Messy Space Makeover - Huge Declutter!!
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Watch as Lauren declutters and organizes her VERY messy and cluttered garage ALL BY HERSELF! This is among the most extreme and inspiring decluttering makeovers I've ever seen. Prepare to be motivated to declutter and organize your own home after seeing this incredible clutter transformation!
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Do you want to see more of Lauren's journey?! I would love to help her make her dream of opening a store a reality. Let me know if you would like to see a video of Lauren organizing, decorating and opening up her very own store!!
Yes!!!!
Totally! ❤
Yes! ❤❤❤
Yes, please!!!
I absolutely would love to see a follow up video
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My dream became a reality! THANK YOU, Cas, Emily, and all the amazing subscribers for the SUPPORT!
Lauren, how many weeks from start to finish?
Lauren, you did an amazing job! It seemed like such a daunting project but you did it and did it well. I hope Cas has you back on the channel.
Hope there's more follow up that we get to witness! This one has inspired me to get into the room over my garage that is supposed to be my work/creative space as well as some storage, but has simply become a dumping ground (and looks a lot like your garage with piles up to my eyeballs)!
Great job!!
You did an AWESOME JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🙌🙌🙌💪💪💪💪 It looks AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I’ve never clicked so fast, I love decluttering videos, especially because it gets me motivated to declutter myself. I would love to see Lauren setting up her store
There needs to be a service called Rent A Friend or something. If I had a van I could live out of, I'd volunteer to help for a few weeks or something. Projects like this I feel are far less daunting and go by quicker if you have someone helping who literally has nothing else to do. Someone like me who's not married yet or has kids would be perfect for the job. 🎉
It would also be great for someone dealing with empty nest syndrome
That sounds so fun!
It would also be easier to take help from someone you're not close to already, because sometimes it feels like well meaning friends are kind of shocked at the nitty gritty mess and might be judging you even when they say they want to help.
@katia.luna213 I've been living as a minimalist, or a minimalist in training for a few years. And I wish I could help everyone declutter. The freedom is amazing!
I would absolutely book this service. I wouldn't even need you to do anything, but just hanging out, chatting and encouraging would be so helpful.
I love all the random kitties and chickens visiting Lauren the whole time she decluttered 😅
me too!
I was just up to watching Day 1 and immediately saw the Cat Supervisor on deck! 😆 Love it. Never lonely decluttering with a feline overlord.
Please do more videos like this. No one and everything is perfect!!
I’m only halfway through the video, but my favourite line so far is “Is this a bigger dream building project, or a distraction from the bigger dream project?” Such a good way to think about all those unfinished projects and hobby supplies!
This reminds me of my dad’s shed. It was so full of 50+ years of crap you could t get in. I have fibromyalgia and ADD. So scattered with no energy. I found a “junker” man. Bartered his services. He pulled everything out of the shed & I told him “keep or take”. It took him 3 days and he was able to haul away so much stuff to resell or sell for scrap. He did all of the work and we did t have to payout any labor. Win win for both of us.
Yes I would love to see Lauren’s store become a reality. ❤
Trading one thing you don’t want for something that you do want is a brilliant phrase to use! So is the 20 second countdown for decision making!
My mother passed away in 2018, father in 2022. I spent all of 2023 clearing and cleaning out their house. Might say with some help from my brother. Nothing from the sister and major help from a dear friend and her husband. It was overwhelming to the point of freezing. I found the sentimental aspect polarising. There was 5 decades of 'stuff' plus a lot of my grandparents treasures and ... get this ... items from 1955 to 1970 stored as I can't let go of stuff. The EMT's called social services just as father was in his passing stages (dementia and cancer) as unsafe. He was in hospital and then end stage care, never returned home. I implemented Cassie's strategies to get it done. My brother is autistic and couldn't cope. He pushed through what he could and did his best. watching this brought it all back. I am so proud of what Lauren has done for herself and her family. Brought me to happy tears. From the other end of the world in Tasmania..... HIGH FIVE and mega HUGS.
that is rough to lose family so close together... glad you got some help w that.
its why its so important that before you get too far gone to downsize things.. give things you want your family to have before that... or min have notes on things.
our oma never admitted she had Alzheimer's but we suspected it. she gave her stuff when she moved in w her new husband.. so we had good memories w her stuff rather then trying to deal w it w the new husband.. who was abusive.
we have been downsizing for yrs... and when we moved... did it more via minimalism.
