The thing that keeps me working on our home is when you say, "Make something better today." Not perfect, just better. Totally changes my attitude. Appreciate ya!😇
I recently saw a podcast by a guy talking about motivation and he said kind of the same thing. Not “get this done today, but what CAN you do today?”. I always feel very overwhelmed and end up doing nothing. These vids help me focus and realize I’m not the only one who gets overwhelmed. God bless you and yours🙏❤️
You have changed the way I declutter, I no longer have piles to deal with anymore! So many real strategies to make progress .Your video with Cara helped me make progress in a room of doom. I can see a positive change. Thank you so much Dana❤
Thank you for telling this story in this video. What I have learned from you has changed my life. Things I never understood before make sense now with the way my brain works. Sending my gratitude to you for this.
Congrats on your new book, Dana! I can't say I'm a true slob now, but I can say that you have helped me get unstuck in my messy areas and to help me remember how to maintain, make progress and only progress, and how to have a system that works! And I loved how you shared that this was both a decluttering and spiritual journey. You have made a big difference in many homes and lives!.You are a bright light on UA-cam, and your creative way of thinking makes you so much fun to watch. I have learned fun words like Doololly, Prostisticlutter, De-Slobification and Crapalanche! And Reid is a bonus joy at the end of the videos. I hope for great success and impact for the new book!
Thank you. I struggled with cluttered messy spaces my whole life, even as it seemed I spent all my time and energy trying to fix them. Your no mess system, container concept, and other ideas have changed my life and my home. Thank you!
I've followed you for at least 3 years. Best advice that got me started - 'take it where it belongs' whether it's when I walk in the door, cooking, cleaning out a cabinet. I have a long way to go, e.g. decluttering closets, however when I work on a 'space' I can usually walk away/stop at any point and not have piled up a new mess.
I was reading your blogposts way back in the day. I don't think you were too far into those as I remember going back to your first post and reading it from your very small cleaning goals. It was such an encouragement and still is!
ME=high intelligence, creative, love to help and serve others, verbally battered for 50 years. Divorce set me free, but those negative messages still play in my head. An illness with medical malpractice left me bedridden for 5 years. I am clawing my way back to health and energy. Some days, I can do 5 minutes toward order. Some days, I can't, but I accept that ANY progress is still progress.
❤ your work, Dana! Your books have actually helped change my life - for the better so far and still going! Still far from our family goals for our home but *so* much better and closer. Thank you!!! 🙏
I will forever grateful to God for giving me you and your wisdom! I’m far from done but when I was in a hospital for ten days and a rehabilitation center this past summer, I was able to tell my friends exactly where everything was that I needed them to get for me or for them to do jobs around my house, as in my friend building a ramp for me when I did get home. I have used your book, Decluttering at the Speed of Life through Audible to listen to it over and over again AS I’m working on a decluttering project. Blessings to you and all within the sound of your voice! 💖🙏🏼💖
Thank you for keeping those blogs and pictures up. I need to start there. I feel overwhelmed in my own stuff. I am creative, but I can’t even go there because I’m surrounded by way too much stuff and I don’t know where to start with it. I have such a hard time making decisions and letting things go. Thanks Dana for your help. I believe the Lord has given you this gift for you and for us who think like you. God bless you! ❤️ P.S. I love Reid’s comments at the end. He is so funny, like his Momma.
Thank you for this video, I have watched many & listened to you for a long time. I recently bought your 1st book cos I finally realised your methods make sense & also I could relate to many of your experiences. It was when you spoke about how your brain works that a light bulb switched on in my brain & I suddenly knew why I have so much in my home & why it’s so difficult to let go. Most of my stuff I’m passionate about & it’s not about memories but they mean so much to me now - just can’t seem to let go. However now having realised this about myself I’m hoping it will be easier to deal with & give myself the home I want to be proud of. Thanks again ❤️
Oh dear ..thanks for sharing bless you.Ha ha you are the best.Your method works for me ..but its you who captured me you are so delightful .I look forward to to your channel it cheers me up and motivates me thanks again Dana
This is my favorite video of yours so far, and I Love all of them because they are helpful. I felt you were speaking directly to me. I'm a single mom of two, with adhd and anxiety ....it's so hard to get it together, and I did what you did, kept saying " I will not be messy in the future, after this happens, or that happens." But it doesn't happen. I really think I need a one on one coach, I am 45 years old and feel like I'm suffocating.
