Comment here with your most RIDICULOUS single-purpose item! Mine was an onigiri press I never used, like this one: amzn.to/3JbtoO9 . Read the blog post + grab printable here: atozenlife.com/decluttering-questions/
I bought a juicer even though I hardly ever have juice. I can totally get by with our little glass dish juicer. Donated with its product manual having used once.
Trying to remember.... lack of income for a long time has prevented super dumb big purchases. That said, for Lent I'm doing a big 4 batches of 40 items declutter and found not 1 or 2 post-foot surgery sandals... but SIX. Yes, I have had a lot of foot surgeries, but pretty sure I"m never going to grow 4 more feet! lol
Strawberry corer…. Well, technically it was a gift from someone but still…. It only cores strawberries…. 🥸 and since it was a gift… I kept it through 4 moves, at least. *face palm*. Also, Halloween costumes for adults! I’ve sewn/created many for cosplay but really single use bc there’s always another costume to make! Lol.
I am from Puerto Rico. and the truth is that we suffered a lot during and after Hurricane Maria. And the truth was very sad. And I listen to you and tears come out of my eyes because they were moments of loss and a lot of pain and a lot of needs. I love your channel, but from today, I love it even more. A hug from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Ours was an apple cutter, bought with the intention that my children could independently cut apples into slices in one easy move. Not only was it actually incredible difficult to push through the apple but you got the added bonus of a face full of apple juice spray at the same time!
I was always off slightly when using the apple cutter so there were seeds and parts of the core in the slices. I had to use the knife anyway and never felt like the apple slices was clean. Many people love it; not me.
@@justine.c Me too! Plus it makes a lot of slices and I discovered that if I gave my daughter 4 large pieces of apple in her lunch she would eat them, but if I gave her the 8 or so small ones the slicer made, she would get “too full” and leave them behind. All in all not a helpful gadget for us!
I really love your videos. I realized I had too many things and I wasn’t even using half of it. I started decluttering at the end of last year. I still have a long way to go, and it wasn’t easy to start. I don’t want to just get rid of everything: I want to donate, recycle and maybe sell some things. I cannot explain how good it feels to give things you do not need to someone who needs them. My dad died last year, and my mom made us all the daughters chose things to keep if we wanted to, and chose things to give to people we knew needed them. We even gifted my dads (very expensive) medication to some patients I had in the public hospital I work in. It doesn’t feel like I’ve lost his stuff, it feels like his belongings have purpose again ❤️
A yoghurt maker, which was actually a gift. The instructions were only available in Korean which I don't read and no matter how I tried to copy the way i remembered my friend using it, i just ended up with lukewarm milk inside it. Even so I still kept it in my closet for years without touching it.
I received one of those too! It is a nice idea but it was so inconvenient and when it didn't work I had to run to the store to buy yogurt anyway, and more milk. I'm pretty sure the person who gave it to me had re-gifted it. ;)
Veggie spiraling gadget. Number 5 is so helpful. As I've made progress decluttering and am at the "more difficult " items, realizing if someone could USE the item when I just have it in storage was HUGE.
"Keeping too many things for the future can stop you from being fully present in the now.'' I have definitely experienced this... whether it is too many activities keeping me from experiencing any of them with the freedom I once did, or too many items keeping my family from really being able to live in our space or have people over. Decluttering has been such a great exercise in staying mindful of the most important things in life. 🥰
I like how you tend to come back to beginners in your advice, it speaks to a lot of people even though you are further in your walk with minimalism. I've watched a few people's videos that seem like they keep it at the level they are at in a different way than you do. I am in the middle, but I find you are more relatable on many levels of this journey. Thanks again for all of the thoughtful sharing you do here.
It’s so difficult to choose the most ridiculous one! But I would go for a banana case I bought in order to transfer my kids bananas to the playground…which of course turn out to be totally useless since the shape of real bananas did not fit in the case 😂
It’s crazy how you always transmit your emotions from a video… You made me cry 😢 (with the story of people in Puerto Rico) It’s a good thing because I hardly cry.
I’m prepping for a move and this is helpful. I have a bunch of stuff in boxes I haven’t touched in 6 months so I KNOW I don’t need it... but if I open the boxes... 😬
Subscribed. In the last 12 months have gone through several waves of decluttering, still more to do. Although, my late wife’s stuff I just can’t part with, however Lynn’s possessions are so precious.
These are rational decluttering ideas, presented succinctly, sans the fluff. Much appreciation goes to the processes which have been carefully thought out and clearly written. Please keep on vlogging.
Thank you so much for being so honest. You are the only minimalist decluttering channel or person that has talked about having their parents clothing and pieces of jewelry items like that that you had difficulty getting rid of and that you have a memory box with really special things in them. This has helped me so much I'm at that point where I need to get rid of so many of my parents going down size and moved and be decluttered! Just trying to decide which pieces I want to keep and I want to do something like a little frame memorial box for each parent or something that I can frame and hang on the wall. And possibly make a pillow out of some of the clothing. I don't know I'm trying to figure it out but it's nice to hear that other people have emotional attachments you are the only one who talks about that and I appreciate that so much! Love your channel!
Im gping for knee suregery in a month and ive cleared out and cleared out and cleaned and it feels great....i still have prob too much furniture but i love it all xxx
I must say my thanks to the garlic crusher I own. Having 3 kids makes finely chopping garlic a tedious and enraging task. Lol. But the general concept of single purpose items being unnecessary does ring true most of the time.
Haha I'm been a mom for 10 years now and I dream of a carrot slicer because for a family of 7 it takes soooooo much time... But I haven't been able to convince myself to buy a single purpose item...
Tip: Thinly slice the cloves, and then sprinkle a little coarse salt on top before cutting the garlic in the other direction, being sure to use a rocking motion with the knife tip always staying on the board. The other life changer for me was getting a Sam’s Club membership and finding out they sell fresh peeled garlic. The bag is huge so I split it with someone else, and I also have to freeze some.
My most ridiculous item was an in the egg, egg scrambler. It had a stiff, bent wire that poked through the eggshell. You then pushed the egg down and the wire started whirring around inside the shell, so when you broke the shell it was perfectly scrambled. A space hogging item that a bowl and fork could do easily. There have been other ridiculous items but this one was first place!
For some reason I find I rewatch your videos regularly and it doesn’t bother me at all (UA-cam auto plays a lot for me). I seem to get something new the 2nd and 3rd times around.
My husband has a "eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher". This very German item that makes a perfect round opening on your boiled eggs. For what else would you use such a thing? :D
started decluttering a few years ago, but it really gets hard with lots of toys of my kids. thanks to your video, I have the motivation to go on with the questions you have given.
