Girl, I have been doing a major declutter!! I have been getting rid of dumpsters and a railroad container full of stuff! No kidding! I am 65 and nobody is going to want anything that I have and I am tired of cleaning and taking care of everything. Closet by closet and room by room, I am LOVING it!!! But still a long way to go.
You are awesome! I agree - don't leave it for the kids. Everything will have a memory and they don't really want the thing! Just the memory! You should be so proud of yourself!
For the sister who is living with her sister…..you should not say a word!! This woman has opened up her house to you and all you should say is thank you. She’s doing you a favor.
I now find myself getting out of bed, unable to fall asleep, if I know I have left my kitchen not pristine. The joy i get when walking into my spotless kitchen in the morning is indescribable. Thank you Cas.
Thank you Cas for allowing us to trash things. You are my favorite youtuber in decluttering. The videos don’t need to be beautiful. The truths you are giving us are what matters
Congratulations on your new home. We moved in 2014 from California to Missouri so we could finally afford a house. 95% of our home is furnished with thrift store items. I am so proud of furnishing our home with bargain finds. It took time but the journey was worth it. I would go to thrift stores and yard sales. People asked me why. I said it was the thrill of the hunt to find these gems!
Cas, you need to give yourself the same positive talk you give us. You are not an imposter; you are one of my very favorite UA-camrs. My dad gave my mom a pink tool kit like you have. It is handy for everyone because you automatically know where to put the tool back (and where to find it to begin with; her stuff stays organized but his tools did not).
I have the same toolkit. Made such a difference. I have noticed that Cas does this, because I've noticed it in myself fairly recently. I hope she can get rid of that mindset, too!
My best friend died a couple of years ago from complications after a birth, and she loved the Swedish Death cleansing idea. I can see her laughing that she made the clean up after her death very simple. I tell my parents all the time to start cleaning out their house to make it easier for me and my siblings to clean up after them too. It is actually a good idea. I am a minimalist and hope that the clean up after I die will be easy (though I hope I don't go until I'm 90).
Omg. Cass you just perfectly described my isolation. I can't leave the house for any reason, fun or even grocery shopping or dentist, because I have to stay home and clean and then at the end of the day, nothing is done and i don't know what happened. Im so overwhelmed and depressed.
In June, our neighborhood had the annual "sub sales" ie garage or yard rummage sales. All year we gather things in a large box for this weekend...we make 'FREE ' signs and fill the end of the driveway with things to share. We do not need to price things and sit outside all day. We do not need to load the car and drive to a donation site. We can share things with people who are excited to get them.. Win-win-win!
THIS! I live on a street with many apartment complexes. I put out bags and boxes with a FREE sign. I do it in the evening and by morning it is always magically gone!
A friend pointed out many of those people end up gathering our items to either sell or horde I said hey as long as it's not mine and someone has a desire for it I don't care
@@nata3467 I am happy to let treasures back into the world. I don't care if someone smashes them or cherishes them. I do hope someone in need, a furniture flipper, a home decor person, or anyone will love something I put out. I have found treasures in the same way. I'm not a hoarder but I've furnished apartments with other people's toss outs! :)
We put our leftover garage sale items on the curb Saturday night. Got a knock Sunday morning asking if we could price stuff because the lady wanted to take all of it to her church bazaar! What??? 😂
OMG! You made me laugh so hard calling that person a KNOB! She said she was a noob, as in NEWBIE, as in new to your channel or the live! Thanks, I needed that 😂
Totally agree about having your own toolset. My partner is not great at putting tools back in their homes so I bought my own toolset and hid it under the couch. I didn’t even tell him about it. Now I can always find my hammer, tape measure and level. And if I can’t find it, it’s nobody’s fault but my own. 😊
Or if like mine, he has a different place he'd look for it first and that doesn't work for me. Funny thing is he'll ask if I has x-tool because he can't find his.
Me too I have my own stash and I can always find what I need. I’m a cricket. Hubby’s a ladybug. And the funny but not so funny thing is my husband never remembers where anything is so we ended up having so many multiples of everything and still can’t find anything he’s in charge of lol. I’ve had my same little box of my tools forever and always know where it is. Every time. Really nice that I have one small thing like this for myself to make my life easier after years of never being able to find anything. And I do most of the little handy projects around the house. So that’s important.
Cas, to me, you are THE most inspiring woman on the internet. There is no need to feel bad watching other youtubers! Maybe their editing is better and their colors are awesome, BUT! YOU are the one I can relate to, you are real, you are honest, you are interesting and funny. You know you're not perfect, neither do you feel the need you have to be nor are you pretending to be - and that makes you perfect in the end! I have been watching decluttering experts here in Germany for around 2 yrs now and you are simply the best to me. 😍🥰 Lots of love from Germany to Canada, Stef
My clean dirty magnet on the dishwasher door has saved us all. You can’t always tell when dishes are dirty if they’ve been rinsed off. We use that magnet message every singe day!
We use a magnet that means if it's on the dishwasher it's clean. It's a random little man magnet. heehee when it's clean the little man is on the fridge. One way to tell easily if dishes are dirty is to grab a glass from the top shelf and hold it to the light -- even a rinse will not get a glass sparkling clean, no lips marks, no hand marks, it's just not shiny. Quick and dirty way to tell fast.
We added one for my husbands brain. Idk how many times he’s asked are these clean lol. I bought one that slides left or right for dirty or clean. Some how flipping it wouldn’t work but sliding it works. He uses it. And he’s severe adhd and ladybug. He usually unloads the dish washer. And slides it right to dirty. When we start it we slide it to clean.
I recently bought a new dishwasher, it opens the door and sings when it's done! I had the same problem and thought about getting a magnet. It's an expensive way to not need a magnet but it was old and broken so win-win!
For the dishwasher we put the dishwasher soap pod in the dispenser and close the cover. If the cover is closed it means to load dirty dishes in the washer. After we wash the dishes the soap dispenser is open. If it is open and empty the dishes are clean. When the dishwasher of clean dishes are put away, then we put a pod in the dispenser and close the cover - now ready for dirty dishes.
I agree about having to just let things go. I just found Clutterburg! Changing my world! My house was a complete mess with STUFF since 1999. I do lots of volunteer work in my community so I had to give myself a break about not selling or donating. With my AHDA that would have caused severe overload managing the selling and donating. I had to take care of me this time! Believe me, everyone I've one told I was decluttering said sell or donate and i had to defend myself which is BS. My clutter at 57 has become a mental health issue! Thank you clutterbug for helping me rise above it.
You're my body double Cass! Your decluttering videos help me a lot right now. I start with regular chores but I end up decluttering something because of your tough love lol
If you have a ton of stuff to get out but can't drive to Goodwill, check for pick-up in your area. In my area, there are two charities that do pick-ups. I can go online and schedule a pick-up and just put all the bags and boxes in the driveway on the scheduled day. Helped me so much! Sometimes, I sit down Saturday after a big declutter and am able to schedule pick-up for Monday.
I love Dana k white’s take it there now thing for keeping the house under control. I hear those words in my head when I want to pile things. Don’t put it down put it away. But if you don’t have a home for something declutter until you have a home.
VA is coming tomorrow to pick up 15 bags and boxes of declutter. During this last one I said WWCD to myself and YOU got me through so much. Thank you. Cas and Swedish Death cleaning is sooooo good for the soul. xoxoxo
While watching this, I pulled out my box of college notebooks and textbooks and they are now all in the recycling and out of my house! Yeah, 20 yrs later and I’ve just kept moving them to my next new place but never looked at them. Which has started me on several more similar project. Thank you for the permission, it is small but HUGE!
We had a lot of school supplies needing out of the house, so we donated them to the local nursing home for the upcoming school year. Win for them and win fir us.
Hey Cas. I live in Australia and have found your videos through watching the cleanmyspace videos. You got me inspired and I cleaned out my pantry today. I filled a washing basket filled with tinned foods that I am donating. It feels so much better looking at the space and knowing where things are. I also cleaned out my wardrobe of clothes that I didn’t like. I got 2 bags full of clothes that I will be donating. Thankyou for your videos 💕
Thank you! This was great!! Just what I needed in so many ways. Especially the permission to just toss things out, since at 75 I don’t have the strength or the freedom of movement to do it “right”. I’ve been struggling with that issue for a few years and it has really held me back. I’m so happy to find a warm, light hearted and knowledgeable person to be a guide for me as I really begin to tackle some serious clutter problems. I’ll be tuning in for sure.