I'm so grateful you persevered in following the calling God gave you. Your journey has helped me understand my highly intelligent, creative daughter who struggles like you did. I'm more patient with her and have been able to guide her using your decluttering method Her life is so much better! Eager to read your new book.
I identified with you when I listened to your first book. Everything you said was me! I have used your 5 step process, the 5 min cleanup, laundry day, container concept. Yours is the first to-do book I have followed completely. While I’m “there” periodically, I still have to fight the thrift shop. I take one bag in and come back out with a couple of items but I don’t come back with a bagful. I have heard your story many times but I still enjoyed this video. I kinda feel like you’re my friend. I’ve pre-ordered your new book.
I know you know this but I can't NOT say that your system is so unlike anything else out there. ANYONE can do it. Your five steps and the container concept not to mention being able to apply your system for one minute, one hour, one day at a time are revolutionary. You deserve all the accolades you get and then some.
I don’t share your faith but I do share the cultural pressures, and certainly the shame I have felt related to the expectations I faced growing up in that community. While I am a naturally organized person (I’m somewhere between Bee and Cricket in Cas’ system), I am ALSO neurodivergent, and when I am burned out or hit overwhelm, that all completely falls by the wayside and I spiral quickly, which begets this horrible, self-perpetuating negative feedback loop. So I have always appreciated your different approach to cleaning and organizing; but I have to say that combining your tips and tricks with understanding my own tendencies (and my husband’s - he’s a Ladybug, and let me tell you what a challenge balancing my needs with his has been!) has been a lifesaver. Thank you so much for what you do, and for having the courage to call yourself a slob first. It gives permission to the rest of us to accept our imperfections and strive for something better-peace.
Great story. I am a very clean and organized person but I admire your struggle and victory. Pls do a part 2 explaining how you created your 5 step plan. Some of the steps I just naturally did so I do follow your plan and it works. Thx Dana.
I found you in 2020 or 2021. I have success in fits and starts, and instill have a long way to go. I love all of your formats. I bought the paperback of Giving God the Worst of Me, and it made me cry in several places because I can relate so much. I will pre-order the new book, and I can't wait to get it.
I had the same feeling, my brain ...... It should not be a struggle. I think it's ADHD. At least for me, the list of symptoms match. You should be super proud of yourself and your achievements. There are so many steps needed to do blogs, youtube videos and write books and teach people how to coach etc on top of taking care of Kids and husband and the house, and cooking and laundry and homework, etc. It's insane how much *YOU* actually accomplish. I don't know how you get anything done and completed.........and continuing for years. 🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤
Love, love this!!! Thank you for allowing God to use your talent ❤️. I love the concept of "taking it there right now"...( Although I don't always do that)😏...thanks again!!!
How our God works is amazing! I am at that stand still point in what I am supposed to be doing also. The Lord showed me a few years ago that my NEED (inside of me) to get my house cleaned out and under control was because it was a reflection of what I wanted in my spiritual life...I'm not there but I am working on it. Thank you, I have never heard your story until now, and it resonates with me!
Love all your content and have been following for a long time. My mindset has changed so much. Thank you. I’m a fellow creative person. Fellow project person. A couple things you’ve said I carry with me…people who have clean houses…actually clean their houses. 💡 The 5-minute pick-up is amazing. Also, do the dishes. Like, of course…but I didn’t do them. Now I do. I’m also going to purge a bunch of old teaching materials that I’ve been saving “in case” I go back to teaching someday…but through your podcast I realized that I’m creative and can come up with new lessons and materials should the need arise. HUGE moment for me as I haven’t been in the music classroom for 20 years but ALL the materials are taking up so much space. I’m excited to move forward with decluttering today…after I teach some piano lessons.🙂 oh my word…Reid’s credit comments…😂😂😂
Thanks for sharing beautiful Dana! Got tears listening! Sooo thankful you said, “yes” to God when He wanted you to write about giving all of us “creative, naturally messy people” HOPE! My life is different & sooo much better after reading your books, & listening to your UA-cam! Sooo grateful!!!🥰🙏🏼🙌🏼
My minimalist Scandinavian friend laughs every time I mention my desire to get organized. One of her daughters and one of mine were incredibly messy teens but now keep a neat home. Sadly, that has never been true of me.
