Drop your 🚪 emoji and LIKE THIS VIDEO 👉 if this video gets to 10,000 likes my husband has agreed to do a declutter with me video. (My complete hoarder to minimalist journey here: ruclips.net/video/VeLg5rDNs-8/видео.html)
School papers tip: My parents started a tradition with their grandkids to have a bonfire at the end of the school year and burn their papers from school. It helps my daughter let go of them so much easier because its a fun event.
Not a great idea for German schools cause sometimes the teachers want all the papers etc from the school years before so it's best to keep school stuff for 3-4 years, especially in middle school.
@@jasminkln that is really interesting. No American school teacher has the time to look at students work from 1 grade ago, much less 2 or 3 grades ago, with the exception of major essays and science reports I suppose.
I love this idea!! I homeschool and the paper clutter is unreal at the end of the year. Every Scribble is precious to my kiddos lol I think they will be willing to part with more if we try this. Thank you!!
I have to say I really appreciate your transparency and the fact that you’re open about your emotions when decluttering. As sad as the circumstance is it’s nice to see authenticity
I think it's fun to take a picture of the kid holding their drawing/ painting or craft. They often are proud, and like showing what they did. It's fun to catch that in the photo. In my opinion it's more fun to both see the kid and the artwork together, than the artwork only. You often can declutter the things they crated after a while, or if it breaks. Then it's fun to keep the photo of the proud and happy kid. 😊
A 40 minute video??!! I feel so blessed. You’ll never understand how much your videos help me. (It’s not that good ) lol but I even created a decluttering video myself because you’ve been such an inspiration. And I’m so happy that after 3 years - in a few months I will be cluttefree 100%
Congrats! I'm just starting and I'm 67 with a lot of health problems. If I survive amother 3 years and have successfully decluttered, I know it will improve my quality of life! 🙏😊🙏
Something amazing is the longer I’ve been decluttering, certain things I thought I’d never get rid of start to become less importantly me, and then I let them go! Currently though, getting rid of clothing has been tough for me.
Your "cluttered" house is already 100 times better than any goal I set for decluttering mine. The most powerful lesson though, was seeing your wedding picture in the "letting go" pile. I have a lot to learn from you, and will make a point of going through every video you have on the subject. I have stuff accumulated for decades.. Decluttering will take a lot of effort emotionally and physically, as well as time, but I KNOW it is what I need do to set myself FREE. Thank you for your work.
We boil a full kettle of water, even for 1 cup, and then the balance of the hot water goes in a thermo jug for the next person who wants a cup of tea or coffee. That way the kettle isn't being boiled too often.
Thank you for a fruitful decluttering session! After Divorce, it was much needed! I was gone 7 weeks and anything he could mess up he did! Water in liquor, honey poured in between boxes of pasta! I tackled while I listened to you! I did major decluttering in 2015 and sold what was In a storage unit!!! Was able to get a new pare of glasses to see with!!! My clothes need a small over haul and most all is hanging or folded neatly in drawers. I am getting a cat in a few weeks after she gets cares at the animal shelter! So I'm doing my best to organize yarn which is not out of control. I'm knitting a cat mat for her kennel! I'm retired and love being at home but want a small companion and she will be so much fun! I love your videos! Keep encouraging us to do well for ourselves and not someone else!!!
Wow, so toxic. I'm glad you're no longer with such a petty person. I hope that every time you see something petty and toxic he did to frustate you, you can realize how much better it is not to be with someone like that and it brings you peace. 🤗 It wouldn't hurt to document all those things too, that stuff can come in handy in a court case 😜
Marrissa, please try to keep 2 copies of sentimental family photos etc. It's much easier as a child of 3 when parents pass, to not have to fight over pics and piece together the past and memories with only a few bits. More recently our dad died. My brother had to tell me a lot about our parents history. He took the paperwork and newspapers of events such as their wedding and engagement etc.
We downloaded all photos on SSD drive and giving photo’s to whoever is pictured in them along with an SSD drive for them as well, accept for the most precious pictures to be kept in an album. A thumb drive made of favorites to go into a digital frame for continued enjoyment;)
Marissa you are awesome. I love your videos. You are such a nice person. Thank you for letting us take part in your daily decluttering process. This is really personal. Not everyone would allow so many people to watch, while decluttering. Such a gift for me. And all the thoughts about it, you share with us. This is so precious...😘
I love how you (and your in-laws) go about gifts that no longer serve you or aren't as useful as you thought they would be and just give them back without any hard feelings. In my family the giving back of gifts or presents would be so bad received that everyone hangs on to those items for fear to hurt anyones feelings. I also would love to see a video about a memory box.
When you finally pair down and minimalize the clutter that starts to accumulate really stands out. I am noticing this as well. I have the main level of my home visually decluttered but I still have a basement and cupboards that need to be decluttered. Your channel is helping me tremendously!
It's amazing when I go through decluttered spaces and find more items that I need to let go! It's give me more peace and simplicity to my life. I'm excited to see the number of subs to your channel keeps growing!!!! You're doing a great job, Marissa!!! Smiles from Texas...🚪
I would love to hear more about memory boxes. As of right now, my children have quite large memory boxes and I would appreciate advice on how to pare it down.
All of my children are grown with families of their own. I retired and sold my home and decluttered my entire hone. I bought a box for each of my children and put only the very special things and made each one a scrapbook. I gave them to them last Christmas. They were so thrilled! We went through their items and shared our memories. I think this was made it special because they just have a fancy box of memories instead of a bunch of boxes and paperwork
Ask your kids about the pieces you have in them, if they are not special now they definitely won't be special in the future. We grew up as a minimalist family of 8. Moving constantly. So for us we didn't have alot of space or opportunity to accumulate things. Which has been such a blessing in my life. When my mother moved back to her home country she gave me a small ziploc bag of childhood pics (20ish) and a stack of my report cards and multiple awards. That's all I had and now I only kept about 1/2 the pics and thats it. Im super happy I don't have to be burdened with so much stuff from the past. We have a large family and memories are always shared. So I don't feel any loss.
This is so inspirational for me right now! I'm in the midst of my first real attempt at decluttering EVERYTHING and since I'm 6 months pregnant it's a bit crazy 🤣 but I know it will be worth it because I am watching you clean and declutter your ENTIRE HOUSE in the amount of time it takes me to just clean up the living room right now. And our place is tiny. I can't wait to declutter everything and simplify my life ❤ And yes I know this wasn't filmed all at once, probably over several days- but yes it takes me several days to clean our living room
I have significant arthritis and am waiting for hand injections. I took what you said to heart about no excuses. So while listening, I took everything out of one of my most used drawers, vacuumed and decluttered. Not a big project but now every time I open that drawer it feels good as opposed to the zillion times I have said I was going to clean it out. Done!
