The Secret to Dealing with Piles on the Floor
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- Опубликовано: 3 июл 2024
- Today we're at Rachel & Brian's house to help declutter the piles that have accumulated on their master bedroom floor. Piles like these can be REALLY tough, but working together, we'll share our best tips for deconstructing them so that anyone can be successful! Wait until you see the end result!!
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We are so grateful that Rachel let us visit her house! And for YOUR support-- THANK YOU!! Question: we had thought about finding a way to post a longer video with more of the decluttering that we did together (so you could see more of the stuff that Rachel dealt with), would you be interested in seeing something like that? Thanks for letting us know!!! We hope you have a great weekend! - Dawn & Tom
Yes!
Yes please👍
yessss
Yes
Yes, please!
Finally, we’ve all been waiting for some decluttering RUclipsrs to go into other peoples homes and give us more examples of decluttering….thank you! You did it! This was so exciting to watch. Looking forward to the next one.
Wow.
WOW this was the *best decluttering video ever!!!* No amount of explaining was as helpful as seeing it being done in "real time" by a real person with her real boxes on her real bedroom floor. Ding Ding Ding - *Dawn this is an excellent demonstration to get me decluttering - please make more of these type videos!!!*
I must say this is the best! I’ve been trying to tell my hoarder friends how freeing letting go can be, & I think this is proof.
Same! It's great to see Dawn's house but she has already kinda of gotten past the hardest parts of decluttering and she's on another level now. I think the one on one decluttering with others is SUPER interesting and a great path for this channel to take!
@@kellymhanson Excellent and I can see Dawn is reading our comments on this. Dawn & Tom were recently commenting on a couple of changes and it appears she might be changing it up again based on what we're saying here. And I don't think anyone is doing it besides 'Horders' and we're not that at all - we're just decluttering our -nice- -crap.- domestic items. ; D
If I start decluttering pictures , then I get lost in time looking back thru them...🤣🤣
Rachel's emotional because she's letting go of the "dream" of doing art with her kids. I totally get that! I realized that every time I looked at that kind of stuff in a pile, it was mocking me and making me feel bad that we didn't use it. It's so refreshing to get rid of the items that "mock" us!
Yep. We eat a sandwich one bite at a time. We climb a mountain one step at a time. So decluttering, one bit at a time.
When I'm shopping I see things I like and then I think "my dream self would love this (insert whatever... outfit, decor piece, art supply, etc) but my real life self just doesn't "need" this. It's helped A LOT to keep my inventory reasonable.
Yes! Awareness of my fantasy self and coming to terms with reality is so helpful! I like the idea of acknowledging that the fantasy item has value, just not for me!
Your statement is super helpful, I am going to try and differentiate between my dream self and my reality self going forward 👌
Very well said!
Brilliant!
Yes, I'm learning to say to myself, "I really like that (item in a store, online shop, or similar) BUT I don't need to buy it"! Just because I like it, want it, or think it's pretty does NOT mean I need to own it.😅
I totally agree that I can get more done if someone is with me. They dont necessarily have to be doing anything other than listening to me vocalize my thought process of what I am going through.
Maple Salmon Recipe she might still need: 1 large salmon filet thawed, marinate with 1/4 cup maple syrup or pancake syrup, 2T soy sauce, 1 clove garlic, 1/4 tsp garlic salt, 1/8 tsp ground pepper. Marinate 15 min per side. Bake in 400 degree oven, 20 minutes uncovered, spoon mixture on bottom of pan over salmon. Enjoy! We love this!!
