I had a friend tell me : "You don't do things because you're motivated...you become motivated when you do things." I didn't understand at the time, but it's true...just get started.
That's actually true for me. I don't want to start but once I do, I see the result and want to do more to see even better results and feel the peace and the relief and the feeling of that weight being lifted off you.
OMG. My husband moved out seven weeks ago and I’ve been paralyzed. And part of his problem was the cluttered house. As I’m listening to this I’m doing it. I’m actually freaking doing it. And I looked up. The video is only halfway over and I’m so glad. Thank you!!!!!
I decided. This is not another UA-cam video about decluttering, this is whole lotta spiritual journey. That's why you and we all get so emotional. This is about our soul, it's not only about our house . It's about our soul. A lot of love to you and your people here,Cas❤❤
One of the best tips a psychiatrist gave me is about motivation…. She told me action becomes motivation becomes goals . I always thought motivation came first , I was so wrong .
This is the most amazing motivational video I've seen yet. I have Re listened to this so so many times. I can't even begin to tell you what this video has done for me. I am about 30% on the way to taking my house back and I already feel so much better. I honestly couldn't have done it without you. Thank you thank you thank you
Love this today, I was a very active quilter and managed to get a whole cabinet full of quilts. All finished never used. Yesterday I piled up 23 of them and took them to my favourite charity, which is the local pregnancy centre so that they could give them to the babies in the girls. It really felt good.
I needed this today. I am 7 months pregnant with a 4 and 3 year old as well. Our family has moved 3 times in the last 5 years and I am SO drowning in all our stuff. I have started decluttering but I really wasnt feeling it today. I took your quiz and I am a ladybug 😅 so my first instinct it to just get everything off every surface and cram it somewhere to deal with it later. I sat back and realized I am never going to feel like it so lets grab the trash bags.
7mo pregnant here too, with 2 other little ones also. It's a hectic phase, and especially if you've moved a lot of times recently. If you've started decluttering you are doing well already! I've found Steph from a Secret Slob and Erica Lucas (especially her first decluttering videos) really inspiring if you're looking for some more inspo from people in similar-ish phases.
Congratulations for you both for even getting the thought of having the willpower to take on any extra task while not only being pregnant, but having not just 1 but 2 littles! I stand in awe and I give you all my respect and “Mom Salute” you both!!! Lord Love You and Bless You Both!! I am MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU AND I WILL PRAY FOR YOU!! I have been where you are and if I can do it I have absolutely no doubt that you ladies can and will (and will definitely do it better than I did!)!! Sending you much LOVE and SUPPORT from rural SEK ❤
This made me cry. Good tears of course. Especially with the comment of "if your at your best friends house you wouldn't leave the dishes, why leave the dishes for yourself. It's rude." It's a different perspective and I love it! Thank you so much I also needed to hear that today! Cas you make a big difference and thank you for being the awesome person you are! Super genuine and super down to earth! Thank you ❤
You are preaching to the choir. After over a year of listening to you and your buddies, I was ready when out of state company came with very little notice. I could concentrate on getting dinner ready instead of cleaning. I was proud.
I have to say thank you again! Yesterday, I decluttered and cleaned my master bathroom (after doing the same to master bedroom the day before). Well today, we found out the floor in the master bath is rotten around the toilet from a previous leak. Our son came to our rescue and I was so calm because it was clean and organized so no stress for me. I could let him in there with out feeling horrible because it looked awful. I love this feeling. I’m not stopping here!!!! THANK YOU, spoken through tear filled eyes!!!
You GO ON with YOUR BAD A$$ SELF!! Congratulations to YOU and all your hard work!! I wish I could say the same, but I’m working on it one day at a time(when my body and health allow me to)
😮 YOU ARE THE 1st TO REALLY REACH ME!!!! When you said that I’m more important than getting to the donation center… THROW IT AWAY!!! Free myself is what that said to me. I’m suffocating. I’m not living anymore I’m existing & It’s so stressful. THANK YOU BCS I NEED DRASTIC ❤
I'm absolutely sick of clutter in my house so I've been decluttering for 2 days while binge watching your videos with some Minimal Mom sprinkled in. I've donated 4 bags and 2 boxes of stuff and I've thrown away 4 bags, so far. I'm currently working on another bag each of donations and trash. (I didn't even realize how many empty boxes I had saved until I started clearing the closets. 🤦♀️)
This is the BEST motivation ever! The best video you gave us!! Thank you with all my heart! I watched it 10 times and will listen to it for weeks, while I declutter every single place in my house. I want easy and beautifull! I want to find things without desperation. You are so right! You are precious! Thank YOU!!
I have been full time caregiver for my daddy from age 81-88 yrs old. He has mixed dementia ( Alzheimer’s & vascular from a 20 yr history of TIA’S and an ischemic stroke in 2020.) His dementia escalated very quickly since 2020 and he demanded more and more of my time, day and night. I also run his rental business and all his finances and drs visits. I managed to keep up with our laundry and did housework at my house and daddy’s mobile home just steps away, but lots of other things were neglected. It finally took a toll on my health and my disabled 74 yr old husband said it was time for a change. Daddy is now living in an Alzheimer’s unit and is adjusting quite well. I am physically doing better and thanks to videos like yours I am starting to take my life back and declutter and organize. It gives me such a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction to see my kitchen, Dr, laundry room done so far!!! Thank you for your help🙂
I’m sooo behind in my housework because I spent soooo much time helping my parents before my mom passed in 98, then dad remarried and shortly I was doing it all over again. I put me and my house on autopilot and now catching up seems impossible
@@Butterfly04able it’s not impossible,you just have to be patient with yourself. When I looked at my “ stuff” and started decluttering I felt overwhelmed too. But I put these Utube videos on and let clutter bug be my cheerleader!!!📣 It helped me accomplish a lot in a short few days. I have more to do for sure but I’ve had to pause again because my 74 year old husbands health has gotten much worse now and once again I’m a full time caregiver. It is what it is as my spiritual big sister says😏. Set a goal for yourself to do a little bit each day. You can do it!!!🙂
I'm catching up. Been recycling and scanning paperwork from the 1970s on from my parents, my childhood, my adolescence, and my adulthood. It's revelatory and so liberating! I'm happy to report that I'm almost finished with paperwork in the attic after getting rid of 12 filled bankers' boxes. Soon I'll move on to the next thing in the attic, which is probably clothes for 5 people
While listening to your video, I never would have thought I would be so on fire to declutter. I have taken the quiz and I am a very definite butterfly. It feels like a motivational speech before going into battle. Except, instead of wielding swords, we are wielding trash bags and boxes!
Shauna Neely, I am 65 and have had to combine my parents house with mine. Now for the last 3 years, I have been going through years and years of "crap". Some of which had not been looked at in 15 plus years...or more. We have all had so much stored that we didn't have a place to put the things we need to use everyday. Overwhelming has been an understatement. So I broke it down in pieces. I did 1 closet or 1 cabinet or 1 chest or 1 drawer at a time. Trust me when I say, the more you get rid of, you will suddenly find yourself slinging and trashing things like crazy. Next thing I know, I'm down to needing to do 4 closets in our upstairs and everything else is done. Two of the closets, I can't do because they are my dad's. He has hyperventilated at all the things I have gotten rid of. But he's a hoarder and he struggles. I had to start using black trash bags and cleaning while he sleeps. He can't get downstairs. So sometimes I just have to make him think I am storing things downstairs. But ultimately it goes out the downstairs door. Just start anywhere. You will feel so much better!!!!
Thank you, Cass! It all makes so much sense. Not making excuses, but I come from a family of hoarders. I have been working on myself, by myself for about 3 years. Started with my closet and got rid of about 80-90% of "stuff". I still have a long way to go, but you are so encouraging. It got me into a different mind set. I no longer shop for crafts and "stuff". I have gotten rid of so much over the last few years. There have been points where I have felt defeated and would slow down. I still do not shop for "stuff" and I jump back up with a second wind. I am hoping I will have the house cleaned out by the end of this year. Now that hubby retired, he is willing to help. Thank you for keeping me going. After watching this I filled 3 grocery bags to get rid of.
I have been so overwhelmed and hating myself and my family because I feel like I have no help but im the only one who feels this way. I literally cried during this whole video and I just feel validated and capable of doing this with or without help after watching this video start to finish. I couldnt think my way out of this no matter what I was trying to do to make progress. Thank you for helping out of this dark place. Im replaying this video but I just wanted to thank youu so much for being honest and speaking to my heart and soul. Thank u for helping me.