I so apprecaite the empty space. I felt myself tak a deep breath with the "after" video. I decluttered and organized all day and you really inspired me.Thank you.
🚪 Again, you rock Marissa!! I’ve been living “minimalistically” at our cabin in the woods. We had to come in to the city for some appointments, including my hair donation/cut, and the house just seems too much! We’ll be back here in a couple of months. I’ll save this video to watch again then. I know that I will be getting rid of so much more at that time. I find myself, as I go sleep in the cabin, thinking of the many things back home in my house, that I can get rid of. Thanks to you, I feel truly motivated. Maybe sometime I’ll feel better about recording this process like you also encouraged me to try. Keep on keeping on dear Marissa!! 💕
It sounds like your silent to do list is growing, Wendy! Definitely time to give it a bit of a purge so you can sleep better at night, good luck getting it done in the future and thank you! ❤️
I started declutterring today 😊 I’m happy and emotional at the same time 🚪More to go. I don’t want to stop. Letting go will be hard for me because I’m a hoarder for 8 years.😅
You totally motivated me to do a pass through my house, as it had been awhile. I was able to collect a paper bag of trash, one of donations, and a stack of books to try and sell. . I think the biggest thing for me was today I threw away my childhood keepsakes binder. I was a hoarder as a child and had stacks and stacks of my artwork, school work, important to me papers, etc. I remember working my way through them in high school and creating two keepsake binders of the most important things. In college I worked it down to one. And now I pulled out four pictures and trashed the rest. I don’t feel the need to cart it around with me any longer!
WOW you were busy! I love what you said at the end regarding the fact that even minimalists will have clutter to deal with! As a large minimalist family (with 5 kids) it is a constant effort to stay on top of the intake; But the peace our simple home gives our family is so worth it! Love your channel!
Thank you, I’ve had mental and physical paralysis all day & I just wanted to get ANYTHING done.. i decluttered 2 drawers in my bathroom that resulted in 2 bags of clutter removed from my bathroom 😭❤️
For the wooden floors you can get like a stick of hard wax in the same colour as your floor and you just rub it on and wipe with a dry cloth (they may be called wood vax repair kit or something similar) we used them on our floors and they now look amazing, removes scratches and small chips in the floor. Love your content :)
🚪! Thank you for sharing. It's hard to realize sometimes, that minimalism is an ongoing journey. I always have to remember myself, that it will never be in a finished state.
Great tips 👍😁, it's amazing how much people can accumulate, even when you are a minimalist 😳😳😳. I have to pack up my kitchen, laundry, pantry and storage room this coming week as we are ripping it all out, bringing down walls and renovating those spaces. I am sure that I am going to be shocked by how much we own 😳🤦. I need to do a whole house declutter, but it's going to have to wait until the renovation is done.
I'm constantly complaining about our closets being too small and my office untidy (because of the closet-thing). But no, our closets are big enough, I've got to declutter! Thanks a million for you inspirational, practical and pleasant videos!
I love your videos so much!! Your channel is my favorite. I can definitely relate to being emotionally attached to things. The hardest items to let go of are items of my only son. I sadly can't have any more children due to health reasons so I think it's triggering me to hold on even more to anything that I remembered him wearing, playing with, or things that he made. At the same time, I totally know that all of this "stuff" is keeping me from what is really important, making memories and spending time with the people I love. I am constantly shuffling stuff here and there and losing things...causing obvious STRESS!! My goal is to become a minimalist and I like that you are totally real about where you started and where you are now and your whole journey...that it isn't going to be easy but it's going to be worth it!
Aw, thank you so much for your kind words, I can definitely relate to what you’re saying! Sentimental stuff is tough to get through but so rewarding. Give yourself time and grace. ❤️
Honestly, it took me 20 years to recognize the fact that I could throw away my children's artwork without throwing away my CHILD from my heart. It seems dumb now, but it felt disloyal somehow.
I had scan the drawings i liked when i was in school ( i had one or 2 notebooks each year because i draw so much) Afther taking all my university or those drawings to recicle, i decluter months later my scans and get rid of most of those drawings ( i had some dresses i want to make someday, and i stay with one drawing that my history teacher asked me to do, i protect it profesionally this year and it lives now in my important papers)
That is SO well put. I am still hoarding my own childhood drawings due to a broken childhood, and to be honest it just triggers a lot of emotions and questions that aren't bringing me any joy. Thank you for wording this so nicely
You could put dividers into the top drawer of the kids' dresser. I use boxes, cut down, to separate my dainties drawers. Yes, I have too many socks, bras, panties, panty hose of various kinds. But dividers helps me keep them separated.
When we were in high school my husband had a part-time job with the school cleaning crew. One of the best, easiest ways they removed scuff marks from the floors was by wearing white soled tennis shoes while working and rubbing the sole of the shoe on the marks before they mopped.
I can’t believe we won’t see your moonwalk socks this winter! You’ll have to improvise. I would love to see a memory box video. I got right to work after watching this video. Great Sunday motivation, Marissa! So many awesome comments on here. You’re clearly having a positive impact with your work. The best part is that your authenticity shines through!
I have 1 room done… I’m 60 years old and I don’t want my kids to have to clean out everything. So it’s a journey 🚪 I do LOVE plants 🪴 it’s a problem. I have 100!
🚪Decluttering my home as we speak... starting with my clothes, pantry... and moving forward to the rest of the house. Thanks for the motivation and great advice!!! 🤗 Life, Love & Peace to All. 🌻💜🌴
Thank you, someone else made the same suggestion and I ended up doing it this past Christmas, along with old muslin wraps. You can seem them here ☺️ ruclips.net/video/G3Q-v9xTH2o/видео.html
Found your channel a couple days ago and now binging every video.. of course had to declutter my already decluttered house too! Great content :) please do include videos on when you start learning German!
Take a picture of the sentimental things that are worn out for, sweet memories… that has been enough for me.😃. Your place is already cleaned out…. You would shudder at my place🤦🏻♀️
Watching this I was mentally going through my house so after this video it’s go time for me . You are so right it is an on going process or the clutter builds. I love the picture above your sofa 🛋 Etsy? We have neighbors above us same thing🤦🏻♀️ I love your channel 🤩 Thanks, Marissa
Good luck with your decluttering, Anna - the picture is from IKEA! I can’t ever find it on our website, so it might be sold out in our area, but maybe they have it in yours? 🖼
Just a tip about your neighbor who walks around late at night and keeps your husband awake: a lot of that noise can probably be reduced if your neighbor puts down a carpet with a carpet pad. He might be a minimalist like you, with bare floors (which can be noisy). Try asking your neighbor about it and ask if he hears you downstairs, because noise goes in both directions. And it looks like you have laminate floors in the building, which can get very loud, especially if they're nailed directly onto the subfloor.
