WilletteB2 жыл бұрын
My husband and I are going to temporary accommodations this week so our home can have major water leak damage repaired by our insurance company. Today, knowing I have people coming Thursday to pack out our stuff, I was able to let go of almost all of my old spices. I had a bag full. I also accidentally ridded myself of a bag from the thrift store I planned to use when my grand daughter took it out as garbage. I also discarded a bag of old towels from my bathroom and my old mop this week. I have such a long way to go, but it's feeling lighter inside. We will survive this mess in our home and life will go on... Thanks for sharing. 🙂
@Cyn509832 жыл бұрын
One of the things I read about and have found that helps me is to take an HD or portrait mode photo of the hard copy photos I have. You can also zoom in on the photos that way. Then shred the photos. Not all but some of them. Or I took a photo of my cheerleading uniform front and back and a high school letter from a football jacket. similar to what you were having trouble with. So at least if I see the photos, the memories come back but I don’t have the stuff laying around.
@carlajetton75602 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness. I am packing everything away to paint my house interiors. This is so cathartic to see the things I want to pass along!!! Thank you for the blueprint of how to sort and enjoy my things.
@Lovely-sv1ye2 жыл бұрын
Poor Reid liked that wonky burnt cutting board 😂
@cindistonich94072 жыл бұрын
Your videos always encourages me to declutter things no longer needed. Continue to be inspiring in your own way. 👍🏻
@leannahshank89762 жыл бұрын
This really helped today. I started watching your videos last July. Funny thing is my home got to the point where cleaning was tediously easy. I'm not complaining but I got lulled into a false sense, my fault totally, but in the past week I started realizing things weren't right and thus video was the kick in the pants to get going again. The miracle is there is no paralyzing guilt! You help us face what we need to do with bravery. Thank you for being there!
@maggiefletcherscuriouscelt41992 жыл бұрын
When helping my dad declutter we got rid of 2000 books! He still keeps 100+ on his 2 huge bookcases in his bedroom but he does read every day.
@rebelcat94642 жыл бұрын
What did you do with them? I have thousands of books I need to get rid of but not sure how.
@Hillside-Hive2 жыл бұрын
@@rebelcat9464 donate to a library! Or thrift store!
@whit78622 жыл бұрын
Google "book bank" + your city or state name
@DawnDavidson2 жыл бұрын
@@rebelcat9464 Library if they’ll take them. (Some don’t anymore.) Thrift store maybe. Or take them over a few at a time to your closest Little Free Library. That’s what I did when I sold my house. Mostly downsized the kids books that way, since the little library was outside the elementary school! It was great because it gave me an excuse to get outside and take a walk one block over and back. :D didn’t matter that it took me like 10 trips to do a shelf, because it was such a great excuse for a walk!
@karenkinsellmd39982 жыл бұрын
Donate to a prison or jail!
@SF-ru3lp2 жыл бұрын
Lovely sofa behind you Dana! I do like the 'benchmark' of "Is this item worth packing and carrying to another house?" G Ire
@stephaniemcguire2 жыл бұрын
I relate to you better than other declutter coaches. Love your humor! Love your blue velvet couch❤️ I, too, am a fellow Texan trying to stay warm in this icy mess we got going on.
@maryerinagard99482 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this- it serves to make you more human- relatable etc. My decluttering has slowed considerably due to increased health needs of family members- but I continue to declutter at the speed of life! Thank you!
@legofriend22Ай бұрын
I used to have recurring nightmares about an attic full of boxes- my stuff, plus other peoples stuff. When you mentioned moving and last minute finding your own boxes. Shudder!
@michelekuhne91792 жыл бұрын
My husband had stuff that he put up in the attic, when we moved here-IN 1987! Never even inquired about what it was. My daughter threw out a lot (because she would say “Da-ad, you don’t need to keep THIS do you?” That would not work for me. Now that our youngest is moving out, I’d like to be prepared if we do finally downsize into a smaller place. Following The Minimal Mom’s suggestion, I had put a bunch of kitchen stuff in “quarantine” and after 6 months (or more) I got rid of five good sized boxes. I never even missed any of it and now I can actually find cooking pans AND their matching lids.
@coleenrich2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this video. I enjoyed it. I honestly think we should all declutter with the mindset of "Would I pack this if I'm moving?" even if we aren't moving. I have a couple places in my house that I'm dying to get at to declutter because I know there are MANY things in there that I haven't looked at in YEARS and can "hopefully" easily declutter. I will remind myself that I haven't needed it and probably won't ever need it so they can go. It's time to clear out the clutter and free up our spaces and our minds!