I had a difficult time letting go of my son's toys. I found reason to keep way more than I should. Then I involved him and told him to make a pile of what he wanted to keep and another pile to let go of. I expected him not to let go of much. It ended up being that his donate pile was way more than the pile to keep. I found myself asking, "Don't you want to keep this, or this?" He had no issue deciding, but I always find emotional attachment to the memories of him playing with them.
Air popcorn maker (I can't seem to use it, but my husband can make a whole bowl) and a mini candy floss machine (I don't want my kids eating more sugar than is necessary). Now after decluttering, I'm going to regift these two items.
I live such a different lifestyle. I work full time but I also raise my own food. I use a lot of tools but no garage. I have kitchen items to help me can food, and dehydrate. I try to improve my storage to accommodate my lifestyle. I don't think I could live so minimally even though it looks nice. I am glad you are happy with it. It is lovely. I am striving to make my homesteading neater and less cluttered.
I always love to hear your advices! And the silliest single purpose item I have ever owned [or my parents owned, when I still lived with them] was a "dumpling maker] It was a more or less circular piece of plastick with a dumpling edge pattern craved inside. You cut the circle from the dough, put stuffing, fold in half and press with that wierd thing. It was pretty useless...
A small frying pan. We purchased it to specifically cook one egg at a time. I laugh at it now because when we do have eggs we usually cook 4 at a time in our large skillet. 🤦♀️😂
Hi, I'm from Australia. I have started my minalism journey and you are helping me. I love your videos!!! Wishing you and your lovely family all the best. Thank you 🥰
Asking "Does the current me love this item?" has given me a bit of a conundrum on items I'd already decided to get rid of. For example my husband gave me an antique hand mirror one year as a present with a beautiful carved wooden frame. I don't use hand mirrors - I use a modern, more practical mirror. So it's an item that sits on a surface and needs dusting. Likewise the antique crystal perfume bottle he got me another year. I don't use perfume and if I did, it would come in it's own bottle. So that sits on a surface. If I ask other minimalist questions such as "What purpose does this serve?", "What problem is this solving?" I come up with negative answers and they seem easy to dispose of, but if I ask if the 'current me' "loves" these items, I say yes, because they're both so beautiful, the artistry is incredible. But they're just sitting on surfaces, unused and gathering dust (and there are loads more such antique gifts - for example a set of 1930's cocktail glasses, when we're a non-drinking household - that are packing out a display cabinet and are never handled or even looked at). Yet if I look at them I couldn't fail to say I love them because of the artistry involved. So now I feel conflicted, when I had clarity before. Help!
It’s OK to keep decorative items that you enjoy looking at, as long as your truly love and enjoy them! In my office I have an antique head vase and wood jewelry box from my grandparents, as well as my grandmother’s empty perfume bottle. I don’t use perfume myself, so it just sits empty, but I enjoy seeing it sitting there as I used to enjoy seeing it sit on her dresser and watching her pick it up to put it on herself all fancy-like! 🌸 I would focus on keeping and prioritizing the items that really give you that THIS IS AMAZING feeling in your gut. I usually tell my followers if they have to ask themselves if they love it, they probably don’t. ☺️ And maybe find something other than antiques for future gifts if you like? Hugs! 🤗
I'd argue that if looking at those items brings you joy they do indeed serve a purpose in your life. Maybe you could find a way to hang the hand mirror on the wall so it becomes a more purposeful decor item. And you could start using the cocktail glasses for non-alcoholic drinks :)
@@inspiredby624 Hi there. Thank you for your reply. I can see from what you say (and from Marissa above) that I was so intent on clearing objects, that I hadn't thought ahead to consider intentional display items. These things would indeed look stunning if they were the only object in a clear space, when the eye would be drawn only to them (at the moment they're crowded amongst other things), much as art might be displayed in a gallery with no other distractions around. Thank you for introducing that train of thought to me. I was so focussed on asking whether every object I was handling served a practical purpose that I hadn't considered ultimately using them decoratively. Thank you. 😊 And yes, we should actually use the art deco cocktail glasses rather than simply have them lost in a display cabinet.
Thank you for sharing your tips with us! I also read Mari Kondos book but did actually never really like the "spark joy" statement, it is really not as easy as that. Your approach and attitude seems to make much more sense to me and seems also to be more realistic in terms of letting go an item or not.
That’s not her only instruction though, to be fair. She speaks of many other categories like practical needs and “duty” items and administrative items. She also addresses this by saying that you become more in tune with your joy meter the more you strengthen your decluttering muscles, which I have absolutely found to be true. Sometimes it comes down to the “most joy” if you have many of a type of item (like Memorials or trinkets). So I am not really sure what else people are really adding to the convo except maybe wording it in a way that sparks better for different people. Obviously I love this channel too, so much, but Konmarie method is not really as simple as just “do you like it”.
The extra storage thing is tricky for us. We pay a small amount extra (less than 5%) on our rent to have an additional (about 2.5m²) store room. We could fit the items in there in our apartment, but to us it's worth it so they're not cluttering up our space. I have items like PA and lighting gear and a drum kit that are valuable but rarely used right now (although we know they will be again in the future), plus a couple of items that came with the apartment (so can't be thrown away) but we don't personally need in there. For the convenience (it's 4m from our apartment door), it's worth it.
This comes in such perfect timing, as I have been decluttering all week, and find it difficult to make decisions what to keep and what to let go of... Just needed these questions, Thank you so much ! 🙏
Orange juice squeezer. It was HUGE, and we never made orange juice. Now, we have a hand-squeezer (just orange squeezer; we used to have a lemon AND an orange squeezer, but realized that a lemon can fit just fine in the orange squeezer), and for the rare times you want juice, it works good enough. :)
I purchased - and kept for a ridiculous amount of time - a giant grapefruit segmenter thingamajig. My kitchen is tiny and the thing annoyed me every single day, until last week. I highly doubt it is going to benefit anyone else, unless they enjoy having their drawers jammed up.
Great video!!! Thank you for sharing. I'm not a gadget person. My youngest son (the ta moko/tattoo artist) occasionally suggests (hints) about getting a airfryer, I always say, " son I can do the same by baking on a rack in the oven". He knows I like clear spaces but I think he enjoys teasing me for a reaction. We didn't even have a clothes dryer or microwave until the middle and end of last year. He got the microwave which sits on top of the fridge where I can't reach, no loss for me and we got a clothes dryer to help keep on top of his heavy work clothes. Which we have only needed to use a few times. Have a great week!!! 🌺🌺🌺
Stick to your guns on the air fryer. I recieved one as a gift and my assessment so far is that its only good for store bought frozen French fries and corn dogs, which we don't often buy and eat anyway. I think the idea behind the gift was that anything we want to deep fat fry we would instead use the air fryer for, but it doesn't work that way. An air fryer is more like a small convection oven, so anything you can do in the oven you would do in the air fryer (presumably faster because it's smaller). I'd say the air fryer might be great if I were living in a college dorm again and didn't want to use a microwave.
