Decluttering ONE MESS is GOOD ENOUGH
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
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Erica, you are such a beautiful speaker. The knowledge and advice you are sharing on RUclips here for other mothers is literally priceless. I commend you and thank you so much! The pressures of being all the things can really affect us mothers. The comment you made: "The all or nothing can be toxic." You hit the nail on the head for me with that. You feel inadequate if you cannot do it all. We already have enough as mothers to worry about as we are raising humans that we want to go out into the world and be good people. I had a friend one time say to me, "I feel like I'm dying when I'm doing the dishes." Now this may sound dramatic to others, but for people that suffer from anxiety and depression, this is very true and real feeling. Again, I want to thank you for all the advice, from the bottom of my heart. You are a treasure on this platform!
Hi, I feel the same way when I am folding clothes.sounds REDICULOUS but I will seperate, wash, and dry and put the clothes on the folding table and just walk away and pick through them later. I just wish I had a friend who would help me with folding clothes and organizing my mail.
I can relate to your friends feeling! Sometimes the little things like dishes or laundry can feel so exhausting when you have anxiety or depression.
@@charlottewhite1277 I find if I grab the larger laundry pieces first and fold them or hang them, the “pile “ isn’t as daunting. I also now bring hangers to the clothes instead of clothes to the hanger. It was too easy to drop things on the bed and say I’ll hang them later.
@Lindsay B you aren’t being dramatic. Loved your comment. Having anxiety and depression, the all-or-nothing thinking really creeps in. I hate it! Anything done is good! Sometimes I write down all the good things I’ve done at the end of the day!
@@EricaLucasLoves Yes! I don’t think people understand the exhaustion depression and anxiety brings. Especially after intense anxiety or a panic attack.
“Anything worth doing is worth doing half way” - that quote has helped me out so much with the same mentality. It’s ok to partially do something because at least you’re doing something. I also enjoy “you’re moving faster than the person on the couch” 🤪
Well said. 💕
"dont put it down, put it away" from dawn the minimal mom. this is making a huge difference in helping me to keep stuff under control
I have always been this way. And it's so easy. I don't understand why people don't. It saves a person so much time. I know some people think this is hard, but it's not.
I also like the "2-minute rule". If I can put something away or take care of a task in 2 minutes or less, I do it right then and not wait until later. It has made such a difference in my house!
@@hollyb5432 oh i am so loving that and the 5mins per room is amazing as well.....by not becoming overwelmed by the huge task and doing it in bite size pieces makes a huge difference
@@shirleygermain5707 it’s definitely not hard, but we’re all wired differently. For me it just requires a lot of FOCUS :)
@@mountaingarden8823 I get scattered bain sometimes and try to do 2 things at once, and end up saying... One thing at a time, girl. I hate to come back to the stuff that could already be done. My mother made me like this. lol😁
Hi Erica,I'm a widow w identical twins.their 16 now. I suffer from depression. Thank you for you're kindness and great videos as I am suffering tremendously due to clutter.clothes and paperwork. Please keep these decluttering videos coming. I need You
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(((((((((((HUGS))))))))))) and prayers…
Oh hugs!!!
Hugs!!!
Erica, I hope you realize what a huge inspiration you are for so many of us. I’ve watched your channel from the very beginning and it’s at the top of my list of favorites. You’re a beautiful soul. As another viewer mentioned, your voice is perfect in delivering your message. Just want to thank you and let you know you are greatly appreciated!
Thank you! I’ve taken to voiceovers lately because it’s easier for me to film and formulate thoughts. :)
Years ago, one of my co-workers told me I needed to add two words to my vocabulary, "good enough"! She was SO right. It is the antidote for my perfectionalism.
Some days good enough has to be good enough. I’m behind in my laundry and have a sick kiddo. Today, instead of perfectly sorting, I threw in a (probably too big) load, set it to max fill, and threw in a color catching sheet. We will have clean clothes, but it’s not perfect. Good enough is good enough today. ❤️
Oh sick kids throw everything for a loop!
