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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
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Hey! I'm Robyn and I'm alllll about simplifying life, embracing your potential and creating an incredible life.
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I don’t think being a minimalist is a bad thing. But I have found myself regretting getting rid of certain things. I have purged clothing only to have my husband laid off. We were in a terrible financial situation and I could have used some of those basic items I felt I didn’t need. One shouldn’t live in clutter, but purging unnecessary is stupid.
Totally agree.
If you didn’t need it when he was working why would you need it when he was laid off? It’s perspective.
@@30daysorless8that's what I was thinking. Maybe when he was working she was buying more things to replace those every week and updating or upgrading rather than purging?
I agree though. If I have a drawer for pants and there's room in the drawer for more I don't try to get down to a tiny amount because nothing else is going in that drawer anyway and it's not hurting anybody.
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😳🤔wow.. YOUR Narrowminded "perspective" is NOT her Situation ! 🧐 shameful...
I genuinely don't regret decluttering anything but I regret a few things that got destroyed when our basement flooded.
Sometimes it's about finding the right person to give a sentimental item to. I had a handmade cookbook that my 96 year old grandmother had given me in the early 1990s when I first got married - it was a collection of recipes from members of her church that had been copied and bound (cheaply, like you'd do yourself at Office Depot) The cookbook reminded me of our humble beginnings in that first apartment, and reminded me of a time when grandma still knew who we were (she's in a home now and does not recognize people anymore.) I couldn't just stick it in a goodwill box not knowing if they would incinerate it. Well, as it happened, my friend's daughter was getting married - right out of college like I did - she was already living with her husband, same as I did... so the apartment already had been established and she didn't need household gifts. She's a church-goer herself and loves cooking. I knew she would appreciate a handmade cookbook from a tiny church in Maine so I gave it to her (with a card and some money) as a wedding gift. I felt better getting rid of this item knowing it had found a good home!
What a fantastic idea! I love those old church cookbooks, and yet we cant collect them all. That was a thoughtful way to pass it along. ❤
Dunno why but this made me emotional! What a wonderful way yo preserve what it meant to you and to give on such a special occasion! ❤❤
Yay, thanks for the shout out, R! Always fun to be in such wonderful decluttering company 👋😄💖🇩🇰
"Where would I look for it" ... good question. That's when putting similar items in one spot helps. Those googly eyes would be in my sewing supplies with the lace and buttons.
Number 1 is actually counter productive for me. If I'm wavering this means that I need to proceed with caution. I don't always have the funds to replace an item I rushed to get rid of. I need to find out why I don't have a clear yes or no about it, then I can decide.
I agree. How about a "time will tell" labeled box for things like that? And then move it to the garage and review a few months to a year later?
That’s what the Minimal Mom Dawn recommends. She has great recommendations.
I love the last tip. For me, it's about greeting cards. Going through a box of photos the other day, I realized that I had been keeping greeting cards that have sentiments way too long. I realized that I felt like I owe it to the person who gave it to keep it, in case I want to look back on it later in life. And here I am, later in life, and I find that it is behind me and I just want to move on. So from now, I think it just makes sense to throw them out instead of storing them.
Love that! 💛
"A place for everything and everything in its place - co-operatively." Love this decluttering All-Star team!
Thank you!
Very good video.
If it's not a yes, then it's a no - implementing this TODAY. Thanks!
Totally!
My mantra: "
There is no SHOULD.
There is no OUGHT.
There only IS
And there is NOT.
Reframing this way aids me in solving every situation where actions can eliminate embarrassment, expectations, guilt, lack of self awareness, acceptance and motivation to improve.
Love that!
Love this!! Thanks for sharing.
I am blessed w/a yoga room that has a ‘spare’ closet in my home. As I downsize to move overseas this has been my de-cluttering approach ‘either I make $ selling it or I pay to move it’ WOW! What a motivator. So as I go through an area, the pile of what to sell can get huge…enter the yoga closet. For 2 yrs I have been moving these items into that closet, listing them by season etc and if I found I had been overzealous & there was something I ACTUALLY needed that accidentally got culled, I rotated it back in. Out of ~3K items so far there have been < half dozen things that got back into the closets = )
SO GOOD! I am immediately replaying this and saving it to give myself some kick in the butt reminders when I feel like I'm stalled in my decluttering. This video is a literal "best hits" compilation of the best decluttering divas on the planet! Thanks Robyn!
Thanks Jean!
came here to say the same! This video is wonderful ❤
So good. Thanks for the motivation
I love the prespective on how to see things and let go of them so we can breath better in our home.
YES!
Googly eyes belong into your purse and whenever you see a place they would fit, you attach them there. At least that is how I do it. In the office we habe many copying machines with eyes...and phones and light switches 😂
I AGREE!! haha, my husband and I were just talking about that recently
Ha Ha! I have googly eyes stuck to my snack bin and guess why?
Thank you for condensing all these great tips in one video. You're quickly becoming one of my fave UA-camrs!
