Organizing Our Home One Day at a Time
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- By decluttering and by creating systems, I can better manage all the stuff for a family of five. By spreading focus to one room per day and REPEATING the WEEKLY RESET system, I can make each room in my home better week after week. In this video, we focus on the family room and create systems for organization.
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Hello! I'm Erica Lucas. On this channel, I share videos about making life simple one day at a time. Obstructive, massive, problem-level clutter overwhelmed me... until I decluttered thousands of items! 2024 marks my fifth year of decluttering, and I am now bridging from decluttering and minimalism into simple living, slow living, and sharing tips with you for minimalist living!
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Decluttering one drawer, one cabinet, or one space at a time makes it easier to manage stuff on daily basis. To start decluttering, I empty out the space, decide what I want to keep, then evaluate the unchosen items for decluttering, donation, keep, or trash. Join me as I declutter, organize, and clean our home in this video today!
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Selfishly, im just glad your posting more! No one id rather eat my breakfast with, on my weekdays.....
Me too. Erica is brilliant, a font of fantastic advice, great motivational hacks and information. Plus she demonstrates and enacts what she teaches; and is a great mother with Lovely home.
Agree!!!!!!yes!!!
It's great that you can smile about a memory of your mum
Flat surfaces attract clutter like a magnet. The best way i’ve found to reduce this is to have a designated use for each flat surface. Either it’s for decor and ornaments, books, plants or a designated empty space. Or it’s for bathroom or kitchen items only (preferably as few as possible).
The other thing I found is if people constantly keep moving things around in a room, this can confuse children. So the best way to get children to be tidy, especially young children is to set up consistent systems that are as unchanging as possible and stick to them; reinforcing positive behaviour in putting things away.
This is backed up by studies that show children with spatial awareness problems, colour blindness, ADHD or autism like consistency. They often do not thrive as well in houses where parents constantly change rooms or furniture around; and alter systems over and over again.
Sammie is so cute 💜 The library basket is a great idea. You may not realize but it seems you are in a transition phase of decluttering. Still working through bulk but also refining what works for your family. You always inspire me. 🌻🍄
Student living in a dorm or alone would maybe want Microwave Cookbooks 🤔😊
I kept my brothers dog when my brother passed away. He was age 10 at that time and I wish I thought of doggies diapers but instead, I cleaned up a lot of doggie pee. Thankfully we don’t have carpets. Teddy, the dog, passed away a few weeks ago at age 14 and wow, do I miss him. He was a constant companion, loved people and loved coming with me every drive. He was also a connection with my brother since my brother loved him so much for his first 10 years and wanted me to have him when he could no longer take care of him.
Such a sweet story of your brother’s dog. Sorry for your loss. Maybe adopt another dog in his honor ❤We inherited my mom’s little dog when she passed and she peed and we cleaned up a lot too. We loved her anyway and it was comforting to have her since she was loved by my mom. She lived until 17 years old.
Yea for empty spaces - so good for the soul. We continue to persevere knowing that everyone benefits from a home that can breathe.
Hi Erica ❤ thank you so much for your "Simple System" video, Why oh Why had I not figured this out myself? Tackling one room a day has been amazing for me, it has stopped me getting overwhelmed and over tired. I'm 68yrs old and I finally feel like my house is coming together nicely thanks to you, I don't normally send comments but I just needed to show my appreciation for your time and effort in doing your videos. Thanks again Erica from Julie accross the water in Wales Britain.
We keep the new trash bags in the bottom of the garbage bin so they are always close by and don’t need another storage spot. We also keep a bin near the door where the kids are responsible to put their library books when they’re done. Since they’re older they keep the ones they are still using in their bedrooms. Love that we have the ability to log on to our library account and see the books we have out so none get missed!
