Top Tip for Sentimental Clutter (that no one else is talking about)!
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- I can't believe that no one else talking about this tip for dealing with sentimental clutter.
Let's face it: Practical clutter is so much easier for me to handle than sentimental clutter because I can just ask myself questions like "Do I use this?" and "Would it be easy to replace?". It's been such a struggle for me to figure out how to best declutter special items that bring back good memories!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Start with Other Clutter
05:50 Questions to Ask
10:40 Take a Photo
13:25 Find the Sweet Spot - Навчання та стиль
Great video. Last week, my sister & our nephew came in from out of town, took 2 days & helped us clean out our garage except for a small portion. We ran out of time. The before & after is amazing. It has taken me 24 yrs & watching a lot of videos to come to the point of being able to let go of the items. I only kept 3 totes of things. I cried some tears & rook a lot of pics, but we have felt so relieved afterward. Thank you. Your hard work has not gone unnoticed. 😊
Great job! It is definitely a process!
I'm glad to know there is someone out there that feels sentimental about kid's outfits too ❤
I also have the same feelings about my kids’ clothes! And I, too, went the “photo in them wearing it” route as well. My adult children are grateful for this because they will NOT want to clean out my clutter someday. 🤷♀️😂
My only daughter moved away leaving us, one of her sons and myself, with a room full of her things. Whenever I was in that room there were objects that I know she had put aside when they were younger for her boys, which I would've saved. Her son, while I was at work, tossed a huge amount of those. A little over a year later, she was killed in a car accident. I know he now regrets tossing out those things, he's told me that. I did manage to stop him on a small part of the toss and those things are stored in my attic. Hopefully her boys, once the youngest can be here for longer than a weekend, will spend time going through those to pick out items that are special to them. You really never know when you might lose a child. I kept several of her papers and momentos from when she was little and I have photos of her in her dresses too. I gave her some things my mom and grandmother had made for her when her boys were born. All the things they made for her are nowhere to be found and that saddens me. I know part of her possessions were in her vehicle when she died. Her husband abandoned all of that in Alaska but he had no real attachment to those things as they had been married for about a year. It angered me that he didn't have that shipped to us for her boys to go through.
In my decluttering journey I read a story a few years ago from another person that was decluttering and she talked about journals. The journals were what she did during very difficult times. Those times had passed but since she had poured so much of herself into them she kept them and took them with her wherever she moved. While decluttering she thought about the journals and realized she had literally been dragging the worst times of her life with her every where she went. Once she realized that, it became very easy to toss them all and never look back.
Excellent tips, Laura! I am in my late 50's and I agree that if you wait 15 + years to declutter the sentimental item, then it is much more difficult. I occasionally come across something my grown children have given me or that they used to love and it is more difficult to declutter than it would have been years ago.
Years ago, when I only had 3 children and we moved all the way across the country., we decluttered the sentimental items into Three boxes and labeled them family memories. We sealed them completely so no bugs or critters would get in. One year my daughter and I unsealed them and went down memory lane. We laughed, we cried, and then we sealed them back up. That was 20 years ago. It is time to unseal them and go down memory lane again. Thank you for addressing this issue. It is time for me to do that with the last 20 years. That have not made it into a box or a picture file.
I'm not usually one to comment, but that last tip was so awesome!!!!
Lol, I wrote in my early teen diaries the EXACT same way you described - highly emotional moments when I was being completely absurd. You hit the nail on the head! I hope I got rid of them - I would be totally embarrassed if anyone saw them
Laura, thank you for this very helpful video. You are right, Sentimental clutter is the hardest for me to let go in my home. I agree with you on my child's stuff. I want to keep most of her school projects and art projects and a tiny bit of baby stuff. You gave us so many innovative tools to help us on our declutter journey. Thank you for always sharing your experience and wisdom with us busy moms. I appreciate all your hard work and efforts. I watched your Get Organized HQ event this year, it was fantastic. Have a blessed day.
After 15 to 20 years everything is precious. Got it.
This is very timely for what I'm dealing with - thank you! I especially love your idea to think of what will be done with the item once we've passed and someone else has to deal with it: I have things that are too outdated to be of any use NOW for goodness sake! Also like the idea of finding the sentimental declutter sweet spot. Genius! (You are hilarious when describing the attachment to our children's things - keeping the math test of the rocket scientist...) Thank you so much for your kind positivity and great ideas!