"Your house is not an alternative to a trash heap!" Amen! I love that! As long as they're people inventing things, companies making things, stores selling things, and people buying things, there will always be trash heaps somewhere. And my house is not going to be that trash heap. 👍
Hi Casey, # replay. I’m glad to hear the answer to Kim’s question because recently going through PPD, 4 little kids and exhaustion it’s sad I don’t have energy to drop stuff off to good will or shelter.
I’m currently working in decluttering my house. 2024 is my year for a fresh start and I’m heading toward minimalism. Thank you for your Clutterbug quiz. My husband and I are both Bees, so we have a lot of stuff. I’ve always taken care of the finances so three days ago I started shredding old paperwork. I found paperwork that was 20 years old, this wasn’t important paperwork it was literally receipts, invoices, and bank statements. I’ve shredded everything that was over seven years old that fell into those categories. Our recycle bin is full so I have to wait until trash day to take the additional three bags of shredded paperwork out of the house but that’s ok. I still have four more boxes to go through. Two of them should be pretty easy but the other two will be more difficult because they have the memory papers in them. You know greeting cards I’ve received over the years 🤦♀️ I love the memory box idea so that will make it much easier. I can’t wait to have this behind me so I can move on to actually organizing that room which is not only my office but my craft room. Even though I’m retired I have so much going on in my life that I realized I had to declutter and take the approach of minimalism because I’m constantly forgetting things or losing things, including my mind. I truly feel like I have hope now that I’ve begun this journey. Thanks for your channel it’s a great help! 😀
I can relate to the depression question. If you have the energy to do that one thing, an alternative is to get a Monica closet for the time being. Because if depression is bad enough even that throw it away solution/little by little isn’t going to work. The other thing is to ask for help. My family is notorious for generational clutter. My aunt has stuff in her basement from when her grandmother lived there. And she inherited the house after her mother died. Eventually you just need help, she had to have all the grandkids come over to help.
Your trash heap speech should be a quote. Or a small article. 😁 It is gold Cas! And so beautifully spoken! Seriously! It is fantastic. Or make it a short on some platform! Even if it is a long short. People need it.
This was great, Cass!! I missed the live but was able to listen to the replay while organizing my craft room. You, along with Dana & Dawn, have been such an inspiration to me!! Over the past year & ½ I have gotten rid of over 60% of the inventory (stuff) in my home. And being a leader/ trying to set an example for my husband & daughter by decluttering just my own things & general household things has inspired both of them to join in and start to declutter their own things!! It is so freeing to have bags & boxes of things leaving our home every single day and going to our church thrift shop, individuals in our town's Facebook free site that need them, the Salvation Army or Savers, in the curb with a free sign for passers-by to take, and sometimes straight into the trash. The amount of stuff that has left our home so far amazes me every day!! And we're nowhere near done yet!! I'm working on my craft room now & it's looking amazing!! I LOVE crafting, but I haven't been able to do so in almost 3 years. There was so much "stuff" in my craft room that I couldn't even SEE my craft desk; let alone get to it to be able to actually do any crafting. In the last 3 weeks that I've been working in here, I've gotten rid of 5 big pieces of furniture, including 2 big storage benches with padded seating on top & shoe storage below, 2 very narrow & shallow book cases, & a giant L-shaped desk that was just waay too big for the size of the room. I replaced it with an IKEA 25 cube system for organization of all of my crafting items, a crafter's desk that opens up when you're working & condenses down smaller when you are not, a slim IKEA shoe organizer, & one very deep bookcase; which I'm not even sure I will have to keep once I am done decluttering & organizing everything!!! I am being very picky about what stays in my space & what goes. I have found a first year teacher who has absolutely nothing for her classroom & another crafter to give everything that is going to. And I have already given them SOOO MUCH!!! I so wish that I had taken before pictures!! But I will try to show a picture of what it looks like so far (if I can figure out how to attach a picture). Remember... it's a work in progress. But one that would still be a disgusting mess of a craft room that you literally couldn't even walk through, if not for the inspiration & motivation from you, Cass!!! Thank you so very much!!! 😘💕❤️🫂❣️❣️❣️
I love your presentations all yhe time. You soeak and enjnciate your words really well. Youre eloquent without being boring ir technical. You're a natural not forced or put on. You don't punctuate evey two statements with a kind of annoying giggling or laughter. Most if all you know how to work with the camera. You dont look uneasy nor you don't look at a corner of your camera frequently that is distracting to viewers. Thank you and may your viewers grow more in numbers because you are really imparting very useful and doable informations and not just parroting other influencer's content like some people. Again thank you so much.
My best decluttering companions were the rats who got to my bags and boxes of old University papers and booklets, journals, etc I had been storing in the attic and the loft in our previous home that we had let to various tenants. It all had to go - and I have not missed it.
Very excited to see your new house and all the things you have in store. I know it’s prob a million times harder to move and unpack and decorate while filming it all but I seriously wish we could just watch it all live lol. This would be an award winning show lol.
Hi Cas I love all your videos .I just find this one! Funny thing : I am listening to you talking about the 10 years old blanket when I am actually folding mine!!! Thank you for staying calm when you answering all of ours questions. I really love the tone of your voice so peaceful. God Bless you.
Cass, I can TOTALLY relate to your poor sweet dog being allergic to everything, I have 1 just like it! She’s 8 years old & after years & years of frequent veterinarian appointments, shots, medications, & then all the side effects that come with them we FINALLY saved the money & had the $300+ Liquid Gold Allergy Test. We kept putting it off bc it’s so expensive & I wasn’t sure it would even figure out the problem but after years of being on $80/month meds on top of still getting sick I realized in the long run it would probably be cheaper & hopefully help her. Idk if you’ve had this done yet but if I had known what I know now, I’d have done it years ago! This poor baby has been thru so much & once we knew what she was allergic to (which is ALOT) we were able to change her diet & a few other things & she’s a totally different dog! It was so much easier to change her diet than the years of vet visits & stress on her & us was! I was told by a veterinarian that Benadryl doesn’t help dogs bc it works differently in them than us & it makes sense bc it didn’t seem to affect her at all. Anyway, I just thought I’d mention this if it’s something you’ve not done or considered. I love your videos & I can relate to you so much as an adult with ADHD who really struggles! You’ve helped me & others so much, I thought maybe this could help you. Thank you for all you do ❤
I know I’m late for this video but at 4:50 I had to stop and say that my teenage son would not check the dishwasher and leave his dishes in the sink instead. I started putting them in his bed and after two times of that he quickly started checking and putting them away! It didn’t take long!
“When everything is ‘going to get to later’ we start denying ourselves pleasure today” 40:42 Wow such a great quote Cas! I absolutely love this! I’ve felt this happen multiple times 😂
The tray system works! It's awesome. Finally, our glass coffee table stays clean. Finally, after one and a half year of having moved in together with my boyfriend, I feel like I have a grip on where stuff goes. It's a process :p
I just wanted to thank you for the powerful things you said for question at 20:51. I started typing why but deleted it, even that's too much rn. Just know... thank you so much 💕
These lives are so good. I have them on repeat with my headphones at night after the kids go to sleep, to help me in my process while declutering. Please keep them coming 💗
I'm about done round 1 of decluttering (just missing my entrance/mud room) and I have to say a huge THANK YOU CAS! I've never really found a method that worked before for the whole family as most decluttering tips have a 1 size fits all attitude. Finding out I'm a bee, 1 kid is a total butterfly, the other with extreme ADHD is a cricket helped all of us find ways to declutter and organize that works for all. I have a 9x5 utility trailer we parked by our deck and it is PACKED with trash we took out, we've done 3 full SUV loads to the thrift stores/local share shed, and now in my spare room a corner is full with boxes we're gonna do a yard sale with this weekend, whatever is left after will be donated on Monday. After being ill for a while (had surgery in May and feeling way better now), my house was definitely classed as a level 1 hoard, if not a level 2, and now we can actually walk through every room, hallway is empty. My goal is to eventually be down to the essentials (in round 1 we didn't touch anything sentimental, everything that went was things we could declutter in a fraction of a second decision) so if I get ill again, there is less chance of this happening again. Your videos gave me the motivation and the guidance needed to tackle the whole thing in 2 weeks and I couldn't be happier. Even my kids are making their beds without prompting every morning as they're so happy to have a clear room that they want to keep it tidy!