Saving this recipe. I came across some salmon in the freezer while organizing it this morning 😀
This comment is so wholesome ❤
This is a perfect client; she was so open to literally everything you suggested and did not fight with you at all! My personal experience, this is NOT normal with people who have a ton of clutter and live in a disarrayed space. I feel you got very lucky with this first client🍀😊
definitely cherry picked! ;-)
I think they have worked together a bunch before. Definitely this client was able to let things go faster than I am right now, though I am faster than I was 5 years ago when I wanted to hold on to everything! And faster than my mom who is in the stage of “I’m ready to sell or give that away if a family member wants it, but not to donate to a store.” So she’ll text me pics and I say hmm I don’t know why don’t I take it while I decide and then if I don’t want it I’ll get it to someone who does or donate to the store. And she says yes. It’s easier for her to gift to her daughter than give away. So i hold on for a week then donate 95% of it (I keep the really cool stuff!) and if she ever asks I am totally honest that I donated it so someone else could use it. By now, she stopped asking if I kept things or not, it seems to get easier for her each time. 2 weeks ago she actually asked me to take her give-aways to the thrift store directly! :D
@@massages_for_world_peace8909 hi, I’m your mom!!!🤣That’s the stage of life I’m in and I’m about to take a whole giant box of crap to my daughter who lives in a small studio apartment…definitely needed to hear this advice! Thank you for sharing your experience 🥰
@@randomharts haha! Well my mom is awesome so you’re probably pretty rad too! Your daughter can be your teammate through this! D it took me a while to feel okay giving away my mom’s declutter “gifts” so one thing I appreciated is she never got mad at me when I donated them, if she asked and I said I gave them away she just said oh okay, moved the conversation along to something else. She never made me feel guilty or bad for my decision to give away. :)
Oh my gosh. This Rachel person is so adorable!! And so relatable! She’s already at a good mental place to do this. Good humor about herself and her expressions are so cute and realistic.
And she’s clearly tried decluttering before because she used the container concept (Decluttering at the Speed of Life) and being a Cricket organizer (Cass from Clutterbug)
I love the comment about paper “our goal is to keep NONE of it”. I have a paper pile I’m tackling first thing tomorrow! Thank you!!!!
The picture of the person and the boxes going down with all the other things listed out really resonates with me. That's exactly how I feel. I am married, have 7 kids, 1 is special needs with severe developmental delays, we homeschool. Just doing the daily tasks take up alot of mental power. I dont have much leftover for stuff.
When we moved our movers were actually very surprised when I told them that the piles of boxes in the livingroom was everything in the entire house. I had packed everything up and stacked it there and taken the beds apart and had them and mattresses up against the wall ready to go. They had quoted us 7 hrs to move and they ended up doing it in 4 and 1 hour was driving. It was 1hr to load, 1 to drive, and 2 to unload bc I had a floorplan of the new house and numbered the rooms on the floorplan and numbered the boxes so they put everything in the appropriate room.
Yes, the pop up picture of the person and inventory boxes helped so much!!
Rachel did such a great job and you were supportive and not “judgie”💕
I justify every homeschool expense and have the hardest time parting with it. It goes back to drawing identity from specific books and subjects (and how they’d enlighten my children and they’d be so wise and clever and…) and the reality that they didn’t work-or I stopped caring-has settled in and I parted with a lot of it. It felt really good! And now I know not to even shop for that stuff in the first place. Aside from textbooks and consumable workbooks, everything else is coming from the library this school year. We don’t need to own it, even if it’s a lovely thing.
I totally relate to all that she said-- decision fatigue, overwhelming, emotionally draining. Having someone to encourage you as you work it really nice. Maybe you need to make a video that just says encouraging phrases that we listen to as we work on our piles!
um yes please i would be all about this
Maybe a Podcast covering different topics or areas to declutter would be nicht. One could listen to while decluttering without being visually distracted.
Just know, you are a HERO for raising NINE boys, I admire you and you can certainly do this and feel so much lighter ❤️
Hello Marilyn 👋
@@kh0072 hello 👋🏻
@@mphil66 How are you doing today?
@@mphil66 Hello how are you doing today?
Right?! I have 3 boys and that’s a challenge most days lol.
I actually have a tip! When sorting through the clutter, have 2 boxes, 1 for donations, 1 for recycle and then 2 trash bags, one for shredding, and the other for trash. I would suggest running your paperwork through the shredder as you go, and you can dump it in your bag as needed. That way you are not digging through the trash bag to get the recycle out and you won't be throwing something away that needs shredding.
here, the recyclers won’t accept shredded paper.