This is so inspiring, Dana. Thank you so much. I cannot wait to get your new book (have pre-ordered!). As a pastor’s wife (we’re now retired and living in our own home) I struggled with so much shame and guilt through the years not having a perfectly clutter-free home (since many times it was the church parsonage). I felt and still feel that I have the gift of hospitality, but it didn’t jive well with a messy home! I’m so happy you really understand! Your process is helping me finally feel more “normal” (just don’t ask my husband 😂).
Thank you for doing what you do. Because of you I’m always telling myself look for trash, do the dishes, laundry day, take it there now, declutter, declutter, declutter, don’t make a bigger mess, and 5 minute pick up. You are a game changer. 😊
I just love you Dana. You are my absolute favorite in the Declutter Space and I follow so many. I think you are a genius. Have you taken an iq test? It’s amazing how you came up with your process.
I am who you were. It drives me crazy. I am using your method and honest;y it the very best. I can follow it. I’ve always thought there’s something wrong with me. Little be little is working.
I would like to know more about your previous profession as well if it's okay with you. I came across your videos when randomly looking for some decluttering methods, and I was very impressed with yours. It's very systematic and makes logical sense. Also wiith the way you explain things, I thought you used to be in tech or a project manager or something.
The thing that keeps me working on our home is when you say, "Make something better today." Not perfect, just better. Totally changes my attitude. Appreciate ya!😇
Yes, that's so helpful.
I recently saw a podcast by a guy talking about motivation and he said kind of the same thing. Not “get this done today, but what CAN you do today?”. I always feel very overwhelmed and end up doing nothing. These vids help me focus and realize I’m not the only one who gets overwhelmed. God bless you and yours🙏❤️
Reid you are the best! Thank you for encouraging mom to do this video😊
Thank you so much for sharing your life with us! God’s nudge as you prayed that Sunday morning has blessed so many of us with hope!!!
❤❤❤❤❤ You do give me hope! I hadn’t heard the whole story before. Thanks for sharing here!
You have changed the way I declutter, I no longer have piles to deal with anymore! So many real strategies to make progress .Your video with Cara helped me make progress in a room of doom. I can see a positive change. Thank you so much Dana❤
Thank you for telling this story in this video. What I have learned from you has changed my life. Things I never understood before make sense now with the way my brain works. Sending my gratitude to you for this.
Congrats on your new book, Dana! I can't say I'm a true slob now, but I can say that you have helped me get unstuck in my messy areas and to help me remember how to maintain, make progress and only progress, and how to have a system that works! And I loved how you shared that this was both a decluttering and spiritual journey. You have made a big difference in many homes and lives!.You are a bright light on UA-cam, and your creative way of thinking makes you so much fun to watch. I have learned fun words like Doololly, Prostisticlutter, De-Slobification and Crapalanche! And Reid is a bonus joy at the end of the videos. I hope for great success and impact for the new book!
Thank you. I struggled with cluttered messy spaces my whole life, even as it seemed I spent all my time and energy trying to fix them. Your no mess system, container concept, and other ideas have changed my life and my home. Thank you!
...working on this now. Newly retired!
I've followed you for at least 3 years. Best advice that got me started - 'take it where it belongs' whether it's when I walk in the door, cooking, cleaning out a cabinet. I have a long way to go, e.g. decluttering closets, however when I work on a 'space' I can usually walk away/stop at any point and not have piled up a new mess.
I was reading your blogposts way back in the day. I don't think you were too far into those as I remember going back to your first post and reading it from your very small cleaning goals. It was such an encouragement and still is!
Thank you for obeying the Lord and walking into his calling for you. You’re one of my role models in more ways than one. Much love Dans!!
Exactly what i feel too😊
Thanks Dana!
ME=high intelligence, creative, love to help and serve others, verbally battered for 50 years. Divorce set me free, but those negative messages still play in my head. An illness with medical malpractice left me bedridden for 5 years. I am clawing my way back to health and energy. Some days, I can do 5 minutes toward order. Some days, I can't, but I accept that ANY progress is still progress.
I'm so excited you did this video & wrote newest book. I preordered it & Can't wait to get my copy in the mail.