Great to hear. I relate very strongly to what you said about not being able to think your way out-no matter what you tried. I have been struggling for many years with clutter & disorganization & have felt paralyzed as well not knowing how to get unstuck. I have gotten very negative messages from my husband, who understandably has gotten very resentful of living in a cluttered home. The negative self-talk & shame are thr worst to overcome. I've made the decision now to start & armed myself with Cass's videos & others such as Minimal Mom for motivation. I wish you luck and continued determination and strength. ❤
Hi Cas 👋 This aired at 4am in Australia 🇦🇺 & I was awake in bed, but within 10mins I was up & grabbed a garbage bag & filled it with brand new clothes & shoes I've never been able to donate b4 because they were "new". Today & tonight I have listened to u twice more and am filling bags for donations from every room in my home. Tysm for your tough love encouragement & inspring me to further downsize how much I own. I have chronic pain so most days are already a struggle. Feeling stress relief from filling bags of stuff that I don't use or need 💜
Yes, to scheduling donations!!! Covid killed my home in terms of clutter with kids schooling from home on and off and us hardly going anywhere and even donation places closed. So when things opened back up it was piled high in our guest room (I mean, I’ve got 2 young girls, so they outgrow clothes and books and toys like some of us breathe)! We’re talking couldn’t even walk into the room level bad. I was overwhelmed because I felt it had to be done all at once like a project. But starting to watch your videos (as well as Dana and the Minimal Mom) helped me realize I just needed to take a single step. I put DONATIONS into my calendar as a weekly recurring event. I could post things online for pickup if I knew that was the best way to go or take a load to Goodwill, but every week I had to do something. Didn’t matter if it was even just a single item. And guess what… a year later the guest room was totally cleaned out. I still keep a monthly DONATIONS event in my calendar and all of us go through and find stuff to donate the day before. Because now it’s a habit that has no emotional connection, only practical. 🙂
I love when you do this!!!!! About 6 months ago I went through my kitchen. It took 3 days. The first day was too much thinking, but I kept listening to you, over and over and over!!!! After the third day I was amazed at my kitchen. Since then, I've gone through my kitchen 2 more times, got rid of MORE, and guess what, my kitchen is awesome! I've gone through my clothes and my husband was watching ... then he started going through his clothes!!!!! YAY! Our closet is awesome!! And ... we got rid of my dresser and we now can share a dresser and we have sooooo much room in our bedroom now. Cass you're AWESOME !! Everyone, you CAN do this!! Sending love your way to succeed!!!
Listening to this at 5 am stuck on decluttering after filling 10 bags of donations and I don't know how many garbage bags. The brutal honesty in this video just made me angry with myself and I'm so brutally freeing myself from this bandage of hanging onto things bcz both my husband and I grew up with so little and we keep thinking about how many people around the world that need these physical items. Enough is enough and I know I can support in other ways because I will never ship these to anywhere. Happy clutter free 2024 to me and many out there. Thank you so much for this and many of your videos.
I have to say Thank you to you, Do it on a Dime, Minimalist Mom and Remi Clog UA-cam channels. You each offer different perspectives, suggestions and encouragement that have helped keep my motivation going. It took me all summer but my bedroom is finally decluttered and organized. I actually have empty drawers and a closet with a completely clear floor and a half empty shelf! I also want to pass on encouragement to folks, like myself, who have disabilities. I did this by sitting in an office chair and scooting around my room. My hubby and kids helped by putting things away or getting things down I couldn't reach. But the majority I did myself. I learned patience, my best was good enough and I am worth having an organized and tidy space!! THANK YOU!
Thank you Cass🤟🏼. Your warrior podcast and this one are about to be on a loop for me until it is happening. I am drowning in everything and you are so inspiring. Dare I say I love you!
Yeah Helen. Disabled too. I have a kitchen stool that raises and lowers. On wheels. I use it around the house esp lower to get stuff closer to the floor. Go girl! congrats. Keep motivating me!
Thank you for sharing your story & achievements of overcoming homes stuffed full. Yes we can do it with a disability, it just takes longer. The reward is massive as life is already tough. Get that crap out! 💞
This was an incredible live. Thank you Cass! You’re words of wisdom weren’t just about decluttering but about prioritizing ourselves which is something I struggle to do. I’m going to fill up a garbage bag today. I will need to relisten to this live again it was so good.
Behind: I have MS and I need a fast and easy way to get the house clean. But MS makes u tired. But I am 62 and at one time before MS I could get most things done. I have OCD, ADHD AND MS help.
@@anitaburbank9168 Hi, Anita. I understand. I used to be a dynamo but I am now 70, have chronic health problems that keep me from even getting out of bed many days. My clutter has been in the same place for the last three years when I retired and promptly got slammed with Covid, broke my back, gained 70 lbs, my Hashimoto’s got so much worse and i would just look at it and shut the door and go back to bed. One thing Cass said in another WARRIOR video was to first get rid of all the empty boxes I have been saving all over the house. How did she know I have been tripping over them all year? She IS our fairy godmother! Guess what. I timed myself for an hour and got all of them out in front of my garage and will put them out for trash/recycling tomorrow. Now I am going to lay back down, recharge and know I won’t let this JUNK defeat me. My friend said it might have taken me a while to get here, but I will succeed. So will you. 👍❤️🏆
I used to hate vacuuming. It was all about the cord. You had to unwind it, find an outlet, drape it over and around furniture…the rewind the cord. I bought a Dyson and it’s 5 minutes tops to do the high traffic spots and it goes back. On the charger. Better than the whole production it used to be.
Great idea. Which Dyson did you get? So many choices! I agree with the cord nuisance, not to mention the hair wrapped around the roller. So gross to have to clean the vacuum b4 you can vacuum! Decided to reward myself with a new one when I get the donation boxes out of the hallway!
Oh, dear Cass, I need and appreciate this now more than I can express! THANK YOU for everything you shared in this video!!!!! I am YEARS BEHIND and have had no idea where to start. Since 2006 I have been living with a plethora of disabling autoimmune afflictions, constant severe pain from stage 4 arthritis in major joints and my back (doctors also called it "end stage", but saying "Stage 4" sounds slightly less awful, yeesch). The icing on the autoimmune cake is I'm a poster child for Adult ADD. oh, yippee. 🤪 🙄 I can't afford to have enough people come in and rework that many years of built up chaos, so I have to get the process started myself. My mantra has been "broken crayons still color". I have to figure out how to get my broken crayon self to fight through the pain and git 'er done. 🖍
Hi I also suffer from chronic pain due tue a broken bag and I'm partly paralyzed.i started with a few minutes o f decluttering (set alarm for 5 minutes)later graduated to 1 drawer or filling 1 bag. Tit ads up quickly.oday I live minimally and ask myself often:is it worth my energy,maintaining,storing,cleaning? Everytime I feel I losose the possibility to maintain my home, I declutter,no matter if something *might*be useful. It's not useful if it costs me energy. Start small and build the decluttering muscle. U can do it!
Just finished watching the live. I popped up and filed the few papers I needed to from my paper sort yesterday. Found two folders worth of papers I no longer need in the file box and tossed them. Just when I think I've gotten rid of everything unneeded, I am able to find more. Thank you for the inspiration!
Thank you for normalizing that some of us are struggling bad with dishes😭 6 kids and I know they deserve to wake up and have clean dishes to use, not have to always ask if the dishwasher is clean!!! I deserve it! ❤
I’ve been trying to take control of my stuff for years. I’ve done it all. I bought tubs. Maybe 30… I bought shelving… I bought all kinds of organizational things. I finally found the easy answer. I don’t need all this stuff.
I watched this earlier but I had to come back and comment. Cas, you are such an inspiration. You have such an incredible ability to motivate, inspire us and make us laugh. You are so talented and found your tribe. Thank you for always keeping us motivated, kicking us in the fanny and making us laugh!
Great video!!! They say most couples fight about money we fight about my clutter. I am slowly taking control...even baby steps like going to Costco and not even peeking at the clothes are big wins for me. I grew up in clutter whereas my bf grew up in an organized Italian household. I am slowly seeing how less stuff equals less stress. Thank you for your insights.