I’m going thru this exact thing now. My mom passed this April. They’d lived 30 years in same home and mom was a hoarder. Been going through over 50 years of stuff she’d hoarded including all papers and 7 storage units. Been a year now finally about to sell house. But now I’ve got the stuff I’ve brought to our house to deal with. So much old and emotional stuff!!
How did you decide what to keep of old family’s items and how are you storing/archiving it?
@@jenscouponacct5048 I heart you, seriously the most difficult thing I have ever done. I always knew my Mum was a sentimental hoarder. As she got older she became a full fledged every reason hoarder. Dad wasn't much bettter. The paperwork was crazy. I sold at a market thousands of cat ornaments. We had to clear out the house to put it on the market. They had a reverse mortgage. We had 5 months to sell the house to pay that off. Really it was asking the question does any family member want the item, does it add value to my life if I keep it. My brother just wanted to walk away or hire someone to throw everything out. I felt out of respect for someone who had a need to make it available. We did the classic donate pile, the throw out went straight out in boxes and bags ready to take to the refuse centre. One room at a time and cleaned our hearts out. The best thing you can do if you want to keep something is ask yourself if it has room in your home and if you do how will you honour that. We donate a lot or sold items for a low value to get it to someone who wanted it. I still have a quarter of my garage filled with items that I can now move on. Most of it belonged to my grandparents. It has taken all of this year to recover from last year. I wish you an ease filled process.
@@minimaladjacent I have always been a minimalist ...with a teeny bit of time with too much stuff. However, dealing with my parents clutter and horrific waste. Threw out the equivalant of $7000 of vitamins that were autoshipped. The process has left me with this, I do not want my children to go through what I did clearing out their possessions and closing down their lives. Not on my watch. That said I still have a bit of work to do to clear out mine, my grandparents and parents items 20 boxes to fit into my tiny home. I can feel the relief and peace coming. btw my father was the abusive one, was very hard to revist it all.
I am SO HAPPY for Lauren! I grew up in a house that had up-to-your-eyeballs piles in every room and most of the backyard, with one thin path through the room that you had to be careful not to bump your arm or hip on, or it would all come down on you. When I moved out, my mother kept shuttling more and more to my house and kept buying more and more for her full house. I had to work through so much guilt of letting stuff go, and while I've let go two garages full of stuff, a storage unit of stuff, and recently, two hauls of 20-30 boxes each... I feel like I'm finally reaching the point where I need to do one more big declutter (with a lot of emotional stuff that I've been holding off on going through, and GOOD GOD, 3000+ BOOKS), and I'll finally enter maintenance mode. I am so proud of myself, I'm healing, and I feel like I'm reaching a point where anxious, ADHD me can breathe a little easier. So I can totally understand the relief that was EMANATING from Lauren in this video, more and more with each declutter check-in! Also, her dream is AWESOME, and I also want to have a little building to have a home business of all-things-fall: homegrown pumpkins and apples, homemade apple pies/donuts/pumpkin donuts, cider, music, and poetry. Someday! And all of our decluttering is getting Lauren and me closer to those dreams! AMAZING work, Lauren and Cas! And a P.S. for Cas, that turtle is okay, and where we live, we also have to watch out for wildlife, but the wildlife is predominantly an overpopulation of very sweet, very trusting, should-be-a-lot-more-afraid-of-cars-than-they-are cats. lol. See you next time!
I have been where you are with all that stuff. I wish you peace of mind and the energy to achieve all of your goals. Cheers :)
I would like to nominate Mckenziely for the next coaching session.
Well done! Your comment on guilt reminded me of something that Jon Delony, author and Ramsey Solutions personality says…”Choose guilt over resentment.” Better to feel guilty over decluttering some items that your mom gave you rather than resenting your mom.
Blessings to you! 💕
I would like to nominate Mackenziely to coach me. Help please!