Craft supplies were a big one for me too lol. I gifted all of the stuff I wasn’t gonna use to my brothers 3 kids and according to him, they’ve had a blast making stuff on the rainy days.
I used to use kitchen sponges for getting rid of marks on the floor. It worked extremely well in our classroom when there were lots of different shoes' marks.
I love you so much Marissa! Your love for your husband and kids is so inspiring. Beautiful to see how you encourage them and countless others to truly value and care for their belongings with intention.
“Gotta have stuff to wax your mustache guys. Shoulda done it for this video.” 😂 Love your sense of humour. So relatable lol. Thanks for your entertaining and motivating videos!
@@AtoZenLife ha, my kids would love seeing me wax. I should try it. When I worked in a mechanic shop, I once had a disgruntled client tell me I should wax my mustache. I thought that was a pretty creative diss. Got a laugh out of it lol.
Hi I would like to see how I can make a memory box, thank you so much for bringing it up I am a sentimental person also so I think I should have one of those… thanks 😊 I really enjoy your channel, you’re a very honest person
The checkbook cover was a good save. It can be a happy reminder for days to come. Hitting sentimental stuff smack in the middle of a general cleaning declutter can be so hard. I'm right there with you.
Homedecor wise I am an eclectic maximalist, leaning into a goth home direction - so my place looks completely different from yours. However, besides homedecor I am trying to not have too many items and I am on a constant decluttering journey. So even if we probably have very different opinions on whats necessary to have, your videos are still very inspiring to me!
When you told us to get up and declutter with you i just got up and was like "yes ma'am", paused the Video thinking abaut where to start and now i'm building a tabel-shelf thing for the place under the TV and started organising the clutter in my living room. Things i didn't got done for weeks. So big thank you to you🖤
I've been purging like mad lately as we're moving in a week. Downsizing from a 3 bed house to a narrowboat! Eek! Partner and I will have a studio where I can keep books, art supplies and hobby stuff (though I'm gonna get tough with myself and continue the purge, especially if I don't use things) What prompted me to reply was that after a big decluttering sesh today, I'm watching this video for encouragement and I'm wearing the same dress as you with my hair in a bun!
🚪Totally inspiring. Your videos have really helped me in so many ways You have helped me reflect on why I save things, spend money, make excuses and become more minimalist. When both my parents past away I would have given everything I had to get a little more time with them. it showed me what was really important.
I do keep some old sentimental stuff *a small box or shelf for my kids to look at and play with. I used to love going through my mums stuff when I was little. 🥰
I called up 1-800-GOT JUNK, and they took everthing in my apartment in 6 1/2 hours and 4 1/2 trucks at $800 per truck. I now own 2 suitcase and a backpack with my favorite electronics and a laptop, and have moved to Queretaro, Mexico at age 79. I always had controlled clutter in Rubber Maid container 13/20 gallons.
🚪I just started some serious decluttering of my life. Feels good and its creating a lot more calmness in my family and it's surprising me how much it's positively impacted my life already.
🚪 came across this whilst listening to RUclips on a speaker whilst organising my room and moving into my brothers room! Such a good video, some good motivation!
Watching this video I suddenly felt so emotional! I’ve been wanting to declutter for years but my husband is an emotional hoarder (abusive childhood) and hates to get rid of anything to the point of becoming angry. He is out of the house five days a week and I feel so trapped with all the clutter I’m held responsible for keeping clean…😭. Your home is so lovely and tidy! We have three small children and even maintaining a semblance of order with all this stuff seems unattainable.
Same boat!! I am working so hard with my husband and even myself (abusive childhood for both of us) to work through things but he just isn’t ready yet. I’ve really had to take a step back to become okay with him not being ready yet especially since I am the keeper of order as well as the homeschooling mom and bread winner in our house for now. It’s been a rough year. 🥴 it will get better and you’re not alone! ❤️
For next time (if needed), you cam refill the beanbags and it will become firmer again and more comfortable as before. I watched the video with a sleeping baby on me so couldn't declutter along but still got motivated 🙂🙂
It was an odd pear shape too, even brand new it didn't have much "form" but this could be an option for sure. I have also seen beanbag chairs that you can fill with stuffed animals to double as storage. So many possibilities. :)
@@AtoZenLife we have 2 of the bags from Amazon that you fill with stuffed animals and adore them!! We actually downsized our stuffed animals but I kept the squishmallows for the bag and it's a favorite seat now
Haha! I've decluttered whilst watching your videos many times. That's because you inspired me to jump right up and get to work. Except you aren't a podcast and I do get a little destracted because I want to watch too!😂 This time you're asking me!!! LOL! Yes Marissa. 😄
🚪 thank you for the inspiration! 🤗 I'm decluttering too with two kids and lots of stuff in the basement. It takes a long time and I have to remind myself over and over again because my procrastinating self always forgets 😅
@@AtoZenLife It's bizzare knowing it will make me a lot happier and yet 8 years later I'm still cluttered. I married a "keeper of things that will be useful one day " type. I actually get stressed and panicked by stuff not in its place and want to throw most everything out.
@@AtoZenLife everything basically lol! So far though we have done the garage, basement, linen closet, and kids rooms. Still to go kitchen, laundry room, our bedroom, storage room, and our bathroom.
🚪 I love when you do your whole house decuttering! I’m there with you..finishing up my office area today…great job with your spaces!! Btw, I’ll be visiting Berlin in a few weeks and staying in the area close to Checkpoint Charlie. We’re hoping to hit many of the sights including a few museums. Praying for good weather, of course…Cheers!
To remove the scuffs on the floor: Car wax with a bit of rubbing compound may work. Maybe just car wax along? Rubbing compound can be pricey. If the car wax doesn't work by itself maybe you can put a tiny tiny bit of baking soda with it to help rub the scuff away. Hope it works. Love your video. I'm a collector and I need to do a tremendous amount of decluttering.
