Don’t Just Declutter, De-own.
Вставка
- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- At its heart, organizing is simply rearranging. And though we may find storage solutions today, we are quickly forced to find new ones as early as tomorrow
---
Recent videos:
Compliments are Free
• Compliments are Free
9 Ways Generous People See the World Differently
• 9 Ways Generous People...
---
Most popular videos:
7 Daily Habits for a Clutter-Free Home: Declutter for Good
• 7 Daily Habits for a C...
Top 10 Things to Declutter Right Now
• Top 10 Things To Declu...
---
You can read more tips in my book, The Minimalist Home, or pre-order my new book, Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life.
Read hundreds of articles on decluttering and owning less on the Becoming Minimalist blog.
---
Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know that my new book, Things That Matter, is finally here. I put my heart into it, and I can’t wait to share it with you. You can pick up a copy at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676394/things-that-matter-by-joshua-becker/
How can I get that in India ?
Perfect reminder that owning less is actually freedom, Thank you Joshua.
Yes! Used to spend over 8 hours cleaning and tidying and doing housework each day. Now it's pretty much 30 minutes to an hour. I'm way more relaxed, in better health, and have an overall better quality of life--just from owning less. Amazing.
"De-own" somehow makes so many things so much easier for me instantly.
This video comes perfectly on time just before Black Friday sales!! 😂
Yep! I’m staying away from the crazy stores!
Bingo: I am sick and tired of finding cutish boxes for my crap, of re-organizing!! De-owning: that's the name of the game. Thank you!
Thank goodness for this... a minimalist who tells you to get rid of all the crap!!!!!!!
Thanks to you, I've given thousands of dollars worth of "stuff" to charity. 4 pickups from the Salvation Army this year, now donations to Toys for Tots. Not really ever cluttered like many, but ridding of things was like a cleansing. While others buy this holiday season, I challenge people to get rid of what you don't need. This is the season where retail will try to brainwash the public. Thanks Joshua!
Awesome! Proud of you brother
Love what u have to say!! Thank you !!!
Thank you for donating things.
I wish I could get my donations collected but non of the charity shops near me offer that service. I’ve decluttered about half of my stuff and it’s all in the hall waiting to be decantered to various local places but as I no longer have a car it’s taking an absolute age to take it in bags. I’ve got some things which are too big/heavy to carry but much too good to be thrown away but I can’t even offer “free for collection” where I live🤦♀️. It’s so frustrating because the clutter is driving me up the wall and I just want rid of it.
@@ExLibris-Alys no family to help???? Check with a local Church. They will pick up for sure!!!!!
I was a serial “container purchaser”- I used to buy them all the time , but then wonder why I was still basically in a mess ! Then the day I heard you say storage is not the answer , owning less is, EVERYTHING changed for me. It is just so logical . Thank you for your wonderful life-changing advice Joshua.
I've given away so many containers because of this! And now if I have to put something in a container I completely re-evaluate whether or not I want to even keep the items. Game changer for sure.
Me too. I thought that was the solution for a tidy house. I bought lots of storage containers, and organized. My house lwas full of containers with no where to put them. And then I wondered why it still wasn't tidy. Minimalismis the way to go.
A wise man (you) once said, “Decluttering is always better than organizing.” I repeat that to myself a lot when faced with a messy room, and it has helped my dad declutter his house since mom passed.
I'm really sorry to hear about your mom's passing. That must still be really hard. Yes, very good quote from him. I will have to repeat this to myself more often!
"If organizing worked, you'd be done by now..."
So True!😅
Better than Goodwill is trying a local Buy Nothing group. That way you know your item is going to be rehoused and not just pass through Goodwill on the way to the landfill.
Yes, my husband worked for Goodwill, he said they would toss so much stuff,
My neighbors were foreclosed on and were evicted. All of their stuff sits on both their side yard and in their front yard. It’s such an eyesore for my neighborhood, and these people were obviously hoarders. They haven’t been back to claim their junk. This entire experience, including having the police called on these people a dozen times a day, made me reevaluate my own possessions. If I were evicted today, what would I take with me and what junk would be lingering in my yard for my neighbors have ire over? I’ve been purging ever since. PS: I did take their outdoor plants 🪴 though 🤭
People losing everything being an eyesore and inconvenience to you is an interesting worldview.