I agree. I am so glad, Erica, that you are back making videos! You have been so helpful to me and I appreciate how you share your thought-process. You’re a great motivator.
i would second guess putting stuff in front of books... it kind of makes the stuff behind shine less and harder to use
Not a newbie…been following you awhile. LOVE THE BROWN “MINIMALISH” T-SHIRT! Your time and effort to produce your video is appreciated. Thank you. Kind regards. 🙂
I love the two birds/one stone situation with the basket and books! A basket you kept because you loved it, becomes the perfect home for the homeless books! Win win! 👍👏👏👏😊
Can you share how you are teaching your kids to do their part to pick up after themselves daily? With your home schooling, it would be essential to their learning ( ex in public school, kids have to pick& put away each day.) Thanks!❤
I do appreciate these smaller tweak videos - the maintaining of spaces already decluttered, organised, and decorated - they are so pragmatic and show that it's and ongoing task - especially when you're the curator for the rest of the family's items 😊 Also - I absolutely adore that basket - that is a nice basket! And puppup is overwhelmingly cute - he's a little darling ☺
I love library books. I have lived overseas for 40 yrs and still miss having a library!😊
Library books!! A great problem to have!”🙌🏻🙌🏻. Reading children😃👏🏻👏🏻🎉. Our one child would check out 15 books to read each trip to the Library…. We went one or two times a week to the Library😃👏🏻👏🏻
The library book bag is a great idea because you can just take the bag each time and change them. Brilliant idea!😊
Now that you shared the memory of your mom’s microwave and the story behind those cookbooks, it can live forever online. Such a great example of the memory being bigger than the item that represents it. So proud of you for allowing those cookbooks to move on in order to make room for treasured photos.
Sammy is so cute❤ I'm always looking for Ranger 😊 great job with the reset. I love the way you approach it with no strict rules on what you're doing in a certain room. Just making it better.😊
Awww!! Sammy is so cute!!!
Your videos are helping me so much as I set up systems and find homes for things. Learning that everything should have a home was huge for me. Decluttering according to my energy level was another one!
I remember we had our first microwave in the basement beside our two fridges because it was as big as an oven.
Ive been watching you from the start, and I have evolved/devolved to a very similar system that works for me.
I choose one room a day and walk into it. I look around and name one thing I could clean, one thing I could remove and one thing that annoys me. Then I go about fixing those things. This has been great because my motivation level and energy ebbs add flows - sometimes I pick big things to tackle but most of the time I pick little things. The next day I chose anther room. If I miss a day I just pick up where I left off. An example might be - in the bedroom - Clean - dust the side tables, Remove - go through sock draw and remove any extra socks, Annoy - oil the squeaky door hinge. After doing this most days for three months my house is pretty much visitor ready at all times. (This is after several major declutters and a regular Friday bathroom clean, and weekend laundry routine.)
That's a great system of balancing tasks! I find that I get focused on just one thing at a time, like just decluttering the house and then I'll get on a cleaning kick for a while and later turn my attention to doing home improvements but it's wise to do a little of everything each day. My basic philosophy is to always leave a room in better shape than when I entered it though.
Decluttering and then finding homes for whats left has fixed 75% of our "dirty home" problem. The last 25% is putting stuff away right away... we're working on it. 😅
Sammy is looking better from when you bought him home his little world was upset too Happy Easter
Yay Sammie❕✌🏽😊 Such a cute lil guy, and your home is lovely too. 🌷🕊️
Good video! You got so much done in a short time! I am impressed.
Hi Erica. You could put plants on the toy shelf to make it unavailable for toys
Why is it so relaxing watching you work? lol I agree about clean spaces. It's calming. Thank you for another gently productive video. Take care, Linda 🦋
Sammy loves you Erica ❤
Clearing the top of the toy shelf made a huge difference
Very good video. Love the basket you are using for library basket. ❤
My favorite youtuber, i love watching ya clean or pickup the place , so peaceful
Great video! Lots done in a short amount of time. Love your sweet doggie ❤
Love the snowmen paintings.
ok if your able to donate or send those microwave books to a local Uni I'm sure they would be perfect for new Uni students to find and use!!
