I appreciate the laundry advice. I’m having such a bad pain day today that I can’t hardly get out of bed and looking at my laundry pile I just cry because I feel so judged by society… but to see you be honest about your limitations and share it all … it helps me realize that I need to accept my limitation and find my own way to live life when I’m in pain
I have MS and my worst symptom is chronic fatigue and insomnia, what a great combination! You are spot on in everything you say, and even though my youngest daughter is 12 & can do so much for herself and help with loading the washing machine, then into the dryer, my downfall is clearing out the clothes std's grown out of. And as you know, kids grow out of their stuff every season! I really need to work on downsizing my own clothes because honestly, I wear my clothes a few times if its still clean, so I truly don't need the 40 or 50 tops I have hanging in my closet! I also have a tote sitting in front of my side of our 10 foot long closet that I haven't opened all winter, even though that tote is full of sweaters. I'd give anything to have the energy I had 10 years ago to accomplish all of what I'd like to do, but hopefully I can tackle something 5 minutes at a time. Great video! 🤗
That is some amazingly helpful stuff. I'm only 18 and struggling with chronic pain almost 24/7, my family is extremely complex with both physical and mental disabilities. Having just Lost my Father to suicide, my mother is left on her own with 3 adult children to look after. I try my best to keep the house clean; but after having tried for so long my pain has spiked massively. It is hard for me to do basic things like get up to go to the toilet or change position in bed. As the youngest, I often feel strange caring for my siblings. I find that on the good days, the things you do for them or yourself will be appreciated more than you know. And on those bad days you or your person will look back and be grateful for even the smallest of actions. No matter what never be too hard on yourself. :)
This was a really helpful video for me. I am 29 weeks pregnant with a 3 year old and am now on my own. I have ME/CFS so very limited energy and the whole household is on me. A friend gave me a robot vacuum which has been life changing as I cant afford a dyson so it helps me inbetween cleans. Thanks for your helpful tips :)
Wow, you are so strong. I have m.e /Cfs too and I am pregnant with number 2. A good tip is cleaning the toilet and sink randomly after using the loo, your in there anyway. Kitchen is harder for us as it takes longer
I love how there's a tiny community here 🙋. I am 16 weeks with my first and also have chronic fatigue... You guys give me hope and make me feel it's ok to want a family, even with chronic issues. Love from Belgium. ❤
Love your misfit bin and I love love love your idea of folding in the room it goes in! Our mt foldmore lives on a table in our laundry, and when I fold I do one person at a time, but putting away is just a step too far usually. How had I never thought of that?!? Thanks so much for the tips 😊
This was so super helpful. I have a lot of similar chronic illnesses and I'm 4 months pregnant with HG and I have a 6 month old. Not being able to take care of the house has been sooo difficult. Having to watch my husband work graveyard and then come home and do most everything because I'm so depleted has been rough. And not being able to do the homemaking I love for over a year now (first pregnancy was very difficult as well and I had a c-section so it was a long recovery and then got pregnant right away) has been killing me emotionally and mentally. Thank you so so so much for making this and providing actual solutions
So sorry you're going through so much. Remember this is a time for rest and taking care of your body! There's always another day for cleaning. You got this mama!!
I had a bad couple of months where I couldn't fold our household laundry. When my partner realized they were sitting in bins, he asked where to put them away. Not the best folder, but he helped so I didn't care! Very helpful video, thank you so much.
This is probably the most useful video I've ever watched on youtube!! I love how you move from room to room and you have tons of tips. Also, you have an amazing bubbly and positive personality. You're a huge inspiration to me. Btw, I'm on a paper plate + utensils week 😁. I have chronic fatigue, I'm 4 months pregnant and the heat wave here is killing me. Although healthy homemade meals are always a priority for me energywise, tonight we're going to pick up food because I told my husband "I am so NOT cooking or doing dishes this week!" Keeping the house clean (I love how you make the distiction from tidy) is still enough of a challenge. This appartement doesn't have a dishwasher so am not sure how we'll keep up a half a year from now... 😰. This video should get waaaaay more views! Greetings from Belgium (isn't it wonderful how you can reach me all the way here? 🙌)
Hello from the USA! I love having friends all over the world. Im so glad this video was helpful for you. If i didnt have a dishwasher then every night would be a paper plate night for me 😂 you are AMAZING. Keep fighting! You got this!!! ❤❤
I needed to find your channel, and I'm really glad I did! I am 6 months pregnant with my 4th and I finally started recovering from a long-term crash in January, just to send myself back into one because I wanted to catch up on all the things. I have yet to figure out that I am not Wonder Woman. Having 3 kids home full-time, homeschooling, and going to college full-time is breaking me physically. Looking around at my disaster of a house is depressing because I know I did better prior to 2020. I am going to be taking your suggestions and trying to work them into my day. Thank you for the suggestions and making me feel like I'm not alone.
