Declutter Closet Over 25 Years With Me Photos, Baby Stuff, Mementos, Large Christmas Village
Вставка
- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Come along with me as I declutter a closet that has a massive Christmas village, over 25 years collected, baby and high school memorabilia, a decades of photos. Watch as I let go over decades of stuff that weight me down with anxiety and stress.
Amazon Storefront: www.amazon.com...
Website: www.JamieMori.com
Instagram (Where I post about my fitness journey) - @jamiemori2
I love this no-nonsense approach. No staging or fancy editing. Just you, your stuff and your decisions. Keep on keeping it real.
When I did my photo purge, I took every pic out of their books, shoeboxes, paper sleeves, frames, etc. If I had 12 of the same camping trip, I weeded it down to 3-4. The ones with people and maybe one of the site. Got rid of duplicates, blurred, thumbs, etc.. When I got to the basics, I scanned them, weeding them even further. My criteria was simple: If I smiled when I looked at it, I scanned it, if nothing, it went. I labeled the folders and tossed the pics. Anything super special, I framed and hung. It took a while, but now I feel master of my universe lol
I’ve really enjoyed your videos. Decluttering is a personal thing. Most of us can’t wait to accumulate stuff when we are young. Then at some time we want to shed that responsibility. I’m 78 and I’m having a few health issues. I realized it was time to shed what I could so my son doesn’t have to take it all on. I am currently in the process and your videos have helped me immensely. I’m now a subscriber of yours and cheering you on! My health and strength are being taxed therefore I do what I can every day. Sometimes a drawer and sometimes a whole closet-it depends! Thank you for exposing your feelings and process. It helps me! ❤️😊
I never saw you before and now I’m a subscriber. I love watching decluttering and organizing videos. I used to have snow village houses. I sold them all years ago when I really started decluttering and now I hardly put up anything for Christmas, just very few decorations. It doesn’t take much to make a house look Christmasy, a poinsettia plant, a red throw, a couple of red pillow covers. I have a little tree with my vintage ornaments and it looks very Christmasy without a bunch of stuff. I got to the point with my snow village that it was causing me anxiety because it was so much work, I’m a lot older than you so things are a lot of work. Suggestion on your organization of your village would be to take all the small accessory pieces and put them in a container. You’re gonna have to take them to wherever you set up your village anyway if it’s a different room. To carry all those little boxes you’re going too have to put them in some thing to carry them there anyway so you might as well store all the little accessories in a tote.
Please show us the village this Christmas when you get it set up !
Yes!!!!!
Wow. I have watched the whole video and kept taking deep breaths. I have always been someone who keeps everything. I have more stuff than room. Now it will be my turn to go through everything. I am so very proud of you. Oh boy.
Love the decluttering and organizing videos. Love how you go show and talk about each item. Some people do time lapse videos which is useless. Wish we could have seen your decluttering from the start. Great job!
Question is why do we need all this stuff…it’s normally to fill a hole in our heart.❤️
I don’t blame you for keeping the pottery barn chairs and rocker.
I never thought I’d have biological children and I had my daughter at 39!!!!
I really enjoy seeing her use some of my childhood things.
And I’m a minimalist and lost a lot in Katrina. So it isn’t a ton of things.
But once you let things go you can never get them back.
He might not be thinking about kids, and if he got rid of the stuff he probably wouldn’t realize he was missing out on anything if he didn’t get to share these with his kids. But it’s really cool when you get the chance to.
What a fantastic job..gives me the foresight I needed when going through my sentimental things..please when you set up your Christmas village..show us..i can't wait to see it😊
I would have loved those vintage aprons! I have purged several times in recent years and there have been a few regrets. Now I take a little bit longer to decide. Also, my kids were never interested in any of it until recently. As they approach middle age suddenly they are gravitating toward family heirlooms. It feels good to pass some of our families treasures on through the generations. So my point is, be thoughtful. Your son might marry and have children that would appreciate a thing or two passed down to them.
I like decluttering videos. I have decluttered my whole house the past couple years and still keep doing it a couple times a year and buying less now. It feels good to get rid of things. After loosing my only son, i had to go through so much of his stuff. I wanted to keep it all. I kept some and gave some to family and his friends. It was so hard.