@@easygalleryframes Sometimes I use it as kitty litter if I have enough.
I put essential oils in our Hyla vacuum to help the house smell good while I vacuum. 😁
thats absolutely brilliant. glad i havent knocked out the bedrooms yet today haha
That's the neatest floor pile Ive ever seen. For real.
that’s probably a cricket-style pile 😁
Yup! Totally the cricket in her!!!
Curse of the cricket. 🙋🏻♀️
Definitely.
I’m a cricket but I have many more (& pretty sloppy) piles. Lots of papers & stuff that were swept into shopping bags when I needed a clear space or company was coming.
I don’t have piles on the floor but this motivated me to clean out my Amazon music files and delete, delete, delete old music that was sucking up my iPad storage. Another thing I’m doing is clearing my Amazon cache of programs and movies to zero, to start fresh with new things and let the old stuff I never watched go. Very freeing even though these aren’t physical things, they still bog you down.
I did that with my photos on my phone and computer recently. Made such a difference
GO RACHEL GO!!!! I love this series and I absolutely think that all of us can relate to Rachel’s piles, thinking and beautiful victory over clutter!!!!! YYYYAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!! 🌟💖🌈😍
Hello Susan
I think it can be emotional to give up fantasy items. For me it's like saying goodbye to the "hope" that those things represented because those items were meant for positive changes. I'm finding that letting those items go is helping me to begin to feel more grounded and present daily as it's a mental decluttering from all the subconscious messages from advertisers suggesting "things" represent who you are and how you'll experience the world.
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽💯
Boy do I relate! I found a few that were really hard to part with. Something that helped in my case was taking a few pictures. When that satisfied my senses I would then be able to move on without the sctual item.
This was great. I did have one question though. Why not put the boxes on the shelves in the closet instead of on the floor? Obviously not above the pack and plays but there was a lot of shelves in there and I would think it would be easier to clean if they weren't on the floor.
My friend had a stash of great baskets (big ones!) with no purpose.
Rather than give them away, she lined them with tight mesh and used them as flower planters on her porch! Yes, they will eventually rot, but in the meantime she has the most gorgeous, cute arrangements of pansies, snapdragons, mini sunflowers, pentas and impatiens. She also gives the baskets with living flower planters as gifts to her gardening friends. Too bad I can't post a photo!
Enjoyed this one so much Dawn! Inspired me to go and get rid of some of my floor piles. One room = 15 minutes. Why has it been there for months?? 🤷🏼♀️
So exciting to see someone getting the one on one coaching. It is nice to see other households with the same kinds of clutter "in the wild".
Hello Theresa 👋
It is so much easier to declutter when my "fantasy self" is on vacation! 😂 Great job, Rachel!!! Great video, Dawn!
Hello Barbara.
I can tell I’m going to love this series. Rachel was such a sweet lady.
I can’t thank you both enough! I’m in my bedroom watching this and looking at 2 empty bins. A “junk” box, a laundry basket of “junk”, a desk with “junk” and a box of papers. 😜 l And just yesterday I was struggling with the essential oils dilemma!! 😂🤣
I come from a family of hoarders/collectors and I inherited a lot of those qualities. Last year I started minimizing bc of you. I used to get true heartache and anxiety when letting things go. But with your help I’ve made TREMENDOUS strides forward.
I'm 58 and 2 things I keep telling myself are: 1. I don’t want my son (only child) to have to go through a bunch of stuff when I die. (Whenever that may be.) 2. These things are only temporary. You can’t take them with you.
My bf and I are in a 1/1 apt in CA and I’ve set a goal to have my clutter and disarray organized by the end of the year. I’ll keep ya posted on my progress.
I’m sending you so much love, light and blessings!