That sounds like SUCH a lot to tackle! Amazing work getting through as much as you have, and I’m sending you even more strength to get through the rest! I was just thinking about how a number of online book sellers will buy huge lots of books - if you need to offload a massive amount, that may be an avenue to look at! (Or siphoning them off a little at a time to free little libraries, or something? Obviously I’ve got no idea what kinds of books you’re looking at, but it was just a passing thought that may or may not be beneficial to you! Again, wishing you all the very best!
Yes, I'd love to watch more of Lauren. I also enjoyed what you said about not looking at the mountain and doing it all one step at a time. THANK YOU!!!
I would love to see Lauren’s house or shop come next. Whatever she needs first. I would think finishing the house would be a priority but maybe it needs a lot of work (plumbing, electrical, structural) that needs lots of money and availability of trades. The shop may be easier if it is structural sound and has electrical. She has done an amazing job and really took your advice to heart. I loved watching this transformation and her confidence blossomed.
Lauren, congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself, not only for your spectacular decluttering achievement, but for demonstrating that even with ADHD, you can do anything you put your mind and effort to.
"I want you to embrace good enough", that sentence really got to me. I keep seeing the imperfections and obsessing over them and that stops me from moving on. That was an amazing transformation!
Hey!
Cas has a podcast episode about that. It's something with "GETMO (good enough to move on)" - hope you find it and it helps you 😊
Perfectionism has always been a huge issue for me as well, and I also have ADHD, with a huge tendency toward perfectionism. All the overthinking and over analyzing leads to procrastination, which in turn leads to feelings of not being very good at things. Viscious cycle & hard to break.
@@Nelia2705YES! 🎉🎉🎉
@@noracomeau2986 you just described me to a T
EXACTLY! me too! Nothing gets done because the need for it to look perfect stops it. Piles pile up and get put in prettier boxes to look better but room is running out.
I love the idea of "trading" something for something else, rather than "getting rid of it. It is much less painful.
I love this format so much. Being able to watch someone in real time go through the mental processes and learn how to declutter more intuitively is so helpful and validating as someone who also overthinks when decluttering my space
Lauren should be so proud of herself! She IS a finisher, this was a huge undertaking and she did it! There is nothing she can’t do, after such an accomplishment. Bravo Lauren and thanks for your generosity in coaching her Cas!
It would be wonderful to continue with Lauren’s progress. This is so interesting.
"Don't look at the mountain. Look down at your feet and take one step at a time." There's my Post-It Note Quotable for the day! What a TRANSFORMATION! Having ADHD adds a layer of having to overcome years of self-doubt and judgement for "not finishing" etc. All Lauren needed was to be shown how by someone who understands and has experience with the same kind of organization problems. Cas, you have Show How! 🙂
I just turned on Red Hot Chill Peppers “Give It Away”…get it⁉️😆 It’s a rockin’ decluttering jam😎
Lauren did AMAZING. This seems like SUCH a good concept, having a body double to help you out.
Would LOVE doing this as well.
I LOVE your videos because I walk away feeling inspired instead of hopeful-but-fearing-the-self-shame when life happens and I can’t follow the steps put out for a brain that doesn’t function like mine. When I watch your videos I feel like I’ve been in a foreign country and suddenly hear someone speaking my native language, and it just makes me happy and inspired to actually get something done and be able to prove to all the people who told me I was just scatterbrained and never finished anything that there isn’t something wrong with me- it’s not just a lack of self-discipline - they just didn’t speak/understand my language.
You do❤
Cass, I hope you've gone to the dermatologist/plastic surgeon about the skin cancer on your nose by now. I was just watching a video from 2 months ago with you discussing it. I don't want it to get bigger & become more of a threat to you! You're an absolute gem, I wish you the best!
She did, she talked recently about having gone
@@lgraps Thanks for letting me know! I was worried because my aunt waited and it was way worse and she had a large chunk of her thigh removed as a result.
I LOVE this video!!! "Look at your feet, not the mountain"- so good. Go Lauren!🎉 Cas is such a good coach! Way to encourage all of us to go and accomplish our dreams❤
Cas, I love the part when Lauren was talking about keeping a plate because of the memories and when she decided not to keep it. You talked about how when we associate items with memories. Because we have memories with that item, the memory convinces us into keeping the item. It something I constantly struggle with when it comes to decluttering. You should make a video on sentimental item decluttering.