So sorry for your loss!!❤😢❤
@@PCbythebeach ❤️
It’s really nice of you to keep your husband’s Legos (if he is up to it) maybe he will like to share them with his future grandchildren ❤
Jamie, I felt it when you threw all of the cards in the trash. We had 11 kids in our family, and my mom saved every card she ever got. Hand made, store bought, from every one of us and my dad. And every report card from every kid, from every year. I said I would never do that. When I got a new card for a birthday, I would throw away the previous ones. THEN... my mom passed away 5 years when she was 92. I never liked tattoos, and swore I would never get one. But I want to get one now, and I could beat myself for not saving those cards that were from her. I want a tat with her handwriting where she signed the card, I love you so much, mom, to put on the inside of my wrist where my watch goes. I thought I kept that last card, but can’t find it anywhere. So when you put those cards in the trash, it brought me to tears.
Wow! Major improvement in that closet. I’m a crafter/creator and I have a closet stuffed with bins full of supplies. It is difficult to find things so I totally understand the explosion when looking for certain things. Very impressive!
This video actually made me sad. There are much better ways to save the Air Force photo, for example, than a quick scan in a video. There are always generational shifts and by the time we realize we want some tangible items from our parents, they might all be thrown away. I would have kept her son's Christening gown and at least one of her mom's aprons over all the excess Christmas items. If anything, it did remind me to be more mindful when doing my own decluttering.
Great job!
I just found your channel. I am literally in my basement going through every single thing! ( we are having indoor waterproofing done, snd need a 5 ft clearance around all the outside walls. ). Just before I heard your video, I just repackaged some items I used at my last home, and have never looked at since. (21 yrs later). But I thought it was progress that I put them all together in a single container. As I heard you talking about going through things at your home, I thought ‘ what am I keeping all that stuff for’?? Our local thrift store has a night time building for after hours drop offs. It’s my favorite time to take stuff. I cannot wait until tomorrow, because you made me realize even more stuff should go! I may even have more empty totes when this is all over. Good luck to you AND to me!!
Oh! I thought I heard a kitty meow, & there's the purrty meow supervising in the closet! I've had 2 black/white tuxedos, & 1 grey/white tuxedo in my life. Love them! 😻
Jamie. There are NO RULES “. It’s your home, your life. Personally, I have absolutely no regrets for holding on to certain items, especially the ones in good shape. I have six grandchildren now between the ages of 20 and 7. Believe me that “One-day” will come Grandma 👵… lol and they have been passed on a couple of times; still a few are still in good shape… It would be wonderful to keep them in the family, and they each have their own story behind them. That’s when I think things are special as far as memorabilia.😊 also you are doing a great job. You go step-by-step and one item at a time.. it will all flow together. Remember your aim is to be authentic to who you really are.😊🙋♀️💕
I'm exhausted watching you! This has been very inspiring!
Thank you! I appreciate your kind words.
This is the perfect use for this closet! This collection is obviously very important to you and now you can easily access the whole thing when you want to set it up!!
Proud of you!!! I just joined your channel!!! Bravo you!!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊. I am facing the same challenges you are … memorabilia!!! The hardest. I have 5 large boxes I have never opened from my mom’s apartment from when she died in 2009. I have never opened them. Now is the time. Gonna be hard. Love your channel. Thank you for taking the time to video tape all of your process. ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊
I can hardly wait till you setup your village at xmas.
Great video! We are slowly going through my grandparents things. They both grew up during the Great depression and they saved everything. In their storage building we found boxes full of bank statements and receipts of everything that they had ever bought. Their parents did the same thing and my grandparent's saved all of their stuff as well. I have been going through their pictures and I gave away a lot to my Aunts, Uncles, and my cousins, but I am still left with a lot of the older family photos and a lot of the duplicates. Hoping to eventually sort them some more and put them in Scrapbooks. Keep up the awesome work.
What a lot of work every xmas unpacking and repacking them after - I am tired just think about it.
KEEP - SELL - GIVE - THROW
I admire how decisive you are. Have you found it easier to get rid of things the more you declutter?
A Christmas village closet, love that!!
I love that you’re explaining the uses for all the village supplies. Not everything is junk. It’s a pain staking process because some things are important. The hard part is sorting through all of it. I’m facing this same challenge. So glad you’re sharing your journey and I already feel like we’re friends! Oh my gosh you just found your husband‘s Legos! We are twins!
WOW...that is quite the transformation! It has to feel sooooo good. Thank you.
Jamie you go girl!Excellent job n visually please n YES you can open n close the door you did a excellent job with you photos n son baby box you just gave me hope in that area I'm on a death clean journey been declutter my life for the last two years you know like peeling a onion one layer at a time. I USE TO GET EXCITED TO GO SHOPPING AT GOODWILL FOR MORE STUFF TO HOARD NOW I'M E CITED TO GO TO DONATE STUFF JOY IS NOT IN THINGS BUT US THANK FOR SHARING
Great idea! I also have many Xmas Dickens houses. One suggestion-hang another shelf above the white door. Move all the small boxes that r now blocking your view of the larger boxes behind them,to that new shelf. Also, you could make the shelf not so deep.