It is so wonderful to see the connection and the transfer of knowledge and confidence! For those of us not in your area who could wish for an in-person visit, this video is definitely the next best thing. In my mind, Dawn and Tom are alongside me boosting my own confidence and achieving my own decluttering as I watch this inspiring video!
Happy to report that I decluttered a bookshelf in my bedroom while watching/listening to this video. I moved a stack of books and notebooks to the donate box, tossed some garbage and re-homed several items. (Why were garden clippers in my bedroom???) It feels so much better. I have a full cart staring at me now, so I’ll find another video to watch while I declutter it after lunch. Thanks for the great motivation, Rachel & Brian and Dawn & Tom!
"Why were garden clippers in my bedroom?" HA!! That gave me a laugh, thank you. My piling spot was my dining room table, and the items were almost as goofy as your clippers. Good job decluttering!
I hide garden tools in with my clothes so I know where they are and the boys of the house don’t claim or destroy them. This is how garden stuff ends up in bedrooms.
@@kobrien7945 I think you’ve hit the nail on the head!
Dawn, this was such a great idea. You and Tom are very generous in giving your time and energy to helping others learn how to clear their spaces of unnecessary clutter. It’s so nice to share these visits with you. Keep them coming!
Like her with her essentials oils... I have wanted to be a person who drinks tea so I had a LOT of tea bags. But... I realized recently ever time I looked at the bags they made me feel bad. I just really don't like tea. So I kept about 5 bags and gave the rest away... I feel better and should have done it sooner.
I love this video series and there is only 1 video so far. I literally could watch a million of these and feel inspired every time!
This content is so good! I love seeing real people getting expert help. Super inspiring!
I'm glad you addressed the treasures made out of trash from the kids. Of course we want to remember and treasure everything our children make for us. I just can't manage years and years worth of art projects. Memory bins are a wonderful idea for children to see that of course we do treasure their workbut we have to select the pieces we can fit in the box. Let the container be the bad guy.
Oh my goodness, it was so awesome seeing you guys tackle piles in the master bedroom! This is definitely a problem area in my home and I just hate it. Donations, things to sell, building materials etc. all get piled in my master bedroom because we have a tiny home. This video has given me a bit of motivation and encouragement to tackle my space too. THANKS RACHEL for being so vulnerable and sharing your space with us all! THANKS DAWN AND TOM for giving of your time and energy!
Wow! What a great video! I chuckled when I saw the photos in the laundry basket and thought how Dawn always says that laundry baskets end up getting used for storing items other than laundry.
Started watching this and felt compelled to declutter my junk closet. I now have 3 boxes of donations by the door and a bunch of stuff that I plan to sell. It really does help to declutter with a friend... even if that friend is on RUclips 🙂
When she said "I want to read to the boys. Or exercise!" I was reminded that I wanted to get on my exercise bike again. Thanks!
I agree that hobbies are more enjoyable with less inventory. Also with one or two really good tools or implements instead of a whole bunch of "okay" ones. :) I decluttered hobbies a while back when I had a new baby and said to myself "if I had a couple of hours alone, which hobby would I do first?" That helped a lot!
My husband’s dresser was a pile, 3-rows deep. I made him a memory box, which fit under the bed because we had cleaned out under there a few months earlier. A stack of books found a place on a shelf near other books in our upstairs den, because I had just gone through all of the books! He had some big items I knew he only kept there because the kids and I had given him them as gifts. They were in the “back row “so I knew he wouldn’t miss them anyway. Every day he tells me how happy he is to have the top of his dresser back!
I love an idea I got from you, to set a timer and work in one area for that time. I work in 15 minute intervals and sometimes my issue is staying in the area!
LOVE chalkboard labels. You can also use chalkboard contact paper and cut it to the size that you need. Very economical.
Schools and daycares are always happy to receive arts & crafts donations!! That’s where I send my craft stuff. Great job, Rachel🥰
Rachel did such a great job! Dawn you did amazing in helping her talk through the questions to declutter. Thank you for this video. I look forward to seeing another one!