Cube bins have helped me SO much with my POTS and ADHD. Laundry is one of the hardest things for me to maintain and do with the ADHD and then the POTS just makes being alive hard
I love these tips, I have a one year old and an alphabet worth of chronic illnesses. However, as someone who was a Veterinary Nurse until my health stopped that, please, please be careful of what your dog eats off the floor. It can only take a tiny amount of garlic, onion, avocado, grapes, nuts or chocolate (to name a few) to make a dog or cat sick or even kill them.
Giiirrrll!!!!! You are so inspiring!!!!!!!! Having a channel about living your life while also suffering chronic illness!!!!!!!! This is so awesome, thanks for being awesome and for finding the strength and perseverance to do this channel; I have chronic migraines and fatigue and I can't imagine how much extra energy and effort that must take you, but you do it so WELL and so authentically and that's so inspiring!!! All these cleaning tips are excellent btw, even for someone who doesn't suffer chronic illness, lol. But they seem like gold to those of us who do suffer. I just came across your channel when I saw your video about your daith piercing (which I'm still on the fence about getting), and I love Love LOVE your channel!!!!!!!!! And you ROCK at making the most with everything!!! Finding tips and tricks to help you save energy is so crucial when living with chronic illness, thank you for starting this channel and for sharing some of your spectacular tips and tricks. ^.^ Lol sorry for the long paragraph, I'm just really stoked that I came across your channel. ^.^ Cheers. :)
Love love love! I dont fold my laundry either! 😂 Thank you for sharing! I also use “Clutterbug” because i’m currently trying to organize my home. I need to know what my organizing style was and Cassandra uses 4 “bugs” for a visual reference. Some people crave visual abundance, while others not so much, some like to meticulously categorize things perfectly while some wanna just toss it on a bin. She has a simple , to the point, picture quiz to take or you can take a more detailed one on her website or in her books. I found out i’m a 🐞! I like visual simplicity, and macro organizing. I’m a big fan of baskets and bins! My husband is a 🐝. He loves visual abundance and like micro organizing. He’s a big fan of hooks and clear visual containers with little compartments for everything. So we’re opposites! 😆 But we make it work and have learned how to compromise and combine our styles. Anyway, I highly recommend “clutterbug” shes one of my favorite organizers, has her channel on youtube, a podcast, several books and just landed a tv show on HGTV and the. best. part...she doesn’t fold her PJs either! Lol! I hope you get to time to check her out! Thank you so much for this video girl! I’m so motivated! ♥️
I get it! (About the laundry)! I have clean clothes piled over a chair. some are hung here there everywhere. lol (WHEN I'M ABLE) dirty I actually have a basket in my closet for dirty. but I'm wondering if hubby's ok with wearing wrinkled closes? Feel well! I enjoyed your video! oh, and your home is just lovely! I wish I could pull that off! And your daughter!!! omg, what a cutie!
Yes, paper plates and utensils allllll the way, lol. I had to laugh so much at the unfolded laundry, because that's exactly what I do too...it just seems so unnecessary compared to the other stuff. But I'm still trying to find a better way, because having to search 5 minutes every time I or the kids need to change clothes isn't really energy conserving either...
I tried. I gave up at 9 minutes. For someone who has a chronic illness you should know that constant loud noise is stressful on its own. And then trying to hear someone over a very loud baby (adorable as she is) is exhausting. I have fibro and cfs and came here to get cleaning motivation. But cant.
I appreciate the laundry advice. I’m having such a bad pain day today that I can’t hardly get out of bed and looking at my laundry pile I just cry because I feel so judged by society… but to see you be honest about your limitations and share it all … it helps me realize that I need to accept my limitation and find my own way to live life when I’m in pain
Remember you wouldn't worry what people thought of you if you knew how seldom they did.❤we're thinking about our own dirty laundry😊
I have MS and my worst symptom is chronic fatigue and insomnia, what a great combination! You are spot on in everything you say, and even though my youngest daughter is 12 & can do so much for herself and help with loading the washing machine, then into the dryer, my downfall is clearing out the clothes std's grown out of. And as you know, kids grow out of their stuff every season! I really need to work on downsizing my own clothes because honestly, I wear my clothes a few times if its still clean, so I truly don't need the 40 or 50 tops I have hanging in my closet! I also have a tote sitting in front of my side of our 10 foot long closet that I haven't opened all winter, even though that tote is full of sweaters. I'd give anything to have the energy I had 10 years ago to accomplish all of what I'd like to do, but hopefully I can tackle something 5 minutes at a time. Great video! 🤗
That is some amazingly helpful stuff. I'm only 18 and struggling with chronic pain almost 24/7, my family is extremely complex with both physical and mental disabilities. Having just Lost my Father to suicide, my mother is left on her own with 3 adult children to look after. I try my best to keep the house clean; but after having tried for so long my pain has spiked massively. It is hard for me to do basic things like get up to go to the toilet or change position in bed. As the youngest, I often feel strange caring for my siblings. I find that on the good days, the things you do for them or yourself will be appreciated more than you know. And on those bad days you or your person will look back and be grateful for even the smallest of actions. No matter what never be too hard on yourself. :)
Thank you for sharing! I'm so sorry you have to deal with so many extremely hard things. You are amazing!