I love you and your channel, Cas! Tonight I took you out to my blueberry garden and listened to this episode while picking 1.5 quarts of organic blueberries. I wish I could share some with you! Thank you for sharing your considerate guidance and beautiful spirit! ❤
I just decluttered a big cupboard, I'm a hoarder and a bee. I still have too much stuff in there but it's better than it was. I had a big bag of trash and some stuff to sell and donate. I feel proud of myself 😊.
Cas… Absolutely love that you said I’m glad you’re so blessed you didn’t experience the overwhelm etc etc and could drive to the goodwill instead of throwing stuff in the trash. Such a nice way of explaining that stage. I started off having to throw stuff away. Actually I tried yard sales bcz I thought I was going to get all this money back. This was before buy nothing pages and donations seemed to become so popular. But realized quickly all the left over stuff couldn’t come back in the house and that way way more needed to go. Def need to get rid of 60-70 or 200-300 bags in my case, to notice a difference. Now am finally at the point I can donate the stuff. But at first I had to get real and just throw stuff out. I couldn’t let not knowing what to best do with items stop me from decluttering any longer. I had to start by just throwing stuff out. And that’s ok. There’s a huge difference between stuff that’s still useful and stuff that you are actually using. If you just pass on the stuff that you are not using your life and house will thank you. (Mom of five). Also if you are a cricket but never could figure out why you always felt so scattered you can go to the dollar store and buy tiny little bins and organize everything in your drawers and even inside your bigger bins and life will suddenly fall into place. When I was a young mom the drawers full of jumbled stuff made me crazy and big bins of stuff made me so over whelmed. I needed micro organization to finally feel l had my life together. KNOW YOUR ORGANIZING STYLE. KNOW YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ORGANIZING STYLE. I can’t say it enough. I had to figure mine out on my own through lots of trial and error. Before I found Cas. But I learned about the styles from her and it helped me understand my family so much and why they couldn’t function or keep up with my style and where to use mine and where to use their styles. And now having a tidy home is no longer a fight.
I'm considering using saranwrap on my sink when the dishwasher is empty and ready to load. Training the family is difficult but worth it. Empty dishwasher in the AM and load all day. Fingers crossed, we can train ourselves and families.
Just for you to know, I'm a subscriber for years, I like and comment, I specially like the "those of you who stayed to the end" moment but.....I just discovered you have a second podcast channel. Never heard that before 😅. I am immediately subscribing ! I think a lot of regular viewers didn't know.
I’ve been getting rid of 1-2 boxes of items each week this year! I have SOOOO much more breathing room in my home now and I can literally say that I now know what is in every drawer and shelf in my entire house and it feels AHHHHMAZING! Thanks for the motivation Cas!
Watching this on the road trip home to New York from vacation at the Jersey shore. Enjoying all the comments. Getting my head back in the decluttering zone for family coming to stay with me in 12 days!!! I have to be ruthless with my to-do-later piles!!!!!
Here’s some advice about your dog (I’m a Veterinarian)....you can have her tested to find out what she is allergic to (the name of the test is called RAST) and then a special serum made with her specific allergens can be given to her with tapering doses over time (much like what people do), but even easier is to have her get an antibody injection called CYTOPOINT that helps her body deal with the allergy on a cellular level. For diet I advise a HYDROLYZED PROTEIN diet....this means that the proteins are broken down such that her body cannot react to them (much like Enfamil for human infants). These are prescription only diets and are of course a bit pricey. I can name 3....Hills Z/D diet, Purina HA diet or Royal Canin HP or Ultamino. I always tell clients that allergies are frustrating and expensive! But hopefully a solution is waiting for her....good luck with your baby....
This was such good listening while I was decluttering and organizing. I’m 49 with a 12 year old and a partner with newly diagnosed life-changing health issue. This new diagnosis is forcing me to set up a more simple living style for our family. I’ve always enjoyed organizing, but I have a hard time letting go of stuff, everything seems to have a sentimental value to me😢. I’ve always micro-organized and tried to replicate the “pretty,” but somehow it always falls apart. I’m tired of spending so much of my free time “cleaning” and organizing when I really need to be cherishing that time with my family and making happy memories for the three of us. I recently learned that I’m a ladybug, which has helped me tremendously in my re-attempt at organizing. I have actually organized my pantry, sunroom, kitchen and bathrooms in a way that feels very natural and calming for me, using the ladybug organizing recommendations you have previously discussed. I can’t tell you how thankful I am for all the encouragement you are speaking over me while I tackle all this decluttering in an effort to obtain a more simple way of living.
Aww, I can understand your frustration about your poor dog. I feel for her, too. It seems like every dog I've had has had special needs. I've had dogs who were prone to depression, hed epilepsy, allergies, and the one we have now has diabetes. But we have loved every one of them, and wouldn't change a thing about them. Good luck with the move. I think you're going to love having a "room" for everything.
I used to spend so much time preparing things to recycle, like soaking and rinsing plastic bottles. If it couldn't be recycled, then I would donate it or find a new home for it. It was so stressful. I finally started throwing some things away, and it has made life so much less stressful. I started a "Buy Nothing" group on Facebook, and I give a lot away, but there are some things that just go straight in the trash.
Ha I remember when she added a black book shelf next to the cubbies I thought why why black. Keep it all white. Then she added paper to the backing it looked nice. Why do some people like me need symmetrical and matchy match for our brains to feel calm. Even if it isn’t our house ha ha. I know cas hates the visual cubbies but her assistant need visual and it also looks nice on the videos as a back drop. And she says most importantly it works.
I needed this swift kick. Trying to do it all after losing my husband 4 years ago with adding a move into it and a big health issue during that time period, I’m a hot mess
I use the idea of body doubling by texting my friend with my planned tasks for the day, we share what we are working on through the day. Sometimes with pictures. I listen to decluttering podcasts as I go.....will write lists of things that im planning to declutter for myself to look back on....thank you Cas and friends, im making headway!!!
I’ve been labeling and gutting my little pantry for the last three days. Listening to this tonight, I kept tossing little bits and bobs round the kitchen. Problem however is I wanted to finish labeling and gutting my pantry tonight…. . But tho the pantry still not done, I threw some crap away! Your show is so inspiring!
Thanks for letting us give you an opportunity to procrastinate😆 I mean thanks for sharing your wisdom. 💞 My family used to say I have the memory of a flea. We were told that fleas have good memory function, so now we say I have the memory of a dead flea. I have so many calendar alerts on my phone that I miss some. But. Without alerts I’d forget everything. Your poor pooch. So glad she has you. Not everyone would research and work around their pet’s problems. When you do the house tour, please try to limit camera movement for those of us with vertigo issues. Because I REALLY want to see the new house 🏠
Jusr wanna say, your method of figuring out our organising style, is life-changing for me! I am still working on transforming my home from chaos to clean after nesrly 4 years.yes; it"s a long process of little chunks at a time while taking care of daily life. Every space 8n my home including the outside is at a different level in the process. But 2 days ago, I reached a huge mile stone. My kitchen finally reached full-on maintenance mode! And I mean, I knew it, not because everything was organised perfectly, but because clleaning and cooking in my kitchen and resetting it at the end of the night has been an absolute breeze, minus hand-washing the dishes...and even THAT is much easier now! I look at my kitchen after tidying it and it looks so welcoming, like it 's calling me tp come in and cook up a yummy meal or get inspired and experiment with a new recipe and see how basly or how good it turns out. I ferl completelt at ease in my kitchen, even when distracted by fur kids lol,,,for the first time in my entire life! It makes me want to continue on with the other areas of my home. Sure, I'll stiill re-organise and de-clutter things as I go when needed, but that's just maintenance level now. I discovered through the process of getting my home back in irder, especially looking at how I've organised my kitchen, that I am a bee/ butterfly/lady bug in that order. I have to visually see alot of my most-used items, snd zi will choose functional over pretty for visuals every time. However, like a butterfly, I still like eye-p,easing, so I try to make my visual items look eye-pleasing in sone waym rather than ataking up orecious space with just decor. But the butter fly in me WILL adds just a touch of decore where possible. I'm a little bit of a micro-organiser at heart, but realistically I lean towards a bit macro. The lady bug in me DOES like some things hidden. Some things don't look eye-p,rasing in open spaces to me ( i.e, food cans, dishes, etc. So I do like closed cabinets, drawers, closets, etc for some things. But even in those spacrs, I prefer open baskets and containers for non-food items. I do give credit for all of the great women whose wisdom has helped me immendely. You, Today With Terri K, The zorgsnised zmum, The zfly Laday and zdana K White, each of you has guven me game-changing tips that zi still use and will use fir the rest of my life. Bit I must say, knowing my irginising style, and understanding my husband's style, was crucial in irder to mske the other women's tips work. You helped me tap into myself to understand how I function best in my home amd how to arrange things to work for me instead of re-arranging myself to work with my things. And since your advice was so key to ,y whole process, I had to share with you this mile stone. In my fsntasy worldm it would have happened with the first year. But the fact that it HAPPENED, makes me feel successful, and gives me faith that I Will reach this stage in all areas of my home that zi have control over. Thank you Cas, for coming into our social media spaces❤
I remember all the times I’d “clean” my house aka “stuff shuffle” till things looked neat and put away but would be a mess pretty much right away again. I’d get things neat looking except there would always be pile a left over pile somewhere that just didn’t have a home. I’d sit there and say I just need somewhere to hide this stuff. My son who was about 12-13 at the time and is really a minimalist at heart, without missing a beat said hide it in the garbage! Lol.