I’m so happy I found you on RUclips!!! I love your videos !!😊 They are helping me very much😊
How many books does your library let you take out at once? Okay, you kind of answered that while I was listening and typing at the same time. Having a designated place or them is a good idea. They can get lot easily if all around your home.
Love that you are taking care of your Mom's dog. He's so cute and I bet your Mom is happy he is with a loving family still, yours!!
She's is smiling from Heaven !!
I also have a pawsome grandpa who starts dripping when he is too excited, I discovered washable diapers for him and LOVE them! Maybe look them up, they come in adorable patterns, and you can also insert inlays if you don’t want to wash them all the time - but that still generates a humongous less mountain of waste.
Just an idea 🙂 You are a good friend to me for very many years now, it feels good to be able to give back a tip to you 😃
or finding used kids dipes & covers, and cutting holes and sewing if you are handy. thought to do that w one of our cats... who was sick.. but also an issue when they get really old too.
@@minimaladjacent Unfortunately these diapers don't cover the part that is dripping in a male dog, but the idea is good!
@@keelienne could sew something... its more like a large cloth pad.
I brought home a bunch of my mom's cookbooks back in 2019. I don't use the cookbooks I have. I am missing one, "The I Hate to Cook Book" by Peg Bracken. I have handwritten recipes in the back. I limited what I took. She had all of Jeff Smith's recipe books. I did bring home Campbell's Soup recipe books from the 1950s or 60s. So far, they have not left the box they were packed in nearly 5 years ago.
I purchased a shelf tree to set on the bookcase in my dining room that houses the cookbooks. I can put the shelf tree on top of the "cool" looking ones.
When my husband comes home for the month of June, we can go through the cookbooks and donate the ones (or trash: does anyone want a Campbell's soup recipe from 60+ years ago? They could probably find one online.) that someone might like.
Hi sweet loved Sammie. 💛
I really love watching you. You really inspire me❤ 🇨🇦
Before you know it, the toy situation will be gone. I know it's a lot of work now, but, yep, it disappears.
I totally feel the living with non-minimalist children. They collect so much stuff!
I needed the library book basket reminder. We used to have one and then they started telling them in separate places and now they are all over the place.
You are absolutely amazing. Thanks for all the helpful tips along the way.
Love the idea of aystems
Beautiful Erica ❤
Love this organization. Sammy is a sweetie! 🩵
Hi Erica, I loved this video. It is always nice to spend time with you. ❤
Never too many library books, in my opinion! I have a huge stack of graphic novels i haven't started, along with home decor and self help books, plus magazines, all from the library. It's like my little pile of happiness egging me on to get things done, so i can sit and devour it all! Someday! Or until they're due back! 😅
Had one of the first Kenmore microwaves too! It was huge!
Thanks for your videos. I truly love them.
How long are you allowed to keep library books ? With us its usually three weeks with the option of prolonging once. 😊
Erica-
You should try the CheesyScalloped potatoes recipe from the Betty Crocker microwave cookbook before you donate. I made it this passed weekend with our Easter ham meal.
Oh i wish youcould set up a library with all your books and folders in the same place and only allow 2-4 books in your living soace
❤❤ No idea how I missed this upload, but I did want to say something just in case RUclips is glitching!!!
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Regarding keeping the toy shelf top clear, if feel like that will make it easy for folks to set things down on it again. If you made a nice display of plants and/or photos, it will prevent household members from cluttering it up again.
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Dog diapers?!!! I don’t think they’re a thing in the UK… are they common in the US?!
Very common. People usually use them for incontinence issues with older dogs or for dogs in heat
You are patient. I would not keep a dog that peed in the house.
So what would YOU do instead? Horrible comment!
That said, I would try to find the cause with a dog trainer and try to fix it. Unless it is a medical problem that cannot be fixed, then the diapers are great.