I'm keeping my garlic press, apple slicer, and cherry pitter. And the onigiri press which I do use for a fun round of onigiri every couple of months. I've lived without all of them, and they really do make my life a LOT better. Pitting 4 quarts of cherries with a funnel and paper clip was not fun. I've tossed a lot of single use gadgets though - I definitely didn't need 3 different sizes of avocado scoops when I could just use a spoon.
Have you watched videos on how to shape onigiri? It’s actually pretty easy if you find the right one - I think I learned from an OLD EmmyMade video back when she was in Japan. I am keeping my apple slicer and cherry pitter too because they make such quick work, but I ditched the garlic press a few years ago. A little coarse salt makes the mincing go quickly; the worst part is peeling when cloves have been insanely small the past year or so, but I’m now buying fresh peeled garlic from Sam’s Club. With decent sized cloves, peeling is fast when you just smash them with the side of a large knife.
If I put these objects at the back of my closet, would I remember what was in there and would I miss them? I couldn't even tell you half the things I just donated to Goodwill yesterday. It's a philosophy I've adopted within the past year of downsizing. Ridiculous item: a foot bath, so dumb!! and I overpaid for it on Amazon.
Love this list! And also your caring heart ❤️ I have a special gratitude for Marie Kondo because her book contained the first concepts that brought important problems to my attention such as, organizing is for hoarding, not for tidying; and also the tip to store like items all in one place rather than many places throughout the home. Through this sort of logic and wisdom she spoke to the stress I felt about my "stuff" and brought articulation to what had been burdening me for a long time. I _did_ ultimately get too overwhelmed by trying to tackle my clutter in the broad categories more all at once and did not ultimately make huge progress until following the onion method. But that said, though I agree that "does this spark joy?" can be far too simple a question, I think for that first layer especially, it draws attention to the number of items we keep that bring us negative feelings of guilt or sad memories, and for me, personally, that started me off on the right foot 🥰
My upright piano is my most cherished item. Sadly, it is a big and heavy thing that is a beast to move even to another wall. 💕 The most waste of an item I have got is my mom's vintage waffle maker from the 1950s. It makes great waffles but I always just buy remade ones to put in a toaster. Luckily, that takes up little space in a cabinet in the kitchen.
I’m a foodie.. love to bake and cook.. I am a newbie, wanna be simplest.. A lot of them items mentioned in the posts are things I love and use in my kitchen! Trying to change my internal hardwiring to embrace a good paring knife for 6 gizmos 🤪… But years ago a neighbor had a mango tree and I bought a mango slicer for the 6 weeks a year they gave me delicious mangos!! I paid at the time about 18.00 which was expensive to me... gave it away when we moved.. store bought or fruit stand mangos have never compared in taste
My gadget is an icing spatula. I use a butter knife to ice my cake...too lazy to reach for it lol . I never got rid of it though 🙃. I really love your video, you are really inspiring and I love your energy 👍👍
My most ridiculous item as a pair of vegetable choppers that didn’t actually chop things. I wanted to dice bell peppers, celery and tomatoes. They have skins. These choppers couldn’t cut through the skins. LOL! I got rid of them pretty much immediately.
We have a melon baller we haven't used in probably 5-6 years. I've tried to donate it but my husband wants to keep it because it's KitchenAid 🙃😆 I will say, though, the most disappointing items I've personally purchased have been a scarf-holder (the one from Ikea) that I have since donated and one of those multi-tiered pants hangers. I tried so many times to make them work for other purposes and they just do not serve any purpose! Actually, ok, the pants hanger does somewhat work for my extra long necklaces...but I'm down to only four and the number has been dwindling -- I've gotten to the point where I'm quite excited to finally let it go, lol
💖 cherry pitt remover... but its small and i forget we have it. I have a lot sentimental things, like law books, but i hold on to them, my grandfather wrote some or bought me some when i was in university.
Was at Williams & Sonoma and the only thing I could afford (it was still expensive!) was one of those silicone garlic peelers. I believe I've used it 3 times in the past 25 years!
I have one of those but I use it whenever I need more that a clove or 2, I preserve a lot so sometimes I’m peeling many many cloves at a time. Then I’m glad I have it.
I don't like "makers" and "gadgets" for the kitchen. BUT I do like my apple slicer. It gets me to actually chop up apples when I would otherwise avoid doing it, and I make apple pies every year for the holidays, so it's really useful for bulk apple slicing.
I’ve used the KISS slogan for years but I changed it to Kiss It Simple Sweetie. It’s not so abrasive and most children think the word “stupid” is a bad word.
Where can I download, or better yet, just look at your checklist to declutter? The link in the description requires me to opt in to receive updates and newsletters, which does not align with minimalizing emails! In my experience, once you opt in, it doesn't matter if you opt out, you'll be bombarded for life 😔 could you even just hold up the list, so I could take a screenshot? I understand that your UA-cam channel is a business, but you also must understand if we're practicing what you're preaching, we don't want daily or weekly or even monthly updates coming to our email box. I'll come to you when I want to see your content, which to be honest is quite often! 😁
I am having so much trouble with this! I just can’t seem to get rid of stuff, I got rid of a lot already but I want to let go more. I look around and I say, well I use that, I need that and this and that…. and it just keeps going and going and going. My living situation is not the best and I have to make do but it is hard especially when things constantly change.
It can be tough with variable living circumstances - especially in current times! Try a time out box and see if you REALLY look for the thing in XX amount of time. And if not, let it go!
Watch out with the last question. Do not turn it into « could someone else love this more than me? ». Maybe, but if you’re turning the question into this one, it’s probably because it’s an item you used to like a lot. So most likely, someone who gets it won’t have that special connection and won’t love it more than you did. I gave my old favorite toys to my cousins a bunch of times and was always sad/regretful when I saw that they barely played with them. But you know, my cousin just didn’t like baby dolls all that much.
I hate to throw things in the trash, what make decluttering a little bit difficult to me. So I try to give it away, put in on internet for free, etc. What sadly take a lot of time and effort... What work good for tiny stuff is putting it into a box and let it outside my front door with a "for free" written on it.
I was at a kitchen-implement party and looked for the cheapest thing to buy, and found an apple corer-slicer. We did use it when the kids were small, but it eventually got the heave-ho in favor of a knife.