I declutter slowly, one drawer, cabinet, shelf, closet or container at a time. Some of these places may take 1 day, 3 days or one week, I just take my time. Saturday is take to goodwill day, my husband takes it for me every Saturday. I have decluttered so much weekly this way.
I really want you to know how radically your tips are changing my life. Thank you so much. I found the multipurpose cleaner I love 😭 i don't have to keep everything! I can have catch trays 🥹 this life is easy to organize with tips like these. I don''t have to feel bad for throwing things out! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.
TOOLS! I couldn’t ever find a hammer or screwdriver in “our” toolbox. So I started putting together my own. I went to garage sales, barn sales….super cheap. I also have one picker/hammer, whatever…but looks like something an iron smith created for whatever kind of work he needed. It’s one of my favorite, versatile tools. The complication here is that now my husband claims MY tools as his! Baloney! In a normal world, families have one set of tools for the household. My husband takes a tool out, I find it in the yard in spring, nice and rusty, so I feel justified.😂
He wants yours bcz you actually know where they are same here lol. If my husband ever borrows mine I never see them again so I try not to share with him if possible haha
Thank you for this. I have been subscribed to you for a few months now and it's the best thing I've done to declutter and get organized. You're amazing!
I liked you answer for Kim depression is hard much like ADHD you can have a real problem with focus. So I agree toss it the world has more produced than demand for it. So go ahead a let go of it being your problem, and embrace the change of how you see stuff by consuming less as a result of the declutter.
Watching your re-play. Love you....I needed to hear the part of how to get rid of clothing that does not fit. I needed to hear the part of filling or goal is to fill up a bag day. I know I will need your help after I finish decluttering in the realm of organizing. I have to see the stuff because if I don't, I will forget I have it and will buy it again.
Thank you so much for this Live Video! I had an epiphany while watching you. My crafts are really organised but I can never seem to find things easily. I realised that my pretty labels are not easy to read when I open the door. So I am making my labels larger and the letters in a darker colours.
Hi Cas, my 1st time watching a live stream. Love your energy, encouragement and positivity about ways of decluttering. I have shared your videos to my sisters and friends.
xcited to see the new house tour! we bought a raised ranch (like your previous home) a year ago and I use your videos as ways to inspire how to set up this "unique" layout! I'm looking forward to being inspired by your new place too!
awe, Poor Penny. I'm allergic to grass and plants too... I get rash of water blisters wherever it touches me. Best wishes with all the house/moving stuff. I'm in Ontario, (Canada) too.
Today I reached a new level with decluttering. I’m going to throw away craft supplies my kids don’t want. Even though I have a box of donations I’m currently filling, I’m not going to bother with packing up the crayons, markers, stamps etc. I need it gone as in yesterday!
I can totally sympathize with your poor pup! I have tons of allergies too. Grass, weeds, most trees, eucalyptus, rosemary, and more. My skin issues with fragrance and gold, along with other stuff, are such a pain. Your pup is lucky to have you! Good luck with the move and thanks for all the wonderful advice. I’m looking forward to seeing your new house!!!
I just did a great declutter of my bathroom. I love starting with the bathroom because I have no personal attachment or identity issues wrapped up in anything there - meds, toiletries, travel accessories, a little makeup, done.
Having a good laugh at my butterfly self emptying my washing baskets :) , as I listen. and yes to the young girl setting up her first home, I have my sliding wardrobe doors open, can see my hung up pants and jumpers/tops . Easy to get to I can see when I need to get on top of my washing !
Hi Cas, thanks for the great advice and being so real with the help and talking to us like real people and not like You are a teacher speaking to children. Good night & good luck with your move.
I have a bag of old coats, old gloves and hats that are absolutely so sorry they’re not even worth donating so those are ready for you to the dumpster in the morning. I thought I could fix one with washing it once more time. I’ve had it since 1999. It was my fave teams Super Bowl back to Back from back in that era. Yea time to go. I am also getting rid of several puzzles and a few miscellaneous item. I do have a few items I am going to try on FB marketplace. I have a Cricut Expression and SIlhouette Cameo. Yeah I thought I do all that in my scrapbooking. Between the two I probably have used them 25 times and the Expression I’ve owned for over 10 years and the Cameo about five years. I might try and see if there is value in those on marketplace too. I do a 24 item declutter every Friday evening and am ensuring the sink is clean and dishes done or in the dishwasher. It’s moving along and I am determined to get there simply by setting rules that I can change at will to achieve the same end results. I plan on buying a tiny home in the next couple of years. BYW…my textbooks match my career so they are at work but just those five that are specific to it. I rarely look at them but I do…but there is space there. I can’t wait to achieve the reasonable goal which is achievable!
Thank you ❤ I find it overwhelming to organise the leaving clutter into where it should be rehomed. I have struggled with guilt over putting things in the bin that I could have driven to donate but I know it wouldn’t have left
Girl, I have been doing a major declutter!! I have been getting rid of dumpsters and a railroad container full of stuff! No kidding! I am 65 and nobody is going to want anything that I have and I am tired of cleaning and taking care of everything. Closet by closet and room by room, I am LOVING it!!! But still a long way to go.
Fantastic and inspiring!
Wow, you are so inspiring! You deserve the room and time you are gaining!
You are awesome! I agree - don't leave it for the kids. Everything will have a memory and they don't really want the thing! Just the memory! You should be so proud of yourself!
You are an inspiration! I encourage you to keep going until you have the home you that brings you peace.❤😌
Way to go!!! Keep up the awesome work!!!
For the sister who is living with her sister…..you should not say a word!! This woman has opened up her house to you and all you should say is thank you. She’s doing you a favor.
I now find myself getting out of bed, unable to fall asleep, if I know I have left my kitchen not pristine. The joy i get when walking into my spotless kitchen in the morning is indescribable. Thank you Cas.
You're so welcome!
Thank you Cas for allowing us to trash things. You are my favorite youtuber in decluttering. The videos don’t need to be beautiful. The truths you are giving us are what matters
My daughter hired us an organizer, we got rid of at least 60-70 bags. And you’re right,I don’t miss any of it.
Congratulations on your new home. We moved in 2014 from California to Missouri so we could finally afford a house. 95% of our home is furnished with thrift store items. I am so proud of furnishing our home with bargain finds. It took time but the journey was worth it. I would go to thrift stores and yard sales. People asked me why. I said it was the thrill of the hunt to find these gems!
Pretty much my whole house is furnished by items from family or my church rummage sale....nobody can tell and they don’t need to know!! 😉😁😉
Cas, you need to give yourself the same positive talk you give us. You are not an imposter; you are one of my very favorite UA-camrs. My dad gave my mom a pink tool kit like you have. It is handy for everyone because you automatically know where to put the tool back (and where to find it to begin with; her stuff stays organized but his tools did not).