@@Dirk_Strider you don’t comprehend the complex legal ramifications behind it since they also had THREE years from foreclosure date and several moving trucks to pack their shit. They left what they didn’t want as literal LITTER! The debris has blown into my yard and everyone else’s in the past week as a private nuisance and trespass to land. But you are just assuming I’m a nosy Karen. No, I’m an attorney who has compassion and usually works pro Bono or at a highly discounted rate for clients. Moreover, these people had an ADDITIONAL 90 days due to the Biden moratorium from our county having a stay on evictions before two county sheriffs arrived to forcibly effectuate their untimely ejection relocation. Squatters make life more interesting, I suppose 🤣
What??? Seriously? De-own. I love that
What would happen if the neighbors got together to throw away trash & junk? Any legal ramifications of that since the house is unoccupied and the stuff is just outside?
@@murdige we all have been. Day by day, and people come take stuff for scrapping. I wish I could share a photo of the mess at this very moment
"Owning less, is better than organizing more". 👏👏🙌👍
Yees !
Indubitably So TRUE ✔️🦅
EXACTLY. I am a minimalist through and through. I personally don’t like STUFF. I keep a light load!! I enjoy the very simple things like riding around and seeing places I have never seen before and taking walks in parks and neighborhoods we have never been to either. FUN!!!
This is my favourite sentence too😍👍
YES. Shove it Marykon do
The educational system needs to hire you world wide!!! You're an amazing spoke person to save, save and buy less.
reminding me that i need to put a sheet on the lawn, and post to Craigslist and say "all free, take it off my lawn" - been dragging things around for at least 15 years. maybe soemoen else can take it...it's not about "money", it's about "get it out of here, enjoy it"
Then working to that which matters
I put an ad on Craigslist list advertising free items from my garage, everything I wanted to get rid of was, in one day.
@@shawna620 awesome!!!!
I recently did a huge purge on my wardrobe (still in progress btw!) and filled 3 large sacks!
Due to lockdown the charity stores weren’t open, so my sacks sat there for 3 weeks.
Not once did I “need” any of my items (in fact, I added to the sacks!!), which proved to me that everything in those sacks truly wasn’t needed.
Like your video and practical advice!
call a local church!
Because of those shutdowns what I did was give a lot of our donations directly to people who needed them during the times my donation spots were unavailable.
I just got rid of half my clothes, 2 whole 50 gallon trash bags!!
@@gabbyfringette7250 well done you!
I’m finding now that I actually have more choices of clothing because I can now see everything I have 🤣🤣
@@nz-nz me too--now that my kitchen and storage room aren't totally overwhelming anymore, I've used a cake platter that I've had for 20 years and really like but had never used, three times!
I like nothing more than to get ruthless with my stuff. It’s amazing what I don’t need.
Hi, Kay! I haven't seen you in forever. How have you been? Do you keep up with the Belgian much anymore? Great to see you out here on Josh's channel. I "minimalised" my food as well. I have lost a whopping 40 LBS since the last time we chatted.
@@thomashughes4859 Tom, hi!! Forty pounds?! That’s amazing, I’m very proud of you. I’m doing well. I do miss the Authentic Sound gang, but I’m up to my neck in my own musical endeavors. I’m the new choir director at my church, St. Nicholas Orthodox, basically running a marathon like a sprint. I’d like to fill you in.
@@kaybrown4010 I deleted it, but you should have it in your email. I just didn't want to piggyback off Josh's channel. Great to hea from you.
When I finish decluttering a room, I notice the organizing system I bought is empty and no longer of use. I've vowed not to buy organizers! And if I have storage totes, I use them as donation bins. Thanks Joshua.
Yes! I have totes. Perfect to use for getting rid of things, not storage.
Excellent
Thank you, Joshua!!! I have enjoyed the blessings of a more simplified and minimized home for 2 years now. I will never go back!
We love your channel, as well!
Joining a Buy Nothing community online has been the most helpful thing for me. When a neighbor wants or needs something I find it easy to share and I often add to the pile of things I had offered once I see that someone is excited to take them and use them. It also allows me to ask for things when needed so I don’t feel like I need to keep everything “just in case” - a neighbor will lend or give what I need if they can. It’s more work than donating but it’s also rewarding.
My Dad, who was born in 1910, always said our possessions possessed us......