A Pasta measurer circle thing. It was around $17. I was convinced in the long run it would save me cooking too much pasta and therefore save us money. I never used it after a couple of times. I turned gluten free and we stopped having as much pasta. I struggle getting rid as it cost money 🤣
Worst gadget= Herb scissors. I thought it would be good for chives but it didn’t actually cut it, it just made it a mushy mess. So I immediately switched to a knife
I still hold onto my language study books from college 😅 I never even opened them after finishing studying, but it's so hard to buy them in Germany that I can't bring myself to throw them away (yet) Edit: well I'm not sure if this counts as a ridiculous single use item, but it is kinda 😅
I get this actually - some of the old language program books and CDs have been discontinued, and you can only find them occasionally for sale on secondhand websites! YOU PASS. 😂
I love your videos so much! They help me on my way to minimalism And I'm so in love with the picture above your sofa - please tell me where did you buy it? Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
Wondering why you don’t have a lot of pictures on the walls? Is that something that makes you feel cluttered or is hanging family photos in your home not something people overseas really do in their homes?
🤔 I can't remember what exactly I had in my first apartment, but I definitely left it ALL behind!!! (Cheating boyfriend) The only thing I missed was my little George Foreman. I operate with next to nothing with my current living situation. Ironically, I'd make my own pasta if given the chance! 🤣🤣❤️
I’m late to this video, but a garlic press, or rather a cheap garlic press. This thing was awful. I hate chopping food. Well, I hate cooking period, so I thought, aha, this thing will make it better. Big old nope. All it did was make a big mess with the garlic. Juice was everywhere and the peeling would still be attached to all the little pieces. I just had to accept that I would have to continue to do the garlic manually or just by the already cut up stuff, which really does not taste as good. 😅
I bought my husband "bear claws" for making pulled pork. He'd never made pulled pork before, and he never has. Ive made pulled pork twice, and two forks did it fine both times. They were swiftly decluttered 😂🤦🏼♀️
I shared all 15 in a long blog post, these were MY personal top five. 👍 Everyone is different, and different questions hit harder for different people. atozenlife.com/decluttering-questions/
A $2,055 KIRBY vacume for my new built 1200sq foot house that I paid extra to upgrade to all TILE floors. SO someone tell me why I said yes to a 2k vacuum cleaner that's too late to return.
Probably the most ridiculous thing I bought was a baby swing/bouncer. You choose. I bought them against my better judgment, and only one of the 3 babies I tried using them with liked them. And it’s a container, so it can contribute to container baby syndrome, so I used them each sparingly, then ended up selling them on Facebook. 🤷🏼♀️ my current youngest (next one due in just 10 weeks!) literally cried every time I put her in the bouncer! Every. Time.
Thank you again for these tips. I have a question- Do you keep or maintain photo albums or photo books? I wanted to create a yearly one for my son but with phones now, we easily accumulate a lot of photos. This means a lot of money and time for each photo book.
Decluttering before you make them is ESSENTIAL! I don’t have a video on this yet, but I can tell you I have one photo album, two scrapbooks that were made for me as gifts, and one box with loose photos - I hope to do a video on this topic soon. You can see the bento box for photos and album at the beginning of this video here: ua-cam.com/video/0mqreWYadDc/v-deo.html
@@AtoZenLife Thank you so much! The video is perfect. I love the idea of having something to look at or tangible but not too much that it almost desensitizes, loses its meaning, or i get tired looking at them. The memories will always remain. We just need pictures that will bring us back, not tell the whole story play-by-play. Our minds/memories can do that. We have many flash drives and hard drives to keep endless pictures and videos taken throughout the years. I shall sort through them and find the essentials, like you said. Thank you so much for your thoughtful videos and responses. 🤗
I sooo need the photo vlog Marissa! I am a chronic photo hoarder of my kids and struggle to delete even the bad ones… my online storage is always full. Please help! 🙏🏻
Comment here with your most RIDICULOUS single-purpose item! Mine was an onigiri press I never used, like this one: amzn.to/3JbtoO9 . Read the blog post + grab printable here: atozenlife.com/decluttering-questions/
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I bought a juicer even though I hardly ever have juice. I can totally get by with our little glass dish juicer. Donated with its product manual having used once.
Trying to remember.... lack of income for a long time has prevented super dumb big purchases. That said, for Lent I'm doing a big 4 batches of 40 items declutter and found not 1 or 2 post-foot surgery sandals... but SIX. Yes, I have had a lot of foot surgeries, but pretty sure I"m never going to grow 4 more feet! lol
Strawberry corer…. Well, technically it was a gift from someone but still…. It only cores strawberries…. 🥸 and since it was a gift… I kept it through 4 moves, at least. *face palm*. Also, Halloween costumes for adults! I’ve sewn/created many for cosplay but really single use bc there’s always another costume to make! Lol.
Grape cutter
I am from Puerto Rico. and the truth is that we suffered a lot during and after Hurricane Maria. And the truth was very sad. And I listen to you and tears come out of my eyes because they were moments of loss and a lot of pain and a lot of needs. I love your channel, but from today, I love it even more. A hug from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
Sending you some love tonight
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I hope your heart is at peace today. Sending love from New England, USA
I loved the one you said “am I honoring this or am I having trouble letting it go?” - that one is a great one to ask.
Thanks Erica ❤️
I have found the question of "can someone else benefit from this item more than me?", to be a very helpful one in decluttering!
Ours was an apple cutter, bought with the intention that my children could independently cut apples into slices in one easy move. Not only was it actually incredible difficult to push through the apple but you got the added bonus of a face full of apple juice spray at the same time!
I know exactly what you mean! 😂
I was always off slightly when using the apple cutter so there were seeds and parts of the core in the slices. I had to use the knife anyway and never felt like the apple slices was clean. Many people love it; not me.
@@justine.c Me too! Plus it makes a lot of slices and I discovered that if I gave my daughter 4 large pieces of apple in her lunch she would eat them, but if I gave her the 8 or so small ones the slicer made, she would get “too full” and leave them behind. All in all not a helpful gadget for us!
I bought an expensive apple de-corer @ Williams-Sonoma that I never could figure out how to use. Put it in a garage sale for $5. Dumb purchase.
Yes, and if you washed it by hand, it was so sharp on both sides!
I really love your videos. I realized I had too many things and I wasn’t even using half of it. I started decluttering at the end of last year. I still have a long way to go, and it wasn’t easy to start. I don’t want to just get rid of everything: I want to donate, recycle and maybe sell some things.
I cannot explain how good it feels to give things you do not need to someone who needs them. My dad died last year, and my mom made us all the daughters chose things to keep if we wanted to, and chose things to give to people we knew needed them. We even gifted my dads (very expensive) medication to some patients I had in the public hospital I work in.
