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. 😊
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.
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.
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! 🙏😊🙏
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.
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
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...😘
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!
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.
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.
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...🚪
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 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.
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 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.
🚪 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.😅
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!
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.
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!
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 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. ❤️
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 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!
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!
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 :)
🚪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. 🌻💜🌴
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.
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!
“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.
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.
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? 🖼
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.
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
Loved the music!! Got me in the mood!! Thanks for a great video! I look forward to a declutter with your hubby as well as figuring out whether to donate or sell items!!!
A declutter was not in my plans today, but you always motivate me 💜 I think it’s time to actually tackle all that paperwork 🤦🏻♀️ 💪🏼 I appreciate you so much 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 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.
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. 😄
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.
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 😭❤️
🚪 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 🥰
🚪 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!
🚪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'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!!
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🖤
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.
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.
Congratulations on letting go so many personal stuff including the fantasy self… major MAJOR accomplishments. I get so much inspiration from you for living the life NOW…
Thank you for sharing your journey 💚 you are so very inspiring. Congratulations on your amazing work. I am working through my stuff too.. I got shivers all over seeing on your vision board that little fairy card!! I have the same one ! A special gift from my aunty when I was 7 that I kept It says “ May all your dreams come true” I am intentionally clearing to make space for my dreams ✨🦋✨ Thank you
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 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.
Love your videos and attitude. Thanks for being so inspiring. What has helped me with scuffs from the floor in the past was school erasers (the white soft ones), or a ball of dried contact cement (super rubbery). Hope it helps!
🚪 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!
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.
Love your videos, so motivating and calming. Particularly like how you talk through your decluttering process, that is what is most helpful to me. Have you ever thought of doing a video on life as an expat in Germany? We are probably moving to Munich next year and I'm not finding too much about life in Germany that is not for very young people (we're in our late 60s). Thanks, Marissa!
I just loved seeing the Naruto lunchbox the most since it's my favourite anime. But your videos are always so relaxing, me and my best friend always watch to get tips for when we move to our new home.
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 🔥
🚪 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.
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. 😊
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.
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.
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
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! 🙏😊🙏
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.
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
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...😘
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;) 🚪
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 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!
Great job! I wish my "after" looked as good as your "before." Love your furniture. 🚪
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...🚪
Yes, we want a video about the memory box.😍
Noted! 📝 😆
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 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.
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
🚪! 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.
🚪 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.😅
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!
🚪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.
I've just discovered your channel and love it so much. It's authentic and sincere!
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!
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.
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 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 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. ❤️
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
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! 🌱
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;) 🚪 😊
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!
I’ve just started to declutter a week ago. I have miles and miles to go. Thanks for your honesty.
🚪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. 🌻💜🌴
This is great inspiration! Thank you so much!
-I’d suggest putting your futon in font of your sofa like an ottoman 👍🏼
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.
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! 📣
Definetly sentimental declutter and memory box 👍 thank you for the video very inspirational love your videos !
“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 🤭😂
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 🤗
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? 🖼
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.
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
Thanks a lot, dear Marissa! You are my motivator!
Loved the music!! Got me in the mood!! Thanks for a great video! I look forward to a declutter with your hubby as well as figuring out whether to donate or sell items!!!
Thanks Natasha, looking forward to your videos as well 😆
Perfect because today was the day! Cleaned up and ready to take in the week.🚪
A declutter was not in my plans today, but you always motivate me 💜 I think it’s time to actually tackle all that paperwork 🤦🏻♀️ 💪🏼 I appreciate you so much Marissa 🙏🏼
Yay!!! What a nice treat for a Sunday morning 🌄
Thanks, Melissa! Enjoy and have a great Sunday ☀️👍
🚪 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 😅
🚪🚪🚪🚪 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.
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!
You're by far my favorite minimalist vlogger. Thanks for your beautiful, inspirational & motivating videos.
The part about the wallet. Sooo with you. Thank you. Decluttering & listening now & it's really helping 😊
Memory box: yes, please! Thanks. 😁
This is so motivating! Great video! Thanks for sharing!
🚪starting our decluttering journey! Can’t wait to have less! Love your content!
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! 👏
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 😭❤️
🚪 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 🥰
🚪 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!
Great video! Thank you for the declutter motivation and great tips!
Thanks so much, Suzy, and happy decluttering to you. ✨
So glad you were able to get your video up!
Me too, thanks Helen! 🙌
Love this!!! 🚪 Been decluttering for a year. Feels much better!
🚪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.
🚪Lots of Life transitions. Looking forward to doing this for along time, taking baby step. Ready to jump all in...
This is so helpful and enjoyable to watch!! Thank you!
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! 👏
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 stopped this several times to get rid of stuff as I thought of it. Thanks for the clarity!
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.
I love how calm your house feels (even through the video). I wish my house was much closer to this feeling. I'm trying!
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.
Yes, I would appreciate a discussion of memory boxes. I only recently found your channel and am finding it very encouraging!
Congratulations on letting go so many personal stuff including the fantasy self… major MAJOR accomplishments. I get so much inspiration from you for living the life NOW…
🚪 Thank-you Marissa. Needed this today!
Thank you for sharing your journey 💚 you are so very inspiring. Congratulations on your amazing work. I am working through my stuff too..
I got shivers all over seeing on your vision board that little fairy card!! I have the same one ! A special gift from my aunty when I was 7 that I kept
It says “ May all your dreams come true”
I am intentionally clearing to make space for my dreams ✨🦋✨
Thank you
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. 🥰
Loved this video - So real so helpful - Love you 👊❤️
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.
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Pls do the memory box video, i'd love that! Lots of Love to you and your family 🧡
I LOVE your couch and kitchen chairs 😍😍
I love decluthering videos!!
Love your videos and attitude. Thanks for being so inspiring.
What has helped me with scuffs from the floor in the past was school erasers (the white soft ones), or a ball of dried contact cement (super rubbery).
Hope it helps!
Great video! I'm amazed by how much you got rid of! Very inspiring! :)
🚪 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!
I used to find GI Joes climbing the Norfolk Island Pine I had in my living room when my boys were small. lol
Great video! I have a similar folding mattresses (John Lewis, for the UK folks) and ended up sleeping on it for 6 weeks. It's very comfortable!
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.
I wanna see the memory box video for sure 😁 This was super satisfying and motivating to watch!
❤lol. Thanks for the video. Our house needs a major de clutter too. You did a great job. Thank you so much for sharing❤
Same categories in the same area. Great tip!
Love your videos, so motivating and calming. Particularly like how you talk through your decluttering process, that is what is most helpful to me. Have you ever thought of doing a video on life as an expat in Germany? We are probably moving to Munich next year and I'm not finding too much about life in Germany that is not for very young people (we're in our late 60s). Thanks, Marissa!
I just loved seeing the Naruto lunchbox the most since it's my favourite anime. But your videos are always so relaxing, me and my best friend always watch to get tips for when we move to our new home.
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 🔥
🚪 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.