THROWING EVERYTHING OUT IN 2024 / Decluttering, Organizing, & Cleaning! Whole House Declutter
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
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Paper clutter is the hardest for me as well. It follows me everywhere and it’s just a lot of deferred decision-making.
I would love if you could put this series of 2024 decluttering videos on a playlist!! Very motivating
I will make one tomorrow 🤗
I've decided to do each category and room as you do it. Follow along with your journey so I don't have to make decisions about what to do next haha
Hey! I love your decluttering videos so far! I've kept my kids artwork in clear boxes too but I go through it with my son sometimes and he keeps his favourites. You'll be surprised at how much your children are willing to get rid of stuff as they get older! 💜
When my daughter was getting older I kept her reports cards,paper awards,academic certificates and letters,notes to Mom. And school pictures ❤
That’s definitely what I’ll do too!!
Girl you got me donating/throwing out stuff.. it feels amazing!
Hi Catherine! I have 2 daughters they are in 11th and 8th grade I have also done Milestones boxes and I'm also a scrapbooker . I do have to say I struggled with what to keep and get rid of. I finally decided to involve my girls on this project so at the end of each school year (younger years) I would lay out all of their art work and I would let them choose what they wanted to keep. Anything super special would go in their Scrapbooks and the rest would go into a portfolio. As for the other work I would keep it in their milestone boxes. I will tell you that less work would come home starting 7th grade a good portion of their work is via Chromebook.
For your memory box, you can use more than one file folder for the school year. My kids are parents now and like looking back at what they did when young.
but all of those crafts and little kiddo stuff is so cute.
theres a wesbite called ArtKive that makes a book from all of your kids art to preserve it so you can throw out the papers but still have them all the memories in one book therefore reducing the clutter
Oh that’s so cute!
It was so relaxing watching you do all that work! I’m not kidding.
Thank you for the motivation, Catherine! ❤ I’ve been really struggling mentally this past week, but your videos always make me feel cheered up and like I’m spending time with a friend. Hugs!!
It definitely does start to decrease as they reach about 5th-6th grade. I kept alot of pictures my girls did when they were younger. Some I put in their memory box and some I keep inexplicable 13 pockets folders I got (1 for each of them and I pocket for each grade).
I've still kept my grown-up child's school projects, particularly early years. Over time, I went through it every year - 3 years. Love the boxes and hang files❤
I make these boxes for baby showers. Birth through year 5 then preschool through 12th grade. I have an older son now and you definitely get way less in the upper grades, but I definitely encourage keeping papers they score really well on or is something they find interesting. I plan on gifting mine at either graduation or later.
What a great idea and thoughtful gift! Thanks for sharing. 💜💛💚
Thank you Catherine! I’ve been feeling unmotivated and lazy but when i see your videos it makes me feel positive and motivated… ❤Thank you … so many days i feel depressed and lost but YOU make me feel better and i know it’s strange but you do … thank you for your videos….and your voice is so CALMING and i love it..; thank you ❤
Hey! There’s a bunch of things online websites (ugh didn’t save names) that you send in your kids artwork/ projects and they make them into a cute little book. Maybe it’s something that you can look into for those that you find extra adorable
While also keeping the memories. Maybe it can be passed on to your child on their wedding or a keepsake for you/them. Hope that helps. The struggle is real
One of them is called Artkive.
I did something similar for my kids but used huge 3 ring binders and my kids love them! I didn’t find that the amount to save significantly decreased during the junior and high school years. There are report cards, certificates of achievement, sports team photos, school portraits, articles they wrote for the school paper, programs from school concerts, plays, etc. It’s a lot of stuff. But it’s such a loving and special record of their childhood and youth!
My daughter has 3 boys. She took pictures their artwork then downloaded them in Project Life. You could do the same at Snapfish. Then at the end of the year she reviewed them to see if she had any easy changes. Once she was satisfied she had them print a page and send it to her which she put into photo sleeves in an album. Usually 9 pictures per page. With Snapfish you can also put them into a printed book. Turned out beautiful !
My kids doesn’t bring schoolwork home anymore and haven’t done so in about the last 5 years. At the end of each semester they clean out at school and sometimes they bring one or two items home but never more than that. They’re used to decluttering by now, I started decluttering around when they started school and their stuff wasn’t the first things I did, I started with my personal belongings. My kids are night and day when it comes to decluttering, my son (18) is a born minimalist who only want to keep what he used and my daughter (16) has been a complete packrat who saved everything! She also have all the crafting interests which I of course want to encourage. Since my daughter used to never want to throw away anything I’ve only packaged up her stuff and when she’s gotten older she’s been able to let go of more and more stuff. This last wednesday we did her closet, her room needs routine maintenance because she still had a lot of things but everything has a place now. For reference she have 2 memory boxes (totes) in storage.
