Getting Rid of Clutter in Your Home (Best of 2020) - Kathi Lipp
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- Your home should be a place of comfort and peace, but instead, you find yourself overwhelmed by clutter. What do you do?
On this one-day Focus on the Family broadcast, self-proclaimed recovering “clutter-aholic” Kathi Lipp helps you better understand the spiritual issues behind clinging to your stuff. She’ll give you practical tips to find the purpose in each room of your home and declutter your space for a more relaxing atmosphere. You’ll be encouraged to seek relationships with the people around you, not your things!
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lol! "somebody gave something to me, so I need to keep it till both of us are dead". I felt that one.
My son had three storage units and a few months ago he got rid of a lot of stuff and kept one storage unit. That saved them $200 a month. Proud of him. 👏🏻 👏🏻
I’ve been organizing and decluttering my home so I can host Bible study 📖
Praying you'll be able to do just that in due tIme...Ditto🙏🏾
@@koalalou68 Thank you
I only wish could have people over...too ashamed and the comment by some ~ didn't come to see yr house, but you...doesn't work.
Besides, no one comes😰
@@roxybuell9898 build it and they will come
Now that gives me a plan. I've been wanting to do this for years but the house was always in chaos. Now as an empty nester I can get it done!
1. Make clutter management a daily priority (a bunch of 15-minute spurts)
2. Designate a place for everything
3. Don't put it aside, put it away (right away)
4. Stop being reactive, and start being be proactive (don't clean for your guests)
5. Don't argue over stuff, negotiate the space
6. Don't use storage to delay decisions
7. Once you diagnose the clutter, you can dispense the clutter
8. Things are not relationships
9. "Just in case" thinking is
10. You deserve peace in your space.
Truth. Liked listening to improving.
I HAVE GAVE SO VERY MANY THINGS AWAY.
Clutter will clutter your mind.
I Decided the treasures are of my heart. Yes we have a lot of EMOTIONS that comes with letting things go. I have done it before and have to do it again. My daughter seems to like to get a lot of things. I feel it's wasting money. Now that she has been DIAGNOSED with breast cancer stage 3b grade 3, it's hard for me to tell her things have to go, she doesn't think it's clutter but I do.
YOU MAY THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY ONE DAY. I HAD SOME THINGS THAT I AM SURE IS WORTH A LOT OF MONEY NOW, I HAVE TO JUST LET THAT GO IN MY MIND. I CAN PART WITH THE EARTHLY THINGS.
My cousin is a realtor. The first tip she suggests is to put like items together Books, papers, tools and dishes, etc.
Man, she is really on top of all the issues; she hits the nail on the head every time. Seriously. I needed this conviction today in so many cluttered areas of my life. I LOVE this!!! Thank you!!!
You got this Johnna!
All things are possible with Christ!
The start is the hardest part as "they" say and once you get some momentum going it spurs you on!
Ooh, I like that phrase “curate the best and get rid of the rest,” “give away not to be seen by the child” excellent advice
Delayed decision, I am so guilty of this. I can often suffer from horrible anxiety and know I should only do thing for 15 min and move on. I end up put it back into a box to decide later. If you read this please keep me in your prayers. This is a really difficult one for me.
Deanna, for me it helps if I remember that it doesn't have to be done perfectly. But if I pick one thing and plan to do it,
I totally get how you feel I am same way
Phenomenal, practical video. Please post more videos on homemaking. Thank you 🤗so many house wifes crave for older women like this lady to disciple us in all things home
I agree with your comment, but I had to chuckle that you called her an "older" women (I'm probably older than her but still have the clutter bug issue) I think it's more about the individual than the age. Anyway the video is great, I'm going to try some of this out!
Cluttery people are the most giving people, how true!!
I had not heard from Focus on the Family since my children were children. They are all grown up now. Focus on the Family was key to raising 3 children all under 5 years old. And my daughter should be hosting a program just like this. She's has the skills of organizing. Thanks for program. "For such a time as this"
They have been a blessing thru the years with Dr. Dobson's ministry, now Dr Dobson has his own amazing chanel that is such a blessing and I also enjoy.
I love this!! ❤❤❤Thank you!!!!! Yes. The clutterbug says “5 minutes matters!!” And it’s so true!!! ❤❤❤this is so helpful and motivating!!!
Make sure the containers are fully dry and store them with the lids on! It's life changing!