Rachel - I am also a cricket! This looks exactly what my piles looked like - but let me tell you…when you get on the other side of this, you’ll have the time and bandwidth to sit down and put together those photo albums!! ❤️
Hello Erica 👋
Loved this! Rachel thank you for allowing us to see the process. What you said about "fantasy kids" is so true! I have been able to let go of a lot of miscellaneous art supplies because that's not my kid either. Also, I let go of the paint and the play doh for my sanity!
Rachel is such a delightful lady! I'm so glad you were able to support her in the decluttering process.
I decluttered a box of paperwork whilst watching ☺️💪🏻
The best way I've found to keep track of important documents (titles, birth certificates, social security cards, loan papers, passports, ect.) Is to put them in a small or file size fireproof lockbox. I always know where they are and feel that they may be somewhat safe in the case of a fire. Anything I consider time consuming to replace or something that may actually be irreplaceable goes in there. Those documents that are always needed from time to time are at my fingertips and my husband can find them too. It doesn't take up hardly any space and is well worth the peace of mind knowing exactly where they can be found. Now I plan on implementing the Sunday box method to keep up with mail. The pile that grows is so bad to deal with once too much time passes.
Wow I love this type of video! I love your normal content too :) but this new content is exciting. Getting together with friends is always so much easier for cleaning and decluttering!
I literally just started this video and thought-oh good, it’s not just me? I’m definitely struggling with this right now! Thanks for this perfectly timed video. I love your non judgmental approach with very practical advice that’s so doable!
Thank you for sharing Rachel! It's so good that Dawn can be a help two-fold (in person and for us subscribers)!
Hello Jenny 👋
So interesting and encouraging / motivating to see Rachel declutter those piles :) Thanks for being willing to share!
Wow Dawn this is amazing. Watching y'all go through Rachel's piles together is so helpful. We really do all have the same clutter piles! Your talk track makes these kinds of tasks so much less daunting. I wish you could come to Texas and sit with me. I am so thankful for your channel. It truly is the next best thing.
Hi Mary 👋
Please don’t ever sign on for an HGTV show or something, Dawn. I love how real this is - the network stuff would make it fake.
I Love this video. Shows just how real people are. Thanks, Dawn and Tom!
I love how you said not to underestimate the power of having someone there to help you make decisions. I just tried that yesterday. I was decluttering the hall linen closet and was finding myself in decision paralysis so I asked my daughter to just come hang with me. It took the pressure out of making decisions by having a partner and it was easier to also not let emotions get in the way of letting something go. My daughter would say things like "Ma we don't need that any more" or "no one actually uses that", or "we all out grown that one". And she started to get really in to it and excited to do another part the house.
Oh girl! Cricket speaking my language! Old self says, "put it in a pile until I can go through it properly!" I totally relate!
I currently have 2 piles on my bedroom floor that I’ve needed to go through for months! 🙈
Tomorrow, I’m going through them and then I’m going to time myself to see how long it takes.
It’s so nice knowing other people have piles on their bedroom floors! 😁
Hello Lisa 👋
Awesome, I really liked how you did this together. Glad to have been a part of this with you. A few minutes in and I thought - I can do this along with you girls. I can do a box right here that I hadn’t finished when doing my Minimalist Challenge… I’m so visual though I had to stop and rewind because I don’t like to miss anything. I got my box empty though. I have a bag to donate, and I’m going into the city tonight so can drop that off at Value Village.
I wish you lived closer. I’m in Canada, in the area that is right in the Fire Hot Spot - next door to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia. There are Fires everywhere around here right now. I did almost finish my To Go Bag - to be prepared for Evacuation. My personal spot is ok, but I do have a niece 6 miles away that was put on evacuation alert in the middle of the night…. We live in the only Desert Zone in Canada above your Washington State. So I have also cleaned out some things in my To Go Bag, and need to freshen up some of the 1st Aid Items. So it’s happening… thank you … I enjoyed doing this along with you today.