Thank you, that is a great tip!
Jamie good job. I’m in the same boat you were . We’re in the process of going through things. 52years of marriage, 4 daughters, years of crafting to finish going through. Just donated forty boxes of all kinds of stuff and like you said it will bring happiness to someone. Hopefully our heat wave will end and I can start in again. Looking for organizations to give my quilt fabric stash to. Good luck.
Hi Deb, your situation sounds just like what I'm working on. I've been in my home, in South Australia, for around 45 years, and when my husband died nearly 2 years ago I started the big declutter. I am moving into a retirement village with a place half the size, so an awful lot must go. I think my craft room will be the most difficult. Good luck, Christine 🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨
I’ll send up a prayer for you that it will go quickly. A hospital stay for my husband plus both of us turning 72 this year is what got us to thinking we’d better start getting rid of things so girls don’t have to. I’m sorry you have to do it alone. Blessings when you get to your new home.
Absolutely brilliant, well done Jamie x
Loved seeing your channel fir rhe first time. I am also married 34 years and made my own wedding dress. I don't sew much anymore either. I did keep my machine for occasional mending and altering. I dud a huge declutter about 6 years ago, but continue to reduce more all the time! You are motivating me :). 🎉
Awesome!!!
You inspire me. 😊 Thank you!
I have that same blue scrap book from high school. ☺️
This was awesome and 'different' to watch...really enjoyed it. Wondering what your criteria was for letting go of the photos you did! (or keeping the ones you did)....I have only a few, but just don't know how to part with even the ones I shouldn't care about! Also, how might you digitize? Is there an app with cloud access or something? (I already have so many photos on my phone)! Looking forward to seeing more!
You are getting better❤🏴🇨🇦
I am 76 and have walls full of totes with photos, birthday cards, schoolwork from my 3 children's lives, and previous 40-50 years ftom my Mum's trunk. I have 30+ photo albums of my daughter and 2 sons that I need to scan and split up 3 ways. They are not interested in helping nor do they particularly care about most of it. Even at that I still feel guilty getting rid of it. After watching your 2 shows on how to declutter I think I can do it and I'm going to give it a try starting early next week I'm gonna' pick a day to begin And mentally prepare myself to gird my guilty feelings and possibility of regret. I know in my heart of heart so it's I leave it for them they'll just come through with the bold oz or don't put into a goodwill trailer!
First time watcher. I love your wall paper.
Thank you…..you gave me incentive to clean some cabinets out to donate! Happy cleaning! 🙏🏼
Wow and wow!!!!
First time visiting your channel
And yup decided to subscribe
Really neat way of organizing your passion of Christmas Village after decluttering that closet
Super impressive result
Thanks for sharing!
I just digitized all of my photos this summer. It took me several weeks. I feel so much better. I have started this process and still working at it. Keep going.
I love your honesty and your videos. What I find isn't mentioned enough with clutter videos is the feelings behind why we buy so much to begin with. I think it often comes from anxiety and stuffing our feelings. It's just another form of addiction, which is to avoid feelings. I so recognize that with myself with the buying of so much stuff through the years. I now face my feelings, no matter how painful, (especially forms of anxiety & grief) and only keep things I love. It's made a difference. 🙂
Thank you!
First time watching!! Love how it turned out. People do have to much stuff and when they pass someone is left to get rid of it,
I was just gonna say, you should keep that table and chairs for your future grandkids. 👍 good keep item!
I think I would have left all of the little accessory pieces in totes so that once the village scape was set up, you could bring down the totes of enhancements to add.
Nice job!
I hope your top shelf doesn’t break holding the Christmas houses 😱
Just beginning the process of decluttering ... downsizing to a home almost half the size of our current home. I have some anxiety about getting rid/donating/trashing things - but, my husband doesn't really want to get rid of anything. We have been married 54 years and both have accumulated many, many things that we no longer use or get out for enjoyment or play. Any suggestions as to how we conquer this beast of excess? lol
We got rid of most of Christmas decorations last year. It was silly keeping more than ornaments for a tree. My mother did not over do Christmas decorations like our generation has done. We still enjoy a Christmas tree, but thats it!
Good Job 👍🙏
Don't throw out your airforce picture. Your son and grands to be someday will cherish it. I have my Daddy's airforce pic and each of my children want one also.