This was a really helpful video for me. I am 29 weeks pregnant with a 3 year old and am now on my own. I have ME/CFS so very limited energy and the whole household is on me. A friend gave me a robot vacuum which has been life changing as I cant afford a dyson so it helps me inbetween cleans. Thanks for your helpful tips :)
Thank you! Glad it helped. I bet the robot vacuum is so nice to have!😊😊
Wow, you are so strong. I have m.e /Cfs too and I am pregnant with number 2. A good tip is cleaning the toilet and sink randomly after using the loo, your in there anyway. Kitchen is harder for us as it takes longer
I love how there's a tiny community here 🙋. I am 16 weeks with my first and also have chronic fatigue... You guys give me hope and make me feel it's ok to want a family, even with chronic issues. Love from Belgium. ❤
@@jnisrud254 aw that's lovely. By the way I uses to live in Belgium when I was a child /teen. Brussels, Wettern and Gent-Brugge
@@jnisrud254 and CONGRATULATIONS, I'm 7 weeks pregnant with my 2nd
I'm in my 60s have a host of chronic health conditions. The Roomba and slow cooker help save my energy
I use the spoon theory, I have to prioritize where I can spend my spoons. Love this video!
I find cleaning to be very soothing and therapeutic. What I do is I play ghost stories and take my time when I clean.
Yes! I love cleaning too, it is therapeutic. ❤
Awesome idea! I usually play the harry potter audiobooks when I do lol
Baby girl is busy!!! She’s adorable ❤😅
Love your misfit bin and I love love love your idea of folding in the room it goes in! Our mt foldmore lives on a table in our laundry, and when I fold I do one person at a time, but putting away is just a step too far usually. How had I never thought of that?!? Thanks so much for the tips 😊
Definitely would love to see the "how to"... easy clean up video
Will do!
This was so super helpful. I have a lot of similar chronic illnesses and I'm 4 months pregnant with HG and I have a 6 month old. Not being able to take care of the house has been sooo difficult. Having to watch my husband work graveyard and then come home and do most everything because I'm so depleted has been rough. And not being able to do the homemaking I love for over a year now (first pregnancy was very difficult as well and I had a c-section so it was a long recovery and then got pregnant right away) has been killing me emotionally and mentally. Thank you so so so much for making this and providing actual solutions
So sorry you're going through so much. Remember this is a time for rest and taking care of your body! There's always another day for cleaning. You got this mama!!
thanks for the tips. definitely helpful.
I had a bad couple of months where I couldn't fold our household laundry. When my partner realized they were sitting in bins, he asked where to put them away. Not the best folder, but he helped so I didn't care! Very helpful video, thank you so much.
Lot’s of great tips and great humor. You are just lovely. Best wishes to you.
This is probably the most useful video I've ever watched on youtube!! I love how you move from room to room and you have tons of tips. Also, you have an amazing bubbly and positive personality. You're a huge inspiration to me.
Btw, I'm on a paper plate + utensils week 😁. I have chronic fatigue, I'm 4 months pregnant and the heat wave here is killing me. Although healthy homemade meals are always a priority for me energywise, tonight we're going to pick up food because I told my husband "I am so NOT cooking or doing dishes this week!" Keeping the house clean (I love how you make the distiction from tidy) is still enough of a challenge.
This appartement doesn't have a dishwasher so am not sure how we'll keep up a half a year from now... 😰.
This video should get waaaaay more views! Greetings from Belgium (isn't it wonderful how you can reach me all the way here? 🙌)
Hello from the USA! I love having friends all over the world. Im so glad this video was helpful for you. If i didnt have a dishwasher then every night would be a paper plate night for me 😂 you are AMAZING. Keep fighting! You got this!!! ❤❤
Aw thanks, you're wonderful!! ❤❤❤
A great online laundry service is Poplin which picks up and drops off your loads. Its about $8-10 per lb. I use them for blankets and towels.
I use my slow cooker a lot especially during flares. I have flares from a rare inflammatory arthritis almost daily.
I actually just put everything together for the month in freezer bags and dump and go. Very helpful for flare days.