This was so helpful. I am a mom of 12 kids and find it hard to declutter as they have so much stuff. Thank you for these helpful tips.
I’ve been stalking your channel as I am unpacking boxes AND decluttering. I played your Mom’s pantry over and over while trying to figure out food storage with no lower cabinets. Senior living. Tiny kitchen. I’m decanting in all sort of re-used food. containers. Please thank your Mom and Rachel for allowing us to visit their process in action. They are both so kind.
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Dawn, YOU are "the other person helping me," (a la 15:35-ish) and I am so grateful for you and your work. You have helped and are continuing to help me so much 🌿
I've been waiting for this video all week since the members only group post! I think its awesome that you did this (even though I'm low key very jealous that Rachel got to hang out with you and I didn't lol). I've said this before, but your encouragement has helped me clear out probably 75% of the things in my home and I'm still going! Thank you so much, Dawn, for your positive outlook and for sharing your light with all of us. You've helped me through some of the darkest times in my life and I'm truly grateful for you and your family ❤
Wow, thank you so much Danielle! This means more than you know!!
Same ❤️
This is what do. We live in our clutter and get used to it. Take a picture of it and look at it. Puts the clutter into a different perspective. That's MY Clutter! Then clear it and take another picture. Feels great!
OMG Dawn this is just as fun, entertaining ,informative AND inspiring as any big budget network TV show. I love it. I'm just in awe, they need a big production team, lighting, cameraman, etc , and here you are doing with just you and your husband. The dynamic duo. lol. I hope you don't succumb to the big Networks when they start calling you, If they haven't already.
Thank you for helping us recognize our “fantasy” selves and the decisions and misguided purchases that we make when we are in that “fantasy” world! Terrific video. Love seeing you help others declutter.
Thinking of my Master Bedroom pile as its own sort of quarantine bin?! 🤯
Another layer off my decluttering onion!
Loved the "how much inventory can I manage"...really great concept! 🙌💗
This was so inspiring! Thank you Rachel for showing us your progress.
Dawn, the image of how much inventory one can realistically handle was very helpful!
“It’s funny because you think, why didn’t I do this sooner?”
“Because you looked at the pile as a whole and you didn’t see the easy stuff.”
For the essential oils - I never knew what to do either until I watched - ‘thiscrazylife’ youtuber who, after doing dishes, puts drops of essential oils down the sink and it adds a fresh scent to the drain and the air as well. I tried it and it works!
Yes I would love to see more of Rachel’s declutter videos
Another thing can make poopori too. Bunch of Drops with water in a sprayer. put a sprayer in each bathroom. Your guests will love too
Cool! Check with your sewage company that they are okay with essential oils down the drain. Some oils can harm the water supply, affecting animals, vegetation or bacterias.
Oh my goodness. Rachel's clutter looks so much like mine! Mystery desk stuff. Papers and papers. Stuff my children want, or not. Stuff we spent money on, but didn't work for us. Thanks to everyone for being real!
I loves baskets, too, but when I moved after 42 years in the same house, I decluttered all but a few baskets and decluttered even more after I moved. It was hard, but I’m soooooo glad I did.
Dawn as I knew you would, you approached this with such dignity and grace. Empowering Rachel to make the brave decisions without bringing shame or condemnation. Love love love this series.
I love that you went to someone else's house and worked through things with them! I would love to watch more of these. 😄
Rachel's clutter is so much neater than mine! It was great to watch someone going through the same struggles I am.
One of the things that has helped me the most with "practical to keep but don't really need" items, is I pretend that someone is standing next to me saying "oh wow I could really use that!" and if I could easily hand it to them, then I don't need it. I like to think that when these items end up at thrift store, they are great finds for someone else.
I love that sentiment! And usually someone needs it more than we do.
I would sit and watch an hour! This was such a helpful video..
I've been decluttering seriously now well over a year!! Its life changing.