God Bless you Dana❤😇
❤ your work, Dana! Your books have actually helped change my life - for the better so far and still going! Still far from our family goals for our home but *so* much better and closer. Thank you!!! 🙏
I will forever grateful to God for giving me you and your wisdom! I’m far from done but when I was in a hospital for ten days and a rehabilitation center this past summer, I was able to tell my friends exactly where everything was that I needed them to get for me or for them to do jobs around my house, as in my friend building a ramp for me when I did get home. I have used your book, Decluttering at the Speed of Life through Audible to listen to it over and over again AS I’m working on a decluttering project. Blessings to you and all within the sound of your voice! 💖🙏🏼💖
Thank you for keeping those blogs and pictures up. I need to start there. I feel overwhelmed in my own stuff. I am creative, but I can’t even go there because I’m surrounded by way too much stuff and I don’t know where to start with it. I have such a hard time making decisions and letting things go. Thanks Dana for your help. I believe the Lord has given you this gift for you and for us who think like you. God bless you! ❤️ P.S. I love Reid’s comments at the end. He is so funny, like his Momma.
Being relatable is your super power!
That’s awesome you give God the glory for your gifts ❤
Bumfuzzled cracked me up. Love you, Dana. :)
Thank you for this video, I have watched many & listened to you for a long time. I recently bought your 1st book cos I finally realised your methods make sense & also I could relate to many of your experiences. It was when you spoke about how your brain works that a light bulb switched on in my brain & I suddenly knew why I have so much in my home & why it’s so difficult to let go. Most of my stuff I’m passionate about & it’s not about memories but they mean so much to me now - just can’t seem to let go. However now having realised this about myself I’m hoping it will be easier to deal with & give myself the home I want to be proud of. Thanks again ❤️
Loved this and love you. Still struggling but making progress thanks to you and Dawn and Cass. Thank you.
Love hearing your story again and again, Dana! ❤
Oh dear ..thanks for sharing bless you.Ha ha you are the best.Your method works for me ..but its you who captured me you are so delightful .I look forward to to your channel it cheers me up and motivates me thanks again Dana
I think sometimes UA-cam can read minds. I was wondering this the other day. You’ve really helped me and I appreciate you. Thank you.
This is my favorite video of yours so far, and I Love all of them because they are helpful. I felt you were speaking directly to me. I'm a single mom of two, with adhd and anxiety ....it's so hard to get it together, and I did what you did, kept saying " I will not be messy in the future, after this happens, or that happens." But it doesn't happen.
I really think I need a one on one coach, I am 45 years old and feel like I'm suffocating.
I'm so grateful you persevered in following the calling God gave you. Your journey has helped me understand my highly intelligent, creative daughter who struggles like you did. I'm more patient with her and have been able to guide her using your decluttering method Her life is so much better! Eager to read your new book.
Wow…my story is so much like yours! Thank you for sharing.
I identified with you when I listened to your first book. Everything you said was me! I have used your 5 step process, the 5 min cleanup, laundry day, container concept. Yours is the first to-do book I have followed completely. While I’m “there” periodically, I still have to fight the thrift shop. I take one bag in and come back out with a couple of items but I don’t come back with a bagful. I have heard your story many times but I still enjoyed this video. I kinda feel like you’re my friend. I’ve pre-ordered your new book.
I know you know this but I can't NOT say that your system is so unlike anything else out there. ANYONE can do it. Your five steps and the container concept not to mention being able to apply your system for one minute, one hour, one day at a time are revolutionary. You deserve all the accolades you get and then some.
I feel like we all need a group hug. I love you sweet girl 💜
I don’t share your faith but I do share the cultural pressures, and certainly the shame I have felt related to the expectations I faced growing up in that community.
While I am a naturally organized person (I’m somewhere between Bee and Cricket in Cas’ system), I am ALSO neurodivergent, and when I am burned out or hit overwhelm, that all completely falls by the wayside and I spiral quickly, which begets this horrible, self-perpetuating negative feedback loop. So I have always appreciated your different approach to cleaning and organizing; but I have to say that combining your tips and tricks with understanding my own tendencies (and my husband’s - he’s a Ladybug, and let me tell you what a challenge balancing my needs with his has been!) has been a lifesaver. Thank you so much for what you do, and for having the courage to call yourself a slob first. It gives permission to the rest of us to accept our imperfections and strive for something better-peace.
Great story. I am a very clean and organized person but I admire your struggle and victory. Pls do a part 2 explaining how you created your 5 step plan. Some of the steps I just naturally did so I do follow your plan and it works. Thx Dana.
I found you in 2020 or 2021. I have success in fits and starts, and instill have a long way to go. I love all of your formats. I bought the paperback of Giving God the Worst of Me, and it made me cry in several places because I can relate so much. I will pre-order the new book, and I can't wait to get it.