Like you say, I'm learning that minimalism is not a just a goal, but an ongoing process that needs regular monitoring to remain my lifestyle. Things can creep in and accumulate faster than you think. I usually do a declutter once or twice a year. Going through my wardrobe this past weekend, I finally decided to let go of a lot of old souvenir t-shirts I'd been holding on to for sentimental reasons. They weren't in good enough condition to donate, and I'd never wear them in public anymore even if they did still fit (which they didn't). I usually don't get attached to things, but putting these in the recycle bin was HARD. I took pictures of them beforehand, so at least they still live on in my computer, just not in my closet. Then I took them out to the collection centre right away before I could change my mind. After watching your videos today, I mentally thanked those T's for the great memories they'd held for so long, and bid them googbye. Thank you so much for sharing that tip! 🙂👍
I had a very similar wallet which I owned for over 20 years. It was completely falling apart and it took me months to find a wallet that would work for me. I was thrilled that it had lasted that long, once I realized I needed a new one and figured out how long I'd had it. But what was really funny is the style of wallets has changed so much in 20+ years - either bigger like a full purse or much much smaller for the very active people who want it to fit in their pocket. I finally found one in Costco that works great.
So similar! Yes, the style has changed so much - it was only the sentimental memories that were tethering me to this wallet, so it was a big step for me to let it go. I’m glad that you found one that works for you, Beverly. ❤️
🚪 Currently decluttering garage and it’s side storage area which houses my grandparents’ belongings, children’s items, my sentimental stuff, multiple-holiday decorations... 😭. We haven’t been able to park in there for a couple weeks now. When finished, I need to go through my mother’s items my father set aside after she died. I was supposed to help him while he did it but couldn’t. I find your channel to be comforting because you’re so open about the emotions and sentiment...and you’re getting through it...I can, too 🌱💚🌱
🚪 I went thru my knitting supplies last week and have a bag ready to send to a friend who will use them. I have simplified my crafting supplies a lot, now it’s time to tackle photos.
💕💕💕I would make quilt out of the baby material, you can tack it, hem it, if not big enough for bed, can be use as a couch cover & later add more material to make bigger for a blanket 💕💕💕
Started to decluttering now.. and your videos help me giving me ideas. And now moving to another country will make me start fresh and live minimalistic. Thank you.
Thank you so much ! It's been several months that I have to throw away a wallet with sentimental value .. I took it back today while hesitating to throw it away, and I saw your video ... if you could, I can too . Thank you very much Marissa for your video, It`s always a pleasure to watch it . :D
I don’t just throw kids art away, I give it back to them so they can look at it /break it because they always do it then we can throw it away because it’s broken now. And I feel less bad 😬🙃
I think that when people have a steady income coming into their home it's easier to declutter the way you are doing it. Like you have said in many videos sometimes we look at things as money and not the value that they bring into our home.
You should take a picture of your very well used coach wallet and show your Aunt exactly how much you loved and used it. I bet it will make her smile so much💗. It’s a wonderful memory for you both
I'm envious of your space 😍 so bright and spacious. My own space is smaller than your office 😅 with a tiny, shared kitchen and a shared bathroom. I love my home and my roommate but keeping it uncluttered is hard work! I haven't managed to create 'extra' space anywhere yet...
I've been decluttering and using your videos for motivation. We are downsizing and have collected lots of things we really don't need. My wardrobe still needs some work, but I'll go back to that again this month. ❤️❤️❤️ Loving this channel!!
🚪 I had to search for this emoji 🤪 I love this zone approach, I might have to adopt it for myself as I hope to guide some friends on their decluttering journey. Thanks for your dedication and simple explanations that keep me on track 🥰
🚪 I am a huge advocate of living minimally. I grew up in the same home for 18 years and was very secure. Then my “Gypsy” journey began at 18 making 50 moves between then and now 45 years later due to my husbands control issues. 5 years ago I became a single woman and bought myself a 400 sq ft beautiful home on the Bay with Mountain & Valley View’s on 3 sides. It is the most freeing peaceful home Of only my very special keepsakes. All of which have meaning to myself and 3 grown children. With my many moves - I learned early in life to only keep what was used on a regular basis and donated the rest. My passion of refurbishing things has allowed me to find most anything I need at thrift stores at a minimal cost - therefore keeping my stress level down- plus gives me more time to do the things I love out in nature. Take that first step - you won’t regret! Karen
Loved this video! I find decluttering photos tricky - not with letting go of them, but what to do with them! Photo paper is not recyclable but I just can’t stick them in the rubbish (especially photos of people). Last time I ended up having a little photo bonfire 🔥
Drop your 🚪 emoji and LIKE THIS VIDEO 👉 if this video gets to 10,000 likes my husband has agreed to do a declutter with me video. (My complete hoarder to minimalist journey here: ruclips.net/video/VeLg5rDNs-8/видео.html)
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I recommend getting fountain pens they classy and you can just refill. Plus ink comes in glass
Love your boys bedroom!!❤
I love the “grab your boxes an bins and declutter as we go” recommendation! Great way to get us going;)
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School papers tip: My parents started a tradition with their grandkids to have a bonfire at the end of the school year and burn their papers from school. It helps my daughter let go of them so much easier because its a fun event.
Wow, great idea for this!
Not a great idea for German schools cause sometimes the teachers want all the papers etc from the school years before so it's best to keep school stuff for 3-4 years, especially in middle school.
@@jasminkln really? Wow! That's a bummer to have to hold onto so much.
@@jasminkln that is really interesting. No American school teacher has the time to look at students work from 1 grade ago, much less 2 or 3 grades ago, with the exception of major essays and science reports I suppose.
I love this idea!! I homeschool and the paper clutter is unreal at the end of the year. Every Scribble is precious to my kiddos lol I think they will be willing to part with more if we try this. Thank you!!
I have to say I really appreciate your transparency and the fact that you’re open about your emotions when decluttering. As sad as the circumstance is it’s nice to see authenticity
Thanks so much, Katherine! ❤️🩹
I think it's fun to take a picture of the kid holding their drawing/ painting or craft. They often are proud, and like showing what they did. It's fun to catch that in the photo. In my opinion it's more fun to both see the kid and the artwork together, than the artwork only. You often can declutter the things they crated after a while, or if it breaks. Then it's fun to keep the photo of the proud and happy kid. 😊
A 40 minute video??!! I feel so blessed. You’ll never understand how much your videos help me. (It’s not that good ) lol but I even created a decluttering video myself because you’ve been such an inspiration. And I’m so happy that after 3 years - in a few months I will be cluttefree 100%
Aw, thanks so much! Wishing you all the best in getting to that 100% clutter free point. 👏🍀👏
Congrats! I'm just starting and I'm 67 with a lot of health problems. If I survive amother 3 years and have successfully decluttered, I know it will improve my quality of life! 🙏😊🙏
Something amazing is the longer I’ve been decluttering, certain things I thought I’d never get rid of start to become less importantly me, and then I let them go! Currently though, getting rid of clothing has been tough for me.
Your "cluttered" house is already 100 times better than any goal I set for decluttering mine.
The most powerful lesson though, was seeing your wedding picture in the "letting go" pile. I have a lot to learn from you, and will make a point of going through every video you have on the subject.