It doesn’t feel like I’ve lost his stuff, it feels like his belongings have purpose again ❤️
A yoghurt maker, which was actually a gift. The instructions were only available in Korean which I don't read and no matter how I tried to copy the way i remembered my friend using it, i just ended up with lukewarm milk inside it. Even so I still kept it in my closet for years without touching it.
I received one of those too! It is a nice idea but it was so inconvenient and when it didn't work I had to run to the store to buy yogurt anyway, and more milk. I'm pretty sure the person who gave it to me had re-gifted it. ;)
@@maryellenerikson1397 Yeah same thing for me. Appealing in theory, but no so much in reality. :)
Veggie spiraling gadget.
Number 5 is so helpful. As I've made progress decluttering and am at the "more difficult " items, realizing if someone could USE the item when I just have it in storage was HUGE.
Mine is a strawberry scooper for scooping out the top of strawberries. A simple knife does the job just fine.
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"Keeping too many things for the future can stop you from being fully present in the now.'' I have definitely experienced this... whether it is too many activities keeping me from experiencing any of them with the freedom I once did, or too many items keeping my family from really being able to live in our space or have people over. Decluttering has been such a great exercise in staying mindful of the most important things in life. 🥰
I like how you tend to come back to beginners in your advice, it speaks to a lot of people even though you are further in your walk with minimalism. I've watched a few people's videos that seem like they keep it at the level they are at in a different way than you do. I am in the middle, but I find you are more relatable on many levels of this journey. Thanks again for all of the thoughtful sharing you do here.
It’s so difficult to choose the most ridiculous one! But I would go for a banana case I bought in order to transfer my kids bananas to the playground…which of course turn out to be totally useless since the shape of real bananas did not fit in the case 😂
Lol!
I also own that banana case. 🤦♀️
It’s crazy how you always transmit your emotions from a video… You made me cry 😢 (with the story of people in Puerto Rico) It’s a good thing because I hardly cry.
I was tearing up - I was messaging the dad back and forth because it was delayed - but it got there. 💪
I’m prepping for a move and this is helpful. I have a bunch of stuff in boxes I haven’t touched in 6 months so I KNOW I don’t need it... but if I open the boxes... 😬
Subscribed. In the last 12 months have gone through several waves of decluttering, still more to do. Although, my late wife’s stuff I just can’t part with, however Lynn’s possessions are so precious.
These are rational decluttering ideas, presented succinctly, sans the fluff. Much appreciation goes to the processes which have been carefully thought out and clearly written. Please keep on vlogging.
I once bought a stainless tea bag squeezer. Never used it....donated it.
Yes...how funny!! I had the same tea squeezer thing!😆🤔
How interesting! 😆
@@AtoZenLife A spoon works just fine!
A kitchen knife is definitely the best utility tool. It replaces all the kitchen "slicers, cutters, dicers, processors" etc.
So many things!
Thank you so much for being so honest. You are the only minimalist decluttering channel or person that has talked about having their parents clothing and pieces of jewelry items like that that you had difficulty getting rid of and that you have a memory box with really special things in them. This has helped me so much I'm at that point where I need to get rid of so many of my parents going down size and moved and be decluttered! Just trying to decide which pieces I want to keep and I want to do something like a little frame memorial box for each parent or something that I can frame and hang on the wall. And possibly make a pillow out of some of the clothing. I don't know I'm trying to figure it out but it's nice to hear that other people have emotional attachments you are the only one who talks about that and I appreciate that so much! Love your channel!
Im gping for knee suregery in a month and ive cleared out and cleared out and cleaned and it feels great....i still have prob too much furniture but i love it all xxx
I must say my thanks to the garlic crusher I own. Having 3 kids makes finely chopping garlic a tedious and enraging task. Lol. But the general concept of single purpose items being unnecessary does ring true most of the time.
If you use it, it’s worth it! 💪
Haha I'm been a mom for 10 years now and I dream of a carrot slicer because for a family of 7 it takes soooooo much time... But I haven't been able to convince myself to buy a single purpose item...
Tip: Thinly slice the cloves, and then sprinkle a little coarse salt on top before cutting the garlic in the other direction, being sure to use a rocking motion with the knife tip always staying on the board.
The other life changer for me was getting a Sam’s Club membership and finding out they sell fresh peeled garlic. The bag is huge so I split it with someone else, and I also have to freeze some.
Bought one of those vegetable spiralizers. Used it once and ended up decluttering it
I stil have one and I use it from time to time in summer! :D I like it!
Me too
I was gifted an electric wine bottle opener and kept it for years. I don’t even drink or like wine and never had a guest need it either 🙈
Oh wow! You did very good! I live in Puerto Rico and we really had a hard time after hurricane María!!
Thank you for the story about the medical device for the baby in Puerto Rico
My most ridiculous item was an in the egg, egg scrambler. It had a stiff, bent wire that poked through the eggshell. You then pushed the egg down and the wire started whirring around inside the shell, so when you broke the shell it was perfectly scrambled. A space hogging item that a bowl and fork could do easily. There have been other ridiculous items but this one was first place!
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If there was a prize for the best answer, you should win it. I laughed so hard! 🤣(WITH you, not at you)
For some reason I find I rewatch your videos regularly and it doesn’t bother me at all (UA-cam auto plays a lot for me). I seem to get something new the 2nd and 3rd times around.
My husband has a "eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher". This very German item that makes a perfect round opening on your boiled eggs. For what else would you use such a thing? :D
🤣 and that word - look how long it is! The German language is very “un-minimalist”? 😉
I once bought a small frog shaped hole puncher for papers just because it looked cute and i never used it
Pampered Chef apple peeler corer slicer. Never used it even once.
I once bought a completely used up bag second hand because I loved the look + brand. Same for a pair of boots
started decluttering a few years ago, but it really gets hard with lots of toys of my kids. thanks to your video, I have the motivation to go on with the questions you have given.
I had a difficult time letting go of my son's toys. I found reason to keep way more than I should. Then I involved him and told him to make a pile of what he wanted to keep and another pile to let go of. I expected him not to let go of much. It ended up being that his donate pile was way more than the pile to keep. I found myself asking, "Don't you want to keep this, or this?" He had no issue deciding, but I always find emotional attachment to the memories of him playing with them.
Air popcorn maker (I can't seem to use it, but my husband can make a whole bowl) and a mini candy floss machine (I don't want my kids eating more sugar than is necessary). Now after decluttering, I'm going to regift these two items.
Lol. We got a popcorn maker foe a wedding gift. We went thru four of those babies in 23 yesrs!!!
I live such a different lifestyle. I work full time but I also raise my own food. I use a lot of tools but no garage. I have kitchen items to help me can food, and dehydrate. I try to improve my storage to accommodate my lifestyle. I don't think I could live so minimally even though it looks nice. I am glad you are happy with it. It is lovely. I am striving to make my homesteading neater and less cluttered.