I had the same feeling, my brain ...... It should not be a struggle. I think it's ADHD. At least for me, the list of symptoms match. You should be super proud of yourself and your achievements. There are so many steps needed to do blogs, youtube videos and write books and teach people how to coach etc on top of taking care of Kids and husband and the house, and cooking and laundry and homework, etc.
It's insane how much *YOU* actually accomplish. I don't know how you get anything done and completed.........and continuing for years. 🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wow, you are truly blessed! Your obedience to God's calling on your life is beautiful. I pray for creativity, I'm still waiting lol
Love, love this!!! Thank you for allowing God to use your talent ❤️. I love the concept of "taking it there right now"...( Although I don't always do that)😏...thanks again!!!
How our God works is amazing! I am at that stand still point in what I am supposed to be doing also. The Lord showed me a few years ago that my NEED (inside of me) to get my house cleaned out and under control was because it was a reflection of what I wanted in my spiritual life...I'm not there but I am working on it. Thank you, I have never heard your story until now, and it resonates with me!
Love all your content and have been following for a long time. My mindset has changed so much. Thank you. I’m a fellow creative person. Fellow project person. A couple things you’ve said I carry with me…people who have clean houses…actually clean their houses. 💡 The 5-minute pick-up is amazing. Also, do the dishes. Like, of course…but I didn’t do them. Now I do. I’m also going to purge a bunch of old teaching materials that I’ve been saving “in case” I go back to teaching someday…but through your podcast I realized that I’m creative and can come up with new lessons and materials should the need arise. HUGE moment for me as I haven’t been in the music classroom for 20 years but ALL the materials are taking up so much space. I’m excited to move forward with decluttering today…after I teach some piano lessons.🙂 oh my word…Reid’s credit comments…😂😂😂
I love your channel. Thank you for helping us creative types.
Thank you for making me feel like maybe i can get my house under control...❤
Thanks for sharing beautiful Dana! Got tears listening! Sooo thankful you said, “yes” to God when He wanted you to write about giving all of us “creative, naturally messy people” HOPE! My life is different & sooo much better after reading your books, & listening to your UA-cam! Sooo grateful!!!🥰🙏🏼🙌🏼
OMG! You are in my head! THANK YOU 😊
My minimalist Scandinavian friend laughs every time I mention my desire to get organized. One of her daughters and one of mine were incredibly messy teens but now keep a neat home. Sadly, that has never been true of me.
This is so inspiring, Dana. Thank you so much. I cannot wait to get your new book (have pre-ordered!). As a pastor’s wife (we’re now retired and living in our own home) I struggled with so much shame and guilt through the years not having a perfectly clutter-free home (since many times it was the church parsonage). I felt and still feel that I have the gift of hospitality, but it didn’t jive well with a messy home! I’m so happy you really understand! Your process is helping me finally feel more “normal” (just don’t ask my husband 😂).
Anyone else firmly believe this woman needs to host her own Netflix show?
Yes!!!
I need you!!
Thank you for doing what you do. Because of you I’m always telling myself look for trash, do the dishes, laundry day, take it there now, declutter, declutter, declutter, don’t make a bigger mess, and 5 minute pick up. You are a game changer. 😊
I just love you Dana. You are my absolute favorite in the Declutter Space and I follow so many. I think you are a genius. Have you taken an iq test?
It’s amazing how you came up with your process.
I've used bumfuzzled also, 😂
My oldest son just turned 23, yesterday.
I am who you were. It drives me crazy. I am using your method and honest;y it the very best. I can follow it. I’ve always thought there’s something wrong with me. Little be little is working.
I have been watching you for years now on UA-cam. I thought your husband’s name was Reid!!!!
Isn't God AWESOME! I love your son's comments 😅
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Bumfuzzled 😂
I would like to know more about your previous profession as well if it's okay with you. I came across your videos when randomly looking for some decluttering methods, and I was very impressed with yours. It's very systematic and makes logical sense. Also wiith the way you explain things, I thought you used to be in tech or a project manager or something.
She was a theater arts teacher! I think she taught middle schoolers and/or high schoolers.
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Just preordered!!! Sooo excited & love the preorder bonuses!!! Thanks again MILLIONS!!!🥰🩷🙏🏼🙌🏼✝️🎉
I'm so excited you did this video & wrote newest book. I preordered it & Can't wait to get my copy in the mail.
God Bless you Dana❤😇