We have the same sad fighting issue in our home. I feel like such a failure. My husband is very successful and I feel like such a loser because I can’t get rid of stuff😢
@@sonyagriffin9133 you need to tell him that. You need to say, “I admire your success. I would like to be more successful in life. Right now I’m feeling really small and ashamed of the way I can’t get rid of stuff.” You need to tell him that.
I worked on decluttering from 8 to 8 today. 😴 Got up early AND barely slept, barely over COVID. 219 items decluttered! I didn’t even think there was that much left, but the All Day Declutter is so motivating! 💪🏼 You made me dig DEEPER because I no longer want to manage so much stuff. Even as a professional organizer who declutters frequently, it’s amazing how much more I find & how hard I’ll work for you, Dawn, & Dana. ❤
This has been THE BEST motivational decluttering video I have ever seen (and I’ve seen a lot! Lol) No judgement, no shame, just validation and encouragement. Thank you! ❤
Today I Did get rid of a trash bag & 2 bags more are in my car & after lunch I’ll be Driving 8 bags off to Goodwill and gladly Dropping it off & doing the proud happy Dance all the way home in my car 🙌🙏✨👍🙂 another zone of my house is Done declutterred & reorganised 😉👍 it feels soooo good to feel accomplished thanks CAS . I am loving this Vlog ✨🙏👍🫶🏽🙂
Thanks Cass for such a well delivered 'tough love' video - I've listened to it twice whilst getting rid of stuff to show myself some love. This is a real service you are giving. Just subscribed, :) from Australia.
I wanted to say a massive thank you for your inspiration! We have managed a MAMOUTH declutter of our entire house over the summer holiday, so much went to freecycle, people in need and yes some had to be dumped. But the change to our households happiness is nothing short of monumental. Thank you from the bottom of our much lighter hearts!
These are my favorite videos. Ive been purging for the past 2 hours… items I’ve moved from apartment to house and still haven’t used in 3 years. Why am I storing stuff in prime real estate of my home!?!
I've have this trick that I use. I put on my Spotify and listen to my favorite playlist. I'm so distracted keeping up with the lyrics, by the time I look up, I've done a boatload of cleaning. I'm going to give that a go for the purging. Wish me luck lol
Idk what happened... didn't know this would be live today but somehow by coincidence I've been up for hours decluttering and cleaning. It's not a day off. I have critical due asap and I'm behind and it might affect my entire work life not to prepare for a meeting upcoming. Yet here we are.... fighting for our homes and the life we want!!
I live on 5 acres. I use brown paper grocery bags for our trash ( excluding recycling and some random things) I burn that bag as soon as it’s full. Then I scrape up the remnants and put it with the cat litter waste in a plastic grocery store bag and put it in my neighbors bin (he offered that and his recycling) saves me on trash service cost and when it’s gone it’s gone 🤷♀️even burned a ratty sweatshirt I had as it wasn’t worth donating. I burned a ton of paper as I was so tired of all the paper. Cut my filing WAY down… very freeing!!
You inspired me to start thoroughly dusting, and found about 5 books to donate to the “little free library” half a block away. I know someone will enjoy them, books disappear quickly there. Also decluttered about a small bag full of stuff. I’m constantly decluttering and enjoy it so much!
The little free library near me is way overstuffed. Too many people have Jenga'd their books into it as they have decluttered their homes. No one is taking the books because it's so stuffed you can't get to the books behind... I should declutter that too!
YEARS BEHIND. ADHD, PTSD, Depression. Family who don't clean behind themselves. And VERY Cluttered. I have no problem cleaning. But with everything that we have in a small house, i cant get it all done. Just spent hours folding my and my 18yr old daughters clothes. Now I have to go to my 2nd job for 6 hrs. I have bagged up 2 bags if stuff to donate. But it doesnt seem to have made a dent.
If it takes you hours to fold clothing you have too many clothes! That’s junk! Throw at least half your clothes out immediately. I have an organized and beautiful wardrobe. It took me 1.5 years to get it to this point but it has been perfect now for the past 6 months. If I were to take every single item of clothing I own, throw it all on the bed, fold it and put it all back, we are talking 25 mins tops.
20:42 Cas, I know this video is old, but you just saved me from myself by giving me permission to put something in the trash instead of disposing of it “properly.” I have a severe mental illness and doing extra things like that are sometimes impossible tasks. I’m listening while wide awake with insomnia. I got right out of bed and put several items in the trash that had been sitting on my kitchen floor next to the trash can, waiting MONTHS for me to take them where they “should” go. I feel like a weight is lifted! THANK YOU! ❤
Hi Cas I live in the UK and I am disabled with a twisted spine and am unable to stand for long periods and can only use one arm, my left, as my right hand was paralysed as well as the twisted spine was caused when I had meningitis when I was 14 months old. I cannot work due to disability and am a paper crafter. I have home delivery on my shopping. I am making a game out of decluttering. I have only just started but today, I got rid of 7 boxes (5 empty) 1 with an old dvd player that did not work anymore and got a new one as I love my dvds, which are all sorted on a bookshelf in alphabetical order. Another box I took out had a printer in that only printed 3 colours and prefer my Canon. I, on my own carried them downstairs and out to the wall opposite for the rubbish men. I am so pleased with myself. I am doing little bits at a time and have to stop to rest but I have started.
I love you and your tough love! I'm very tired and sore, but I'm getting up and working on the disaster in my home. I'm changing my mindset. I'm worth having a tidy, comfortable home. Thank you Cas❤
This was just what I needed. One day at a time. I've started decluttering clothes every time I put clothes away. One drawer at a time. I'm slowly getting there.
I have decluttered most of the rooms in my house, except for the little office room in my daughter's room. I have a Bow flex in it that my husband won in a work raffle. We decided to sell it since it occupies too much space. I am now trying to put clothes away and do small loads of laundry daily. I wash dishes daily and clean the bathroom about once a week sometimes I stretch it a little, but I prefer to clean it on a weekly basis. Your videos are helping me and inspiring me a lot. Thank you!
I sware your broadcasting my life too!!!! I’ve accidentally melted dishes too! Stuck in a suffocating, ADHD induced nightmare! Im so thankful for finding your videos!! You truly are changing lives! ❤
I was listening to this while getting ready this morning and decided I would start small, my goal is to declutter 5 things in each room throughout the day today. Bathroom and bedroom down ✅
This is my second time listening to this. I had a huge extra large tote of things I decluttered and was trying to get it to someone who could use it. It’s been here almost 2 weeks. You were speaking so passionately about loving yourself enough I put it all in a black bag and took it outside. Thank you for the push. I have learned so much and my life is forever changed. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!
I’d like to add for anyone else like me who get rubbed the wrong way by the whole “you deserve” and “prioritize you” and “be selfish” stuff: I come at it from a different angle. It is a loving act towards your family and yourself to free the home you all share. They will be blessed. They might not realize it just yet, but that’s where you need to courageous enough to keep going against the tide until the tide turns. Trust the process. The tide will turn. Your family will see the benefits and bless you for your tough love approach. You are indeed in charge of the household and it is your prerogative to decide what stuff is a blessing and what is a burden in your home. It has never been so easy to have too much stuff. These declutterring skills are skills our grandmothers did not need. We need to learn a new way to think about our homes and fight that battle so we can free up our families for other more important things. ❤❤❤
Wow, you're good!! I just started yesterday on decluttering. I have 3 trash bags full of extra bedding, and 1 bag of coats, jackets, scarves and extra tote bags. I'm donating them today. I do the dishes everyday, other people in my household don't.
I have been subscribed to your channel for maybe 4-5 years now and this video I enjoyed more than any other over the last 4-5 years! You are truly gifted at motivating and inspiring people!!!
Thank you for your mind set changing advice! I've come to the conclusion that if I have not missed it (or needed it) after being stored for humpteen dozen years, I won't miss it if it goes to the dump! Just get it out of my house! Yes ma'am! Thank you Cas! :D
Great video, as always! When I am doing deep decluttering or cleaning, the my husband eats off of paper plates and we get take out. Many many years ago I learned that cleaning should always start my bedroom so that I would have a clean and comfortable place to end the day. Your message in this video is the best! Thank you, Cas!
Thank you for the encouraging podcast. I have used paper plates for years. Moved into Senior housing a year and half ago. Thought I had decluttered. But, it crept up on me. My first goal clean out my dresser drawers. Thank you!