“Good enough” is how I live as a disabled person. If I lived all or nothing I’d never get anything done. “All” would hurt me physically & put me in the hospital. “Nothing” would fuel my depression & I’d end up in the hospital under suicide watch. Middle path is the way to go. Good job doing all your doing 👍🙌👏 I’m rooting for you & see & celebrate your effort and progress ❤️
You know this mindset has REALLY helped me through our journey into minimalism too. I used to let things pile up because I didn’t have time right now to clean the whole kitchen. Or I was too tired! NOW if I don’t have Time or I’m too tired, I’ll tidy up a little. Since we’ve decluttered so much, there isn’t that much to pile up anymore, so when I do have time or energy, I can clean it up in 20 mins 🥰🥰🥰
It comforts me to know that I’m not alone on this journey and other people struggle too.
I loved watching you declutter while the coffee brewed….. : D
1/3 was trash! 😂
Erica. It is RARE that I clean my kitchen at night. I'm just too tired to do so after a busy day of doing all the things. I used to beat myself up about it bc everyone says you should have a clean kitchen to wake up to. Honestly, cleaning my kitchen in the morning while my coffee is brewing gets me motivated, and has become part of my "morning chores". I wouldn't have it any other way. I too am a ALL OR NOTHING/BLACK AND WHITE kinda person. It's just who I am and Ive accepted and embraced it fully. Deciding that I clean my kitchen in the AM helps me with that part of myself. Whatever I do, I want to do well. Im still working on the "good enough". Great video!!
I also do my kitchen clean up in the mornings. It starts my day, and only takes a small amount of time.
Because you have figured out a routine that works for YOU, I highly recommend you read The Lazy Genius! Kendra Adachi is all about figuring out what matters to YOU and ditching the rest. I gobbled this book up in three nights after everyone went to bed... but it comes as an audio book too!
@@reneea7811 Ohhhhh I will so read this! Thanks for the suggestion.
Those two words are my mantra when cleaning my bedroom every other week. I finish, say Good Enough, and walk out the door. Thank you, Erica, for reiterating those words for anyone watching this video. 😀
My dining room table is my hotspot for clutter..
I tell my self that I won't clutter it after I clean it up..but this is life..and we're not perfect..love you girl.. your the best....we are aloud to give our selves grace..
Oh mine too. But I have to remind myself that our life happens there so messes happen there. :)
The coffee pot brewing is one of my all time favorite soothing sounds.
Each member of my family has a different flat surface that is their clutter hotspot. 😂😢
I thought this was a beautiful video that I could relate to as a mother. The sun slowly rising in your kitchen, the music & the grace you were giving yourself.
I needed this style of video, this message and the background music to start my Monday. Thank you!! 💓
That’s wonderful!!!!
Using the coffee pot as a timer for cleaning is such a good idea! You get a reward at the end!
I just had a baby 3 weeks ago and already have a 2 year old. This is the message I needed this morning as I’ve been feeling like I’m failing at so many things. But what I’m doing is good enough. I’m here for my family and trying my best and my efforts are good enough.
YOU ARE AMAZING! You created a human and gave birth 3 weeks ago. Rest!
All or nothing has been my lifelong Achilles heel.Thanks for the reminder 💗
Let it go, let it go.....you are never a fail....expectations can be lowered, I think it is silly to think you need to be perfect
It really is the small things that make a difference in the function of a house. I like that you involve the family in the daily functioning of the household.
My dining room table is the indicator for how busy my week has been. It is always my Saturday plan to work on it while a load of laundry is going.
I can relate to when you said not doing it all represents a portion of failure.
I have felt that for many years. I am getting better with what your video was about today.
You explain, stuff so well, Erica.
Clutter hot spot: Everywhere!?