I have the same toolkit. Made such a difference. I have noticed that Cas does this, because I've noticed it in myself fairly recently. I hope she can get rid of that mindset, too!
My best friend died a couple of years ago from complications after a birth, and she loved the Swedish Death cleansing idea. I can see her laughing that she made the clean up after her death very simple. I tell my parents all the time to start cleaning out their house to make it easier for me and my siblings to clean up after them too. It is actually a good idea. I am a minimalist and hope that the clean up after I die will be easy (though I hope I don't go until I'm 90).
I’m sorry for the loss of your friend.
Omg. Cass you just perfectly described my isolation. I can't leave the house for any reason, fun or even grocery shopping or dentist, because I have to stay home and clean and then at the end of the day, nothing is done and i don't know what happened. Im so overwhelmed and depressed.
In June, our neighborhood had the annual "sub sales" ie garage or yard rummage sales. All year we gather things in a large box for this weekend...we make 'FREE ' signs and fill the end of the driveway with things to share. We do not need to price things and sit outside all day. We do not need to load the car and drive to a donation site. We can share things with people who are excited to get them..
Win-win-win!
THIS! I live on a street with many apartment complexes. I put out bags and boxes with a FREE sign. I do it in the evening and by morning it is always magically gone!
I do this too!! It's awesome to bless others this way!
A friend pointed out many of those people end up gathering our items to either sell or horde I said hey as long as it's not mine and someone has a desire for it I don't care
@@nata3467 I am happy to let treasures back into the world. I don't care if someone smashes them or cherishes them. I do hope someone in need, a furniture flipper, a home decor person, or anyone will love something I put out. I have found treasures in the same way. I'm not a hoarder but I've furnished apartments with other people's toss outs! :)
We put our leftover garage sale items on the curb Saturday night. Got a knock Sunday morning asking if we could price stuff because the lady wanted to take all of it to her church bazaar! What??? 😂
OMG! You made me laugh so hard calling that person a KNOB! She said she was a noob, as in NEWBIE, as in new to your channel or the live! Thanks, I needed that 😂
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Totally agree about having your own toolset. My partner is not great at putting tools back in their homes so I bought my own toolset and hid it under the couch. I didn’t even tell him about it. Now I can always find my hammer, tape measure and level. And if I can’t find it, it’s nobody’s fault but my own. 😊
I have my own little tool set & it’s all pink.. pink hammer , screwdrivers & etc. 😊
Or if like mine, he has a different place he'd look for it first and that doesn't work for me. Funny thing is he'll ask if I has x-tool because he can't find his.
Me too I have my own stash and I can always find what I need. I’m a cricket. Hubby’s a ladybug. And the funny but not so funny thing is my husband never remembers where anything is so we ended up having so many multiples of everything and still can’t find anything he’s in charge of lol. I’ve had my same little box of my tools forever and always know where it is. Every time. Really nice that I have one small thing like this for myself to make my life easier after years of never being able to find anything. And I do most of the little handy projects around the house. So that’s important.
I have had my own tool set for decades. Pick my battle and tools are not a battle. Also have my own tooth paste, and aluminum foil.
Yesterday! I Decluttering my clothes and kitchen plastic containers. Gave 20 coffee mugs away! THANK YOU CAS!!!
You go girl! 💜
I m doing my decluttering for several days while listening to your voice/advice
Cas, to me, you are THE most inspiring woman on the internet. There is no need to feel bad watching other youtubers! Maybe their editing is better and their colors are awesome, BUT! YOU are the one I can relate to, you are real, you are honest, you are interesting and funny. You know you're not perfect, neither do you feel the need you have to be nor are you pretending to be - and that makes you perfect in the end! I have been watching decluttering experts here in Germany for around 2 yrs now and you are simply the best to me. 😍🥰 Lots of love from Germany to Canada, Stef
My clean dirty magnet on the dishwasher door has saved us all. You can’t always tell when dishes are dirty if they’ve been rinsed off. We use that magnet message every singe day!
We use one too
We use a magnet that means if it's on the dishwasher it's clean. It's a random little man magnet. heehee when it's clean the little man is on the fridge. One way to tell easily if dishes are dirty is to grab a glass from the top shelf and hold it to the light -- even a rinse will not get a glass sparkling clean, no lips marks, no hand marks, it's just not shiny. Quick and dirty way to tell fast.
We added one for my husbands brain. Idk how many times he’s asked are these clean lol. I bought one that slides left or right for dirty or clean. Some how flipping it wouldn’t work but sliding it works. He uses it. And he’s severe adhd and ladybug. He usually unloads the dish washer. And slides it right to dirty. When we start it we slide it to clean.
I recently bought a new dishwasher, it opens the door and sings when it's done! I had the same problem and thought about getting a magnet. It's an expensive way to not need a magnet but it was old and broken so win-win!
@@christinegagne4262 oh, that sounds fancy! Good for you!!
For the dishwasher we put the dishwasher soap pod in the dispenser and close the cover. If the cover is closed it means to load dirty dishes in the washer. After we wash the dishes the soap dispenser is open. If it is open and empty the dishes are clean. When the dishwasher of clean dishes are put away, then we put a pod in the dispenser and close the cover - now ready for dirty dishes.
I agree about having to just let things go. I just found Clutterburg! Changing my world! My house was a complete mess with STUFF since 1999. I do lots of volunteer work in my community so I had to give myself a break about not selling or donating. With my AHDA that would have caused severe overload managing the selling and donating. I had to take care of me this time! Believe me, everyone I've one told I was decluttering said sell or donate and i had to defend myself which is BS. My clutter at 57 has become a mental health issue! Thank you clutterbug for helping me rise above it.
You're my body double Cass! Your decluttering videos help me a lot right now. I start with regular chores but I end up decluttering something because of your tough love lol
If you have a ton of stuff to get out but can't drive to Goodwill, check for pick-up in your area. In my area, there are two charities that do pick-ups. I can go online and schedule a pick-up and just put all the bags and boxes in the driveway on the scheduled day. Helped me so much! Sometimes, I sit down Saturday after a big declutter and am able to schedule pick-up for Monday.
I love Dana k white’s take it there now thing for keeping the house under control. I hear those words in my head when I want to pile things. Don’t put it down put it away. But if you don’t have a home for something declutter until you have a home.
when I think Swedish Death Cleaning, I think: what do I not want my loved ones to see?? LOL!!
Right?!
VA is coming tomorrow to pick up 15 bags and boxes of declutter. During this last one I said WWCD to myself and YOU got me through so much. Thank you. Cas and Swedish Death cleaning is sooooo good for the soul. xoxoxo
I wished we had this service! My dad was a veteran, and I would so give to them. But we don't.
While watching this, I pulled out my box of college notebooks and textbooks and they are now all in the recycling and out of my house! Yeah, 20 yrs later and I’ve just kept moving them to my next new place but never looked at them. Which has started me on several more similar project. Thank you for the permission, it is small but HUGE!
The quilt comment .."im going to make quilt out of it" got me 😂😂😂😅😅
We had a lot of school supplies needing out of the house, so we donated them to the local nursing home for the upcoming school year. Win for them and win fir us.
Great idea 💡 THANK YOU
Hey Cas. I live in Australia and have found your videos through watching the cleanmyspace videos.
You got me inspired and I cleaned out my pantry today. I filled a washing basket filled with tinned foods that I am donating.
It feels so much better looking at the space and knowing where things are.
I also cleaned out my wardrobe of clothes that I didn’t like. I got 2 bags full of clothes that I will be donating.
Thankyou for your videos 💕
Thank you! This was great!! Just what I needed in so many ways. Especially the permission to just toss things out, since at 75 I don’t have the strength or the freedom of movement to do it “right”. I’ve been struggling with that issue for a few years and it has really held me back. I’m so happy to find a warm, light hearted and knowledgeable person to be a guide for me as I really begin to tackle some serious clutter problems. I’ll be tuning in for sure.
"Your house is not an alternative to a trash heap!" Amen! I love that! As long as they're people inventing things, companies making things, stores selling things, and people buying things, there will always be trash heaps somewhere. And my house is not going to be that trash heap. 👍
Hi Casey,
# replay. I’m glad to hear the answer to Kim’s question because recently going through PPD, 4 little kids and exhaustion it’s sad I don’t have energy to drop stuff off to good will or shelter.