I read something very similar to that in the book "A Passionate Apprentice", the eary diaries of the British author Virginia Woof, from 1897 to 1909. The author grew up in a house with widowed/remarried parents and children from three marriages. When the parents had died, Virignia's sister had to hire men to smash some of the furniture in what must have been a house jammed with belongings, parents, children and servants. No wonder Virginia Woolf shared your father's view about possessions possessing people!
My father, born in 1917, used to tell us all the time: You don’t need that! Turns out, he was right.
@@TheDriftwoodlover I was born in 1961 but have been told I act like someone who lived the Depression. One of my favorite books that I own is "Stories of Thrift for Young Americans" published in 1915 and wortwhile today. Each chapter is a story and one is about how the father in a family or several of the neighborhood fathers aren't bringing in as much money because of a slow work time so the children start the Making Over Club to see who can go the longest without buying new clothes. The children talk about how clothes can be altered and trimmed and re-used. I think it's in that chapter also how they talk about growing their own vegetables. Those plans and ideas are good even today. I never minded wearing hand-me-downs!
Learning so much from your videos.
4 rooms down, 4 to go.
"Owning less is always better than organizing more." Yes.
I feel fortunate because I have access to a donation company that comes to my house once a month to pick up my donations. I'm thankful for this service because it keeps me plugging away at minimizing.
De-owning, not buying it, just keeping things simple and minimal. It is so much easier. No extra costs, no re-arranging, no storage containers required. Thank you so much.
Whenever i listen to you, i declutter. I had once taken the 100 things to declutter and actually did it successfully.
Thanks for sharing ur wisdom 😺🙏
Wow! Nice to see a fellow Indian minimalist.
Yeah same here.
I successfully did a no-buy for clothes for 2 years in a row. 2020 and 2021. 😺 i think i have enough clothes to continue this year as well.
I have cleared a lot of clutter - clothes, fashion jewellry, papers, CDs, collectibles etc. It feels good 😊
Do share yput experience too..
When I decide to minimalise rather than reorganise the storeroom, I found people who appreciates the 1) 4 badminton rackets I have not used for more than 10 years 2) new unused floor mats 3) new unused cooking pot 4) old mini cupboard. I like my organise storeroom now and do not wish to stuff with things I will not need for whatever time I have left on earth.
I have been on a decluttering/minimizing journey for a couple of years now. Your videos, blog, and books have been very helpful. My life feels light and peaceful now. Cleaning is so quick and easy. I have time for things I enjoy that I never used to have time for. What’s interesting is, I haven’t even missed anything I’ve gotten rid of. The other day, I took a bin of clothes to goodwill and gave them the whole thing, bin and all. Didn’t need it anymore.
Exactly my story but for 4 years. I give them the containers too 😂. I have not missed a single thing! So much more space, time, energy in my life now. Would not go back.
De-owning makes so much more sense. TFS 👌
I once read that finding new homes for unnecessary items is just moving piles of stuff from one place to another. When you think of it as nothing more than a pile of stuff, you really begin to lose your attachment to it.
I actually enjoy a weekly trip to the Goodwill store. I have donated some really big and/or valuable stuff! The look on their faces is so much fun when I drop off a locking filing cabinet or the working kitchen appliances! Most of my excess stuff is like new 🥰👍🥳
Oh boy is this true!! For years, I was constantly organizing! Bringing things from room to room, upstairs to downstairs...feeling accomplished, but that feeling didn't last long.....I wasn't getting the satisfaction of REALLY doing anything productive! So now that we own less, I don't have to constantly organize THINGS! Life is good!
That's it! I'm done buying things I don't need anymore. I'm starting right now!
You just helped me make a decision. I scrapbook memories and I purchase paper, punches, other supplies because they look nice, yet I haven't even worked on old projects with what I have for over 6 months. Plus I need to declutter my craft room to do any work. So...no more purchases for now, not until I really need them. Thank you for your wonderful advice.
I used to scrapbook and then realising it was too hard to scrapbook with all the stuff I have accumulated and the mess, so there were many times where I took that time to organise all my stuff instead of actually scrapbooking 😩
So true, we keep on buying but not using them to actually craft. I think this is the problem many crafters experience.
💯 wish more people could hear this message AND actually understand/accept it 👌🏻
Love this, nice practically steps to start decluttering/minimizing-for anyone who struggles with it 😊 Thank You!