Only kidding but that is exactly how I used to live. Keep going if this is you. It will get better. Get rid of the extra stuff and you will not want to ever go back. Open space is the very best thing you can do for yourself. Reseting is easy at that point. Life changing truly.
In all honesty, my clutter hot spot is our entire home. 😥😖
I am still very early in my decluttering journey ….. still starting out dealing with the “stuff” in my battle towards recovery from [hoarding disorder].
My mental health, my WORTH and my relationship with the Lord needed to be revitalized, nourished and embraced before I could feel strong and sure enough to even begin to consider letting go of my great many objects that have brought me ~tainted~ joy, ~false~ security, and ~inaccurate~ identity in all my 41 years.
Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability in your videos. Your willingness to share the milestones along your bumpy, winding road has greatly inspired me and helped to keep me moving forward towards conquering this. ✊♥️
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My clutter hotspot is the pile of things I plan to declutter from the house. The thrift store load, the books I am passing on to friends, the items for neighbours, my sister, the ladies at work. I need to follow through and load items in the car, finish the job I started. :-) Thanks for the reminder. Keep making a difference Erica x
being a single parent for so long is exhausting, now your husband is back I am glad to see you are valuing you. your kids are plenty old enough to do everything these days, make it a game and have them draw a chore out of a bowl, play music, have fun, clean together… they will always love doing it
Erica, this is my favorite of your videos! I SO agree re: all-or-nothing mindset. Now that I’ve retired, I’ve gotten much better at “good enough.” I used to work full-time as a college English teacher, so my life was FILLED with papers to grade, preparations for class, committee work, plus being a wife & mom. I am clean, but I am messy, & it’s ok. It’s taken me years to get to the point of accepting myself & not apologizing. Life is too short to live it being crazy trying to get everything done! I also totally agree re: not finishing up everything at night. I am not a night person at all. We always leave the dishes cleaned up & the sink clear, but I don’t re-set anything else. I’m just a sleepyhead & would 1 million times prefer to do it in the morning. Enjoy your coffee & your garden! Cheers!
Erica please keep teaching me. I need to hear your calm down to earth realism. I am you three years ago. I keep trying but it seems like I'm stuck. But you give me the confidence to keep trying.
I feel like when you talk I am looking in a mirror. Same struggles. Same questions. Same mindset. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Because of YOU I am learning and moving forward in MY journey❤️
To start, I'm not a mom but I am a wife. I relate to you in so many ways. You have opened my eyes to many things and of me. Keep doing what you're doing, it helps not only me but all of your other viewers. May God Bless and keep you and your family safe. Many, many thanks.
My whole house is a clutter hot spot. It was a good reminder that it took you three years to get to this wonderful spot. It is so true when everything is a hot spot It takes so much energy to do move things to clean and have no place to put the items down. I'm exhausted everyday just moving stuff around. Have begun decluttering, just have to remember it will take time to get where it is good enough. I'm going to re_watch your beginning videos for more inspiration to keep going. Love your channel and empathy for all of us struggling with life.
Thank you so much. I really needed to hear this right now!
I've had many many tough weeks at work and by now I'm so mentally exhausted that I often can't take care of my home after work. I'll put dinner in the oven and tidy until it is done and will let this be my timer. The rest of the evening I will dedicate to taking care of myself and not feel bad about it.
Have you read The Lazy Genius? Kendra Adachi is all about figuring out what matters to YOU and ditching the rest. I gobbled this book up in three nights after everyone went to bed... but it comes as an audio book too! I think you would find this book so helpful and freeing 💜
My kitchen counter is definitely a hot spot. I try and clear off some of it every day and stuff just keeps coming back. Progress over Perfection!
And LOOK what that time did?! One pot of coffee CHANGED your kitchen. 😁😍👏🎉 5 minutes (relatively) MATTERS!
It always blows me away that it isn't the time, it's the mindset that matters! ❤
It’s so huge. I’ve been thinking of changing my mindset about my workouts lately. Instead of walking for weight loss, I’m trying to think about walking for strength.
