@DbCax3304
Good advice! In the last four years, my husband and I have massively decluttered our home. We decluttered when the kids move out to their own n grown-up lives. After, we decluttered to sell our house, then to move, then to merge two households, then for major renovations. We are still editing, and that's not because we are hoarders, it's because life changes. One thing that I keep hanging on to is a little newborn cardio that my grandmother knitted for my daughter. I was going to pass it on to my first grandchild, but I may end up never having grandchildren. I keep it carefully wrapped at the bottom of my seasonal clothing bin. I doesn't really take up any space and every time I see it, it brings me joy.
@FreedomFrederick-p9x
I am a 75 year old male living in Australia and because of the time in which I grew up developed habits that are useful in hard times but are a problem in times of plenty..our experience as children has a life long effect on who we are as adults..best wishes in your challenges in life..life is a struggle but we can make it a little easier for each other..
@Ms.AprilBudgetsandSaves
Thank you. That’s all I can say. Thank you. I am not alone. 🙏🏾
@pkmill7482
I attended a declutterring seminar a few years back and the most important thing I learned is that we hold onto material things primarily out of guilt, or living in the past. That’s not saying one should throw away things that are sentimental or memorabilia from an important or happy time in your life, but don’t hold onto things from your parents/grandparents, etc. if it isn’t important or valuable to you. Remember, NOW is YOUR TIME, because your ancestor’s time on this earth has concluded. Rid yourself of guilt holding onto their stuff. It’s YOUR TIME NOW.
@Angela-j5i
I have declutterred for 2 weeks now and I feel great. I couldn’t believe how I was attached to stuff. But I’ve let go now. My house is so much easier to keep clean now. The visual clutter gone,has now made my mind a lot calmer. Take care from 🇬🇧
@dianaquill9969
I decluttered my very small bedroom years ago, and it was SO worth it. I got rid of 3 MASSIVE black trash bags of clothes and 5 of random knickknacks and toys I didn't care about or had grown out of. After that I was a little sad about it, kind of like when you lose a tooth you think and feel over its absence a couple times a day at least. But it was just so... Freeing. It was so much easier to clean my room and today I'm looking on YouTube for lovely videos like yours to help motivate me to continue my current decluttering journey. I'm getting so much done (though the hobby drawers are just getting sorted and not decluttered this time, lol!). I'm looking forward to that breath of fresh air when I look at all my hard work to get rid of all the trash in my room that's built up over like 5+ years. And to being able to breathe properly, dust is so invasive when you have cluttered surfaces everywhere!
@susiegraham3671
I worked at a donation center. So many things we received were filthy or stunk, broken zippers, broken beyond repair, or so far out of style no one chooses them. They don’t realize the lower income people don’t want dirty or stuff woefully out of style. All that stuff goes straight to the landfill. We loved donations that were clean and repaired. Don’t wait 30 or 40 years to decide to part with clothing, unless it was very classic and well made material and construction.
@w.l.kampsen7461
I seems that once we begin to get older, this decluttering mindset takes hold. It makes sense since as we age the meaning of life also changes. Early on, "things" appear to us to have so much value, but more times then not, they are replaced by personal relationships. I am in the process of decluttering, and have notice that the things I keep directly enhance my feelings toward others.
@A.J.Canfield-ym2fe
Got this! After reorganizing my finances after 65 (just clicked over), I'm starting to take a more serious focus on my clutter situation...For now...I want to dump my old living room furniture (after a 20 year marriage). Big, cat ruined eye sores like old leather chairs, an ottoman and a sofa takes up almost half the floor space. Your decision to not horde family stuff anymore and just bring yourself to let it go is good advice especially when you're the only one that seems to care about it anymore...🤪😀 AJ
@kristenedwards5891
I've definitly obsessed over the topic of decluttering, consuming all that I could on the topic. Have tried my best at making it happen over and over, but I think Im where you were in overthinking it and trying to make everyone elses methods work for me. My biggest challenge is adhd while caring for my two children and home as we homeschool. The most clutter we have is the kids belongings which consume every room no matter how much I try to keep it simple. I know a simplified space is best for all of us, and I wont give up until I get us there. Boy oh boy is it a challenge!
@GinaGeroulo
I think you’re smart and insightful. I enjoy listening to your videos. About 4 years ago I smashed my wedding china into tiny pieces and did a fantastic mosaic wall in my house with it. Win win win…❤
@bgrateful8153
Use it or lose it. I love that. ❤
@summitsusie
Good point about parents raised during the depression. Have the same issues from my depression baby parents.
@dianaquill9969
The things I find hard to get rid of are hobby items. I have lived and loved through so many hobbies that I don't want to let go of any of them, even leather scraps I can't use because I have no twine, or 10+ year old water color paints, charcoal, colored pencils, journaling scraps, colorful patterned paper, a dozen music books for different instruments, fiction books I've never gotten into but sit on my bookshelf. Foraging books I've never read, I have SO many darn hobbies that I can't even choose a favorite unless it's in terms of how much time I've sunk into it. It's hard to throw away entire things that you loved once, even if it was just for a few months. Gosh, I might be a hoarder...
@anitadavidson1266
There is equipment ‘cluttering’ my home and worse still, reminding me that I am ill. Things such as wheelchairs (indoors/outdoors), and yes there is a huge difference in the needs required from each. I could give a list a mile long, but I have slowly come to realise these things are not what overwhelms me, oh no, it is my absolute obsession with purchasing new art supplies to play with. I still think having art supplies is extremely beneficial to me, despite being a complete beginner, now aged 59. I would tell my daughter that it made me happy. But recently, I have begun to simply find it puts pressure on myself to ‘produce something’. That is unpleasant. Just this week, I made the decision to gradually cut back on the many duplicates I own - I have Neurological conditions that mean I can forget my own name, never mind whether I own a particular watercolour tube, or paper, or…. I believe most people here understand how hard we make it for ourselves. I still think I will retain much (I enjoy looking at, or playing with colour) of the supplies, but when I am done, I will be able to get into my ‘art room’ to find and play with my stuff. I have set aside a huge amount to send to two art buddies. One 8n American, one in Germany. As I am in Scotland, it will cost a lot to do, but they will be used by professionals, and that thought makes me happy. However, the thought of the courier costs does not!! Then, if I find I still have too much, I can sell on eBay, and use the money as spending money in October when my daughter and her beautiful wife are treating me to 7 days in Copenhagen with them. If I save up, and sell things, I will be delighted if dinners out were on me. I ramble a lot, you may have noticed… Thank you for helping me find my own way through difficulties. 🫶🏻👩🏻🎨🎨🖌️🤷🏼♀️
@Kathysart
lol! I love it. Thank you.
@DeniseRedinger-ep6gy
I’ve started out small…I usually don’t have a problem donating clothes to our nearby shelter. We live in a small town so I’m fairly certain that the items I donate get used. We’ve also gone through books to donate. Letting go of things is not easy though..
@lexconor8498
A person may find that something they decided to keep 5 years ago no longer has the value to them it did then. We grow, our needs change.
@Chirrup18
Amen! To all of it! 😄
@nancyderry159