There is a video “can you be a homesteader and a minimalist” you might enjoy it!
I always love to hear your advices! And the silliest single purpose item I have ever owned [or my parents owned, when I still lived with them] was a "dumpling maker] It was a more or less circular piece of plastick with a dumpling edge pattern craved inside. You cut the circle from the dough, put stuffing, fold in half and press with that wierd thing. It was pretty useless...
A small frying pan. We purchased it to specifically cook one egg at a time. I laugh at it now because when we do have eggs we usually cook 4 at a time in our large skillet. 🤦♀️😂
Hi, I'm from Australia. I have started my minalism journey and you are helping me. I love your videos!!!
Wishing you and your lovely family all the best.
Thank you 🥰
Asking "Does the current me love this item?" has given me a bit of a conundrum on items I'd already decided to get rid of. For example my husband gave me an antique hand mirror one year as a present with a beautiful carved wooden frame. I don't use hand mirrors - I use a modern, more practical mirror. So it's an item that sits on a surface and needs dusting. Likewise the antique crystal perfume bottle he got me another year. I don't use perfume and if I did, it would come in it's own bottle. So that sits on a surface. If I ask other minimalist questions such as "What purpose does this serve?", "What problem is this solving?" I come up with negative answers and they seem easy to dispose of, but if I ask if the 'current me' "loves" these items, I say yes, because they're both so beautiful, the artistry is incredible. But they're just sitting on surfaces, unused and gathering dust (and there are loads more such antique gifts - for example a set of 1930's cocktail glasses, when we're a non-drinking household - that are packing out a display cabinet and are never handled or even looked at). Yet if I look at them I couldn't fail to say I love them because of the artistry involved. So now I feel conflicted, when I had clarity before. Help!
It’s OK to keep decorative items that you enjoy looking at, as long as your truly love and enjoy them! In my office I have an antique head vase and wood jewelry box from my grandparents, as well as my grandmother’s empty perfume bottle. I don’t use perfume myself, so it just sits empty, but I enjoy seeing it sitting there as I used to enjoy seeing it sit on her dresser and watching her pick it up to put it on herself all fancy-like! 🌸
I would focus on keeping and prioritizing the items that really give you that THIS IS AMAZING feeling in your gut. I usually tell my followers if they have to ask themselves if they love it, they probably don’t. ☺️
And maybe find something other than antiques for future gifts if you like? Hugs! 🤗
I'd argue that if looking at those items brings you joy they do indeed serve a purpose in your life. Maybe you could find a way to hang the hand mirror on the wall so it becomes a more purposeful decor item. And you could start using the cocktail glasses for non-alcoholic drinks :)
@@inspiredby624 Hi there. Thank you for your reply. I can see from what you say (and from Marissa above) that I was so intent on clearing objects, that I hadn't thought ahead to consider intentional display items. These things would indeed look stunning if they were the only object in a clear space, when the eye would be drawn only to them (at the moment they're crowded amongst other things), much as art might be displayed in a gallery with no other distractions around. Thank you for introducing that train of thought to me. I was so focussed on asking whether every object I was handling served a practical purpose that I hadn't considered ultimately using them decoratively. Thank you. 😊 And yes, we should actually use the art deco cocktail glasses rather than simply have them lost in a display cabinet.
We can feel your emotion... Thank you so much for your simplicity and authenticity 🥰
Thanks for being here 🤗
Thank you for sharing your tips with us! I also read Mari Kondos book but did actually never really like the "spark joy" statement, it is really not as easy as that. Your approach and attitude seems to make much more sense to me and seems also to be more realistic in terms of letting go an item or not.
Yes, as much as I love her, spark joy is just really too simple! ✨ Thanks and cheers.
That’s not her only instruction though, to be fair. She speaks of many other categories like practical needs and “duty” items and administrative items. She also addresses this by saying that you become more in tune with your joy meter the more you strengthen your decluttering muscles, which I have absolutely found to be true. Sometimes it comes down to the “most joy” if you have many of a type of item (like Memorials or trinkets). So I am not really sure what else people are really adding to the convo except maybe wording it in a way that sparks better for different people. Obviously I love this channel too, so much, but Konmarie method is not really as simple as just “do you like it”.
The extra storage thing is tricky for us. We pay a small amount extra (less than 5%) on our rent to have an additional (about 2.5m²) store room. We could fit the items in there in our apartment, but to us it's worth it so they're not cluttering up our space. I have items like PA and lighting gear and a drum kit that are valuable but rarely used right now (although we know they will be again in the future), plus a couple of items that came with the apartment (so can't be thrown away) but we don't personally need in there. For the convenience (it's 4m from our apartment door), it's worth it.
This comes in such perfect timing, as I have been decluttering all week, and find it difficult to make decisions what to keep and what to let go of... Just needed these questions, Thank you so much ! 🙏
Thank you for making a video on this concept. The questions helped to make the decluttering process a lot more simple for me!
A punch bowl and cups to go with it. I think I used it once and then I sent it back to the thrift store where it came from.
Orange juice squeezer. It was HUGE, and we never made orange juice. Now, we have a hand-squeezer (just orange squeezer; we used to have a lemon AND an orange squeezer, but realized that a lemon can fit just fine in the orange squeezer), and for the rare times you want juice, it works good enough. :)
I just found you. I love the humor that you put in your videos.... and of course all the helpful tips.
I purchased - and kept for a ridiculous amount of time - a giant grapefruit segmenter thingamajig. My kitchen is tiny and the thing annoyed me every single day, until last week. I highly doubt it is going to benefit anyone else, unless they enjoy having their drawers jammed up.
Great video!!! Thank you for sharing. I'm not a gadget person. My youngest son (the ta moko/tattoo artist) occasionally suggests (hints) about getting a airfryer, I always say, " son I can do the same by baking on a rack in the oven". He knows I like clear spaces but I think he enjoys teasing me for a reaction. We didn't even have a clothes dryer or microwave until the middle and end of last year. He got the microwave which sits on top of the fridge where I can't reach, no loss for me and we got a clothes dryer to help keep on top of his heavy work clothes. Which we have only needed to use a few times.
Have a great week!!! 🌺🌺🌺
Stick to your guns on the air fryer. I recieved one as a gift and my assessment so far is that its only good for store bought frozen French fries and corn dogs, which we don't often buy and eat anyway. I think the idea behind the gift was that anything we want to deep fat fry we would instead use the air fryer for, but it doesn't work that way. An air fryer is more like a small convection oven, so anything you can do in the oven you would do in the air fryer (presumably faster because it's smaller). I'd say the air fryer might be great if I were living in a college dorm again and didn't want to use a microwave.
the flip fold. add an extra step or two to folding a shirt!