Yes! I FEEL you! It is such an important mindset for health and wellness 💪
Clutter hotspot, our kitchen table. Drives me crazy, any flat surface is a magnet for clutter. I am slowly trying to deal with this by assigning homes to things that have been sitting for some time. We just went away for a few days and the table is now full again, as when we get home it gets everything dumped on it. Today my task will be a good enough cleanup and see where it takes me. I am on my 40th workout on the treadmill. I took a few days off when we were away but still managed to get in walking and some incline work. Hope you have a fantastic day!! Jenn
totally clearing up the kitchen while brewing the morning coffee, too. the point is that everything in that mess has a home, container. a comfortable container. so i even have a time to take the dog out for a quick pee and couple of fetch balls. morning are beautiful in minimalist home. that natural morning cortisol spike that can feel sickening if the home is in a mess is now truly a nature's gift of energy for starting the day.
Ahh!! Yes! I love you Erica!!! I just started my closet/pantry declutter and clean out. I’ve been thinking and thinking of starting a channel just for accountability/ encouragement for others in the same situation, and finally did it. I have you and other inspiring mamas to Thank for that!
I hope you know you are enough just who you are right now. You have done so much already. ♥️ Doing what we can for now is soooo helpful!! I just was thinking how I am so all or nothing in my mindset and wish so badly that I would just accept that not everything will ever be done all at once! Or else no one would be allowed to use dishes or wear clothes🤣🤣♥️
By the way my own bathroom NEEDS a good mama cleaning, yet my 8 year old middle child LOVES to clean the toilets!🤣 I also clean 6 small bathrooms in our church, and yet my own is a disaster right now. So ironic, right?! 😆 Grace!
Kitchen table.....I think makes its own clutter....I literally clear it, clean it turn my back and hey presto new clutter! 😂
I have a hot spot in each room! But I use some routines and the good enough philosophy. One hot spot is our kitchen peninsula.So I zoned it-I started at the far end with a command center, fruit, next clear space, and near the stove a crock of cooking utensils and a round tray for oils, and some spices. I need to attend to this hot spot several times a day, so “my do what I can when I can” attitude really helps.
Thanks Erica!
Thanks for sharing this. This idea of good enough is one I have shared many times but still find hard to accept myself. I’m trying to get routines set up at the moment, it’s hard! Our worst clutter hotspot is the dining room table. Impossible to even get it clear!
I love everything about this video...the concept of doing something productive while you are waiting for something to enjoy with the concept of "enough" is so practical. Perfect solution for the days that you need to give yourself grace and are not motivated. It portrays balance of productivity and setting healthy limits to slow down as well.
As I look around our little cottage. I'm happy to say we don't have one. I've trained my children to take the Items with them to put it away right then.
But WOW Erica you have come along way. Keep moving forward. Your Amazing ❤
Your habits are strong!! 💪🏼 this is awesome!
"Progress is good enough." I am going to commit that to memory. I get discouraged because of the huge amount of clutter in my apt. So many hundreds of items and papers to go through. Most of my clutter is stuff for hobbies, so hard to get rid of things.
One day at a time. One thing at a time. One thing is process!
Rachel Jones from Nourishing Minimalism said sometimes we spend more time collecting cute hobby stuff than actually using it. The collecting and dreaming of what we one day will make has become the actual hobby. Rings true to me. So, if getting rid of it is hard, use it! - and don't allow yourself to buy/accept more hobby stuff for a while. You will soon notice which materials you prefer and which belong to your fantasy self...
Thank you, Jesus! I needed this at this moment. And thank you, Erica, for supporting us all. Was stressed and didn't understand why. Perfect is indeed the enemy of good. And good is better than nothing. Thank you!!!!
Have you read The Lazy Genius? Kendra Adachi is all about figuring out what matters to YOU and ditching the rest. I gobbled this book up in three nights after everyone went to bed... but it comes as an audio book too! I think you would find this book so helpful and freeing 💜
This was such a relaxing video! Our family hot spot is the dining room table, and my personal one is my desk. Both can be quickly put to rights, though, as long as I don't let things go too long.