I have stuff accumulated for decades.. Decluttering will take a lot of effort emotionally and physically, as well as time, but I KNOW it is what I need do to set myself FREE. Thank you for your work.
We boil a full kettle of water, even for 1 cup, and then the balance of the hot water goes in a thermo jug for the next person who wants a cup of tea or coffee. That way the kettle isn't being boiled too often.
Thank you for a fruitful decluttering session! After Divorce, it was much needed! I was gone 7 weeks and anything he could mess up he did! Water in liquor, honey poured in between boxes of pasta! I tackled while I listened to you! I did major decluttering in 2015 and sold what was In a storage unit!!! Was able to get a new pare of glasses to see with!!! My clothes need a small over haul and most all is hanging or folded neatly in drawers. I am getting a cat in a few weeks after she gets cares at the animal shelter! So I'm doing my best to organize yarn which is not out of control. I'm knitting a cat mat for her kennel! I'm retired and love being at home but want a small companion and she will be so much fun! I love your videos! Keep encouraging us to do well for ourselves and not someone else!!!
Wow, so toxic. I'm glad you're no longer with such a petty person. I hope that every time you see something petty and toxic he did to frustate you, you can realize how much better it is not to be with someone like that and it brings you peace. 🤗 It wouldn't hurt to document all those things too, that stuff can come in handy in a court case 😜
Marrissa, please try to keep 2 copies of sentimental family photos etc. It's much easier as a child of 3 when parents pass, to not have to fight over pics and piece together the past and memories with only a few bits. More recently our dad died. My brother had to tell me a lot about our parents history. He took the paperwork and newspapers of events such as their wedding and engagement etc.
We downloaded all photos on SSD drive and giving photo’s to whoever is pictured in them along with an SSD drive for them as well, accept for the most precious pictures to be kept in an album. A thumb drive made of favorites to go into a digital frame for continued enjoyment;)
Marissa you are awesome. I love your videos. You are such a nice person. Thank you for letting us take part in your daily decluttering process. This is really personal. Not everyone would allow so many people to watch, while decluttering. Such a gift for me. And all the thoughts about it, you share with us. This is so precious...😘
I love how you (and your in-laws) go about gifts that no longer serve you or aren't as useful as you thought they would be and just give them back without any hard feelings. In my family the giving back of gifts or presents would be so bad received that everyone hangs on to those items for fear to hurt anyones feelings.
I also would love to see a video about a memory box.
Thanks so much 🤗 and the memory box video is here: ruclips.net/video/QKwR9fw5qN0/видео.html . Enjoy!
When you finally pair down and minimalize the clutter that starts to accumulate really stands out. I am noticing this as well. I have the main level of my home visually decluttered but I still have a basement and cupboards that need to be decluttered. Your channel is helping me tremendously!
This channel his helping me so much too.
Ditto;) 🚪
It's amazing when I go through decluttered spaces and find more items that I need to let go! It's give me more peace and simplicity to my life. I'm excited to see the number of subs to your channel keeps growing!!!! You're doing a great job, Marissa!!! Smiles from Texas...🚪
Great job! I wish my "after" looked as good as your "before." Love your furniture. 🚪
I would love to hear more about memory boxes. As of right now, my children have quite large memory boxes and I would appreciate advice on how to pare it down.
What helps me is taking a picture of things, so that I can still remember. So it's easier to let go.
All of my children are grown with families of their own. I retired and sold my home and decluttered my entire hone. I bought a box for each of my children and put only the very special things and made each one a scrapbook. I gave them to them last Christmas. They were so thrilled! We went through their items and shared our memories. I think this was made it special because they just have a fancy box of memories instead of a bunch of boxes and paperwork
Ask your kids about the pieces you have in them, if they are not special now they definitely won't be special in the future. We grew up as a minimalist family of 8. Moving constantly. So for us we didn't have alot of space or opportunity to accumulate things. Which has been such a blessing in my life. When my mother moved back to her home country she gave me a small ziploc bag of childhood pics (20ish) and a stack of my report cards and multiple awards. That's all I had and now I only kept about 1/2 the pics and thats it. Im super happy I don't have to be burdened with so much stuff from the past. We have a large family and memories are always shared. So I don't feel any loss.
We also made memory quilts after my parents passed. Feels like a hug. 🥹
I'm doing my 4 declutter but it is last one .😁🚪 We have only 30%left and all is what we use and need for every day.
This is so inspirational for me right now! I'm in the midst of my first real attempt at decluttering EVERYTHING and since I'm 6 months pregnant it's a bit crazy 🤣 but I know it will be worth it because I am watching you clean and declutter your ENTIRE HOUSE in the amount of time it takes me to just clean up the living room right now. And our place is tiny. I can't wait to declutter everything and simplify my life ❤
And yes I know this wasn't filmed all at once, probably over several days- but yes it takes me several days to clean our living room
I have significant arthritis and am waiting for hand injections. I took what you said to heart about no excuses. So while listening, I took everything out of one of my most used drawers, vacuumed and decluttered. Not a big project but now every time I open that drawer it feels good as opposed to the zillion times I have said I was going to clean it out. Done!
I so apprecaite the empty space. I felt myself tak a deep breath with the "after" video. I decluttered and organized all day and you really inspired me.Thank you.
🚪 Again, you rock Marissa!! I’ve been living “minimalistically” at our cabin in the woods. We had to come in to the city for some appointments, including my hair donation/cut, and the house just seems too much! We’ll be back here in a couple of months. I’ll save this video to watch again then. I know that I will be getting rid of so much more at that time. I find myself, as I go sleep in the cabin, thinking of the many things back home in my house, that I can get rid of. Thanks to you, I feel truly motivated. Maybe sometime I’ll feel better about recording this process like you also encouraged me to try. Keep on keeping on dear Marissa!! 💕
It sounds like your silent to do list is growing, Wendy! Definitely time to give it a bit of a purge so you can sleep better at night, good luck getting it done in the future and thank you! ❤️
I started declutterring today 😊 I’m happy and emotional at the same time 🚪More to go. I don’t want to stop. Letting go will be hard for me because I’m a hoarder for 8 years.😅
You totally motivated me to do a pass through my house, as it had been awhile. I was able to collect a paper bag of trash, one of donations, and a stack of books to try and sell.
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I think the biggest thing for me was today I threw away my childhood keepsakes binder. I was a hoarder as a child and had stacks and stacks of my artwork, school work, important to me papers, etc. I remember working my way through them in high school and creating two keepsake binders of the most important things. In college I worked it down to one. And now I pulled out four pictures and trashed the rest. I don’t feel the need to cart it around with me any longer!