Is that the folding thing that’s supposed to give you a perfect fold, and it’s like a plastic folder?
Yes and it was so unsightly. I begged for one of those when I was 13 and then i never really used it
I'm keeping my garlic press, apple slicer, and cherry pitter. And the onigiri press which I do use for a fun round of onigiri every couple of months. I've lived without all of them, and they really do make my life a LOT better. Pitting 4 quarts of cherries with a funnel and paper clip was not fun.
I've tossed a lot of single use gadgets though - I definitely didn't need 3 different sizes of avocado scoops when I could just use a spoon.
Have you watched videos on how to shape onigiri? It’s actually pretty easy if you find the right one - I think I learned from an OLD EmmyMade video back when she was in Japan.
I am keeping my apple slicer and cherry pitter too because they make such quick work, but I ditched the garlic press a few years ago. A little coarse salt makes the mincing go quickly; the worst part is peeling when cloves have been insanely small the past year or so, but I’m now buying fresh peeled garlic from Sam’s Club. With decent sized cloves, peeling is fast when you just smash them with the side of a large knife.
What practical reflective questions with such an empathetic perspective. Thanks, *Marissa!
That first question!! That really hit the spot for me. Thank you!
If I put these objects at the back of my closet, would I remember what was in there and would I miss them? I couldn't even tell you half the things I just donated to Goodwill yesterday. It's a philosophy I've adopted within the past year of downsizing.
Ridiculous item: a foot bath, so dumb!! and I overpaid for it on Amazon.
Thank you so much for the printable. This was way more than I expected!
Great video! We must be related bc I’ve been the same re: school stuff & “every piece of paper I’ve ever touched.” 🤣 Thanks!
💚💚 old-fashioned Pac-Man video game a big standing one.
Love this list! And also your caring heart ❤️
I have a special gratitude for Marie Kondo because her book contained the first concepts that brought important problems to my attention such as, organizing is for hoarding, not for tidying; and also the tip to store like items all in one place rather than many places throughout the home. Through this sort of logic and wisdom she spoke to the stress I felt about my "stuff" and brought articulation to what had been burdening me for a long time. I _did_ ultimately get too overwhelmed by trying to tackle my clutter in the broad categories more all at once and did not ultimately make huge progress until following the onion method. But that said, though I agree that "does this spark joy?" can be far too simple a question, I think for that first layer especially, it draws attention to the number of items we keep that bring us negative feelings of guilt or sad memories, and for me, personally, that started me off on the right foot 🥰
My upright piano is my most cherished item. Sadly, it is a big and heavy thing that is a beast to move even to another wall. 💕 The most waste of an item I have got is my mom's vintage waffle maker from the 1950s. It makes great waffles but I always just buy remade ones to put in a toaster. Luckily, that takes up little space in a cabinet in the kitchen.
I got rid of my piano and bought a keyboard. It has weighted keys and feels like a piano!
I bought a tool for scrapping food off of a cutting board. Now I use the dull side of a knife. Geez.
That’s our hack too. 😉
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I’m a foodie.. love to bake and cook.. I am a newbie, wanna be simplest.. A lot of them items mentioned in the posts are things I love and use in my kitchen! Trying to change my internal hardwiring to embrace a good paring knife for 6 gizmos 🤪… But years ago a neighbor had a mango tree and I bought a mango slicer for the 6 weeks a year they gave me delicious mangos!! I paid at the time about 18.00 which was expensive to me... gave it away when we moved.. store bought or fruit stand mangos have never compared in taste
My gadget is an icing spatula. I use a butter knife to ice my cake...too lazy to reach for it lol . I never got rid of it though 🙃. I really love your video, you are really inspiring and I love your energy 👍👍
Thanks my friend! 🙌
My most ridiculous item as a pair of vegetable choppers that didn’t actually chop things. I wanted to dice bell peppers, celery and tomatoes. They have skins. These choppers couldn’t cut through the skins. LOL! I got rid of them pretty much immediately.
Ahhhhh so frustrating! 😭
We have a melon baller we haven't used in probably 5-6 years. I've tried to donate it but my husband wants to keep it because it's KitchenAid 🙃😆
I will say, though, the most disappointing items I've personally purchased have been a scarf-holder (the one from Ikea) that I have since donated and one of those multi-tiered pants hangers. I tried so many times to make them work for other purposes and they just do not serve any purpose! Actually, ok, the pants hanger does somewhat work for my extra long necklaces...but I'm down to only four and the number has been dwindling -- I've gotten to the point where I'm quite excited to finally let it go, lol
💖 cherry pitt remover... but its small and i forget we have it. I have a lot sentimental things, like law books, but i hold on to them, my grandfather wrote some or bought me some when i was in university.
✨🍒✨ thanks for sharing Milda!
Was at Williams & Sonoma and the only thing I could afford (it was still expensive!) was one of those silicone garlic peelers. I believe I've used it 3 times in the past 25 years!
They are definitely more 💰. Are you ready to let go, Pippy?
@@AtoZenLife Oh yes! Already in the donate box!
You can just smash the clove with the flat side of the knife to quickly peel it 😀
@@username00009 Exactly! It was the excitement of being at Williams & Sonoma -- I got carried away!
I have one of those but I use it whenever I need more that a clove or 2, I preserve a lot so sometimes I’m peeling many many cloves at a time. Then I’m glad I have it.
I don't like "makers" and "gadgets" for the kitchen. BUT I do like my apple slicer. It gets me to actually chop up apples when I would otherwise avoid doing it, and I make apple pies every year for the holidays, so it's really useful for bulk apple slicing.
Have you ever seen the apple spiralizers that also peel and core at the same time? They’re even better than the apple slicers.
@Kira Hill I have, I think its too big for me to justify keeping it in my space. Ive used one before though and it's super fun.
Great helpful video! Thank you for all explanations! ❤❤❤
There were only 5 questions!
Thanks for this thoughtful video.
I’ve used the KISS slogan for years but I changed it to Kiss It Simple Sweetie. It’s not so abrasive and most children think the word “stupid” is a bad word.
I have heard several variations like that! I like your idea 💡 for kids.
"Keep It Short & Sweet."
Tortilla press , I always buy them made already 😂
Oh the garlic press is essential for my kid making Play doh hair and for crushing garlic - so it's multi purpose! 😜
Buying single spices and condiments for one recipe. Dumbest thing we've done, on a small scale. The little things end up eating so much of your money!