I too set the coffee pot every night and have it on a timer for the next morning. I reset the kitchen every single night. When I wake up and I smell fresh coffee and my kitchen is clear, the day seems so much calmer for me.😊
This applies to way more than just cleaning and decluttering!! Great advice
I have so many hot spots! My kitchen counters, especially the island, the Dining table, hubby’s side of the bed, bathroom counters… they’re not joking when they say flat surfaces are hot spots!
Loved this video, your poetic words the beautiful music - well done Erica 💛
We all need these reminders.
Thankyou
My bedside is a Hotspot.. In part due to depression .. This video helped me a lot as I am the queen of if I can't do it all I will do nothing
Erica, you're absolutely right. All those small cleaning and organizing sessions add up! I have three levels I decide on before clear: 'ten second tidy (as per Luna the Clown)', 'reset,' and 'show home.' most of the time its the first one. And the clutter hotspot is the dining room table where hubby and set ourselves up as we work from home.
This was great! I needed to hear this. All or nothing mentality does not work for some of us or at certain times of life. Thanks so much!
Good enough is ENOUGH! ❤️
Thanks 4 motivating everyone! Ur greatly appreciated n Luved! Our Daughter n 3 yr old Granddaughter live with us. Having raised 5 kiddos I'm definitely not as young as I used 2 b. Finding peace with "Good Enough" is Graciously acceptable! 👏👏👏💞
Thank you for the reminder. We are all a work in progress aren’t we?
I agree with those who say don't put it down, put it away. I try to do that but it is not always possible especially with a house full of kids. Thanks for showing us a balance and that it is ok and simple to clear a clutter spot when you have a minimalist home.
Kitchen Island is definitely one of our hot spots. Also our “hall tree” gets full of stuff that doesn’t get put away. Also shoes get left right outside the shoe basket! Kitchen islands are so functional but such a magnet for clutter because no one wants to take the time at the moment to put everything away. I usually re-set my kitchen island at least once a day but it’s a struggle to say okay I’ve done enough today and walk away! Thank you for the encouragement to say I can’t do it all.
My sink is the clutter hot spot. The kids don’t like doing their own dishes, especially my oldest. Another is my roll top desk, where I pay the bills. Laptops, a printer, a lamp, a large capacity charging port and mail. I try to keep it picked up, but there are times when it’s just too much that I close the roll top. :) LOL
Mum wife woman & Teacher too !!!! Erica you have done so well been with you from the start Love all your content ❤️💖💝
I haven't quite figured out how RUclips works when you give a thumbs up. I think those videos are saved for me on my RUclips account somewhere to watch again later, which would be a list of thousands if not tens of thousands of videos. There is so much valuable content to be found on RUclips. But if there was a way to save the best of the best, this video would be on that list. You presented the lesson in such a beautiful, inspiring, & encouraging way, it made me a bit teary. Who would have known that good enough would be such an important & profound concept. How liberating. Thank you so much for providing a key to relieve me of the burden of some shackles.
My clutter hotspot is my office which is also a craft room and photo storage area…. 🥴 Definitely on my list to do this winter, bit by bit. Great video, Erica, have a wonderful week and enjoy the waning days of summer.
Bit by bit will get it done!!
Very well said. I'm living with many chronic health issues including back problems. Having less stuff and living simply has truly made a huge difference yet it's frustrating when you feel you need to clean something and can't finish the job. Starting today I will tell myself, You have done the best you can so it's Good Enough! Thank you so much for this beautiful reminder!!!
Your channel always inspires me, I have learned so much from you! Thank you 🥰
The space next to my bed is my biggest hot spot!