Hang in there Mamabear! I hope you have accsess to therapy! PPD is no joke ❤. I decluttered 1-2 pieces a day and it got better over the month 💪🏼
I’m currently working in decluttering my house. 2024 is my year for a fresh start and I’m heading toward minimalism. Thank you for your Clutterbug quiz. My husband and I are both Bees, so we have a lot of stuff. I’ve always taken care of the finances so three days ago I started shredding old paperwork. I found paperwork that was 20 years old, this wasn’t important paperwork it was literally receipts, invoices, and bank statements. I’ve shredded everything that was over seven years old that fell into those categories. Our recycle bin is full so I have to wait until trash day to take the additional three bags of shredded paperwork out of the house but that’s ok. I still have four more boxes to go through. Two of them should be pretty easy but the other two will be more difficult because they have the memory papers in them. You know greeting cards I’ve received over the years 🤦♀️ I love the memory box idea so that will make it much easier. I can’t wait to have this behind me so I can move on to actually organizing that room which is not only my office but my craft room. Even though I’m retired I have so much going on in my life that I realized I had to declutter and take the approach of minimalism because I’m constantly forgetting things or losing things, including my mind. I truly feel like I have hope now that I’ve begun this journey. Thanks for your channel it’s a great help! 😀
All great questions and wonderful answers Cas! I appreciate the shoutout as well. Thank you!
I can relate to the depression question. If you have the energy to do that one thing, an alternative is to get a Monica closet for the time being. Because if depression is bad enough even that throw it away solution/little by little isn’t going to work.
The other thing is to ask for help. My family is notorious for generational clutter. My aunt has stuff in her basement from when her grandmother lived there. And she inherited the house after her mother died. Eventually you just need help, she had to have all the grandkids come over to help.
Your trash heap speech should be a quote. Or a small article. 😁 It is gold Cas! And so beautifully spoken! Seriously! It is fantastic. Or make it a short on some platform! Even if it is a long short. People need it.
This was great, Cass!! I missed the live but was able to listen to the replay while organizing my craft room. You, along with Dana & Dawn, have been such an inspiration to me!! Over the past year & ½ I have gotten rid of over 60% of the inventory (stuff) in my home. And being a leader/ trying to set an example for my husband & daughter by decluttering just my own things & general household things has inspired both of them to join in and start to declutter their own things!! It is so freeing to have bags & boxes of things leaving our home every single day and going to our church thrift shop, individuals in our town's Facebook free site that need them, the Salvation Army or Savers, in the curb with a free sign for passers-by to take, and sometimes straight into the trash. The amount of stuff that has left our home so far amazes me every day!! And we're nowhere near done yet!! I'm working on my craft room now & it's looking amazing!! I LOVE crafting, but I haven't been able to do so in almost 3 years. There was so much "stuff" in my craft room that I couldn't even SEE my craft desk; let alone get to it to be able to actually do any crafting. In the last 3 weeks that I've been working in here, I've gotten rid of 5 big pieces of furniture, including 2 big storage benches with padded seating on top & shoe storage below, 2 very narrow & shallow book cases, & a giant L-shaped desk that was just waay too big for the size of the room. I replaced it with an IKEA 25 cube system for organization of all of my crafting items, a crafter's desk that opens up when you're working & condenses down smaller when you are not, a slim IKEA shoe organizer, & one very deep bookcase; which I'm not even sure I will have to keep once I am done decluttering & organizing everything!!! I am being very picky about what stays in my space & what goes. I have found a first year teacher who has absolutely nothing for her classroom & another crafter to give everything that is going to. And I have already given them SOOO MUCH!!! I so wish that I had taken before pictures!! But I will try to show a picture of what it looks like so far (if I can figure out how to attach a picture). Remember... it's a work in progress. But one that would still be a disgusting mess of a craft room that you literally couldn't even walk through, if not for the inspiration & motivation from you, Cass!!! Thank you so very much!!! 😘💕❤️🫂❣️❣️❣️
I loved removing closet doors & put up curtain! The doors opened out into 1/2 per door & took up a lot of spce in my old home.
I love your presentations all yhe time. You soeak and enjnciate your words really well. Youre eloquent without being boring ir technical. You're a natural not forced or put on. You don't punctuate evey two statements with a kind of annoying giggling or laughter. Most if all you know how to work with the camera. You dont look uneasy nor you don't look at a corner of your camera frequently that is distracting to viewers. Thank you and may your viewers grow more in numbers because you are really imparting very useful and doable informations and not just parroting other influencer's content like some people. Again thank you so much.
I see you as one of the top professionals in the field of organizing...i guess even the best feel that imposter syndrom from time to time 😊
My best decluttering companions were the rats who got to my bags and boxes of old University papers and booklets, journals, etc I had been storing in the attic and the loft in our previous home that we had let to various tenants. It all had to go - and I have not missed it.
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Very excited to see your new house and all the things you have in store. I know it’s prob a million times harder to move and unpack and decorate while filming it all but I seriously wish we could just watch it all live lol. This would be an award winning show lol.
Hi Cas I love all your videos .I just find this one! Funny thing : I am listening to you talking about the 10 years old blanket when I am actually folding mine!!! Thank you for staying calm when you answering all of ours questions. I really love the tone of your voice so peaceful. God Bless you.
I’m excited for some “new” house projects. I like ALL your videos but I enjoy your creativity ones as much as the organizing ones. Yay!
Cass, I can TOTALLY relate to your poor sweet dog being allergic to everything, I have 1 just like it! She’s 8 years old & after years & years of frequent veterinarian appointments, shots, medications, & then all the side effects that come with them we FINALLY saved the money & had the $300+ Liquid Gold Allergy Test. We kept putting it off bc it’s so expensive & I wasn’t sure it would even figure out the problem but after years of being on $80/month meds on top of still getting sick I realized in the long run it would probably be cheaper & hopefully help her. Idk if you’ve had this done yet but if I had known what I know now, I’d have done it years ago! This poor baby has been thru so much & once we knew what she was allergic to (which is ALOT) we were able to change her diet & a few other things & she’s a totally different dog! It was so much easier to change her diet than the years of vet visits & stress on her & us was! I was told by a veterinarian that Benadryl doesn’t help dogs bc it works differently in them than us & it makes sense bc it didn’t seem to affect her at all. Anyway, I just thought I’d mention this if it’s something you’ve not done or considered. I love your videos & I can relate to you so much as an adult with ADHD who really struggles! You’ve helped me & others so much, I thought maybe this could help you. Thank you for all you do ❤
And what kind of food do you feed Penny? We’re gonna have to order some specialized food for her but idk from where yet
I know I’m late for this video but at 4:50 I had to stop and say that my teenage son would not check the dishwasher and leave his dishes in the sink instead. I started putting them in his bed and after two times of that he quickly started checking and putting them away! It didn’t take long!
I like the idea of the decluttering party. 🗑️ 🎉 Also, what you shared about the clothes that don’t fit was powerful. Really relatable.
“When everything is ‘going to get to later’ we start denying ourselves pleasure today” 40:42
Wow such a great quote Cas! I absolutely love this! I’ve felt this happen multiple times 😂
The tray system works! It's awesome. Finally, our glass coffee table stays clean. Finally, after one and a half year of having moved in together with my boyfriend, I feel like I have a grip on where stuff goes. It's a process :p
I just wanted to thank you for the powerful things you said for question at 20:51. I started typing why but deleted it, even that's too much rn. Just know... thank you so much 💕
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it
I love body doubling! Audio books, podcasts, youtube videos going, chatting about it. Love it!
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These lives are so good. I have them on repeat with my headphones at night after the kids go to sleep, to help me in my process while declutering. Please keep them coming 💗
I'm about done round 1 of decluttering (just missing my entrance/mud room) and I have to say a huge THANK YOU CAS! I've never really found a method that worked before for the whole family as most decluttering tips have a 1 size fits all attitude. Finding out I'm a bee, 1 kid is a total butterfly, the other with extreme ADHD is a cricket helped all of us find ways to declutter and organize that works for all. I have a 9x5 utility trailer we parked by our deck and it is PACKED with trash we took out, we've done 3 full SUV loads to the thrift stores/local share shed, and now in my spare room a corner is full with boxes we're gonna do a yard sale with this weekend, whatever is left after will be donated on Monday.