Wish I had seen this live. I have never put myself first. I am struggling to throw away trash. I have watched you and others for years. I struggle everyday with clutter. I am faking it every day girl , every day
I hope you see this. Your life's purpose is not to be a trash receptacle or a dump. Storing trash in your home won't save the Earth. Get a grocery bag, fill it up and take it outside. Start there so you feel the win, and the newly open space won't give you anxiety (because it's small.) You can do this. Don't ask how it got this way, ask what you can do for five minutes that will make tomorrow better.
I very rarely comment on UA-cam. But this along with so many of your podcasts, have really been a game changer for me. Thank you Cass! You are wonderful! Please never stop. You are truly changing lives!
🌸🌺🌸I’m getting up off the couch repeating more declutter in bedroom, I’m proud of self, I have maintained my last declutter which has made us enjoy our bedroom more, I can control this bedroom for a year by attempting it month by month I can do this. It’s doable.
I started watching your videos last week on my day off and it is motivating me so much. I took two kitchen garbage bags full of clothing items and a mid-sized box of random kitchen excess to donation the same day! I'm living in full chaos and it is so overwhelming and exhausting, but you are helping me so much. Thank you!
Thank you Cas, you made it very simple and said just get a bag and pick things up with no mess. It was great to do it like this after 28 years of always being been frustrated got me a little emotional whilst doing this from relief that it would have been so easy. This video really motivated me. Can’t thank you enough ❤
I couldn’t start in my bedroom. I stayed in one corner of my living room and working outward. So far 6 bags of trash 1 box of trash and 2 boxes to donate out the door. I did get bogged down in paperwork……threw it in a box yo sort later and moved on!!!! THANK YOU CAS!! ❤❤
Cass, I have watched a few of your videos today. Just wanted to say I think you’re amazing. You should be a therapist! The way you spin cleaning up in such a positive way saying it’s respectful to us. Thank you for all you do.
I’m starting on my bedroom as listening to your videos. I just sorted all this jewelry that I knew I wasn’t going to wear AND almost a full trash bag of clothes! I have a beautiful bedroom, for me, but it’s been so badly cluttered with stuff, you sure wouldn’t know it. I can’t wait to get my clean, nice bedroom back! 🥰♥️👍🏼🤗
While I was watching this video, I finished cleaning the windows on my entire balcony. They are huge, and some of them don't even open. But I did it! I think I heard on one of your videos that done is better than perfect and I followed the crap out of this rule, and it turned out amazing!
One of the things that just came to me about getting rid of things that we feel like we didn't complete or make, like we failed - is an idea that comes out of Project Management. Anytime you realize a project is not going to come to fruition, that it will not be completed, if you say we are ending the work/we are closing this project down, that project is considered closed and completed. Because you are no longer dragging it out, spending resources on it. This is huge ... we need to shift the idea that we failed. We didn't. We are successfully closing/ending the project. Which is still considered a success, because you recognized the need for the end, a termination, to end spending resources on it.
Thank you so much for making these videos they are so helpful. I have crippling anxiety every day of my life and I knew it was my house but I never knew what I was doing. Here I have been holding onto things since I was a kid
Your vulnerability and honesty about your past messy experience is so refreshing and gives me so much hope that I can do this 💪🏻🙏🏻😇 You are wonderful. The past 2 days I have been listening to you and for the first time in so so so so long, I was able to do some decluttering and cleaning last night and had the best sleep ever. I have ADHD and single mom of 3 boys and have really been struggling hard. Slipping into a depression. I feel like you’re Chanel is saving me right now. I am feeling your passion and it’s so motivating. ❤ Thank you, Cass 😭😭😭😭
Thank you Cas, I have been watching this everyday for a week and getting things done. Having a clean bedroom is a new thing for me and it does make a huge difference.
We recently moved to another city. 3200 sq ft down to 1800. This has been intense. My husband is a pastor and has so many books. I am unpacking them and finding so many duplicates! I think he has so many that he doesn't know what he has. I am seperating what I know he wants and putting on bookshelves - his office is smaller that before so one bookcase had to go - I'll have the shelves full of what I know he wants and then a stack of what there is no room for so he can see the reality of it all. No more boxing up and storing!
Nothing proves how much crap you DO NOT need like your house burning down. Ours did 4.5 years ago…. But here I am needing guidance decluttering. I don’t think I’ll have a problem getting rid of stuff, I just need the motivation to get started. And I think your statements about decluttering and bringing peace to your personal space, being equal to self-love is really what I needed to hear. You’re a wonderful human for sharing this information with all of us who feel stuck. Love and peace!
We have been cleaning out things because of remodels. We had set up getting new shelving in our master closet. That forced my hubby to mostly clean out excessive clothes. Right now, we have been living in a somewhat disorganized way. July 4th weekend, our garbage disposal broke and the water damage meant that we have to replace our kitchen cabinets. It has been a long process, but has forced my husband and I to go through stuff. Between these 2 events, some family members and Goodwill have benefitted from our downsizing. (Cabinets are supposed to be installed the middle of October!) Watching your videos have been helpful in deciding how we are organizing these areas and other areas.
Thank you, Cass ! You are inspiring me to get things done. I have 3 kids and it is a challenge to keep the everday stuff clean but I'm dedicated and ready to start in my bedroom. When my basemenr flooded I ended up buying new bookcases and moved that along with other stuff for fear of it flooding again...which it did. Although I'm thankful i moved the stuff upstairs into my room, now my bedroom is a mess. I am dedicated to getting my bedroom back and getting rid of stuff. Thank you for your videos and your tough love. We can do hard things.
"Way too much stuff!" Amen, sister! As I purge, I say to myself, "Here's what I don't have to work around/clean up/think about anymore. It gives me a sense of freedom from clutter, and will make housekeeping maintenance way quicker! Bring that pile of stuff down-down-down to a manageable scale.
I missed the live because I’m in Australia so 😴 but this is a great reminder to keep me going. Every year I declutter the house room by room. Currently being ruthless in my craft room but I’m hoping my kids will be able to move some toys on this time. Last time we just stored them. I gave up on my bedroom I clean it and get rid of my stuff and my husband just fills the space I made with his things.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! All the answers to my dump thoughts...I listen to you over and over...And I declutter more and more!!! So so inspiring!!! And I realize that there are so many people around the world who are thinking, hesitating, getting anxious with exactly the same things like I do!!! It makes me feel that I ' m not alone....Thank you my (far away) friend!!! ❤❤
This video was the most motivating thing for me to listen to while moppuming ( vacuum mop)! my most hated chore is mopping, and you really helped me! Thank you!
I had a friend tell me : "You don't do things because you're motivated...you become motivated when you do things." I didn't understand at the time, but it's true...just get started.
It’s sooooo true …..
Thank you!
It is both!
That's actually true for me. I don't want to start but once I do, I see the result and want to do more to see even better results and feel the peace and the relief and the feeling of that weight being lifted off you.
Love this! Thx for sharing these words of wisdom…sooo true! 😊
OMG. My husband moved out seven weeks ago and I’ve been paralyzed. And part of his problem was the cluttered house. As I’m listening to this I’m doing it. I’m actually freaking doing it. And I looked up. The video is only halfway over and I’m so glad. Thank you!!!!!
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He could have helped! Be 💪 strong you got this
@@BexEtcArtright exactly
So sorry you are going through that.
So sorry
I decided. This is not another UA-cam video about decluttering, this is whole lotta spiritual journey. That's why you and we all get so emotional. This is about our soul, it's not only about our house . It's about our soul. A lot of love to you and your people here,Cas❤❤
One of the best tips a psychiatrist gave me is about motivation…. She told me action becomes motivation becomes goals . I always thought motivation came first , I was so wrong .
This is the most amazing motivational video I've seen yet. I have Re listened to this so so many times. I can't even begin to tell you what this video has done for me. I am about 30% on the way to taking my house back and I already feel so much better. I honestly couldn't have done it without you. Thank you thank you thank you
Love this today, I was a very active quilter and managed to get a whole cabinet full of quilts. All finished never used. Yesterday I piled up 23 of them and took them to my favourite charity, which is the local pregnancy centre so that they could give them to the babies in the girls. It really felt good.
Bless you! What a loving gift
How beautiful 😊 you did a wonderful thing to let them go!