Accepting "good enough" IS hard, yes ma'am. Erica, I really needed this vid today... I'm going in for surgery week after next and have this huge list of things I want to get done beforehand because, as far as cleaning goes, I'll be out of commission for some time (I'm having hip surgery). Delegating and learning to get with "good enough" have now become the top two items on my pre-op to do list. Thank you. Love and hugs from the southern California desert, MK ❤🤗🏜🤗❤
Yes! All flat surfaces🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ kitchen counters, dresser tops, any and all tables! Wowza! So much clutter and can’t wait to apply good enough when I get to those spots. ♥️
Kitchen table is a hot spot. And around my husband's chair.
I am once again admiring your perspective on this, thank you for the reassurance that good enough is good enough...I'm a perfectionist and can very easily get trapped by the all or nothing mentality. So thank you very much for this video!
Great video. I love listening to you. So calming.
This really resonates with me because I have finally learned this lesson as well. I’ve discovered that when I warm up my coffee 1 minute in the microwave, I can unload most of the dishwasher. The microwave dings…I’m usually invested enough to finish unloading before grabbing that cup and moving on. Amazing how long you imagine things will take to do and how long they really take.
As a former perfectionist, I pushed myself too hard to make everything just right. This just added more stress to my life. Your words rang true for me in my minimalism journey. Five years into this, and I am easier on myself. While my desk is my hotspot, I know that once a week I will spend 20 minutes, deal with my mail, and get it looking right again. Your message of good enough helps give us grace for our lives. Thank you!!!
Our kitchen counter/kitchen table/dining room table…biggest hot spots!
My mud room is definitely my family hot spot. We all drop stuff there and don't pick it up enough. Even though there are bins, hooks and baskets for shoes!!
I have a kitchen counter/peninsula that just floods with stuff, we have just moved from an apartment to a single house and a lot of tiny things need to find homes - in the mean time they end up in the peninsula. Finally I spent less than 10 minutes yesterday evening finding homes for it all - where would I look for it first-style. What a relief!
Well done Erika, now that there are only adults at my home I can go to sleep with everything done, but sometimes (just sometimes) I miss my boys messing up
I tidy as much as I feel like at the moment and that’s enough. Our home can get messy but can also be tidied quickly, which I love.
I stand and aplaude you for being up on a Saturday at 6. I am so tired on Saturday that i have a hard time to get up before 8. And i do not clean/declutter/clearout a hotspot. I make the toddler breakfast. Drink a ton of coffee and keep the toddler reasonable loud and wild. At 10 my husband gets downstairs we have breakfast and i hit the bed for 2 to 3 hours. After that i do a one Hour of Power cleaning. At 3 o clock we leave the house for 4 hours of fun.
Being minimalish means that after driving home from vacation we came home in a tidy house, took everything out of the car, put everything away and started laundry right away. 2 hours after arrival we had a meal we cooked. All that reminds us of vacation is a dirty car and 3 loads of laundry to be done.. tomorrow. Cleaning the car, yardwork and laundry ishomecoming Day 2.
this is so true. I used to not be able to start if I didn't think I could do it perfect. and a timer has been a game changer. the dishwasher only takes 5 mintues to unload and load. folding laundry only 5-7 minutes. a reasonable cleaning of the bathroom, takes 5 minutes. just do something!
my bad place is my kitchen counter.
Have you heard of FlyLady? I have followed her system of decluttering and cleaning off and on for several years. It really does work if you follow her baby steps. She also says progress not perfection. When delegating, she calls them blessings instead of chores. You are blessing your home by cleaning it and keeping it clean. You are doing a great job
Inspiration for all of us. Thanks Erica
Dragon Noodles! That's my family's favorite. I never through about my all-or-nothing perfectionism as being "debilitating" but it really can be sometimes. Thanks for your heartfelt video.