Even better is but nesting containers with varying depths that have the same size lid. Lids stack and containers nest . so space saving and fuss free
@@grainiac7824 I have some like that, but I store my most used ones with the lids on so that I can grab what I need without messing with a stack of anything. Lids on really works and the lids no longer try to jump out at us.
This was the best de-cluttering information I have found. Having read many books and articles on this topic, I really like the unique information the guest offered.
Yea..this is a unique perspective
Great suggestions and I really like that you only have to do it for short segments of time.
Absolutely, realistic expectations.
Faith without works is dead😜😁🙏.
This woman has packed so much truth into this segment!!! Thank you for getting to the point and for addressing so many problems with such insight!
My dear neighbors, that were like family to me, would always say when we were going to tackle a job, that it would only take us "ten minutes". It may have taken longer but we always had fun and got the job done quickly and efficiently. It's one of my favorite memories.
The Fly Lady uses this method to tackle each room in your home on a weekly plan. She uses the three totes, years ago plan. You can buy on her website. Also, she recommends tossing things you don’t use. If you need it later, buy a new one. Get. Rid. Of. Stuff!
I used to love the fly lady. I used her years ago but then my inbox just got flooded with all of her advertisements.
I totally understand! I still have her mop, purple cleaning cloths, books, and app, but I no longer get the emails. I do understand her methods and reasoning enough to continue with the process.
I can be a real hoarder and hold on to things for sentimental reasons or the 'just in case' reason. Want to let it all go.
i know how hard that is! I'm praying for you girl!!!
I know take photos of all my sentimental things given to me by parents and put them on usb. Then I was able to let go of physical things.
I am sentimental,i have grandchildren's drawings, painting, from the toddler stage, now my granddaughter is 39
But is in heaven, from the beginning of this year,i won't part with them.,she is my first grandchild
@@marleneholloway7775 ♥️ an Prayers to you and your family . Lost our Dad to a fire on my birthday.
Faith without works is dead.
Great comment from Kathi about how some things are to pass through rather than stay in our hands. I live in an efficiency apartment and have accumulated a huge number of books, so many that the books cause me stress rather than give me a sense of anticipation. I've started giving away books that I haven't read. I'm a little sad at not having what those books would have brought into my life but more important for me is the peace that comes from having that much more open space. I'm controlling the books, not the books controlling me. I'm taking books to the Salvation Army and to Little Free Libraries and to the public library for the library bookstore and clearance sales. Maybe someone else will enjoy those donated books more that i would have enjoyed them. Sometimes I think of myself as a bridge that is used so a book gets from one person to another.
I disagree with the giveaway tote without child imput. I lost many childhood treasures from adults taking my things and at 60 years old I still mourn the loss. AND I'M A MINIMALIST. I HATE CLUTTER. Please don't encourage your audience to disrespect your child's property.
I have family members who were devastated by this
My children are both close to 40 years old. During the pandemic I cleaned out the attic. I took all my daughter's dolls and arranged them on the couch in a funny way. I took a picture and sent it to my daughter 2000 miles away. She chose 3 and I donated the rest. I did that with all my kids stuff. I believe it was easier for them to choose and decide what to let go because they had a picture. It took me about 7 weeks , but it was so gratifying. I bought a huge rolling duffle bag for each kids " treasures" . They are on a shelf in the garage , clearly marked with each child's name.
I did this so my kids wouldn't have to when my husband and I move or die. Also we have no business being in the attic anymore at our age.
@@teresabell1014 that is brilliant!
@@teresabell1014 Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!!🥰
Very True Statement.
loved this. thxs for having her on. she is super!
This video "answer to my prayers"! Thank you so much, Focus on the Family!
So encouraging. Thank you.
Love Kathi. Thanks, Focus.
Jim is just hilarious. Loved this episode 💝
Love this woman.
The kitchen is for more than the pleasure of eating delicious food. It's also for giving the Sonlight of nutrition to keep us fit to serve. I suggest Genesis 1:29.
It truly feels wonderful to pass on things you know someone loves!!
Thank you for this video very informative , but I really gotta say that I love love her blouse !! 😃
DITTO !!
Me too! It looks like something from Sundance.
I donated a favorite 👕 shirt that was too tight on me. And a year later i received 2 just like it and 2 different colors. No joke. This happens all the time.😊
Sweet lady! Thanks for letting her share her wisdom.
I desperately need this motivation! Thank you!