After being ill for a while (had surgery in May and feeling way better now), my house was definitely classed as a level 1 hoard, if not a level 2, and now we can actually walk through every room, hallway is empty. My goal is to eventually be down to the essentials (in round 1 we didn't touch anything sentimental, everything that went was things we could declutter in a fraction of a second decision) so if I get ill again, there is less chance of this happening again. Your videos gave me the motivation and the guidance needed to tackle the whole thing in 2 weeks and I couldn't be happier. Even my kids are making their beds without prompting every morning as they're so happy to have a clear room that they want to keep it tidy!
I love you and your channel, Cas! Tonight I took you out to my blueberry garden and listened to this episode while picking 1.5 quarts of organic blueberries. I wish I could share some with you! Thank you for sharing your considerate guidance and beautiful spirit! ❤
I’ve cleaned for the length od the entire video. Thanks for the motivation. Well done Cas! Well done me 😂
I just decluttered a big cupboard, I'm a hoarder and a bee. I still have too much stuff in there but it's better than it was. I had a big bag of trash and some stuff to sell and donate. I feel proud of myself 😊.
Cas… Absolutely love that you said I’m glad you’re so blessed you didn’t experience the overwhelm etc etc and could drive to the goodwill instead of throwing stuff in the trash. Such a nice way of explaining that stage. I started off having to throw stuff away. Actually I tried yard sales bcz I thought I was going to get all this money back. This was before buy nothing pages and donations seemed to become so popular. But realized quickly all the left over stuff couldn’t come back in the house and that way way more needed to go. Def need to get rid of 60-70 or 200-300 bags in my case, to notice a difference. Now am finally at the point I can donate the stuff. But at first I had to get real and just throw stuff out. I couldn’t let not knowing what to best do with items stop me from decluttering any longer. I had to start by just throwing stuff out. And that’s ok. There’s a huge difference between stuff that’s still useful and stuff that you are actually using. If you just pass on the stuff that you are not using your life and house will thank you. (Mom of five). Also if you are a cricket but never could figure out why you always felt so scattered you can go to the dollar store and buy tiny little bins and organize everything in your drawers and even inside your bigger bins and life will suddenly fall into place. When I was a young mom the drawers full of jumbled stuff made me crazy and big bins of stuff made me so over whelmed. I needed micro organization to finally feel l had my life together. KNOW YOUR ORGANIZING STYLE. KNOW YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ORGANIZING STYLE. I can’t say it enough. I had to figure mine out on my own through lots of trial and error. Before I found Cas. But I learned about the styles from her and it helped me understand my family so much and why they couldn’t function or keep up with my style and where to use mine and where to use their styles. And now having a tidy home is no longer a fight.
Absolutely love your channel, thanks for all you do, you are amazing! From Ree in the UK xx
Thank you!
That lamp turned out perfectly! So glad you didn’t leave it the way it was!
I'm considering using saranwrap on my sink when the dishwasher is empty and ready to load. Training the family is difficult but worth it. Empty dishwasher in the AM and load all day. Fingers crossed, we can train ourselves and families.
You could laminate a printout of a stop sign. Having a bright visible reminder like that would work for me and my adhd
I so appreciate you talking about the “burden(s)” we don’t want to we don’t need to carry. ♥️
Just for you to know, I'm a subscriber for years, I like and comment, I specially like the "those of you who stayed to the end" moment but.....I just discovered you have a second podcast channel. Never heard that before 😅. I am immediately subscribing ! I think a lot of regular viewers didn't know.
I have to let people know in my next video!
I’ve been getting rid of 1-2 boxes of items each week this year! I have SOOOO much more breathing room in my home now and I can literally say that I now know what is in every drawer and shelf in my entire house and it feels AHHHHMAZING! Thanks for the motivation Cas!
That is awesome!
Watching this on the road trip home to New York from vacation at the Jersey shore. Enjoying all the comments. Getting my head back in the decluttering zone for family coming to stay with me in 12 days!!! I have to be ruthless with my to-do-later piles!!!!!
Here’s some advice about your dog (I’m a Veterinarian)....you can have her tested to find out what she is allergic to (the name of the test is called RAST) and then a special serum made with her specific allergens can be given to her with tapering doses over time (much like what people do), but even easier is to have her get an antibody injection called CYTOPOINT that helps her body deal with the allergy on a cellular level. For diet I advise a HYDROLYZED PROTEIN diet....this means that the proteins are broken down such that her body cannot react to them (much like Enfamil for human infants). These are prescription only diets and are of course a bit pricey. I can name 3....Hills Z/D diet, Purina HA diet or Royal Canin HP or Ultamino. I always tell clients that allergies are frustrating and expensive! But hopefully a solution is waiting for her....good luck with your baby....
This was such good listening while I was decluttering and organizing. I’m 49 with a 12 year old and a partner with newly diagnosed life-changing health issue. This new diagnosis is forcing me to set up a more simple living style for our family. I’ve always enjoyed organizing, but I have a hard time letting go of stuff, everything seems to have a sentimental value to me😢. I’ve always micro-organized and tried to replicate the “pretty,” but somehow it always falls apart. I’m tired of spending so much of my free time “cleaning” and organizing when I really need to be cherishing that time with my family and making happy memories for the three of us. I recently learned that I’m a ladybug, which has helped me tremendously in my re-attempt at organizing. I have actually organized my pantry, sunroom, kitchen and bathrooms in a way that feels very natural and calming for me, using the ladybug organizing recommendations you have previously discussed. I can’t tell you how thankful I am for all the encouragement you are speaking over me while I tackle all this decluttering in an effort to obtain a more simple way of living.
I'm glad I can help!
Aww, I can understand your frustration about your poor dog. I feel for her, too.
It seems like every dog I've had has had special needs. I've had dogs who were prone to depression, hed epilepsy, allergies, and the one we have now has diabetes.
But we have loved every one of them, and wouldn't change a thing about them.
Good luck with the move. I think you're going to love having a "room" for everything.
I used to spend so much time preparing things to recycle, like soaking and rinsing plastic bottles. If it couldn't be recycled, then I would donate it or find a new home for it. It was so stressful. I finally started throwing some things away, and it has made life so much less stressful. I started a "Buy Nothing" group on Facebook, and I give a lot away, but there are some things that just go straight in the trash.
I love the cubbies behind you. So balanced! That’s me too. If there’s one on the left, there must be one on the right. No matter what the things is.
Ha I remember when she added a black book shelf next to the cubbies I thought why why black. Keep it all white. Then she added paper to the backing it looked nice. Why do some people like me need symmetrical and matchy match for our brains to feel calm. Even if it isn’t our house ha ha. I know cas hates the visual cubbies but her assistant need visual and it also looks nice on the videos as a back drop. And she says most importantly it works.
@@trishb6895 it’s nice to know that there are others out there like symmetrical me! Lol
I needed this swift kick. Trying to do it all after losing my husband 4 years ago with adding a move into it and a big health issue during that time period, I’m a hot mess
I use the idea of body doubling by texting my friend with my planned tasks for the day, we share what we are working on through the day. Sometimes with pictures. I listen to decluttering podcasts as I go.....will write lists of things that im planning to declutter for myself to look back on....thank you Cas and friends, im making headway!!!
I’ve been labeling and gutting my little pantry for the last three days. Listening to this tonight, I kept tossing little bits and bobs round the kitchen. Problem however is I wanted to finish labeling and gutting my pantry tonight…. . But tho the pantry still not done, I threw some crap away!
Your show is so inspiring!
Thanks for letting us give you an opportunity to procrastinate😆 I mean thanks for sharing your wisdom. 💞
My family used to say I have the memory of a flea. We were told that fleas have good memory function, so now we say I have the memory of a dead flea.
I have so many calendar alerts on my phone that I miss some. But. Without alerts I’d forget everything.
Your poor pooch. So glad she has you. Not everyone would research and work around their pet’s problems.