I needed this today. I am 7 months pregnant with a 4 and 3 year old as well. Our family has moved 3 times in the last 5 years and I am SO drowning in all our stuff. I have started decluttering but I really wasnt feeling it today. I took your quiz and I am a ladybug 😅 so my first instinct it to just get everything off every surface and cram it somewhere to deal with it later. I sat back and realized I am never going to feel like it so lets grab the trash bags.
7mo pregnant here too, with 2 other little ones also. It's a hectic phase, and especially if you've moved a lot of times recently. If you've started decluttering you are doing well already! I've found Steph from a Secret Slob and Erica Lucas (especially her first decluttering videos) really inspiring if you're looking for some more inspo from people in similar-ish phases.
same. with kids its hard to find the time to even get it in the trash so :) good joB!!
PPD😅
Congratulations for you both for even getting the thought of having the willpower to take on any extra task while not only being pregnant, but having not just 1 but 2 littles! I stand in awe and I give you all my respect and “Mom Salute” you both!!! Lord Love You and Bless You Both!! I am MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUPPORT YOU AND I WILL PRAY FOR YOU!! I have been where you are and if I can do it I have absolutely no doubt that you ladies can and will (and will definitely do it better than I did!)!! Sending you much LOVE and SUPPORT from rural SEK ❤
This made me cry. Good tears of course. Especially with the comment of "if your at your best friends house you wouldn't leave the dishes, why leave the dishes for yourself. It's rude." It's a different perspective and I love it! Thank you so much I also needed to hear that today! Cas you make a big difference and thank you for being the awesome person you are! Super genuine and super down to earth! Thank you ❤
You are preaching to the choir. After over a year of listening to you and your buddies, I was ready when out of state company came with very little notice. I could concentrate on getting dinner ready instead of cleaning. I was proud.
Way to go! This is what I want for myself
I have to say thank you again! Yesterday, I decluttered and cleaned my master bathroom (after doing the same to master bedroom the day before). Well today, we found out the floor in the master bath is rotten around the toilet from a previous leak. Our son came to our rescue and I was so calm because it was clean and organized so no stress for me. I could let him in there with out feeling horrible because it looked awful. I love this feeling. I’m not stopping here!!!! THANK YOU, spoken through tear filled eyes!!!
Isn’t that the best feeling??
You GO ON with YOUR BAD A$$ SELF!! Congratulations to YOU and all your hard work!! I wish I could say the same, but I’m working on it one day at a time(when my body and health allow me to)
Thank you!! This is SO me!! If you can do it, so can I!! 🙏🏻🤗
😮 YOU ARE THE 1st TO REALLY REACH ME!!!!
When you said that I’m more important than getting to the donation center… THROW IT AWAY!!! Free myself is what that said to me. I’m suffocating. I’m not living anymore I’m existing & It’s so stressful.
THANK YOU BCS I NEED DRASTIC ❤
I'm absolutely sick of clutter in my house so I've been decluttering for 2 days while binge watching your videos with some Minimal Mom sprinkled in. I've donated 4 bags and 2 boxes of stuff and I've thrown away 4 bags, so far. I'm currently working on another bag each of donations and trash. (I didn't even realize how many empty boxes I had saved until I started clearing the closets. 🤦♀️)
This is the BEST motivation ever! The best video you gave us!! Thank you with all my heart! I watched it 10 times and will listen to it for weeks, while I declutter every single place in my house. I want easy and beautifull! I want to find things without desperation. You are so right! You are precious! Thank YOU!!
I agree!
I have been full time caregiver for my daddy from age 81-88 yrs old.
He has mixed dementia ( Alzheimer’s & vascular from a 20 yr history of TIA’S and an ischemic stroke in 2020.)
His dementia escalated very quickly since 2020 and he demanded more and more of my time, day and night.
I also run his rental business and all his finances and drs visits.
I managed to keep up with our laundry and did housework at my house and daddy’s mobile home just steps away, but lots of other things were neglected.
It finally took a toll on my health and my disabled 74 yr old husband said it was time for a change.
Daddy is now living in an Alzheimer’s unit and is adjusting quite well.
I am physically doing better and thanks to videos like yours I am starting to take my life back and declutter and organize.
It gives me such a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction to see my kitchen, Dr, laundry room done so far!!!
Thank you for your help🙂
That's so hard. Bless you. My mom has Alzheimer's. You deserve this time for yourself now.
I’m sooo behind in my housework because I spent soooo much time helping my parents before my mom passed in 98, then dad remarried and shortly I was doing it all over again. I put me and my house on autopilot and now catching up seems impossible
@@Butterfly04able it’s not impossible,you just have to be patient with yourself.
When I looked at my “ stuff” and started decluttering I felt overwhelmed too.
But I put these Utube videos on and let clutter bug be my cheerleader!!!📣
It helped me accomplish a lot in a short few days.
I have more to do for sure but I’ve had to pause again because my 74 year old husbands health has gotten much worse now and once again I’m a full time caregiver.
It is what it is as my spiritual big sister says😏.
Set a goal for yourself to do a little bit each day.
You can do it!!!🙂
I'm catching up. Been recycling and scanning paperwork from the 1970s on from my parents, my childhood, my adolescence, and my adulthood. It's revelatory and so liberating! I'm happy to report that I'm almost finished with paperwork in the attic after getting rid of 12 filled bankers' boxes. Soon I'll move on to the next thing in the attic, which is probably clothes for 5 people
While listening to your video, I never would have thought I would be so on fire to declutter. I have taken the quiz and I am a very definite butterfly. It feels like a motivational speech before going into battle. Except, instead of wielding swords, we are wielding trash bags and boxes!
Shauna Neely, I am 65 and have had to combine my parents house with mine. Now for the last 3 years, I have been going through years and years of "crap". Some of which had not been looked at in 15 plus years...or more. We have all had so much stored that we didn't have a place to put the things we need to use everyday. Overwhelming has been an understatement. So I broke it down in pieces. I did 1 closet or 1 cabinet or 1 chest or 1 drawer at a time. Trust me when I say, the more you get rid of, you will suddenly find yourself slinging and trashing things like crazy. Next thing I know, I'm down to needing to do 4 closets in our upstairs and everything else is done. Two of the closets, I can't do because they are my dad's. He has hyperventilated at all the things I have gotten rid of. But he's a hoarder and he struggles. I had to start using black trash bags and cleaning while he sleeps. He can't get downstairs. So sometimes I just have to make him think I am storing things downstairs. But ultimately it goes out the downstairs door. Just start anywhere. You will feel so much better!!!!
Thank you, Cass! It all makes so much sense. Not making excuses, but I come from a family of hoarders. I have been working on myself, by myself for about 3 years. Started with my closet and got rid of about 80-90% of "stuff". I still have a long way to go, but you are so encouraging. It got me into a different mind set. I no longer shop for crafts and "stuff". I have gotten rid of so much over the last few years. There have been points where I have felt defeated and would slow down. I still do not shop for "stuff" and I jump back up with a second wind. I am hoping I will have the house cleaned out by the end of this year. Now that hubby retired, he is willing to help. Thank you for keeping me going. After watching this I filled 3 grocery bags to get rid of.
I have been so overwhelmed and hating myself and my family because I feel like I have no help but im the only one who feels this way.
I literally cried during this whole video and I just feel validated and capable of doing this with or without help after watching this video start to finish.
I couldnt think my way out of this no matter what I was trying to do to make progress. Thank you for helping out of this dark place.
Im replaying this video but I just wanted to thank youu so much for being honest and speaking to my heart and soul. Thank u for helping me.
Great to hear. I relate very strongly to what you said about not being able to think your way out-no matter what you tried. I have been struggling for many years with clutter & disorganization & have felt paralyzed as well not knowing how to get unstuck. I have gotten very negative messages from my husband, who understandably has gotten very resentful of living in a cluttered home. The negative self-talk & shame are thr worst to overcome. I've made the decision now to start & armed myself with Cass's videos & others such as Minimal Mom for motivation. I wish you luck and continued determination and strength. ❤
Hi Cas 👋 This aired at 4am in Australia 🇦🇺 & I was awake in bed, but within 10mins I was up & grabbed a garbage bag & filled it with brand new clothes & shoes I've never been able to donate b4 because they were "new". Today & tonight I have listened to u twice more and am filling bags for donations from every room in my home. Tysm for your tough love encouragement & inspring me to further downsize how much I own. I have chronic pain so most days are already a struggle. Feeling stress relief from filling bags of stuff that I don't use or need 💜
Yes, to scheduling donations!!! Covid killed my home in terms of clutter with kids schooling from home on and off and us hardly going anywhere and even donation places closed. So when things opened back up it was piled high in our guest room (I mean, I’ve got 2 young girls, so they outgrow clothes and books and toys like some of us breathe)! We’re talking couldn’t even walk into the room level bad. I was overwhelmed because I felt it had to be done all at once like a project. But starting to watch your videos (as well as Dana and the Minimal Mom) helped me realize I just needed to take a single step.