Erica, you are just wonderful. I’m loving this video, this message, the realness and your sweet soul. I’m a 34 year old psychologist living in Denmark with my boyfriend and two 9 year old girls. Clutter is not a huge deal in my life and has never been - but I’m a perfectionist (now not as much as when I was younger), and I’ll dare to say that it has a lot of similarities in the way that you have to deal with it, especially our mindset. This video just spoke to my heart and left me feeling that I wish we could be friends. I wanna take my kids to the food truck and meet up with you guys. You make me feel SO good from so far away - and I’m guessing a lot of other people too. That is not a small thing in this big world.
I just have two clutter hotspots. They are the table beside my living room chair, and the counter beside the kitchen sink, where I pile up my dirty pots. I deal with the table by making sure that I clear off all the unnecessary stuff as I go to bed. The pots are more problematic and it depends on my mood. Most days I wash up just once, and other days I manage to do it twice. I have learned, with dirty pots, that sometimes just putting them into a neat pile, ready to drop into the sink tomorrow, is good enough.
Great topic. I struggle with the all or nothing mentality. Reminding myself that even a little bit of progress is a win does help.
Short term hot spot is the kitchen island, longer term is the dining room. Right now staying focused on keeping the kitchen table clutter free. Great video!
I am so grateful to have found your channel.. i did a burnout 2 years ago... your channel and wisdom helps me so much and this message is very precious, thank you for spreading such messages. thank you so much, love from france
I enjoyed this video. My clutter hotspot is the same as yours…the kitchen island counter.
It’s magnetic right?!
Great video!
My beloved desk and office supplies 😂❤️❤️
My kitchen table is my hot spot! No matter how much I try, almost everything goes there before going to its home or it's the place where I don't know where to put it yet. I can even clean it and within an hour or more I am already putting things on it that don't belong. Drive MYSELF crazy!! I think it is because that is where I would look for something I need to take with me, something important to take care of or do next etc. At least I have eliminated a junk drawer and many other bad habits. That's a bad habit I need to work on. I know it's baby steps!!
I needed this today. It was EXACTLY what I needed to hear. Thank you for all you do 💕
Have you read The Lazy Genius? Kendra Adachi is all about figuring out what matters to YOU and ditching the rest. I gobbled this book up in three nights after everyone went to bed... but it comes as an audio book too! I think you would find this book so helpful and freeing 💜
Also: I needed this. Been feeling like a failure lately, because it’s never perfect. Thanks for your encouragement!
Have you read The Lazy Genius? Kendra Adachi is all about figuring out what matters to YOU and ditching the rest. I gobbled this book up in three nights after everyone went to bed... but it comes as an audio book too!
Great video! Our clutter hotspot is our dining room table. It is in the centre of our open concept home, so it is the first place everyone dumps their stuff. Piles accumulate on the end and dust will build up over time. More decluttering needed so I have a place to move what gets placed here more easily…all in good time. Thanks for telling me it’s good enough…I needed that today.
Good enough has made a huge difference in my all or nothing brain, as well. I always say..We live in our house. It is not a showroom. Lol!! My clutter hotspot is my kitchen table for sure. I use it like a desk.
The dining room table is definately my hot spot and I definately suffer from all or nothing syndrome. Using the coffee pot timer is brilliant. Unfortunately I don't drink coffee. Thanks for your insights and advice.
My hot spot is the living room table. It can have all sorts of everything on it and I used to try for perfect and clear now like you I accept it to be impossible and stressful on me to achieve. So daily I do what I can to clear it and clean it. Thanks again Erica for helping me with my minimalist journey.
One of my clutter hot spots is the dining room table !
Thank you, Erica...I needed this today. I wanted to "do it all" since the weekend, and I hate myself for not being able to. I am now, trying to catch up but I am realizing I'm doing my best and it's the best I can do. Thank you and bless.
Liked it! But it's very much too short. I enjoy your content so much, that I'm sad when it's over so fast!
So beautifully said, Erica!
Hi there sweetie pie hope you are well I agree everyone needs to help children need guidance enjoy your coffee this morning love from Eugenie your friend xxx 🌞🏡🦋