I want to see the husband declutter 👍
Let's go for 10k likes! 👍
I thought hey why would she want to get rid of her husband?? I guess thats what you get when you consume english content as a german :"D
same
WOW you were busy! I love what you said at the end regarding the fact that even minimalists will have clutter to deal with! As a large minimalist family (with 5 kids) it is a constant effort to stay on top of the intake; But the peace our simple home gives our family is so worth it! Love your channel!
So glad you agree - we need to get the family minimalism message out to more families right? 🙌
@@AtoZenLife absolutely!
Yes you can't declutter once and it's done sadly... you need to declutter at least every 4 months x
🚪FIRST COMMENT! Can't wait to declutter along with you after church, but wanted to say hi LOL!
Yay! Number one fan, right here lol. 😆 Thanks for watching and loved YOUR declutter video the other day.
Thank you, I’ve had mental and physical paralysis all day & I just wanted to get ANYTHING done.. i decluttered 2 drawers in my bathroom that resulted in 2 bags of clutter removed from my bathroom 😭❤️
Yes, we want a video about the memory box.😍
Noted! 📝 😆
For the wooden floors you can get like a stick of hard wax in the same colour as your floor and you just rub it on and wipe with a dry cloth (they may be called wood vax repair kit or something similar) we used them on our floors and they now look amazing, removes scratches and small chips in the floor. Love your content :)
Thanks for the tip, I’m getting so many good suggestions I’ve got to make a note of all of these. 🤗 And thanks for watching!
🚪! Thank you for sharing. It's hard to realize sometimes, that minimalism is an ongoing journey. I always have to remember myself, that it will never be in a finished state.
Started a memory box for each of my three kids yesterday! ❤️🥰
Sending you and your family love from France!! 🤩😘😘
We are so on the same page, Helene! 👍 waving 👋 from Germany 🇩🇪
@@AtoZenLife I would love a video on memory boxes especially for kids!
Great tips 👍😁, it's amazing how much people can accumulate, even when you are a minimalist 😳😳😳. I have to pack up my kitchen, laundry, pantry and storage room this coming week as we are ripping it all out, bringing down walls and renovating those spaces. I am sure that I am going to be shocked by how much we own 😳🤦. I need to do a whole house declutter, but it's going to have to wait until the renovation is done.
I'm constantly complaining about our closets being too small and my office untidy (because of the closet-thing). But no, our closets are big enough, I've got to declutter! Thanks a million for you inspirational, practical and pleasant videos!
Wonderful, cheering you on! 📣
I love your videos so much!! Your channel is my favorite. I can definitely relate to being emotionally attached to things. The hardest items to let go of are items of my only son. I sadly can't have any more children due to health reasons so I think it's triggering me to hold on even more to anything that I remembered him wearing, playing with, or things that he made. At the same time, I totally know that all of this "stuff" is keeping me from what is really important, making memories and spending time with the people I love. I am constantly shuffling stuff here and there and losing things...causing obvious STRESS!! My goal is to become a minimalist and I like that you are totally real about where you started and where you are now and your whole journey...that it isn't going to be easy but it's going to be worth it!
Aw, thank you so much for your kind words, I can definitely relate to what you’re saying! Sentimental stuff is tough to get through but so rewarding. Give yourself time and grace. ❤️
I've just discovered your channel and love it so much. It's authentic and sincere!
I’ve just started to declutter a week ago. I have miles and miles to go. Thanks for your honesty.
Honestly, it took me 20 years to recognize the fact that I could throw away my children's artwork without throwing away my CHILD from my heart. It seems dumb now, but it felt disloyal somehow.
So true!!
I take pics of the artwork... and incorporate them into photo albulmns. 🌻💜🌴
I had scan the drawings i liked when i was in school ( i had one or 2 notebooks each year because i draw so much)
Afther taking all my university or those drawings to recicle, i decluter months later my scans and get rid of most of those drawings ( i had some dresses i want to make someday, and i stay with one drawing that my history teacher asked me to do, i protect it profesionally this year and it lives now in my important papers)
I needed to see this
That is SO well put. I am still hoarding my own childhood drawings due to a broken childhood, and to be honest it just triggers a lot of emotions and questions that aren't bringing me any joy. Thank you for wording this so nicely
You could put dividers into the top drawer of the kids' dresser. I use boxes, cut down, to separate my dainties drawers. Yes, I have too many socks, bras, panties, panty hose of various kinds. But dividers helps me keep them separated.
When we were in high school my husband had a part-time job with the school cleaning crew. One of the best, easiest ways they removed scuff marks from the floors was by wearing white soled tennis shoes while working and rubbing the sole of the shoe on the marks before they mopped.
I can’t believe we won’t see your moonwalk socks this winter! You’ll have to improvise. I would love to see a memory box video. I got right to work after watching this video. Great Sunday motivation, Marissa! So many awesome comments on here. You’re clearly having a positive impact with your work. The best part is that your authenticity shines through!
I have 1 room done…
I’m 60 years old and I don’t want my kids to have to clean out everything. So it’s a journey 🚪
I do LOVE plants 🪴 it’s a problem. I have 100!
Free up more space then the plants have more room to spread if that is what you love! 🌱
🚪Decluttering my home as we speak... starting with my clothes, pantry... and moving forward to the rest of the house. Thanks for the motivation and great advice!!! 🤗
Life, Love & Peace to All. 🌻💜🌴
You can use cute fabric samples as wrapping paper for gifts. Chic and eco friendly!
Thank you, someone else made the same suggestion and I ended up doing it this past Christmas, along with old muslin wraps. You can seem them here ☺️ ruclips.net/video/G3Q-v9xTH2o/видео.html
Found your channel a couple days ago and now binging every video.. of course had to declutter my already decluttered house too! Great content :) please do include videos on when you start learning German!
Lol, ditto! Also garnering lots of useful tips and inspiration for comments;) 🚪 😊
Take a picture of the sentimental things that are worn out for, sweet memories… that has been enough for me.😃. Your place is already cleaned out…. You would shudder at my place🤦🏻♀️
I would never shudder at some else’s mess, because I’ve been there. Took me 30 years to start letting go: ruclips.net/video/VeLg5rDNs-8/видео.html
Watching this I was mentally going through my house so after this video it’s go time for me . You are so right it is an on going process or the clutter builds. I love the picture above your sofa 🛋 Etsy?
We have neighbors above us same thing🤦🏻♀️
I love your channel 🤩 Thanks, Marissa
Good luck with your decluttering, Anna - the picture is from IKEA! I can’t ever find it on our website, so it might be sold out in our area, but maybe they have it in yours? 🖼
Just a tip about your neighbor who walks around late at night and keeps your husband awake: a lot of that noise can probably be reduced if your neighbor puts down a carpet with a carpet pad. He might be a minimalist like you, with bare floors (which can be noisy). Try asking your neighbor about it and ask if he hears you downstairs, because noise goes in both directions. And it looks like you have laminate floors in the building, which can get very loud, especially if they're nailed directly onto the subfloor.