I'm pregnant, if I could do a squat and reach anything on the floor that would help 😆
This video was so helpful to watch. Thank you for talking through and explaining things! What a role model for raising 9 kids and home schooling them! You must have so much patience! High five super mom! ✋
I love watching your channel! It confirms I have been doing well for the last 30 plus years! What most people don't realize it isn't a one and done process..to maintain you must evaluate all the time! She did an awesome job!
This is a great video…so inspiring!! It encourages me to tackle a pile or two…maybe even three! I think a longer video is worth watching because it will allow for variations on types of “stuff” and the Q&A’s that go along with the process. I’ve picked up the habit of saying baa-bye (echoes of Tom) to stuff as I am making the decisions to donate or trash. It keeps my spirits up and stops me from getting overwhelmed.
On paper clutter, I love how Rachel said "I would get the piles smaller, but I would never totally get rid of it" Can totally relate. Those decisions with the smaller and smaller piles seem harder; the decision fatigue and overwhelm sets in quicker! So motivating to finally push past that fatigue and be done ✅ Thanks for sharing!!
So much compassion and comraderie in this process! I wonder if the is some longing for doing art projects herself with her little girl inside. And maybe also, it would be interesting to recall when Rachel would be going on this art supply shopping sprees. Maybe, just from how she felt supported by another woman here, she would benefit from conducting an arts class with girls. Such a beautiful family.
Yes I would be interested in more detailed videos. Rachel did great, although I didn't think her piles were very bad! At least compared to mine!
Agreed, I think Rachel did some tidying up before guests came! :-D
Thanks Dawn, Tom, Rachel and Brian! ❤️
Too (not so funny) funny as I have piles and piles of stuff on my bedroom floor, it has become the dumping ground for my decluttering as these are all indecision things😱 now I feel overwhelmed. This started since I joined your classes.
You're not alone!! One bite at a time ;)
There is a special place in heaven for a mother of nine boys. Loved this episode.
Thank you Rachel for letting us purge with you. It was so helpful. And again, Dawn & Tom....your support makes it all easier.
The paper goal was transformative... the goal is to keep none of it! That was a turning point moment for me. Thanks you!
Rachel is my HERO! Such courage and determination! And she is blessed to have you, Dawn, as her friend thru this new mindset transformation! Great going, ladies! WOW! : )
Omg you just hit the nail on the head … “hasn’t this stuff already been quarantined sitting here for months and months ….” I have boxes that never got unpacked from our move 7 yrs ago. This thought will make going through them so much easier !! Thank you ❤
As a person with 8 kiddos who homeschools and has chronic health issues, I cannot tell you how much I appreciate the idea that it's ok that I can manage less inventory because I manage other things too!
Wonderful!!! one piece at a time .... not soooooo overwhelming :) love this idea ... I'm already onto my pile in the corner!! love from here xoxo
My kids also don’t use construction paper either! I just gave a whole pack away yesterday! -Lindsay
I recently retired and one of my many goals is to declutter our home after raising 2 kids to adulthood, and being involved in some very time-consuming volunteer activities and hobbies while being employed full time. Meanwhile, the boxes and piles stacked up. Too busy to deal with clutter when my body was able, and now that I have time, just like your mom, my days of lifting heavy things are at an end. I needed help. Along comes a friend from one of my volunteer activities who has been INVALUABLE to getting stuff done. From cleaning out closets with me, helping with general cleaning, to packing my kitchen and all breakables so we can move furniture to get our floor done, she has kept the momentum going. As a helper and a cheerleader, she is what I needed. You are so very right on that so keep encouraging folks like me that need a boost! I will never be a true minimalist, but your videos have helped immensely during this time! Thank you!
I could so relate to Rachel! I’ve been letting go of fantasy endeavours so I can be more present in my reality as well. When you said, “am I a bad mom for not filling in baby books?” I laughed so hard I choked 😂 …I have 6 kids. I bought baby books for my oldest 2 and half heartedly filled them in; I just threw them in the recycling a couple weeks ago. No regrets. My love for my kids is not defined by meticulous record keeping!