@seanagarrow74882 жыл бұрын
We’re remodeling…it’s craziness around here (tools in every room, upstairs, downstairs…pure craziness)… To add to the “crazy” I found empty toy boxes “just in case” those toys ended up as “favorites” I would later repack to save for future generations…I’m cracking up as I write this…WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?🤣
@summerrobertson16172 жыл бұрын
This video actually helped me get off the sofa to toss away art stuff that was no longer usable and had been sitting for 6 years. Thank you.
@karlalabath36992 жыл бұрын
It’s not the things I’ve kept. It’s the things that somehow I don’t have! Like the blueprints to the house we decided not to build 20 years ago. What did I do with them? And my running vest bladder. Where is it? Ughhhh. My container will be a 400 sf RV with strict weight limits as well as size. I’m getting stronger at this decluttering and letting go of crap thanks to your methods and help! Thanks Dana💞
@emmawheeler46242 жыл бұрын
We’ve moved over 10 times in 18 years and with every move, guaranteed, there’s always stuff to get rid of, tons of clutter, loads of donations, and all those extra bits that’s in with the photos, and we are moving again in a couple of months and I already know there’s tons more to declutter and get rid of! It’s never ending, but that’s ok. You look lovely Dana 😊💞
@littlemom20702 жыл бұрын
Emma - I just moved for the first time since I got married over 30 years ago. 30 years ago all my possessions fit in someone’s pickup truck. OMG I still cannot believe the stuff I had. Just cleaning supplies alone, you would think I was an OCD clean freak. Your comment helped me to realize that even if you move frequently there is always stuff to declutter and I shouldn’t beat myself up about it. I realize it’s hard for me to get rid of gifts given to me even if I don’t like them. They end up stuffed into a cabinet somewhere only to be forgotten. One thing I did which made me happy was donate dozens of vases to my favorite florist. He was glad to receive them as they were not your typical vases and I quit trying to fool myself that I was going to become an amateur florist.
@emmawheeler46242 жыл бұрын
@@littlemom2070 hi, well done with the vases, that’s brilliant and sounds like you made the florists day! Gifts are really hard, but I tell myself that they’ve stayed with me for a time and done their ‘job’ of being a gift, and it’s now time to move on and make someone else happy. Especially if it’s something you don’t like, the emotional hold I felt with these things in the house was almost toxic, and once I got rid of things like that a huge weight was lifted. Getting rid of gifts doesn’t mean you’re not grateful for them, or that you don’t appreciate the person. Recently I’ve said to a friend that I’m decluttering and that I hope she doesn’t mind but it’s time for xyz to go that she bought me, as there’s no room and that it doesn’t bring me as much joy any more, and, would she like it? If not it goes into charity. You’d be surprised how understanding people are, even if a bit put out at first. Glad my first comment could help 😊
@rmf42 жыл бұрын
I'm currently going through old boxes from my garage. Yes, random things that you are referring to in this video. Thank you for your videos. I totally get you because I am the same! 🙋♀️🇦🇺
@blanking1932 жыл бұрын
And I love the embracing where you've come to instead of dwelling on the negative feelings
@janetarmistead6180 Жыл бұрын
This was very comforting to see. I have listened to Decluttering at the Speed of Life three times. Now I listen whenever I am decluttering for more than 5 minutes. You have truly changed me and I will be forever grateful!
@blanking1932 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing so vulnerably. Really helpful.
@gacsjourney5072 жыл бұрын
I went looking for my international stamps to send a letter to Scotland. I went into my card box where I keep the stamps and realized the box was busting at the seams. Did a quick look see and found photos, jewelry, empty wrappers and receipts. 🤦♀️ So I took a couple of minutes to toss the trash and put the photo away. The rest I will tackle when I have 5 minute clean up.
@glendaw52212 жыл бұрын
Loved this and easily could identify!! I found several old pairs of glasses (hello I can donate) and a remote from a tv gone long ago. Random earrings with no match. A sewing kit I didn’t remember I had. Leather cleaner never used. And on and on.