Great video, Catherine. The school artwork slowed down around 3rd grade. My daughter decided to make her own school bin in 1st grade.. She's the paper hoarder, not me 😂. It's pretty cool. Even now (4th grade), she will look through it. Have a great Sunday ❤
My fifth grader brings home all kinds of school work, but my 9th and 10th graders don't bring home anything but report cards. Makes me glad I saved the stuff from pre- k and the early years. Also from before school little things they made. It goes by so fast soon you will wonder where the time went
That’s so good to hear!! It already feels like it’s flying, I wish it would slow down!
Love the idea for the kids boxes for school stuff I keep it all in a tote with dividers for each child
I frame them:)! I’d rather hang my cherished things my sons made me or drawn them in art class or at school.
There is nothing more important:)
I would put them in a box and save them for last!
The school work pretty much come to an end in middle school. I don’t know if it’s because my son loses half of what he does or he just throws it away. But I don’t have much for him after 5th grade. My youngest however who is in 3rd grade…I’m with you the school papers are never ending. I keep art class stuff, certain holiday stuff, if she writes a cute story or anything that she’s super proud of. It’s hard! ❤
What my daughter found helpful was she placed an ad on their neighborhood app when donating clothing especially for kids. That app was so helpful she never had to take them to a thrift store.... Then she knew someone needed them. Same with the baby furniture she sold things for like 10.00 or 5.00. It immediately left her home and she got the satisfaction of knowing someone needed it
Love your cricut projects! Creative and practical!
Satisfying and motivating. The milestone boxes are such a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much!!
Mine have definitely brought home less the older they get! Even around 2nd grade it drops dramatically, and now that my oldest is in middle school it’s nothing. I figure over time it will switch over to papers they’ve written and awards.
First time commenting 💖 I love the idea of the memory box and can’t wait for my kid to start pre-k to make one.
Aw thank you so much!!!
Looks great ! Still willing and able to help with that basement
Hello, yes as they get older, especially high school, it’s more of a few single papers regarding perfect attendance, grade rankings, and report cards ( my son is 31) so things were still on paper from the school. 😊
That’s what I figured it would be like!!
Great video mama!
Great video!
Once the kids get older they bring less and less paperwork home that is keep worthy!! So keep what you want in the early grades!!!
Must admit my 4 kiddos didnt care a thing about any " keepsakes" i kept . They even discarded the things from their memory box contents that they saved themselves over the years . I just never really let it become a big job or overwhelming . Im not sorry i put in the minimal amount of time i spent because perhaps one of them might have wanted these things .
Nice video…was curious as to where the dressers are from with the pull tabs ??
TFS Catherine. We made paper to write letters or make art with from all the projects we weren't keeping. Similar with clothes that we didnt donate, we made items out of them. Excellent point, quick draw for deciding works best for me too. Guess I'm too sentimental 😕
Love the video, it's amazing the things you don't need if you have a small house, great job.❤
Great organization motivation. Awesome video .
Thank you so much 😊
You will definitely have less the higher the grades get. Love this idea ❤
I do not miss paperclutter. I went paerless and my son is in HS and they issue laptops and its all online , so its pretty cool. I just take it from my mailbox to recycle bin.. LOL
The amount of paper significantly decreased for us when my son entered 5th grade. He might be keeping it all in his locker or with his teacher but I’ll let you know what I end up with at the end of the school year😂
Great organizing
Thank you 😊
Catherine add a photo for each year, report cards, awards, and certificates and what I have found is the grandkids especially love seeing what mom or dad did when they were young. Depending on the child the art gets less but special projects get bigger. One of my kids did poetry and writing, 2 of the kids had large art projects in multiple mediums, another was into wood projects.
I will!! Thank you!
Great video!!!
Thank you!!
I just went through my kids school work i have 4 kids, I had so much. I mean, I still do but you’re right it is super difficult to get rid of and I do tend to keep the most from prek to 2nd. My youngest is currently in 2nd and my oldest is in 8th grade and you kind of stop saving things as they get older. Especially since my oldest daughter usually keeps the work she does at school in her room so you only will really save their things in the elementary years.