Craft supplies were a big one for me too lol. I gifted all of the stuff I wasn’t gonna use to my brothers 3 kids and according to him, they’ve had a blast making stuff on the rainy days.
Nice! 👏
I used to use kitchen sponges for getting rid of marks on the floor. It worked extremely well in our classroom when there were lots of different shoes' marks.
I love you so much Marissa! Your love for your husband and kids is so inspiring. Beautiful to see how you encourage them and countless others to truly value and care for their belongings with intention.
Thanks so much for your kind words 🤗
This is great inspiration! Thank you so much!
-I’d suggest putting your futon in font of your sofa like an ottoman 👍🏼
“Gotta have stuff to wax your mustache guys. Shoulda done it for this video.” 😂 Love your sense of humour. So relatable lol. Thanks for your entertaining and motivating videos!
Thank you! Didi actually gets a kick out of watching me do it, so he usually is the one to remind me. 😂
@@AtoZenLife ha, my kids would love seeing me wax. I should try it. When I worked in a mechanic shop, I once had a disgruntled client tell me I should wax my mustache. I thought that was a pretty creative diss. Got a laugh out of it lol.
@@Kirstenthicke 🤭😂
Hi I would like to see how I can make a memory box, thank you so much for bringing it up
I am a sentimental person also so I think I should have one of those… thanks 😊 I really enjoy your channel, you’re a very honest person
Memory box: yes, please! Thanks. 😁
The checkbook cover was a good save. It can be a happy reminder for days to come. Hitting sentimental stuff smack in the middle of a general cleaning declutter can be so hard. I'm right there with you.
Homedecor wise I am an eclectic maximalist, leaning into a goth home direction - so my place looks completely different from yours. However, besides homedecor I am trying to not have too many items and I am on a constant decluttering journey. So even if we probably have very different opinions on whats necessary to have, your videos are still very inspiring to me!
Good luck with your decluttering and finding the right balance for your home! ✌️❤️
When you told us to get up and declutter with you i just got up and was like "yes ma'am", paused the Video thinking abaut where to start and now i'm building a tabel-shelf thing for the place under the TV and started organising the clutter in my living room. Things i didn't got done for weeks. So big thank you to you🖤
🚪Lots of Life transitions. Looking forward to doing this for along time, taking baby step. Ready to jump all in...
I've been purging like mad lately as we're moving in a week. Downsizing from a 3 bed house to a narrowboat! Eek! Partner and I will have a studio where I can keep books, art supplies and hobby stuff (though I'm gonna get tough with myself and continue the purge, especially if I don't use things) What prompted me to reply was that after a big decluttering sesh today, I'm watching this video for encouragement and I'm wearing the same dress as you with my hair in a bun!
🚪Totally inspiring. Your videos have really helped me in so many ways
You have helped me reflect on why I save things, spend money, make excuses and become more minimalist. When both my parents past away I would have given everything I had to get a little more time with them. it showed me what was really important.
I do keep some old sentimental stuff *a small box or shelf for my kids to look at and play with. I used to love going through my mums stuff when I was little. 🥰
I used to find GI Joes climbing the Norfolk Island Pine I had in my living room when my boys were small. lol
Thanks a lot, dear Marissa! You are my motivator!
I started decluttering on and off recently and the best and easiest way for me to part with things i love is to take photos of them to remember ♥
I called up 1-800-GOT JUNK, and they took everthing in my apartment in 6 1/2 hours and 4 1/2 trucks at $800 per truck. I now own 2 suitcase and a backpack with my favorite electronics and a laptop, and have moved to Queretaro, Mexico at age 79. I always had controlled clutter in Rubber Maid container 13/20 gallons.
🚪I just started some serious decluttering of my life. Feels good and its creating a lot more calmness in my family and it's surprising me how much it's positively impacted my life already.
🚪 came across this whilst listening to RUclips on a speaker whilst organising my room and moving into my brothers room! Such a good video, some good motivation!
Watching this video I suddenly felt so emotional! I’ve been wanting to declutter for years but my husband is an emotional hoarder (abusive childhood) and hates to get rid of anything to the point of becoming angry. He is out of the house five days a week and I feel so trapped with all the clutter I’m held responsible for keeping clean…😭. Your home is so lovely and tidy! We have three small children and even maintaining a semblance of order with all this stuff seems unattainable.
Same boat!! I am working so hard with my husband and even myself (abusive childhood for both of us) to work through things but he just isn’t ready yet. I’ve really had to take a step back to become okay with him not being ready yet especially since I am the keeper of order as well as the homeschooling mom and bread winner in our house for now. It’s been a rough year. 🥴 it will get better and you’re not alone! ❤️
@@akhoneybee9076 thank you! It is definitely a process!
For next time (if needed), you cam refill the beanbags and it will become firmer again and more comfortable as before.
I watched the video with a sleeping baby on me so couldn't declutter along but still got motivated 🙂🙂
It was an odd pear shape too, even brand new it didn't have much "form" but this could be an option for sure. I have also seen beanbag chairs that you can fill with stuffed animals to double as storage. So many possibilities. :)
@@AtoZenLife we have 2 of the bags from Amazon that you fill with stuffed animals and adore them!! We actually downsized our stuffed animals but I kept the squishmallows for the bag and it's a favorite seat now
Haha! I've decluttered whilst watching your videos many times. That's because you inspired me to jump right up and get to work. Except you aren't a podcast and I do get a little destracted because I want to watch too!😂 This time you're asking me!!! LOL! Yes Marissa. 😄
Hahahaha, that’s great to hear, Kristin! I hope you got a lot done!
🚪 thank you for the inspiration! 🤗 I'm decluttering too with two kids and lots of stuff in the basement. It takes a long time and I have to remind myself over and over again because my procrastinating self always forgets 😅
🚪 been on a decluttering journey for over a year and it continues... forever! Your videos keep me motivated
Same categories in the same area. Great tip!
I love how calm your house feels (even through the video). I wish my house was much closer to this feeling. I'm trying!
The title alone I'm so tempted. Just chuck everything excess. Bliss.
We’ve all felt that way! ❤️
@@AtoZenLife It's bizzare knowing it will make me a lot happier and yet 8 years later I'm still cluttered. I married a "keeper of things that will be useful one day " type. I actually get stressed and panicked by stuff not in its place and want to throw most everything out.