When you do the house tour, please try to limit camera movement for those of us with vertigo issues. Because I REALLY want to see the new house 🏠
Jusr wanna say, your method of figuring out our organising style, is life-changing for me! I am still working on transforming my home from chaos to clean after nesrly 4 years.yes; it"s a long process of little chunks at a time while taking care of daily life. Every space 8n my home including the outside is at a different level in the process. But 2 days ago, I reached a huge mile stone. My kitchen finally reached full-on maintenance mode! And I mean, I knew it, not because everything was organised perfectly, but because clleaning and cooking in my kitchen and resetting it at the end of the night has been an absolute breeze, minus hand-washing the dishes...and even THAT is much easier now! I look at my kitchen after tidying it and it looks so welcoming, like it 's calling me tp come in and cook up a yummy meal or get inspired and experiment with a new recipe and see how basly or how good it turns out. I ferl completelt at ease in my kitchen, even when distracted by fur kids lol,,,for the first time in my entire life! It makes me want to continue on with the other areas of my home. Sure, I'll stiill re-organise and de-clutter things as I go when needed, but that's just maintenance level now. I discovered through the process of getting my home back in irder, especially looking at how I've organised my kitchen, that I am a bee/ butterfly/lady bug in that order. I have to visually see alot of my most-used items, snd zi will choose functional over pretty for visuals every time. However, like a butterfly, I still like eye-p,easing, so I try to make my visual items look eye-pleasing in sone waym rather than ataking up orecious space with just decor. But the butter fly in me WILL adds just a touch of decore where possible. I'm a little bit of a micro-organiser at heart, but realistically I lean towards a bit macro. The lady bug in me DOES like some things hidden. Some things don't look eye-p,rasing in open spaces to me ( i.e, food cans, dishes, etc. So I do like closed cabinets, drawers, closets, etc for some things. But even in those spacrs, I prefer open baskets and containers for non-food items.
I do give credit for all of the great women whose wisdom has helped me immendely. You, Today With Terri K, The zorgsnised zmum, The zfly Laday and zdana K White, each of you has guven me game-changing tips that zi still use and will use fir the rest of my life. Bit I must say, knowing my irginising style, and understanding my husband's style, was crucial in irder to mske the other women's tips work. You helped me tap into myself to understand how I function best in my home amd how to arrange things to work for me instead of re-arranging myself to work with my things. And since your advice was so key to ,y whole process, I had to share with you this mile stone. In my fsntasy worldm it would have happened with the first year. But the fact that it HAPPENED, makes me feel successful, and gives me faith that I Will reach this stage in all areas of my home that zi have control over. Thank you Cas, for coming into our social media spaces❤
I remember all the times I’d “clean” my house aka “stuff shuffle” till things looked neat and put away but would be a mess pretty much right away again. I’d get things neat looking except there would always be pile a left over pile somewhere that just didn’t have a home. I’d sit there and say I just need somewhere to hide this stuff. My son who was about 12-13 at the time and is really a minimalist at heart, without missing a beat said hide it in the garbage! Lol.
I declutter slowly, one drawer, cabinet, shelf, closet or container at a time. Some of these places may take 1 day, 3 days or one week, I just take my time. Saturday is take to goodwill day, my husband takes it for me every Saturday. I have decluttered so much weekly this way.
Really love all of your decluttering ideas! I have really enjoyed your podcasts!
I really want you to know how radically your tips are changing my life. Thank you so much. I found the multipurpose cleaner I love 😭 i don't have to keep everything! I can have catch trays 🥹 this life is easy to organize with tips like these. I don''t have to feel bad for throwing things out! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.
TOOLS! I couldn’t ever find a hammer or screwdriver in “our” toolbox. So I started putting together my own. I went to garage sales, barn sales….super cheap. I also have one picker/hammer, whatever…but looks like something an iron smith created for whatever kind of work he needed. It’s one of my favorite, versatile tools. The complication here is that now my husband claims MY tools as his! Baloney! In a normal world, families have one set of tools for the household. My husband takes a tool out, I find it in the yard in spring, nice and rusty, so I feel justified.😂
He wants yours bcz you actually know where they are same here lol. If my husband ever borrows mine I never see them again so I try not to share with him if possible haha
Paint them pink.
Thank you for this. I have been subscribed to you for a few months now and it's the best thing I've done to declutter and get organized. You're amazing!
Thank you so much!
I liked you answer for Kim depression is hard much like ADHD you can have a real problem with focus. So I agree toss it the world has more produced than demand for it. So go ahead a let go of it being your problem, and embrace the change of how you see stuff by consuming less as a result of the declutter.
This was a great video to clean to. I hope you show us all your new home diys and decorating journey. I’m so looking forward to the tour.
I missed this live, but totally enjoyed watching this! Can not wait to following your moving & decorating and organizing your new home!
Watching your re-play. Love you....I needed to hear the part of how to get rid of clothing that does not fit. I needed to hear the part of filling or goal is to fill up a bag day. I know I will need your help after I finish decluttering in the realm of organizing. I have to see the stuff because if I don't, I will forget I have it and will buy it again.
My house looks like a bomb blew up. But I want to move so I am getting started to get rid of a bunch of stuff. Keep up the motivation- it helps. ❤
Thank you so much for this Live Video! I had an epiphany while watching you. My crafts are really organised but I can never seem to find things easily. I realised that my pretty labels are not easy to read when I open the door. So I am making my labels larger and the letters in a darker colours.
My first live!!!! I absolutely love your ideas!!!!
Thank you so much for your response to Melissa’s comment about the clothes that are too big. Your reaction is so refreshing and is so needed!!!
Hi Cas, my 1st time watching a live stream. Love your energy, encouragement and positivity about ways of decluttering. I have shared your videos to my sisters and friends.
Thank you so much!
Having your own tool box is amazing!! Wouldn't be without mine!
Hi from London, UK. Just stumbled on this but excited to watch!
xcited to see the new house tour! we bought a raised ranch (like your previous home) a year ago and I use your videos as ways to inspire how to set up this "unique" layout! I'm looking forward to being inspired by your new place too!
awe, Poor Penny. I'm allergic to grass and plants too... I get rash of water blisters wherever it touches me.
Best wishes with all the house/moving stuff.
I'm in Ontario, (Canada) too.
Today I reached a new level with decluttering. I’m going to throw away craft supplies my kids don’t want. Even though I have a box of donations I’m currently filling, I’m not going to bother with packing up the crayons, markers, stamps etc. I need it gone as in yesterday!
I can totally sympathize with your poor pup! I have tons of allergies too. Grass, weeds, most trees, eucalyptus, rosemary, and more. My skin issues with fragrance and gold, along with other stuff, are such a pain. Your pup is lucky to have you! Good luck with the move and thanks for all the wonderful advice. I’m looking forward to seeing your new house!!!
I just did a great declutter of my bathroom. I love starting with the bathroom because I have no personal attachment or identity issues wrapped up in anything there - meds, toiletries, travel accessories, a little makeup, done.
Having a good laugh at my butterfly self emptying my washing baskets :) , as I listen. and yes to the young girl setting up her first home, I have my sliding wardrobe doors open, can see my hung up pants and jumpers/tops . Easy to get to I can see when I need to get on top of my washing !
Cas that cracks me up I snooze those alarms and say later later lol.
Hi Cas, thanks for the great advice and being so real with the help and talking to us like real people and not like You are a teacher speaking to children. Good night & good luck with your move.
I have a bag of old coats, old gloves and hats that are absolutely so sorry they’re not even worth donating so those are ready for you to the dumpster in the morning. I thought I could fix one with washing it once more time. I’ve had it since 1999. It was my fave teams Super Bowl back to Back from back in that era. Yea time to go. I am also getting rid of several puzzles and a few miscellaneous item. I do have a few items I am going to try on FB marketplace. I have a Cricut Expression and SIlhouette Cameo. Yeah I thought I do all that in my scrapbooking. Between the two I probably have used them 25 times and the Expression I’ve owned for over 10 years and the Cameo about five years. I might try and see if there is value in those on marketplace too. I do a 24 item declutter every Friday evening and am ensuring the sink is clean and dishes done or in the dishwasher. It’s moving along and I am determined to get there simply by setting rules that I can change at will to achieve the same end results. I plan on buying a tiny home in the next couple of years. BYW…my textbooks match my career so they are at work but just those five that are specific to it. I rarely look at them but I do…but there is space there. I can’t wait to achieve the reasonable goal which is achievable!
This was so nice I got a lot done while listening. Thank you.
Thank you ❤ I find it overwhelming to organise the leaving clutter into where it should be rehomed. I have struggled with guilt over putting things in the bin that I could have driven to donate but I know it wouldn’t have left