I put DONATIONS into my calendar as a weekly recurring event. I could post things online for pickup if I knew that was the best way to go or take a load to Goodwill, but every week I had to do something. Didn’t matter if it was even just a single item. And guess what… a year later the guest room was totally cleaned out. I still keep a monthly DONATIONS event in my calendar and all of us go through and find stuff to donate the day before. Because now it’s a habit that has no emotional connection, only practical. 🙂
I love when you do this!!!!! About 6 months ago I went through my kitchen. It took 3 days. The first day was too much thinking, but I kept listening to you, over and over and over!!!! After the third day I was amazed at my kitchen. Since then, I've gone through my kitchen 2 more times, got rid of MORE, and guess what, my kitchen is awesome! I've gone through my clothes and my husband was watching ... then he started going through his clothes!!!!! YAY! Our closet is awesome!! And ... we got rid of my dresser and we now can share a dresser and we have sooooo much room in our bedroom now. Cass you're AWESOME !! Everyone, you CAN do this!! Sending love your way to succeed!!!
Amen! ❤
Listening to this at 5 am stuck on decluttering after filling 10 bags of donations and I don't know how many garbage bags. The brutal honesty in this video just made me angry with myself and I'm so brutally freeing myself from this bandage of hanging onto things bcz both my husband and I grew up with so little and we keep thinking about how many people around the world that need these physical items. Enough is enough and I know I can support in other ways because I will never ship these to anywhere. Happy clutter free 2024 to me and many out there. Thank you so much for this and many of your videos.
I have to say Thank you to you, Do it on a Dime, Minimalist Mom and Remi Clog UA-cam channels. You each offer different perspectives, suggestions and encouragement that have helped keep my motivation going. It took me all summer but my bedroom is finally decluttered and organized. I actually have empty drawers and a closet with a completely clear floor and a half empty shelf!
I also want to pass on encouragement to folks, like myself, who have disabilities. I did this by sitting in an office chair and scooting around my room. My hubby and kids helped by putting things away or getting things down I couldn't reach. But the majority I did myself. I learned patience, my best was good enough and I am worth having an organized and tidy space!! THANK YOU!
Thank you Cass🤟🏼. Your warrior podcast and this one are about to be on a loop for me until it is happening. I am drowning in everything and you are so inspiring. Dare I say I love you!
Yeah Helen. Disabled too. I have a kitchen stool that raises and lowers. On wheels. I use it around the house esp lower to get stuff closer to the floor. Go girl! congrats. Keep motivating me!
Thank you for sharing your story & achievements of overcoming homes stuffed full. Yes we can do it with a disability, it just takes longer. The reward is massive as life is already tough. Get that crap out! 💞
You’re inspiring too!! Awesome beautiful encouragement 🌟💎❤️🎼☀️
Well done ladies !
This was an incredible live. Thank you Cass! You’re words of wisdom weren’t just about decluttering but about prioritizing ourselves which is something I struggle to do. I’m going to fill up a garbage bag today. I will need to relisten to this live again it was so good.
Exactly!! Aren’t we so lucky for Cas’s guidance and encouragement 💎🌟❤️
Behind: I have MS and I need a fast and easy way to get the house clean. But MS makes u tired. But I am 62 and at one time before MS I could get most things done. I have OCD, ADHD AND MS help.
Your
This was so good!!!!! Ala L’Oreal….. we’re worth it. I’m doing it for myself and so my family may not get stuck having to do it (Swedish death..)
@@anitaburbank9168 Hi, Anita. I understand. I used to be a dynamo but I am now 70, have chronic health problems that keep me from even getting out of bed many days.
My clutter has been in the same place for the last three years when I retired and promptly got slammed with Covid, broke my back, gained 70 lbs, my Hashimoto’s got so much worse and i would just look at it and shut the door and go back to bed.
One thing Cass said in another WARRIOR video was to first get rid of all the empty boxes I have been saving all over the house. How did she know I have been tripping over them all year? She IS our fairy godmother! Guess what. I timed myself for an hour and got all of them out in front of my garage and will put them out for trash/recycling tomorrow.
Now I am going to lay back down, recharge and know I won’t let this JUNK defeat me.
My friend said it might have taken me a while to get here, but I will succeed. So will you. 👍❤️🏆
I used to hate vacuuming. It was all about the cord. You had to unwind it, find an outlet, drape it over and around furniture…the rewind the cord. I bought a Dyson and it’s 5 minutes tops to do the high traffic spots and it goes back. On the charger. Better than the whole production it used to be.
Great idea. Which Dyson did you get? So many choices! I agree with the cord nuisance, not to mention the hair wrapped around the roller. So gross to have to clean the vacuum b4 you can vacuum! Decided to reward myself with a new one when I get the donation boxes out of the hallway!
100% right. "I'll throw out one thing per day" got me nowhere in my cluttered home. Drastic steps means trips to the dump!
Oh, dear Cass, I need and appreciate this now more than I can express! THANK YOU for everything you shared in this video!!!!!
I am YEARS BEHIND and have had no idea where to start. Since 2006 I have been living with a plethora of disabling autoimmune afflictions, constant severe pain from stage 4 arthritis in major joints and my back (doctors also called it "end stage", but saying "Stage 4" sounds slightly less awful, yeesch). The icing on the autoimmune cake is I'm a poster child for Adult ADD.
oh, yippee. 🤪 🙄
I can't afford to have enough people come in and rework that many years of built up chaos, so I have to get the process started myself. My mantra has been "broken crayons still color". I have to figure out how to get my broken crayon self to fight through the pain and git 'er done. 🖍
Start with the trash. Every item you remove makes the space better without making a bigger mess. Hugs!
Hi I also suffer from chronic pain due tue a broken bag and I'm partly paralyzed.i started with a few minutes o f decluttering (set alarm for 5 minutes)later graduated to 1 drawer or filling 1 bag. Tit ads up quickly.oday I live minimally and ask myself often:is it worth my energy,maintaining,storing,cleaning? Everytime I feel I losose the possibility to maintain my home, I declutter,no matter if something *might*be useful. It's not useful if it costs me energy. Start small and build the decluttering muscle. U can do it!
Aww, sending love your way.
Hugs! Lupus fighter here. I hear you
Praying for you, your health and strength.
Just finished watching the live. I popped up and filed the few papers I needed to from my paper sort yesterday. Found two folders worth of papers I no longer need in the file box and tossed them. Just when I think I've gotten rid of everything unneeded, I am able to find more. Thank you for the inspiration!
The easiest way to catch up is the Fly Lady system. One load a day of laundry, 15 mins of decluttering and 15 mins of working on something.
Thank you for normalizing that some of us are struggling bad with dishes😭 6 kids and I know they deserve to wake up and have clean dishes to use, not have to always ask if the dishwasher is clean!!! I deserve it! ❤
“Cosplay like a minimalist!” Omgosh I love that and you so much!! You are the friend I wish I could find IRL 🤗
You're the best influencer with decluttering Cas! Your passion for it speaks volume! ❤
I love these videos. I listen while I'm cleaning the house. I put a trash bag out and while I'm cleaning I find things to get rid of!
I’ve been trying to take control of my stuff for years. I’ve done it all. I bought tubs. Maybe 30… I bought shelving… I bought all kinds of organizational things. I finally found the easy answer. I don’t need all this stuff.
This is the best video you made in my opinion I watched it over and over and never tired ❤. Thanks 🙏
I agree!
I watched this earlier but I had to come back and comment. Cas, you are such an inspiration. You have such an incredible ability to motivate, inspire us and make us laugh. You are so talented and found your tribe. Thank you for always keeping us motivated, kicking us in the fanny and making us laugh!
Great video!!! They say most couples fight about money we fight about my clutter. I am slowly taking control...even baby steps like going to Costco and not even peeking at the clothes are big wins for me. I grew up in clutter whereas my bf grew up in an organized Italian household. I am slowly seeing how less stuff equals less stress. Thank you for your insights.