The stuff from the early years is just so precious, it’s very hard to let go of it!! I’m glad it dwindles down as they get older so I don’t have to feel bad about saving a lot
There is a very steep drop off in middle school for children bringing home artwork. I don’t think I’ve received anything from either of my kids since maybe sixth grade, seventh at the absolute latest. That said, there will be other things like certificates and awards that they can bring home.
Great video
Thank you!!
What I did . I decluttered the other day. I paper shredded all their papers for compost and paper making. They’re teens now and they could care less.I tried showing them but they’re like “cringe” 😂
Hahaha!
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What you will collect when they get older is their writing. It will floor you what really goes on in their heads, and what life situations they go through in their lives at school that you honestly never had a clue about. I taught upper grade writing. You just can't imagine.
I have underbed storage boxes, one for each child. They are full. I need to go through them, but they are not in the way of anything. My kids are soon to be both in their 30s. My current project is thinning down my physical photos. My generation has more prints than phone pics.
I have boxes like that for my boys, too! First and middle names and everything 😂 They are great, but I have saved too much to fit! 😅 My boys are now 12 and 9, and I can tell you that once my oldest hit middle school, there is NOTHING coming home. 😢 Maybe I’ll go through his iPad and print a few of his digital products. ❤
Aww you should!!
Yes, as your children grow older, you will have much less work coming home, at least that you want to keep.
It definitely starts to decrease. I have a 13 year old now and the things I keep for him now are school awards, grades, testing scores, etc.
if he gets into art class when he gets bigger, those projects will be much larger and not on paper. 😊
That’s what I figured!!
Hi my name is Emily I am Joe's wife I am a foster mom I wanna do this same thing declared her the kid's rooms I am pregnant. Having my first baby what do you recommend for a crib mattress?
He chose? Waterproof as it firm are soft? Could you make a video of it?
Do you recommend your crib mattress?
❤❤🎉😂❤ Love your cleaning videos keep up the good work.
My daughter is in grade 5 she might bring home 1 piece of work
I keep all my kids papers .. late in life I asked them if they wanted and they all said NO ! .... I was crushed here I thought they would love to look at it...
Aww!! I will definitely keep them for me if mine don’t want them!
Don't be too hard on yourself. Because when they reach about 5th grade the art and craft stuff start to dwindle down. I have one in 3rd grade she doesn't have a lot that she brings home. For my 6th grader, everything is online. He doesn't take an art class. So keep as much as you want in the earlier years.
Awesome job Catherine, though I would google "Is it good for children to wear hand me down shoes?" and you will find it is not really a good idea as the shoe is moulded to fit your first child and therefore may cause discomfort for the next wearer. But yes, as children age they do bring home less stuff.
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Make sure and date everything, cause you will forget. But I will tell you, boys just don’t care about this stuff. My son is 52 and I still have all of his stuff from high school, he has no interest in it
Lovely young momma, in love....spend time WITH YOUR SON (NOT making custom memory boxes.) When he grows up, he will not be interested in ANY of these things. Please trust me. Your opportunity is to spend every moment with him while he still wants to hang out with you. (By middle school, he'll prefer his friends.) This time goes SO QUICKLY. You will not go through those paoers, and he'll have ZERO interest. Get a bin sonewhere and take photos of it if you must but please don't spend precious time on it. (My son is 28 now and I can't get him to even take his trophies and diplomas and yearbooks to his own house! 😂) I hope this helps so you don't have regrets wanting to save a bunch of physical things. Hugs from CA
He was at school when I was making this, I spend everyday with both of my kids.
Both of my children wanted their memory box. They still have them and treasure them in their 30’s. Last Christmas, I asked my son and daughter to each bring over a childhood paper from elementary school. We hung them on the fridge and let their spouses see, enjoy, and giggle over. It was fun. Next year their spouses papers will be on display.
I am 62 years old and have all of my report cards and still have some of my special projects and awards from K-12. I kept nothing from college! 😆
My mom would agree. Me nor my brothers cared about anything she kept not even diplomas. We told her to toss it all. But we're kinda minimalist type people.
i wish my mom had done something like this to save. i only have stuff starting in highschool when i remember to save me own things
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We all have far too many clothes there is only 7 days in a week, so why do we keep years worth of clothes we will never wear but still we keep hold of them. Not a good idea to have children's names on any of their clothing or bags for safety reasons, if an undesirable were to call them by name the child will think he or she is known to them and not seeing their name on their clothing.
I don’t have his name on any of his clothes at all so not sure why you think I do! Also, you’d be surprised how many outfits little boys can go through in a day.