Where can I download, or better yet, just look at your checklist to declutter? The link in the description requires me to opt in to receive updates and newsletters, which does not align with minimalizing emails! In my experience, once you opt in, it doesn't matter if you opt out, you'll be bombarded for life 😔 could you even just hold up the list, so I could take a screenshot? I understand that your UA-cam channel is a business, but you also must understand if we're practicing what you're preaching, we don't want daily or weekly or even monthly updates coming to our email box. I'll come to you when I want to see your content, which to be honest is quite often! 😁
You’re the best! Thanks for all the posts
I bought a food processor to make salsa which we do once or twice during the summer. I don't like using it or washing it.
I am having so much trouble with this! I just can’t seem to get rid of stuff, I got rid of a lot already but I want to let go more. I look around and I say, well I use that, I need that and this and that…. and it just keeps going and going and going. My living situation is not the best and I have to make do but it is hard especially when things constantly change.
It can be tough with variable living circumstances - especially in current times! Try a time out box and see if you REALLY look for the thing in XX amount of time. And if not, let it go!
@@AtoZenLife that’s a good idea! Thank you, I’m definitely going to try it.
A single use bread toaster 🍞 ...hello oven! 😎
I have a counter top oven that air fry’s, toast’s, bakes, reheats etc., I’m all about multi use if I can find it.
Watch out with the last question. Do not turn it into « could someone else love this more than me? ». Maybe, but if you’re turning the question into this one, it’s probably because it’s an item you used to like a lot. So most likely, someone who gets it won’t have that special connection and won’t love it more than you did.
I gave my old favorite toys to my cousins a bunch of times and was always sad/regretful when I saw that they barely played with them. But you know, my cousin just didn’t like baby dolls all that much.
Important point! I think it’s better to keep items like that, perhaps in a memory box. ❤️
To answer your question from just before the 4 minute mark, a zucchini noodle maker! I used it twice 🤦♀️
Hamberger patty press! For shaping patties for cheeseburgers
Interesting! 🧐
My Husband Loves & uses these often!
I hate to throw things in the trash, what make decluttering a little bit difficult to me. So I try to give it away, put in on internet for free, etc. What sadly take a lot of time and effort... What work good for tiny stuff is putting it into a box and let it outside my front door with a "for free" written on it.
GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS....
I was at a kitchen-implement party and looked for the cheapest thing to buy, and found an apple corer-slicer. We did use it when the kids were small, but it eventually got the heave-ho in favor of a knife.
A Pasta measurer circle thing. It was around $17. I was convinced in the long run it would save me cooking too much pasta and therefore save us money. I never used it after a couple of times. I turned gluten free and we stopped having as much pasta. I struggle getting rid as it cost money 🤣
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Worst gadget= Herb scissors. I thought it would be good for chives but it didn’t actually cut it, it just made it a mushy mess. So I immediately switched to a knife
A banana carry case. None of the bananas we bought were ever the right shape or size.. 🍌🍌😂
I still hold onto my language study books from college 😅 I never even opened them after finishing studying, but it's so hard to buy them in Germany that I can't bring myself to throw them away (yet)
Edit: well I'm not sure if this counts as a ridiculous single use item, but it is kinda 😅
I get this actually - some of the old language program books and CDs have been discontinued, and you can only find them occasionally for sale on secondhand websites! YOU PASS. 😂
I love your videos so much! They help me on my way to minimalism And I'm so in love with the picture above your sofa - please tell me where did you buy it? Greetings from Bavaria, Germany
It was from IKEA! I think they have since sold out. 😞
00:49 nailed it 🤣
My favorite question to myself is “Would I buy this same item today?”
Wondering why you don’t have a lot of pictures on the walls? Is that something that makes you feel cluttered or is hanging family photos in your home not something people overseas really do in their homes?
How many dress do u have? 😊
I bought a Captain Hook rubber mask and hand hook at Disney World just because I love the movie Peter Pan. I never even used it. 😅
🤔 I can't remember what exactly I had in my first apartment, but I definitely left it ALL behind!!! (Cheating boyfriend) The only thing I missed was my little George Foreman. I operate with next to nothing with my current living situation. Ironically, I'd make my own pasta if given the chance! 🤣🤣❤️
I’m late to this video, but a garlic press, or rather a cheap garlic press. This thing was awful. I hate chopping food. Well, I hate cooking period, so I thought, aha, this thing will make it better. Big old nope. All it did was make a big mess with the garlic. Juice was everywhere and the peeling would still be attached to all the little pieces. I just had to accept that I would have to continue to do the garlic manually or just by the already cut up stuff, which really does not taste as good. 😅
I bought my husband "bear claws" for making pulled pork. He'd never made pulled pork before, and he never has. Ive made pulled pork twice, and two forks did it fine both times. They were swiftly decluttered 😂🤦🏼♀️
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15 or 5 questions… I may have missed something :p
But thank you - those are 5 brill questions to help declutter :)
I shared all 15 in a long blog post, these were MY personal top five. 👍 Everyone is different, and different questions hit harder for different people. atozenlife.com/decluttering-questions/
@@AtoZenLife ah makes sense :) Sorry I was half-asleep yesterday and missed that! I’ll give the blog a read 😁
A $2,055 KIRBY vacume for my new built 1200sq foot house that I paid extra to upgrade to all TILE floors. SO someone tell me why I said yes to a 2k vacuum cleaner that's too late to return.
I LOVE My Kirby’s!!
Probably the most ridiculous thing I bought was a baby swing/bouncer. You choose. I bought them against my better judgment, and only one of the 3 babies I tried using them with liked them. And it’s a container, so it can contribute to container baby syndrome, so I used them each sparingly, then ended up selling them on Facebook. 🤷🏼♀️ my current youngest (next one due in just 10 weeks!) literally cried every time I put her in the bouncer! Every. Time.
Thank you again for these tips. I have a question- Do you keep or maintain photo albums or photo books? I wanted to create a yearly one for my son but with phones now, we easily accumulate a lot of photos. This means a lot of money and time for each photo book.
Decluttering before you make them is ESSENTIAL! I don’t have a video on this yet, but I can tell you I have one photo album, two scrapbooks that were made for me as gifts, and one box with loose photos - I hope to do a video on this topic soon. You can see the bento box for photos and album at the beginning of this video here: ua-cam.com/video/0mqreWYadDc/v-deo.html
@@AtoZenLife Thank you so much! The video is perfect. I love the idea of having something to look at or tangible but not too much that it almost desensitizes, loses its meaning, or i get tired looking at them. The memories will always remain. We just need pictures that will bring us back, not tell the whole story play-by-play. Our minds/memories can do that. We have many flash drives and hard drives to keep endless pictures and videos taken throughout the years. I shall sort through them and find the essentials, like you said. Thank you so much for your thoughtful videos and responses. 🤗
I sooo need the photo vlog Marissa! I am a chronic photo hoarder of my kids and struggle to delete even the bad ones… my online storage is always full. Please help! 🙏🏻