I agree that sentimental clutter is the most difficult to get rid of. You had some great tips for us!
Great tip, thank you! I have preschoolers so it's perfect timing for making sure all those sentimental things don't build up :)
Great tips.
Every year I save special greeting cards & other memorabilia in archival page protectors in a ring binder.
There’s no way I could cut up or throw away special cards. What if the person died during that year & it was the last thing they gave you?
I especially don’t understand people who throw cards away from their husband/partners & children. I’d give anything for that blessing.
I’m a Latter-Day Saint/Mormon & would keep my wedding dress, as I could wear it as a reminder every time I went to the temple.
I’ve still got my Mum & Dad’s jackets hanging in a wardrobe & I’m never getting rid of them.
I kept diaries when I was a teenager & they are great to look back on.
A few years ago I bought a book called Keeping Memories Alive by Marielen Christiansan & it covers memory books etc. Brilliant book.
I agree I save all my cards and still have my grandfathers cap he wore all the time and my grandmothers dishes and biscuit bowl such treasure’s to me❤
Thank you for sharing these great tips.
Great tips!
Thanks for the motivation ❤
What great ideas! I really enjoy your tutorials.
This is my 2024 goal :
To start going there pictures and items I have from my parents, grandparents and in-laws that have passed away . Also my kids stuff . I admit I am a person that keeps everything. But it’s time to get organized 😊
I have a really hard time with sentimental clutter. Thanks for the inspiration!
Same!
One of my favorite tips for sentimental things comes from Feng Shui - salt! It is so simple, and helps clear stuck energy (energetic gremlins!) Amanda Peters calls it 'Feng shui 911'
Fill a small container (jar lid or condiment dish is fine) 3/4 with sea or other natural source salt, place it in the center of the room/ floor you're working on, and dump it outside or in outside trash 24 hours later!
I did this practically daily last year whilst downsizing for my move - Inc. in the garage where family stuff from my parents was stored! It seems to freshen the space - and is an unobtrusive way to clear energy and emotions! (think how salty tears are!)
You can also sprinkle some salt in a box you're working on ... or in the corners of a room and sweep up the next day!
I also add some borax or a bit of salt when I'm washing clothes I've gotten 2nd hand, to clear 'predecessor energy.'
I’m clearing out my parent’s house to sell. I’m having a really tough time with sentimental items, especially some of my mom’s things. She died 20 years ago but there is mostly just sentimental things remaining because my dad got rid of much of her stuff. I have only a few weeks before the closing. I’m going to have to combine several of these methods, I suppose.
You could make a quilt out of there old favorite cloths to pass that on to their first child.
This came at a perfect timing. I just got rid of years of cards. I gave the bag to my husband and had him dispose of them. It was very emotional. And my kids aren’t going to want them when I leave.
I always tear off the pictures and use them as shopping lists
When I declutter certain sentimental items, I ask myself first where did this item come from? If it came from my grandma or my mom, I then ask myself do I still want it and if I decide no I then decide on who in my family might want it. That way family items stay in the family. As far as Swedish Death decluttering, I only have one child and I will ask her beforehand if she might like it. If she says yes but can’t take it yet then I will pack it up in a box for her. As far as my 3 grandkids, I still haven’t decided what to leave them except my granddaughter, I have a pearl necklace my husband gave me for our first Christmas as I married couple.
Love this!! Thanks Laura!! How do you manage pictures and videos??
I have another video about decluttering your Camera Roll: ua-cam.com/video/XqEOMPLKgTo/v-deo.html
I hope that's helpful! Please let me know if you have questions :)
Some people make quilts out of their children's old clothing. Then they can point to a square and tell it history.
wow, thanks for all the hints here; I agree about keeping the wedding dress, and photos of sentimental objects, and scan the old diaries/journals/kids work or art [a few samples per child is enough!] as an option, what to do with a baby blanket that has the full name and date of birth? don't really want to donate that.
It's hard to say and accept, but once the baby blanket is no longer needed or wanted you can cut it up to donate to animal shelters. You can also just toss it in the trash. Once it's out of your house you will no longer worry about it.
Maybe you could frame it behind glass - cutting off the parts that have no writing. Or take a picture & frame that if you have the wall space. Hugs to you.
My children don't know any of my dads relatives. All the old photos will be tossed. I am okay with it.