We have the same sad fighting issue in our home. I feel like such a failure. My husband is very successful and I feel like such a loser because I can’t get rid of stuff😢
But do they help you rather than just criticise?
@@sonyagriffin9133 you need to tell him that. You need to say, “I admire your success. I would like to be more successful in life. Right now I’m feeling really small and ashamed of the way I can’t get rid of stuff.” You need to tell him that.
I worked on decluttering from 8 to 8 today. 😴 Got up early AND barely slept, barely over COVID. 219 items decluttered! I didn’t even think there was that much left, but the All Day Declutter is so motivating! 💪🏼 You made me dig DEEPER because I no longer want to manage so much stuff. Even as a professional organizer who declutters frequently, it’s amazing how much more I find & how hard I’ll work for you, Dawn, & Dana. ❤
Getting rid of the “What if I need it later?” items has been much easier than I thought. Been concentrating that those lately and it’s freeing.
This has been THE BEST motivational decluttering video I have ever seen (and I’ve seen a lot! Lol) No judgement, no shame, just validation and encouragement. Thank you! ❤
You're welcome!
Woof, I didn't realize I desperately needed this video until today.
Today I Did get rid of a trash bag & 2 bags more are in my car & after lunch I’ll be Driving 8 bags off to Goodwill and gladly Dropping it off & doing the proud happy Dance all the way home in my car 🙌🙏✨👍🙂 another zone of my house is Done declutterred & reorganised 😉👍 it feels soooo good to feel accomplished thanks CAS . I am loving this Vlog ✨🙏👍🫶🏽🙂
Thanks Cass for such a well delivered 'tough love' video - I've listened to it twice whilst getting rid of stuff to show myself some love. This is a real service you are giving. Just subscribed, :) from Australia.
Glad it was helpful!
I wanted to say a massive thank you for your inspiration! We have managed a MAMOUTH declutter of our entire house over the summer holiday, so much went to freecycle, people in need and yes some had to be dumped. But the change to our households happiness is nothing short of monumental. Thank you from the bottom of our much lighter hearts!
These are my favorite videos. Ive been purging for the past 2 hours… items I’ve moved from apartment to house and still haven’t used in 3 years. Why am I storing stuff in prime real estate of my home!?!
I've have this trick that I use. I put on my Spotify and listen to my favorite playlist. I'm so distracted keeping up with the lyrics, by the time I look up, I've done a boatload of cleaning. I'm going to give that a go for the purging. Wish me luck lol
Idk what happened... didn't know this would be live today but somehow by coincidence I've been up for hours decluttering and cleaning. It's not a day off. I have critical due asap and I'm behind and it might affect my entire work life not to prepare for a meeting upcoming. Yet here we are.... fighting for our homes and the life we want!!
I live on 5 acres. I use brown paper grocery bags for our trash ( excluding recycling and some random things) I burn that bag as soon as it’s full. Then I scrape up the remnants and put it with the cat litter waste in a plastic grocery store bag and put it in my neighbors bin (he offered that and his recycling) saves me on trash service cost and when it’s gone it’s gone 🤷♀️even burned a ratty sweatshirt I had as it wasn’t worth donating. I burned a ton of paper as I was so tired of all the paper. Cut my filing WAY down… very freeing!!
You inspired me to start thoroughly dusting, and found about 5 books to donate to the “little free library” half a block away. I know someone will enjoy them, books disappear quickly there. Also decluttered about a small bag full of stuff. I’m constantly decluttering and enjoy it so much!
The little free library near me is way overstuffed. Too many people have Jenga'd their books into it as they have decluttered their homes. No one is taking the books because it's so stuffed you can't get to the books behind... I should declutter that too!
Thank you for ALWAYS BEING REAL. ❤
YEARS BEHIND. ADHD, PTSD, Depression. Family who don't clean behind themselves. And VERY Cluttered. I have no problem cleaning. But with everything that we have in a small house, i cant get it all done. Just spent hours folding my and my 18yr old daughters clothes. Now I have to go to my 2nd job for 6 hrs. I have bagged up 2 bags if stuff to donate. But it doesnt seem to have made a dent.
If it takes you hours to fold clothing you have too many clothes! That’s junk! Throw at least half your clothes out immediately.
I have an organized and beautiful wardrobe. It took me 1.5 years to get it to this point but it has been perfect now for the past 6 months. If I were to take every single item of clothing I own, throw it all on the bed, fold it and put it all back, we are talking 25 mins tops.
20:42 Cas, I know this video is old, but you just saved me from myself by giving me permission to put something in the trash instead of disposing of it “properly.” I have a severe mental illness and doing extra things like that are sometimes impossible tasks.
I’m listening while wide awake with insomnia. I got right out of bed and put several items in the trash that had been sitting on my kitchen floor next to the trash can, waiting MONTHS for me to take them where they “should” go. I feel like a weight is lifted! THANK YOU! ❤
Hi Cas I live in the UK and I am disabled with a twisted spine and am unable to stand for long periods and can only use one arm, my left, as my right hand was paralysed as well as the twisted spine was caused when I had meningitis when I was 14 months old. I cannot work due to disability and am a paper crafter. I have home delivery on my shopping. I am making a game out of decluttering. I have only just started but today, I got rid of 7 boxes (5 empty) 1 with an old dvd player that did not work anymore and got a new one as I love my dvds, which are all sorted on a bookshelf in alphabetical order. Another box I took out had a printer in that only printed 3 colours and prefer my Canon. I, on my own carried them downstairs and out to the wall opposite for the rubbish men. I am so pleased with myself. I am doing little bits at a time and have to stop to rest but I have started.
I love you and your tough love! I'm very tired and sore, but I'm getting up and working on the disaster in my home. I'm changing my mindset. I'm worth having a tidy, comfortable home. Thank you Cas❤
This video is the best I’ve ever seen on decluttering/minimalism!!! So honest and helpful. ❤
Glad you like it!
This was just what I needed. One day at a time. I've started decluttering clothes every time I put clothes away. One drawer at a time. I'm slowly getting there.
You've got this!
I have decluttered most of the rooms in my house, except for the little office room in my daughter's room. I have a Bow flex in it that my husband won in a work raffle. We decided to sell it since it occupies too much space. I am now trying to put clothes away and do small loads of laundry daily. I wash dishes daily and clean the bathroom about once a week sometimes I stretch it a little, but I prefer to clean it on a weekly basis. Your videos are helping me and inspiring me a lot. Thank you!
I sware your broadcasting my life too!!!! I’ve accidentally melted dishes too! Stuck in a suffocating, ADHD induced nightmare! Im so thankful for finding your videos!! You truly are changing lives! ❤
I was listening to this while getting ready this morning and decided I would start small, my goal is to declutter 5 things in each room throughout the day today. Bathroom and bedroom down ✅
There's a reason I watch all these declutter, minimalist videos... it's to help me get motivated to do something about it
This is my second time listening to this. I had a huge extra large tote of things I decluttered and was trying to get it to someone who could use it. It’s been here almost 2 weeks. You were speaking so passionately about loving yourself enough I put it all in a black bag and took it outside. Thank you for the push. I have learned so much and my life is forever changed. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!
Watching this video should be the first step in decluttering. THANK YOU for the tough love, Cas! 💗
I’d like to add for anyone else like me who get rubbed the wrong way by the whole “you deserve” and “prioritize you” and “be selfish” stuff: I come at it from a different angle. It is a loving act towards your family and yourself to free the home you all share. They will be blessed. They might not realize it just yet, but that’s where you need to courageous enough to keep going against the tide until the tide turns. Trust the process. The tide will turn. Your family will see the benefits and bless you for your tough love approach. You are indeed in charge of the household and it is your prerogative to decide what stuff is a blessing and what is a burden in your home. It has never been so easy to have too much stuff. These declutterring skills are skills our grandmothers did not need. We need to learn a new way to think about our homes and fight that battle so we can free up our families for other more important things. ❤❤❤
Wow, you're good!! I just started yesterday on decluttering. I have 3 trash bags full of extra bedding, and 1 bag of coats, jackets, scarves and extra tote bags. I'm donating them today. I do the dishes everyday, other people in my household don't.
I have been subscribed to your channel for maybe 4-5 years now and this video I enjoyed more than any other over the last 4-5 years! You are truly gifted at motivating and inspiring people!!!