@tgayer12 жыл бұрын
My mom was notorious for melting containers on the stove, including plastic cutting boards! Back in the 1980s, they sold margarine in solid colored cups, which she kept as drinking cups for us. I know there was at least one that was partly melted. Oh, and for years she kept a plastic measuring cup that was partly melted. How in the world was that an accurate measure?! 🤣🤣🤣
@pamelaconrad14982 жыл бұрын
Yes! The random photo stuff that I’ve been moving from house to house is mind boggling! I finally went through my containers this last move and got rid of all the “extra” packaging, frames, high school calendars (I am 52!) and trash. I am working my way up to decluttering pictures my parents had of family and friends that I have no idea who the people are. I feel guilty for thinking about discarding my deceased parents’ memories of these people. I’m trying to get in the Swedish death cleaning mind set of getting rid of these photos so my daughter doesn’t have to deal with them.🙈
@StitchinGranny2 жыл бұрын
I truly believe the Lord introduced me to your videos and your book Organizing for the Rest of Us!! Your words “Less”. and “Better”. are so incredibly helpful to keep me from being overwhelmed and from feeling like a failure with my house. Every summer I’ve said I’m going to organize -so many years that it’s kind of a joke with friends and family. Well this summer I am decluttering and it’s already BETTER!!! And you make me laugh💗😀Thank you from the bottom of my heart💗🙏
@gaild90032 жыл бұрын
Great video Dana! You are definitely not the only one with that kind of stuff in photos! I just decluttered a similar stash! I'm so happy for you to have a great place to do your magic! You've changed my life! Lots of love from PA!
@tamerat37942 жыл бұрын
I found yearbooks from every year in Middle School and High School! I have blocked out my Middle School years because they were awful I glanced through the books and most of the sentiments were some kind of reference to me being small and weird! Not good memories at all! Why on Earth have I kept them since the early 70's! I did take a few pictures of pages that had friends that I'm still friends with on FB and will see if by any chance they would like to see them... then threw them in the rubbish! I enjoyed High School a little more so I'll look through those, take pictures of pages that make me smile and will only keep my Senior year book if it makes me smile.
@carriecollins4542 Жыл бұрын
I nearly choked on my water over the Shrinky dinks!! Not gonna lie, I think I would've had to play with them just because I always wanted some as a kid. Dana you are a Godsend, I am so grateful to have found you and especially to now have the ears to hear. Finally, finally I am making real progress on my "office" read: room o' chaos. I cannot thank you enough.
@celesteg10882 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thanks for sharing. I feel the same as you. We just had our water heater flood our basement. My basement has been an eye sore for over 20 years. This forced me to throw things out I would have never early on. It felt good. I still struggle getting rid of things but I think I’m getting better. Thank you for being here. ❤️
@DVD9272 жыл бұрын
I needed a positive video this morning as I woke up very grumpy! Thank you!
@deborahzack27402 жыл бұрын
Moving is a marathon, not a sprint. I am glad you were able to declutter those random things. Even better is your mindset. I am still struggling with getting rid of paper clutter. Chaos has taken over my home. Very frustrating.
@ElizabethDohertyThomas2 жыл бұрын
I JUST found not 1, not 2, not 4, but 6 post-foot procedure sandals. Yes, I've had a lot of foot procedures and yes, I've saved money by bringing in one or two not getting a new one. But SIX?? hahahahahaha Doing a 4 round 40 item declutter for Lent. Just got everything out of my luggage area. My goodness you'd think we were mega travelers! (We aren't.)
@Christine-zk6hk2 жыл бұрын
I found my horse's baby teeth in an envelope. I haven't had that horse since around 1998. I will admit to not decluttering them. I put them in a jar and put them on my memory shelf in my office.
@Z-LightfulMemories4 ай бұрын
I remember decluttering the basement once and found a full copy-paper box of baby socks (nb to 1year). My youngest was 14 at the time. Yeah. LOL
@jinglesh13982 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all that you do for sooo many people, Dana.
@saraream1332 жыл бұрын
Those key earrings!!! ❤️ I liked the decluttering, too. I do now want to buy key earrings, though! 😃
@stephaniegibson20742 жыл бұрын
the oddest thing I've found so far that should have gone a long time ago is the wooden rocking horse kit in the attic that never got put together- my youngest is now 33. lol
@joofark2 жыл бұрын
Wait. What? You aren't wearing makeup?! Oh my gosh! Why waste your money on it?! Thank you for all your videos. My mind has completely shifted since I started watching your videos. Well done!
@cs48492 жыл бұрын
Craw is a bird’s crop. So basically stuck in your throat. We are moving in a few and most of our stuff is packed up, but I’ll be doing this in a reverse way when I unpack. I’m going to make a corner where I pile up donation items as I unpack them.
@susanprice3377 Жыл бұрын
I like finding things that can go, and laugh a lot -- the other day I found the extra car keys from at least 4 minivans ago 😂