Yes, this would be a brilliant idea!
I think this is the most impressive transformation you've been involved in, because it was SO overwhelming and, though she had your encouragement and guidance, she did it all by herself! Makes it seem possible for me to tackle some of my "impossible" projects!
Cass and Lauren, amazing job on the garage. The before and after pics blew me away. Congrats on your hard work!
This is why I’m subscribed to this channel.
Yep! Me, too.
Cass, I like your straight-shooting, no nonsense approach to helping people declutter. That honesty and no coddling directness is exactly what gets results!
ADHDer over here as well- 'whenever we are doing something that sucks, we have to do something that is fun"- currently watching this while I'm binding books for work!
This concept of “intuitive decluttering” feels like my next hyperfixation. 🥰
Yes please help Lauren more!! I love it!!!!! And yes taking pictures has helped me and my kids so much too because we can see where we started!
I watched this video twice! Second time I took notes...and then went to my garage and followed my "gut instinct." I did it for 1 hour and filled a whole recycle bin and the whole back seat of my car with donations. I defiantly get into the trap of "justifying" EVERYTHING and end of never getting rid of anything! It was so freeing to look at my "stuff from just my first instinct. My condo in CA is small and my garage is just a single car garage. I have used it as a storage shed for the eight years I have lived here. I have NEVER had any luck decluttering it! Wish I could teleport you here so you could get me though this! Thanks for the great strategy I'll let you know how it turns out!
This is amazing, great decluttering and yes, please more videos like this!!!
I’d love to see more videos about her journey! Amazing progress!!
Lauren’s Garage transformation was amazing! Well Done Lauren!
Yes, let’s see more!
I love these videos where you are actually helping somebody work through a project!
I do not have ADHD and I'm still not a finisher so I just feel lazy. Sometimes I'm not even a starter. I only have two places to declutter and organize (garage and office/craft room) so it should be easy. I also know I don't want to leave those places for my kids because it's time to think about that since I'm 77. Cas, I love these kinds of videos from you. I must be more of a doer. My garage is not as cluttered as Lauren's, but if she can do that I can certainly dig my heels in. Thank you Lauren and Cas.
Adorable kitty HAS TO BE A KEEP!!!! LOL 😂😂😂😂😂
Omg!!! There are two!!!! I didn't see the other little guy hiding in the back until she picked him up!!! 😊😊😅😅😅😊
She did a phenomenal job and it would be wonderful to see her dream of opening a store become reality in future videos. Well done!
Lauren did such an amazing job! I can not imagine how her shop is going to turn out. Really hope we get the chance to be a part of her journey .🙂
Just amazed at this gal's progression in this overwhelming task. She embraced the process and got it done 🎉🎉🎉🎉
I have been looking for a video for the past few days to help motivate me to tackle the garage. Most try dragging everything out at once, but I needed something that showed a little at a time. This was perfect.
I love this! Lauren did such a great job!!! While listening/watching I started tackling my bedroom. I need to figure out a system for my bedroom walk-in closet. I have attempted to clean and declutter it SO many times but it’s the space in the house that becomes the dumping zone for things that don’t have a home. Problem is, everything goes in there to die. Currently it can’t be classified as a “walk-in” closet, it’s more of a one step in the door and reach for what you need!! Between your videos and Dawn from The Minimal Mom, I WILL get this house in order! I’ve begun using your 5-minute per room cleaning routine so I’m spending less time stressing about cleaning and more time decluttering! Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos! They are making a difference for SO many people!
You can do it! Remember, everything needs a home and only what can fit in that space can stay. So if random things are accumulating in your wardrobe, are they homeless things that need a home? Or do you need a system for getting things out of your home, like a donation box? Food for thought 😊
Gotta pause....i love this concept of a "doom box"! What a great way to help me not spend too much time on the boxes of crap that we dont use or need!