"It doesn't matter, so much, how you remove unneeded possessions from your home, as long as you do it" I agree. There's so many theories out there on the right way to purge your room, home, closet, etc, that it can make you get stuck on the process, instead of just getting it done. I've used so many ideas to collect the stuff to donate, but in the end, what matters is that it's gone. I have also sold some stuff, but mostly I don't want to deal with having people come to my house, so I donate. Someone who needs it more that I do, will appreciate it.
🤣 I was just mentioning the way you explained " organizing " to my son. 😍🙏💚
Just watched Kate Kaden and she suggested watching this video. It's short, but very sweet. Thanks Joshua.
I always thought I was a minimalist but my daughter said I was a very organized hoarder. In the spring I sold furniture and gave many items to friends. I moved in July. Well it seems I did not downsize nearly enough. I have been selling things on facebook marketplace for several months. I have made many trips to Salvation Army to donate. Tomorrow a computer desk and matching storage pantry style cabinet will be picked up. In the next few months I will evaluate all my clothes and donate what I do not wear. It is liberating.
Reduce, Reduce, Reduce inventory, less stuff to manage
I joined a neighborhood Buy Nothing group and have helped so many people and been helped by many. It's crazy how many things we need are sitting on a shelf in our neighbor's garage and they want to get rid of it.
I live in Miami and don't ever need a heavy coat. But I was traveling to Chicago for Thanksgiving and needed one for the trip. A neighbor who just moved to Miami from NYC was happy to lend me one for three days.
That's $300 staying in my pocket and closet space saved.
Enjoyed your words. Sent here by Kate from Kate Kaden..Thank you.
Found this video through Kate Kaden's UA-cam page, as it came highly recommended. I definitely need to de-own a few things!
I spent 3 days managing stuff this week. Had a yard sale today with my sister and it filled the lawn area. It was cold here in NJ so only 2 people came out and bought nothing. Had to spend 2 hours taking it back to my sisters barn to store it. Will try and sell it again in a few weeks. So much wasted time on stuff management. I have not bought 1 thing this week and it feels great.
Kate Kaden sent me ❤️
The Best Ted Talk ever.
Thanks Ruby.
Kate Kaden Squad here 😊 Thank you
Hi Joshua
Love ur content
I’m a minimalist architect and interior designer, helping people simplifying their home and life thru minimalist designs
Can u please consider adding Arabic CC for Arab people
I’m Egyptian 🇪🇬 and some of us can’t understand the English language but I definitely do
Thanks for ur efforts and keep being different
Kate Kaden sent me. Thank you for your insights.
"De-own." That's brilliant.
Hi Joshua, I donated a lot recently, I have trouble letting go of items but when I brought a pair of horse riding boots down to the charity shop the lady working there was so happy and said she was going to give them to a little girl with special needs and it would help this family out because they had not much money. Also my son had so much lego he is grown up now so I gave it to a neighbour he stopped his car and all his grandchildren thanked me, you are so right it is better to give away items than have them sitting in an attic or on a shelf. I am going to do more de-owning it gives you a feeling of freedom and wellbeing knowning someone can benefit from your items. Thank you for the lovely message.
Omg, Joshua, you look amazing here! Please share some minimalism self care you've been practising recently! 😊👌
Excellent message. Organizing is just rearranging 😱 it’s so much deeper than what it appears as you have laid out.
probably off topic but id like to thank you for your clear pronunciation of words, you have an amazing diction!
Kate Kaden sent me over - I'm already a subscriber but somehow I had missed this video, so it worked out well. There's always more to learn about decluttering and simplifying things. We just hold way too much STUFF and it gets on my nerves. Life is calmer when you have what you need, and everything has a place where it belongs. :-)
Thank you for always bringing things to light.. I need to de-own
A lot more.. as well as donate.
❤️Love that you have no ads!😀👍
This came at a good time for me. I'm de-owning a bunch of stuff that I no longer use this weekend!
Thank you Joshua, pls on this season give us more frequently support 🙏
Best best video ever! Thank you so much. Each weekend. I de-own.