Loved this ❤
I am in the process of decluttering but feel that
family should be involved. (with their things)
I know it takes awhile but check with others before
getting rid of their things.
An item may have a deep meaning you(me) are not aware
of. .
Inlightened and Convicted.
Thank you 😊
Great topic to discuss! Appreciate her testimony! This was soo much confirmation as I'm walking through this in my life.
What a great guest! She is wonderful!
Thank you! You just gave me the encouragement I needed to drop off some stuff that was sitting in my garage
Wow! Yes, this is so amazing and helpful! Thanks so much for sharing!
I LOVE this! Thank you
I truly NEED this!!
Such helpful tips. Thank you.
Thank you for this important conversation. My observation was seeing Kathi with one device, and the men with piles of paper. I’ve purchased so many de-cluttering books, and end up losing them in my piles. This was inspirational! Thanks
I reorganized my room last Sunday before I started school and it looks so nice I have made the commitment to keep it that way by actually putting stuff where it belongs rather than leaving it laying on the opposite side of the room.
The only “problem” with this method is when you are the “kid” (23) of the house and can’t actually get rid of anything outside of your room. I have been cataloging our library (3000 and counting) and while I have no desire to get rid of a majority of the books there are about 100 that I doubt dad will ever read again (and if he does he probably has a digital copy) I want to “unhaul” them but am not sure if he will notice if I do
I love this! I need this! I love lemon verbena!!I love your blouse! And I love your passion!💕
She is so pretty,and knows how to dress fashionable as well...
Kathy your shirt is beautiful
Yes, Peace....
This is helpful thank you 🙂
"Well, I appreciate your clarification of that."
"GET WITH IT JOHN!!"
LOL
Marie Kondo's book, "The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up", is an excellent book. I was amazed at how easy and quick her method was to do. Best I have found to date.
I like this. Amen
GREAT IDEAS
I am going to do this the way you are saying it.
Wish I had serious help, I left my granny's at 16, bc of ALL the stuff I hated...somehow it's now found me.
I've have struggled now for several years...since my husband left in 2010 after 17 years...feel trapped by it.
No one to help only criticize,bthst I do all the time, or tell me how easy it is to get rid of.
Guess there just is no help.
I'm here alone most all the time, with my buddy Connor💙(doggie).
When I've watched the Hoarders on tv, I cry for them, bc I know how they feel.
It says there it's a mental health issue, most time happens after some kinds of significant losses...🥺
I try and try...get no where.
I find Moms of Miracles Ministry on RUclips encourages me. Maybe it isn’t your cup of tea, but you could try & check it out. “Stuff n Things” videos with prayers at the end help. Blessings💖
You will find a satisfaction, WE get with a friend once a week and work for twenty min and she talks and ask to us and cleans, ask advice and gives advice. Now we are preparing for Gods return and do I need that before Jesus come to take us home. I know I have things I will never use but others might need. I do find things I want to keep angels, and crafts and even something I might need in the future if we if we lose electric. Today down sizing so much more.
Just listening.. Im getting ideas on what to do in each room
We’ve decided to getting rid of most of our dvd’s. We have 200-300 and a lot of them we can watch on RUclips or Amazon prime.
Imteresting
One step at a time. One moment at a time.
We do an emergency bag for a week clothes by mud room door in case of emergency and I've used it a couple times when my son with special needs has been transfered to bigger hospital family has rest of kids at home.
We only need so much.
Sounds like the Fly Lady!
I think I had that book somewhere in my house.
😂
WOW
Information is sooo helpful and invaluable, however, the background conversations are very disruptive
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Take a photo of the memorabelia, write the story down, attach the photo ans give away or sell the item.
The sad thing about hoarding, accumulating things to use "just in case" you or Somebody Else needs it in the future, is that when that day comes, often the item can't be found! That is SO FRUSTRATING! "I KNOW I HAVE IT, BUT WHERE?" Meanwhile, your house is messy & cluttered & weighs your life down!
🙋🏻♀️ Just incase 😂😂😂
💗
“ I need to keep it till both of us are dead.”
I have scissors in 4 rooms, because I use scissors in those 4 rooms.
Same here, even in my purse. I learned this from my Mother in Law many years ago. It saves so much searching and stress.
I have baskets in every room because they r functional just like scissors
Me too
Me as well, makes total sense
wearing out egg beaters LOL!