I grew up in the coastal plains Texas boonies, and my favorite travel delay was the frequent covies of bobwhite quail crossing the road. Momma-quail would be in the lead with her fully fledged micro-mini carbon copy chickletts following single file. It was one of the most delightful reasons to pause, regardless of how much of a hurry we might have been in to get into town. Watching Attwater's Prairie Chickens "booming" in our front yard was another incredible treat. We would also have flocks of hundreds of snow geese stop and rest near our pond during migration. ❤
Enjoy nature whenever and wherever you can! Sadly, where I grew up, the bobwhite quail have been exterpated by housing development and land clearing, and the Attwater's Prairie Chickens are quickly nearing extinction in spite of decades of intervention to restore the population. 😥
Yes we all want to be here for Lauren🎉 This is the story we need right now! I’m committing to body double with these videos to rehab my own mess of garage I want to take back. ❤ I’m here for it!!
This was a HUGE and amazing transformation! Congratulations, Lauren, for climbing that mountain! ❤
She killed it!
I love when you make videos like this, Cass! thank you!
Cass, spring and summer are the most times you’ll see wildlife because it’s baby season and those that were gone for the winter are back. If you want to help a turtle, see which way they were going and put them on that side of the road. Treating the turtle like a football was not a funny story to tell. Panic or not, the turtle wasn’t harming you. People need to realize the animals were here first. They don’t want to be killed on the road. We need to learn to coexist. If you see someone crossing and it’s in your control to stop, you do so safely. If you don’t know what to do, you call the authorities. If that doesn’t work, call the emergency line at PETA. It’s a line run by volunteers to help you with any animal-in-danger type of situation. In a world full of “wrongs”, let’s take advantage of the times we can do some “rights”.
I am over the moon happy for Lauren and all the work she did.
I loved the time lapse you did. Showing us a week at a time gave me a bunch of encouragement. It is so true you get overwhelmed looking at all your stuff that it paralyzes you. Seen it broken down by the week gives all sorts of hope.!!! Thank you Cas!
Now onto the rooms that I have been procrastinating on. One of them includes my daughters room who passed away. The emotional feelings, being stuck - it paralyzes me. It’s the hardest.
In overwhelming spaces, it is much easier for me to do one small thing a day and then forget it. That way it doesn't become a frustration. Everytime another area is done, is an accomplishment.
She did an awesome job with a little coaching
She did great!
Yes I'd love to watch the rest of Lauren's Journey ❤ & I'd love your help Decluttering my spaces
Lauren, Congratulations on your success and thank you for sharing your journey of decluttering. Cass you did an awesome job coaching Lauren on and keeping her focused. Excellent video!
@13:00 ASHDers combine things you need to do, especially things you dont like to do, to pair it with something you do like to do. Turning off the overthinking. I put you on pause. Got what I needed to do, which I like, yet haven’t completed. Play button clicked. I'm off to the races.
Add some fun
To a chore
Now that task
Will be no more
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Kudos to Lauren for being so exposed. That takes a lot to show a space that is overwhelming for others to see. Also, this was so helpful!! I have a similar project I want to tackle this weekend and now I feel like I have good tools to do it!! Great job Lauren!!
OMG. I don’t have instagram so I definitely didn’t see the turtle story and I don’t think I’ve laughed so loud in public before at the visual of you yeeting a turtle into the river.
The wildlife is so funny, we don’t have geese on our roads but I’ve seen some and immediately get panicky because, well, Canada geese are something else lol thanks for the laugh
I love how Lauren transformed her garage for her husband and family! She did a fantastic job along side of Cass. I hope we can see the shop transformation too!!
Love Love Loved this!! You were both very inspiring! Great job Lauren! Thank you for sharing!! For years my storage room has looked like that (maybe not that bad), and I've desperately NEEDED to face it! I KNOW I would be so much happier if I didn't have "that room" hanging over my head. Grew up very conservative, with no "extras" and I believe that has led me to not want to get rid of anything as an adult. We have a decent size home and have always had the room to store, store, store. UNTIL NOW, busting at the seams, closets, cabinets, drawers, office, and that dreadful storage room 🙃. I love your personality and can't SO relate to all your advice! Great minds think alike!! I just need to figure out how "TO DO" 😆. Keep up the awesome, inspiring videos Cass! God's blessings to you from MN.