For the first time i watched a few episodes of the Hoarders series. The sheer number of possessions and garbage filling these homes from top to bottom is mind blowing. I thought it would make me feel better about my space but i e seem over the past couple years how easy it is to have things like empty boxes fill up the home. Especially with the immense stress from the world and being a single mom phd student I’ve come to rely on meal kits food delivery and amazon. There are times tbh that literal trash (not garbage), scraps of paper, mail wrap, empty boxes can just lay in the floor where it falls and stay for days, no one picks it up if I don’t. In short I didn’t feel better i felt worse because it’s easy to see how stuff accumulates if you aren’t on ongoing guard. I could imagine my home getting to crazy levels, maybe not level 4 or 5 hoarding scale but there are times i have felt buried in clutter and it’s a source of daily stress. It also saddens me to think how 100 tons of crud may be removed from just one property on the show. Times that by millions and that s filling our landfill and planet. No wonder the earth is in such a state.
This video was very inspiring. Kate Kaden sent me.
I love these videos because they are clear, much like minimizing itself. There is a sense of lightness as you let go. My problem is I’m completely overwhelmed with where to even start. I will follow some of the advice he’s so kindly shared: Get rid of duplicates, share and give away things that aren’t being used, donate TO the thrift shops instead of buying so much FROM them!
I love your videos. I found out about minimalism in 2014?? Didn't achieved it yet and went off the path in 2019. feeling stressed and desperate I searched for minimalism videos again and yours is the one that has really opened my eyes to this again. new found motivation and inspiration
Think next time in the Fall and Spring when Target and other stores have rows and rows of plastic storage tubs and containers, so you never have to get rid of anything, but since they are in fancy new plastic tubs, you think you accomplished something.
Thanks Kate Kaden for sending me over!!
Hi Josh, coming over from KateKaden. Thank you for the very valuable information!
Kate Kaden sent me! Thanks for the great info!
Another great video Joshua - always better to get rid rather than organise. Happy Saturday. I am going to fill a rubbish bag today.
Excellent advice. Making a peaceful house permanently peaceful is a good goal. For me, peace comes with fewer things (which means fewer things to organize), so I have to work on de-cluttering and on not bringing things into my house that I will then have to organize. Many thanks for another great video!
Thank you for free advice.
FANTASTIC 👍💖👏
Kate Kaden sent me here!
Kate sent me. Checking out your videos!
I love your videos! Short and to the point. Thank you!
Katekaden sent me. Love it😊
Kate Kaden sent me to your site.
Very affirming.
Love it! Kate Kaden sent me.
So glad that I found this channel at the right time in my life
In German:
Weniger besitzen ist immer besser als mehr zu organisieren!😍👍Thank U @JoshuaBecker and Greetings from Germany🌲🌲🌲to all!!!
I admire your concept of not including ad in between the videos. I realized it when a I saw a comment mentioning about that. Your videos are great. I've changed myself after watching those
I'm looking forward to the day I donate or sell off my empty containers. I'd like to get to a point where I own little and don't even bother with storage.
Thank you so very much!! It's changed me TREMENDOUSLY!!! So appreciated!!!♥️♥️♥️
That part about storing things and never using them while others need them 😥
Genius!!
Kate Kaden sent me!
Kate Kaden sent me!! I've discovered this concept of "de-owning" this past year and it's made a huge impact on my life and improved life for me and my family. I now have four empty storage bins from all the decluttering I've done just over the past two months!!
I couldn't agree more with this. I really need to declutter badly. 😩
You have helped change my life viewpoint. Just found your videos and it has helped me go from organised to less and organised. Keep up the good work.
Always really good advice!
Watched a minimalist blog, the idea was not to look at unowning, more like what you really want vs just having a bunch of extra inventory to manage.
Thank you for this video. I want to get to the point of no storage just enjoying things I own. I hope I can achieve this!
That is why I like organization channels that go through the mental processes before, during and after decluttering. Oh and the stages you go through from a beginner to later routine with decluttering and later a master. I have found everything they each have said is true.
Thank you for this great motivation. I needed it. Kate Kaden sent me 😊. God bless 🙌
Kate Kaden sent me!🥳 great points in this video, thank you
I was happily surprised by my son's answer to "What do you want for your birthday?" He said he wanted an experience.
Kate Kaden told us about this video. It's great because de-owning means it is out of the house.
Thanks so much man. There's just too many eye opener within this video and it made me refocus the purpose of my life.
i took a few items to a young woman who doesn't make much money. told her to get rid of the same number of unwanted items that she kept from the bag. said later that she gave a coworker some stuff!!!
Thank you God - I was blind but now I see thanks to your help 👊