How do you do an intervention for a hoarder? In their own home. What's the procedure? They even pick up things others threw away or were about to throw away. HELP
How do you declutter after a spouse passes away? I have so many memory boxes of stuff, feeling overwelmed
My mother went to heaven Dec.2020 at 89. She like myself was a hoarder. I have the task now to clean out her house. Lord help me!
@Priscilla Richardson
Priscilla, I've been there, also. So sorry. What I did was to keep things that were the most meaningful to me and to give things to other members of the family that might be useful or a meaningful remembrance to them. Some can part with things all at once. For me, it was gradual. Your heart will guide you. Love & blessings. BTW, it's been 10 years and I still have western shirts of his hanging in the shed that were my favorite. Was able to give the others to an acquaintance, but not these. ♥
Living in same house (60years) with mom who is now 99...and facing same. Blessed to have a giving spirit, but still a major challenge. She has personal effects from her entire family's history, and THEN some.
I don’t know where to start.
I lost everything to a house fire and it's hard to get rid of things for me.
I know someone who lost everything in hurricane Katrina and it is even harder for her.
I am a follower of Jesus and she is not.
She has a much harder time getting rid of stuff than I do.
Mine is a habit and I have to clean out every so often; she literally can't ..
Pray that she will accept Jesus 💙
Clutter really can be caotic. Messes with your head
Its hard to maintain when you try and try and try and your married to Godzilla who says he cares and respects your wishes but then does the polar opposite then all your hard work of trying to maintain a home goes down the drain. I have kids too and I can handle them but to have a grown-up do it, over time I feel like I'm talking to a wall. Talking doesn't work.
worth your reading time a book by Kevin Leman Adolescence isn't Terminal
Clean and organize for YOU! DON'T stress about your Godzilla!
Kathy says things are not relationships. This is a. truism. Pray that Godzilla can find that truth. Give him time. That is love, too 💕
And what about those of us who don't really care enough to move the stuff because it us us not bothering us. But we would love to be rid of all of it.
What if it's beyond clutter?? I've been helping a friend but even after we totally redid the whole house in three months it's a disaster again.
She needs a heart change and prayer to be released from depression.
I follow some great RUclipsrs who cover this very issue (they share their heart as Christians as well). Minimal Mom, Natalie Bennett, Hoarders Heart are some that are helpful for advice and motivation. Habits are the key to a clean and organised home. 🙂
Fear guilt shame wow daily cleaning 15 minute spurts on cleaning
@@rebekahnorris8866 thanks for the names. I need all the help I can get. Cleaning out 57 years of clutter. Precious memories of my mother. ❤
She needs therapy
Does she recommend that you just give all the items away or can you sell some items as well?
I think it depends on how fast you can move the stuff you want to sell out of your house. If you have it listed for a while then you probably should just donate it to get it out of the house. Also sometimes the seasons we are in aren't conducive to selling things and they should be just be donated.
Selling your items is a great option, especially if you need to pay down debt. 🙂
I have sold some of the dumbest items on Ebay, for great prices :)
This is torture. *So, also: since this was spun through my feeds, it is yet further evidence of our gadgets watching and listening what we say and do in our homes < To the amplified version of the point::: Everything had a place and was iN it's place and could be later immediately touched in its place, yes ... Pretty awfully crushing to someone who has previously LIVED and shared and taught this /these ideas, quite easily and casually and naturally, actually dual purposed::: to enjoy presently, and to also be prepared for the day when I became incapacitated DUE to this severe scoliosis and then fouled hysterectomy, now failures of digestive organs, displaced traumatized kidneys, and teeth, all from a lifetime of strain to function normally and properly, pain which prohibits motion, without adding more pain. The point: The clutter mode was' acceptable to pristine, cozy, tidy, organized heights -- but noW suffering (not cheerfully I must ask prayer for) physical incapacities which halt any motion, literal incapacitation of extreme skeletal and nervous system deformity and malfunction, except to get to laundry and to the toilet without help, in grievous PAIN to keep up what had been done for 40-50 YEARS,, only to be trampled also by 'gangstalkers' as property managers (thirteen =13 in a three year stint, no police charges brought yet) who(should I place NAMES AGAIN HERE?) enter when tenants are absent, stealing and breaking and stirring every little thing they have time for ,, from jewelry to groceries and food!!, and soap , deodorant, toothpaste, bath soap, ink pens, bobby pins, light bulbs , phone charging cords, lotion, paper clips, sunglasses, reading glasses, chap stick ,blisteX, blank checks, new bras, q-tips, (by the handfuls or the boxful, with receipt still on the counter from the day or week before, then taking receipts once they heard me say that , that I replaced for the 12OO'th time, hair bands, hangers, silverware, coffee cups, coFFE, scarves, family pictures, night lights, anything that had or was a cross///such as night lite, earrings, trinket box, over and over until I had to tell the cops and Jesus "I.GIVE!" . I was a cozy STORE to these people!! Still! These freaks are demons ,as Scripture tells, coming to steal, to corrupt and rust, to trip, to destroy the peaceful atmosphere, even that people would saY, and bring friends over to "see, and to feel the calm love of God" ... Once of a beautiful house I planned to stay the rest of my life, but was ousted by a walking dead, and have been shuffled now in and out of attempts to rE-organize, collections, even at times picture worthy thought some, because it was my job: homemaker, and the LORD had given me sense and capacity to maintain comfortable, inviting, purposeful environments . Kathi really ought read this, and she will see just by the sentences and vocabulary , what the current situation is up in here!!!! I was interrupted a few times so to add to the disheveled writing here . Pardons ? Laughs? Gasps? At least pray will ya? And now mom has died..and Dad is overwhelmed. We need help. We have asked. I have had SEVEN 'professional' business persons lined up, some actually came in, took time to check it all out, hear me out, discuss terms, times, costs, (as I had accepted I could not catch back up these lost yearS of being burgled and trashed, and sought assistance, willing to PAY, to get back what I'd done all my adult life. Good grieF. 1 Corinthians 14:33 and honor. There's at least 140 Bible verses come to mind, directly in rereading this, and deciding to leave it. Check. LordJesus, come quickly ...
What about a cluttered mind?
Great question, friend! You might be interested in the book Overwhelmed (bddy.me/3Hul7DI), which Kathi co-authored with Cheri Gregory. It offers insight and advice for dealing with the emotional "clutter" in our lives. Blessings!
¹Do I love it?
²Do you use it regularly?
³Would you buy it again? (All 3, then keep it!)
Otherwise if meah...
Do your own thing! Declutter 1st before recreating a new space. Do not buy "cute things" intending for the space's need. 💞
Spouses to ask "What can I do to help?"
🚫 jump into their partner's domain & create more chaos.
A lot of hoarders love all of their hoard.
@@mossyoakmom8880 Sad isn't it? Confused priorities.
The men laugh at the thought of guilt of keeping something because something was a gift. Well that’s how it works with women. Because the giver usually try’s to get you to keep stuff that way. I’ve straight up told people please don’t give me anything at this time. I don’t have room for any more.
Adult children of alcoholics often become workaholics
Alcoholism Iknow,i was a member of Al-Anon my husband did go to AA, was sober for many years, but died from gambling, would not look after himself,or take medication,, needed the money for gambling.very
Sad ending for my husband who remained sober from alcohol a long time, and gambling took him.He
Is in heaven.
Give your adult kids items to them to so with what they will. If you have known first had a true hoarder, then you realize the difficulty in them unwilling to actually become clutter(less)! There is NO MAKING THEM and if they are not Christians this process is their's to come to!
No. I like my clutter. I know where things are.
LOL 😂 I can relate, but I love this lady’s sweet spirit. Blessings💕
Then Jeremy got concert poster and mom donated it. 🙄lol
Thank you for uploading! If you have a second, I posted some original tunes. As a fellow music lover, I'd love if you would take a listen. It's on my channel. Really apprecaite it!
Can we have perhaps female interviews or ask the male interviewers to quit chirping in with their passive dismissal commentary as she speaks. It’s just downright annoying. I just want to hear the lady, and all the ladies they bring on for that matter, speak their wisdom without pausing so much to mansplain.
I also noticed the frequent and annoying interruptions. It would have been so much better to watch and listen to this broacast if the hosts would have just let Kathi say all of what she had to say. Then the hosts could have responded or asked a question. It was not a well-done interview but Kathi was gracious about it.
Way too much interrupts of rom the guys!!!!
Go to foxhole app
What for? Please share more about that.
This is a 1st world problem, Americans have too much money! I don't know if She's going to discuss debt but that's the credit card companies fault bc when i was 22 you couldn't get a card until you proved you could pay off a lower amount card like a gas card or diner's club
Let me save you 27 minutes...
THROW IT THA F OUT!
You mean my husband ???
Fluff alert.