ADHD helping ADHD!
with turtles you need to just take it across the street in the direction it was going - if you try to put it in the direction it came from it will turn around and possibly get squished!!
Yes, yes, yes!
CASS.... QUESTION - Would it be possible on these types of videos (ie, split screen watching the person declutter) for you to be in a small square in upper right hand corner? That way we can focus on the actual space being decluttered, yet still see you. I was having a difficult time seeing the full effect of her area. Thanks!
EDIT: Lol... now she is on full screen, and I can see the space....Yea! Also, I really like when people verbalize what they are thinking as they declutter (thought process behind what gets tossed & why).
That "stupid little project" getting in the way of the bigger meaningful one stuck with me. I've got a story like that: I was helping a friend renovate his studio. Got to renovate a coffee table for him as a side little project when I could/should've been helping him more with the place itself (he did want to do it on his own though😅). Hurt my hand with the table, couldn't do a thing for almost 6 weeks and he stalled because it turns out he really needs help and is not great at manual work. So am back to helping him now with a deadline do he(we) don't fall off the wagon. So 🤞🤞💖. Thanks for the inspiration 😊
Thank you for the inspiration. 15 weeks pregnant with my 5th baby and the others being 17y, 5y, 4y and 2yrs old. The pregnancy fatigue is real! This has been my toughest pregnancy, we're in a new house to us that we are sharing with my bro in law and his wife +1 yr old baby and their stuff. I need to make my garage into a work space (call center) but we have so many boxes that havent yet been unpacked 😮💨 just the thought of it leaves me breathless 😅
I LOVE all your videos, but this one was ultra-inspiring! As soon as my husband gets home, Im going to get him to watch this and hopefully start on our garage this weekend! You are the best!
❤ from The Yukon
Wow! She did AMAZING! She will whip the store up in no time, now she can move mountains.
I love the part of this where she talks about "the story of the item." I recently got rid of a large dresser which had been used as a kitchen island, but was not serving me well as it was a bit too large for the space and the knows were gone. But, it was the very first piece I purchased as a wife, 20 years and four houses ago.
Well done, Lauren, you’re awesome! Very inspiring. Last week I went out on the open highway, rounded a corner in the dark and a koala was walking calmly across the road just about to cross the centre line into my lane. Yikes. Missed it by about 1m. So glad.
Funny, was just about to chunk some shop vac bags, spent 20 minutes trying to decide if I’ll ever need them.
Self diagnosed as ADHD, but maybe something more severe, bc I can’t sit & watch something. Everything is too hyped, & if I’m annoyed within the first 5 minutes, I’ll become irate, should I waste another minute on it. Even with stuff I’m interested in, I watch @ 2x playback speed & fast forward.
I diagnosed myself too from Cas discussing her journey. I'm so sorry, that does sound very severe. ❤❤❤ is there maybe a psychologist in your area that does testing? My sister gave me the name of the one who tested her daughter but I've been a wimp and haven't gone yet 😅
congrats! Yes, I would love to see more of her journey. It's a clear victory, as a busy mom I bet it makes her feel good.
Thank you Cass and especially thank you Lauren for sharing this b/c it's amazing the work you've done and it will really inspire and encourage so many people. Before covid, before discovering Cass and Dawn and Dana and the rest of the gang, my apartment was like your garage, and I found it so overwhelming, I didn't know where to start. So I didn't. But then with Cass' videos and the others too, I started chipping away and over time, I got rid of so much stuff and my place is very manageable now. I'm always careful when I go shopping, or to garage sales, to think twice before bringing an item into my home. Thank you both for this video. Lauren, your family and your home are lovely!
Lauren is absolutely amazing!!! I’m so proud of her and all of her accomplishments!!!
I enjoy your videos but i LOVE your little inside live stories at the end of your videos ❤🎉❤
The "Garage" looks like WHOLE WAREHOUSE!!😂😂😂😂
I think I would rather geese than a wild turkey that can't make up it's mind which side of the road it wants to be on! Lol!!
I had to stop my car for baby ducks once 💜 Mama duck was leading them across the road, but some got lost from the trail, and were waddling in a circle instead - they were adorable!