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Pls do the memory box video, i'd love that! Lots of Love to you and your family 🧡
💕💕💕bean bag chairs loose their stiffing Relator deteriorating, the packing peanuts can be use to Re stuffed them & help same with bean-back chairs
Yes for memory box!
Thanks Sophie!
🚪🚪🚪🚪 totally been on the decluttering kick! Thanks for sharing! 😊❤️👏🏽
Wishing you lots of motivation! What have you been working to declutter lately? 😊
@@AtoZenLife everything basically lol! So far though we have done the garage, basement, linen closet, and kids rooms. Still to go kitchen, laundry room, our bedroom, storage room, and our bathroom.
🚪 I love when you do your whole house decuttering! I’m there with you..finishing up my office area today…great job with your spaces!! Btw, I’ll be visiting Berlin in a few weeks and staying in the area close to Checkpoint Charlie. We’re hoping to hit many of the sights including a few museums. Praying for good weather, of course…Cheers!
I will keep my fingers crossed that you have good weather, thanks for watching and cheers! 🇩🇪
@@AtoZenLife thanks so much!
To remove the scuffs on the floor: Car wax with a bit of rubbing compound may work. Maybe just car wax along? Rubbing compound can be pricey. If the car wax doesn't work by itself maybe you can put a tiny tiny bit of baking soda with it to help rub the scuff away. Hope it works. Love your video. I'm a collector and I need to do a tremendous amount of decluttering.
Like you say, I'm learning that minimalism is not a just a goal, but an ongoing process that needs regular monitoring to remain my lifestyle. Things can creep in and accumulate faster than you think. I usually do a declutter once or twice a year.
Going through my wardrobe this past weekend, I finally decided to let go of a lot of old souvenir t-shirts I'd been holding on to for sentimental reasons. They weren't in good enough condition to donate, and I'd never wear them in public anymore even if they did still fit (which they didn't).
I usually don't get attached to things, but putting these in the recycle bin was HARD. I took pictures of them beforehand, so at least they still live on in my computer, just not in my closet. Then I took them out to the collection centre right away before I could change my mind.
After watching your videos today, I mentally thanked those T's for the great memories they'd held for so long, and bid them googbye. Thank you so much for sharing that tip! 🙂👍
My hubby and I just finished decluttering part of the garage! The process never truly ends, but that's OK - it has become strangely enjoyable. 🚪
Big hands up to you and hubby! 🙌
I've used Magic erasers to remove scuff marks from my wood floors. Worked really well!
I had a very similar wallet which I owned for over 20 years. It was completely falling apart and it took me months to find a wallet that would work for me. I was thrilled that it had lasted that long, once I realized I needed a new one and figured out how long I'd had it. But what was really funny is the style of wallets has changed so much in 20+ years - either bigger like a full purse or much much smaller for the very active people who want it to fit in their pocket. I finally found one in Costco that works great.
So similar! Yes, the style has changed so much - it was only the sentimental memories that were tethering me to this wallet, so it was a big step for me to let it go. I’m glad that you found one that works for you, Beverly. ❤️
🚪 Currently decluttering garage and it’s side storage area which houses my grandparents’ belongings, children’s items, my sentimental stuff, multiple-holiday decorations... 😭. We haven’t been able to park in there for a couple weeks now. When finished, I need to go through my mother’s items my father set aside after she died. I was supposed to help him while he did it but couldn’t.
I find your channel to be comforting because you’re so open about the emotions and sentiment...and you’re getting through it...I can, too
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🚪 I went thru my knitting supplies last week and have a bag ready to send to a friend who will use them. I have simplified my crafting supplies a lot, now it’s time to tackle photos.
💕💕💕I would make quilt out of the baby material, you can tack it, hem it, if not big enough for bed, can be use as a couch cover & later add more material to make bigger for a blanket 💕💕💕
Started to decluttering now.. and your videos help me giving me ideas. And now moving to another country will make me start fresh and live minimalistic. Thank you.
Thank you so much ! It's been several months that I have to throw away a wallet with sentimental value .. I took it back today while hesitating to throw it away, and I saw your video ... if you could, I can too . Thank you very much Marissa for your video, It`s always a pleasure to watch it . :D
Oh, so glad we could get through this together, Andrea! Thanks for sharing. ☺️
I don’t just throw kids art away, I give it back to them so they can look at it /break it because they always do it then we can throw it away because it’s broken now. And I feel less bad 😬🙃
I think that when people have a steady income coming into their home it's easier to declutter the way you are doing it. Like you have said in many videos sometimes we look at things as money and not the value that they bring into our home.
You should take a picture of your very well used coach wallet and show your Aunt exactly how much you loved and used it. I bet it will make her smile so much💗. It’s a wonderful memory for you both
I'm envious of your space 😍 so bright and spacious. My own space is smaller than your office 😅 with a tiny, shared kitchen and a shared bathroom. I love my home and my roommate but keeping it uncluttered is hard work! I haven't managed to create 'extra' space anywhere yet...
I've been decluttering and using your videos for motivation. We are downsizing and have collected lots of things we really don't need. My wardrobe still needs some work, but I'll go back to that again this month. ❤️❤️❤️ Loving this channel!!
Oooh, good luck with your downsizing! Thanks for watching! 👏
The painting/picture-I have been looking where to get that. I love it. The trees in fog.
It's an IKEA piece that's 3 years old - not sure if you can find it anymore, but worth a shot!
@@AtoZenLife Thank you so much for your reply. I love your channel.
🚪 I had to search for this emoji 🤪
I love this zone approach, I might have to adopt it for myself as I hope to guide some friends on their decluttering journey. Thanks for your dedication and simple explanations that keep me on track 🥰
🚪 I am a huge advocate of living minimally. I grew up in the same home for 18 years and was very secure. Then my “Gypsy” journey began at 18 making 50 moves between then and now 45 years later due to my husbands control issues. 5 years ago I became a single woman and bought myself a 400 sq ft beautiful home on the Bay with Mountain & Valley View’s on 3 sides. It is the most freeing peaceful home Of only my very special keepsakes. All of which have meaning to myself and 3 grown children. With my many moves - I learned early in life to only keep what was used on a regular basis and donated the rest. My passion of refurbishing things has allowed me to find most anything I need at thrift stores at a minimal cost - therefore keeping my stress level down- plus gives me more time to do the things I love out in nature.
Take that first step - you won’t regret!
Karen
Loved this video! I find decluttering photos tricky - not with letting go of them, but what to do with them! Photo paper is not recyclable but I just can’t stick them in the rubbish (especially photos of people). Last time I ended up having a little photo bonfire 🔥
Great video! I'm amazed by how much you got rid of! Very inspiring! :)