Your kitty is loving the empty shelves
Maybe you could do a Christmas tour your village, that would be lovely ❤
I like that idea. Thank You!
I just discovered your channel today. I totally get everything you are saying. Funny fact: I'm from Grafton, North Dakota, went to college at UND in Grand Forks, and am very familiar with the GFAFB .
I use heavy duty white tape to label my bins so when I look at the packed bin, I don't need to open it. To me, it looks like you are pretty organized in that closet. I guess you're decluttering to get the closet back?
My sister in law uses new garbage cans to store her village sometimes 5 or 6 houses in them she had 147 houses.
Can’t tell you how much you sound like me. I too have all that stuff. Even greeting cards from my father when I was an infant. WHY? 😮 Makes me want to get back to the project. However, living in the SW it’s about 101 in the garage right now 🥵 My village is a very small fraction of what you have. It hasn’t been displayed in years because there’s no place to put it since moving to a smaller home. 😒 So, it’s going.
Much better
You are so cute and your home is gorge.
I’m new to your channel and I’m getting a lot of helpful hints because I need to do the same thing go through all my 50 years of collections but I am interested in knowing what kind of scanner you’re going to use to do your photos. I’m in the market for one thank youvideos
I would have to write down where everything went so the next time I go looking for it I can find it easier
What does it mean to digitalize and how is it done? Lot of pics that son will not want. Especially the very large ones.
You have way more then 30 😊
Interesting! Id like to see you put your village together ☺️.do you nothave or hooe to have grandchildren you wouldntlike to save the toys and books for? Lizzie 🏴
I dont think you were decluttering just re-reorganizing.
You could choose to change your walls in a more subtle wallpaper, maybe lighter color, would give more’
Do you have a picture of your Christmas Village set up ?
I feel that the only things you decluttered were the totes and some garbage. You however organized greatly and downsized the area in the room. Good luck digitizing your photos etc.
💖👍🏻💖
I have just found your channel. We are about the same age and I love your rock tees. sounds like you are learning a lot about yourself these days!
I don't know your situation but I'm watching you drag all that Christmas stuff out and talk about how much you love it. I wonder if it has occurred to you (if you have space) to just set it up all year. If you are empty nesters you may have a child's room available. Or a guest room. Would you enjoy it in your office space? Keep it out and mess with it all year and when Christmas rolls around you can set up little scenes around the house pulling from your collection.
Rod Stewart is dear to me. You may know he has a scale model railroad that he built himself over the years...its probably very similar to your village in many ways including the sprawl and the way it needs to be displayed. it takes up 2 floors of his home. Of course he has more room probably but the point is he enjoys it year round and he has prioritized it by incorporating it into his space.
In your situation you may be able to keep all those pieces out if you scale back another ways. Take a look at the more flexible spaces, see if you can scale them back to be less so there's room to add your village.
If you don't want to do that.... Look at all hose green bins full of square boxes of similar size. You can shelve them outside the bins and save that strategy for the small stuff, the landscaping stuff. Set up shelves on wheels. Store the shelves one behind the other.
Ext cords that are only used with the village should stay with the village.
Unfortunately looks just like my closet.
If you don’t have another picture of yourself in the Airforce, you should digitize the group picture or at least a close up of yourself. The one one this video was not good. 😊
It’s strange that the close door opens into the closet.
Stranger to have a desk in front of the door.
I think the whole world is going to come out from under consumerism.
I’ve downsized 3 times. The only thing I really enjoy is my garden and kitchen stuff. I don’t purchase anything without thoughtful consideration as to whether or not it will be used and enjoyed. Also if I bring something in, I get rid of something.
I took pictures of keepsakes and got rid of them.
What is the obsession with Christmas? Never understood that. Get rid of it at least most. Give the stuff away. Its insane to have that much for a holiday
WOW! The Christmas Village stuff you kept is CRAP! The photos and “ school days” stuff you trashed at least has historical value! Christmas Village garbage is Chinese mass produced as has no value because of its volume. When you come to your senses you will regret your choices. Decluttering is a good idea, but keep the memories not the junk!
I agree with you! When she finally sees this stuff is not really important, she will be much farther along on her journey. But no one can convince anyone else of what possessions should not bring them joy, so leave her alone about this. Let her have joy wherever she can find it.
Instead, celebrate with her the things she has let go. I suspect this Christmas Village stuff will go in the third or fourth round of decluttering. As you get down to fewer and fewer possessions, you start to look at each one more critically. She is only now just learning to flex her declutter muscles.