I am from Arkansas too congrats Lauren fantastic job. Now that you have learned the magical ways come help your fellow Arkansan lol. So proud of you and let me know when u get your shop going.
Oh, wow, this is SO encouraging. I have a building that my dad built for me several years ago (he passed away last fall) and it has gotten crammed with STUFF (everything that we want out of the house but don't know what to do with, old projects, former businesses, all.the.craft.stuff, Christmas decor, etc., etc.) I want to clear it out so that I can make a "tiny space" for my mom to stay when she comes to visit. This video makes that dream seem like a possibility. I'll be re-watching for your tips!
Amazing transformation! I am so inspired! I told my husband "i don't care what needs to get done in our house, i want to plow through our garage this weekend!". Seriously, i keep trying to declutter our house. Stuff gets thrown out, stuff gets donated, but also stuff gets thrown in boxes and put in the garage to deal with later 😝 i keep telling myself i cant tackle it til our house is in order. Nope. Not anymore....i hope i make huge amounts if progress this weekend! Even small amounts will be good though 😁. Thanks again for all the great tips and motivation!
I love Cass’s energy! How did the garage go?
And here I am actively not looking at my desk that's bursting at the seems. Great job!
Love this video ❤️ Intuitive Decluttering. Love it!! What homework did you give her?
Each week, I would give Lauren homework based on what we worked on during our one-hour Zoom sessions. It started out with finding trash and donations and then moved on to deeper decluttering, zoning and organizing as the weeks went on. I broke her homework down into little chunks and prioritized them for her from most important to least important. Lauren ALWAYS did all her homework and more!! She worked her butt off and the results are incredible! This transformation was done after just FOUR SESSIONS!!
This was a video I needed. I have been so stressed with life and lacking motivation to finish but this helped. I liked the, “… good enough,” line.
Wow, perfect timing! I am on an ‘overwhelmed’ break from decluttering/organizing my garage. It was great to see a space that looked like mine in the before shot. Love her result💕 One of the things she said about documenting the before and after spoke to my heart- first decluttering video I watched years ago suggested taking a before picture and that has been a game changer for me on my journey. Great video, thank you!
In FL we get caught in traffic with tortoise & Sandhill Cranes. 😂
Wow Lauren! So stinking proud of you!!!
OMGosh Lauren is ADORABLE!! What an incredible accomplishment, it looks amazing :)
OHY GOSH CAS AND LAUREN!! I agree, that's the most amazing extreme declutter!! Oh, I think I need intuitive decluttering, but it's scary that I might give away things that I regret. I wish you could help me too, to get my life out from under all the clutter and chaos.
Big pots last way longer than any plastic or fabric box storage cube out there!!! They're washable and durable! I use them for all sorts of things!
I would love to see more of Lauren’s journey. This has been so encouraging for me. ❤
To put it into your own words, " this was amaze balls," 😂 it makes my garage, basement, and furnace room declutter job look like it might be so able on my own because I won't be getting any help from my significant other that for sure. I believe he has A.D.D, but he won't admit it. He views that notion as a personal attack ( whatever!) So, it's up to me. I think I can do it!
I'll keep watching to keep my motivation going. ❤
Lauren’s garage is making me think of our basement of doom after just moving into our new house (rental) and things that either we didn’t know where to put or what to do with or didn’t belong on the main floor went to the basement…. So it’s going to be quite the project but every time we empty a box or go through stuff we are doing a great job at giving things away!
Lauren is proof ADHD is not excuse for living with hoarder/unusable garage
I am not diagnosed ADHD and I don’t claim to be an expert on the topic but I do see some of those traits in myself. I try to recognize when I am ‘scattered’ and unfocused and use that to my advantage. I do a speed round of putting random things back into it’s home after 10 minutes of this I want to settle down to one task.
Whoa that's pretty amazing and Lauren's just the cutest! Yes, please show readying the store 😊
Cas,
Yes we would like to see you follow Lauren in her journey.
This was such a good video. The advice given to support her was valuable.
I wish I could switch your great decluttering advise into weightloss success .
Thank you
Shout out from a fellow Arkansan! Great job!
What a great area but my basement is just as bad
You can do it😊