I needed to find your channel, and I'm really glad I did! I am 6 months pregnant with my 4th and I finally started recovering from a long-term crash in January, just to send myself back into one because I wanted to catch up on all the things. I have yet to figure out that I am not Wonder Woman. Having 3 kids home full-time, homeschooling, and going to college full-time is breaking me physically. Looking around at my disaster of a house is depressing because I know I did better prior to 2020. I am going to be taking your suggestions and trying to work them into my day. Thank you for the suggestions and making me feel like I'm not alone.
You got this!! :)
Cube bins have helped me SO much with my POTS and ADHD. Laundry is one of the hardest things for me to maintain and do with the ADHD and then the POTS just makes being alive hard
You're definitely super mom! Your daughter is so cute! Awesome tips!
Awe. Youre so sweet!
Girl, I just found your account and I’m struggling with a LOT of the same things as you. I’m so glad I found you.
Hello!! Nice to meet you. 🧡🧡
Would love to see videos on simple meals.
I love these tips, I have a one year old and an alphabet worth of chronic illnesses. However, as someone who was a Veterinary Nurse until my health stopped that, please, please be careful of what your dog eats off the floor. It can only take a tiny amount of garlic, onion, avocado, grapes, nuts or chocolate (to name a few) to make a dog or cat sick or even kill them.
Giiirrrll!!!!! You are so inspiring!!!!!!!! Having a channel about living your life while also suffering chronic illness!!!!!!!! This is so awesome, thanks for being awesome and for finding the strength and perseverance to do this channel; I have chronic migraines and fatigue and I can't imagine how much extra energy and effort that must take you, but you do it so WELL and so authentically and that's so inspiring!!! All these cleaning tips are excellent btw, even for someone who doesn't suffer chronic illness, lol. But they seem like gold to those of us who do suffer.
I just came across your channel when I saw your video about your daith piercing (which I'm still on the fence about getting), and I love Love LOVE your channel!!!!!!!!! And you ROCK at making the most with everything!!! Finding tips and tricks to help you save energy is so crucial when living with chronic illness, thank you for starting this channel and for sharing some of your spectacular tips and tricks. ^.^
Lol sorry for the long paragraph, I'm just really stoked that I came across your channel. ^.^
Cheers. :)
Thanks so much! Youre so sweet. I do have videos about my daith too 😊
Watching this cos I'm crying looking at my kitchen. Don't know how to find the energy lol been in a flare for a few weeks now
Love love love! I dont fold my laundry either! 😂 Thank you for sharing! I also use “Clutterbug” because i’m currently trying to organize my home. I need to know what my organizing style was and Cassandra uses 4 “bugs” for a visual reference. Some people crave visual abundance, while others not so much, some like to meticulously categorize things perfectly while some wanna just toss it on a bin. She has a simple , to the point, picture quiz to take or you can take a more detailed one on her website or in her books. I found out i’m a 🐞! I like visual simplicity, and macro organizing. I’m a big fan of baskets and bins! My husband is a 🐝. He loves visual abundance and like micro organizing. He’s a big fan of hooks and clear visual containers with little compartments for everything. So we’re opposites! 😆 But we make it work and have learned how to compromise and combine our styles.
Anyway, I highly recommend “clutterbug” shes one of my favorite organizers, has her channel on youtube, a podcast, several books and just landed a tv show on HGTV and the. best. part...she doesn’t fold her PJs either! Lol! I hope you get to time to check her out!
Thank you so much for this video girl! I’m so motivated! ♥️
Love it! Thanks for sharing! ❤❤
Taking notes !! So many good ideas
Glad you like them!
I also have hashimoto’s and fibromyalgia and other conditions and cleaning is so hard during a flare up.
I get it! (About the laundry)! I have clean clothes piled over a chair. some are hung here there everywhere. lol (WHEN I'M ABLE) dirty I actually have a basket in my closet for dirty. but I'm wondering if hubby's ok with wearing wrinkled closes? Feel well! I enjoyed your video! oh, and your home is just lovely! I wish I could pull that off! And your daughter!!! omg, what a cutie!
Great advice here, thank you xx
Honestly thank God for your channel !
Thank you so much! :)
Yes, paper plates and utensils allllll the way, lol. I had to laugh so much at the unfolded laundry, because that's exactly what I do too...it just seems so unnecessary compared to the other stuff. But I'm still trying to find a better way, because having to search 5 minutes every time I or the kids need to change clothes isn't really energy conserving either...
*Reality show is an American dream and way of life.*
I use a huge stroller to move stuff the house
Smart! Thanks for sharing!
@@Aimee_Esther my hubby suggested it as a joke, because I use mobility aids. I thought it was brilliant
I tried. I gave up at 9 minutes. For someone who has a chronic illness you should know that constant loud noise is stressful on its own.
And then trying to hear someone over a very loud baby (adorable as she is) is exhausting.
I have fibro and cfs and came here to get cleaning motivation. But cant.
Laundry, right?!? Why waste your precious energy on folding them?
I watch your videos because you are cute 😊