Aw, thank you so much!
Thank you for your mind set changing advice! I've come to the conclusion that if I have not missed it (or needed it) after being stored for humpteen dozen years, I won't miss it if it goes to the dump! Just get it out of my house! Yes ma'am! Thank you Cas! :D
Great video, as always! When I am doing deep decluttering or cleaning, the my husband eats off of paper plates and we get take out. Many many years ago I learned that cleaning should always start my bedroom so that I would have a clean and comfortable place to end the day. Your message in this video is the best! Thank you, Cas!
Thank you for the encouraging podcast. I have used paper plates for years. Moved into Senior housing a year and half ago. Thought I had decluttered. But, it crept up on me. My first goal clean out my dresser drawers. Thank you!
Wish I had seen this live. I have never put myself first. I am struggling to throw away trash. I have watched you and others for years. I struggle everyday with clutter. I am faking it every day girl , every day
I hope you see this. Your life's purpose is not to be a trash receptacle or a dump. Storing trash in your home won't save the Earth. Get a grocery bag, fill it up and take it outside. Start there so you feel the win, and the newly open space won't give you anxiety (because it's small.) You can do this. Don't ask how it got this way, ask what you can do for five minutes that will make tomorrow better.
I very rarely comment on UA-cam. But this along with so many of your podcasts, have really been a game changer for me. Thank you Cass! You are wonderful! Please never stop. You are truly changing lives!
Thanks for sharing and inspiring me again. Going to the kitchen right now 😊. A bag a day will keep my clutter at bay. .
🌸🌺🌸I’m getting up off the couch repeating more declutter in bedroom, I’m proud of self, I have maintained my last declutter which has made us enjoy our bedroom more, I can control this bedroom for a year by attempting it month by month I can do this. It’s doable.
I started watching your videos last week on my day off and it is motivating me so much. I took two kitchen garbage bags full of clothing items and a mid-sized box of random kitchen excess to donation the same day! I'm living in full chaos and it is so overwhelming and exhausting, but you are helping me so much. Thank you!
You got this!
Thank you Cas, you made it very simple and said just get a bag and pick things up with no mess. It was great to do it like this after 28 years of always being been frustrated got me a little emotional whilst doing this from relief that it would have been so easy. This video really motivated me. Can’t thank you enough ❤
I couldn’t start in my bedroom. I stayed in one corner of my living room and working outward. So far 6 bags of trash 1 box of trash and 2 boxes to donate out the door. I did get bogged down in paperwork……threw it in a box yo sort later and moved on!!!! THANK YOU CAS!! ❤❤
Cass, I have watched a few of your videos today. Just wanted to say I think you’re amazing. You should be a therapist! The way you spin cleaning up in such a positive way saying it’s respectful to us. Thank you for all you do.
I’m starting on my bedroom as listening to your videos. I just sorted all this jewelry that I knew I wasn’t going to wear AND almost a full trash bag of clothes! I have a beautiful bedroom, for me, but it’s been so badly cluttered with stuff, you sure wouldn’t know it. I can’t wait to get my clean, nice bedroom back! 🥰♥️👍🏼🤗
While I was watching this video, I finished cleaning the windows on my entire balcony. They are huge, and some of them don't even open. But I did it!
I think I heard on one of your videos that done is better than perfect and I followed the crap out of this rule, and it turned out amazing!
Thank you 🙏🏻 please don’t stop encouraging people out there ❤
One of the things that just came to me about getting rid of things that we feel like we didn't complete or make, like we failed - is an idea that comes out of Project Management. Anytime you realize a project is not going to come to fruition, that it will not be completed, if you say we are ending the work/we are closing this project down, that project is considered closed and completed. Because you are no longer dragging it out, spending resources on it. This is huge ... we need to shift the idea that we failed. We didn't. We are successfully closing/ending the project. Which is still considered a success, because you recognized the need for the end, a termination, to end spending resources on it.
Great way to look at this. Thank you.
Thank you so much for making these videos they are so helpful. I have crippling anxiety every day of my life and I knew it was my house but I never knew what I was doing. Here I have been holding onto things since I was a kid
I was able to get a bag out of my bedroom while listening. I was even able to dust. I’m seeing space in my drawers. Thank you. 🎉🎉🎉
Your vulnerability and honesty about your past messy experience is so refreshing and gives me so much hope that I can do this 💪🏻🙏🏻😇 You are wonderful. The past 2 days I have been listening to you and for the first time in so so so so long, I was able to do some decluttering and cleaning last night and had the best sleep ever. I have ADHD and single mom of 3 boys and have really been struggling hard. Slipping into a depression. I feel like you’re Chanel is saving me right now. I am feeling your passion and it’s so motivating. ❤ Thank you, Cass 😭😭😭😭
Thank you Cas, I have been watching this everyday for a week and getting things done. Having a clean bedroom is a new thing for me and it does make a huge difference.
We recently moved to another city. 3200 sq ft down to 1800. This has been intense. My husband is a pastor and has so many books. I am unpacking them and finding so many duplicates! I think he has so many that he doesn't know what he has. I am seperating what I know he wants and putting on bookshelves - his office is smaller that before so one bookcase had to go - I'll have the shelves full of what I know he wants and then a stack of what there is no room for so he can see the reality of it all. No more boxing up and storing!
Love this Cas! You are so good at keeping me going on this journey🎉
This was SO good Cas. Thank you!
Nothing proves how much crap you DO NOT need like your house burning down. Ours did 4.5 years ago…. But here I am needing guidance decluttering. I don’t think I’ll have a problem getting rid of stuff, I just need the motivation to get started. And I think your statements about decluttering and bringing peace to your personal space, being equal to self-love is really what I needed to hear. You’re a wonderful human for sharing this information with all of us who feel stuck. Love and peace!
Glad I can help!
We have been cleaning out things because of remodels. We had set up getting new shelving in our master closet. That forced my hubby to mostly clean out excessive clothes.
Right now, we have been living in a somewhat disorganized way. July 4th weekend, our garbage disposal broke and the water damage meant that we have to replace our kitchen cabinets. It has been a long process, but has forced my husband and I to go through stuff. Between these 2 events, some family members and Goodwill have benefitted from our downsizing. (Cabinets are supposed to be installed the middle of October!)
Watching your videos have been helpful in deciding how we are organizing these areas and other areas.
Old sheet sets are great to donate to homeless shelters as well! 😊
And to animal shelters
Thank you, Cass ! You are inspiring me to get things done. I have 3 kids and it is a challenge to keep the everday stuff clean but I'm dedicated and ready to start in my bedroom. When my basemenr flooded I ended up buying new bookcases and moved that along with other stuff for fear of it flooding again...which it did. Although I'm thankful i moved the stuff upstairs into my room, now my bedroom is a mess. I am dedicated to getting my bedroom back and getting rid of stuff. Thank you for your videos and your tough love. We can do hard things.
"Way too much stuff!" Amen, sister! As I purge, I say to myself, "Here's what I don't have to work around/clean up/think about anymore. It gives me a sense of freedom from clutter, and will make housekeeping maintenance way quicker! Bring that pile of stuff down-down-down to a manageable scale.
I missed the live because I’m in Australia so 😴 but this is a great reminder to keep me going. Every year I declutter the house room by room. Currently being ruthless in my craft room but I’m hoping my kids will be able to move some toys on this time. Last time we just stored them. I gave up on my bedroom I clean it and get rid of my stuff and my husband just fills the space I made with his things.
I revise again and again
Really makes me with less anxiety! Thank you 🙏
Preach it, sister! This is your most motivating video to date. All true. Thank you 🙌
Watching to get ideas for my busy adult daughter. She's a messy butterfly!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! All the answers to my dump thoughts...I listen to you over and over...And I declutter more and more!!! So so inspiring!!! And I realize that there are so many people around the world who are thinking, hesitating, getting anxious with exactly the same things like I do!!! It makes me feel that I ' m not alone....Thank you my (far away) friend!!! ❤❤
I love this Cas! Thank you and Bless you.
So sensible, I had started on my bedroom, was soooo happy to hear you say start in your bedroom !!
This video was the most motivating thing for me to listen to while moppuming ( vacuum mop)! my most hated chore is mopping, and you really helped me! Thank you!
Thank you, Cass. Thank you for caring about us. You're making a difference in your work.