Awww, thanks Susan!
"Trouble letting go of the past." Yes, that is so much me. It is exactly why I have so much stuff to declutter at the age of 56.
Naming the issue or tendency is the first step to untangling it and making mega progress! 🌻💪🏼🤞🏼🙏🏼
"Feel the feels" got me. I hold on to the things that have some connection to my children. We have a dumpster outside just waiting to be filled. If it isn't a "yes", it's a "no". Going to try and use that. Thanks for this compilation!
I love the 'Where *would* I look for this if I need it?" I've used this piece of advice many times and it works!
Yes! Great! 😊
Sometimes I wonder if my husband lives in the same house I live in... If/when he empties the dishwasher, he puts things in strange places. I think to myself "did he ever find it there...ever?" I think some people (men) don't pay any attention to the smart organization we put in place, lol
Ohhh, husbands!
Creating (and sharing) a narrative where gender determines someone’s incompetence doesn’t help anyone and sometimes creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.
@@winterroses2020 🧡 thank you!
(for both the content and wonderful phrasing of that important message)
I think my husband does it on purpose so I just give in and do it myself. I gave him chores that it doesn’t matter to me if I can find it.
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Weaponized incompetence ("incompetence") is a thing. I'm sorry if that's the case
Your humor gave me inspiration to get back on decluttering.
That’s awesome!
I Just had a Total Victory 😅 on the where would I look for it First… last year (at the end of the football season, I washed jerseys that my older kids needed to use for their jobs - they work in the restaurant business.) so when they came out of the dryer, I thought…hmmm, where would I look for this first next year..(in my laundry cubby was what I came up with) - so they were securely there for 7 months. In the wee hours of the morning…I heard a family member was looking for the shirt. When I woke up early, I asked myself…hmm where would I look for that first and I remembered the laundry cubby. YES - Victory for the Family member that needed it 🎉 During the season they keep it in their room, so that’s easy. Thanks Ladies for All the hard work you put into Sharing ❤
That’s amazing!!
@@MinimalistHome Thanks! I am still beaming this many days later. 😆 Robyn your channel, your home, your Beautiful Witt are an Inspiration to me - I still have areas that I am reducing inventory but as I Celebrate the wins, do not lose my cool every time the family leaves their “crap” around (actually really nice stuff but I am going by my husbands teaching in the USMC…your stuff was stuff but everyone else’s stuff was crap 🤣🤪♥️) My Family joins in !
I dont know if i can take credit for this idea but it works for me. If i need to get rid of things i never use but who have a history. I take a picture of said thing so I can watch the picture and think of its history. I must tell you most of the time i never ever look at the picture of said thing and end up deleting it with good consiens (sorry for my english spelling).
Me too! 😂
The “where would I look for this?” Q from her totally changed my organization last year. I put myself in a place where I need the thing, then think where I’d go look for it. Then I put it there. Mostly. Has been so helpful. #ADHD
Awesome!
I love cookbooks too😊
My guilty pleasure!
Good tips-especially re: letting go. I’m super sentimental, so I have lots of things from the past. But I’ve intentionally not tackled those items much bc I knew that work would take a lot of time & energy.
You can do it Vivian!
Very funny -- these women are comedians! Sure makes the medicine go down faster!!
What a great summary of decluttering strategies, from all of my favourites! Thank you 🙏 ❤
Love this! All my favorites in 1 short video reminding me why I'm trying to declutter my life and how to do it 🤗
yay! Thanks Rita
I like Swedish Death Cleaning…I don’t want my family to be burdened going thru my “stuff.” I am continuing to weed thru the excess and am only keeping the things I actually use and like. My husband and kids need me more than I need an extensive book or yarn collection. I really don’t like cleaning and when I have to pick up before I can even start cleaning…oh the frustration! I’ve been ruthless with getting my things out of our house and talking to our kids about why I am doing it.
Absolutely! I agree
Well said ! Many of us , especially as we get older , have experienced the burden of making so many decisions , both important as well as trivial , while going thru the grieving process . Your advice & example are excellent . Thank you . 🥰
Art Work! I love that picture you have behind you there and in other videos. It's so calming and has such lovely colors blended together.
Haha I have a similar coffee grinder and I was excited to find it. I collect a small amount of vintage stuff and this was such a steal. I also grind my coffee beans so in a power outage I could grind them( my excuse to keep it) haha
haha, good one!
I just started a declutter journey. This is the best I've seen!! Thank you.
Aww, thanks!
Love the stats on a tidy home vs. A hoarding home. Important stuff. Love the tips condensed too!
I loved that you put this together!
Thank you Corri!
Thanks for the clips from so many great you tubers! Ps. I❤ your Hudson Bay blanket.
Excellent compilation! Thank you for your great ideas. 😊
Thank you Rose!
All of my fav simple living gurus in one video! Thanks Minimalist Home! Love your work! 😊🌻💕🦘
Thank YOU Tiffany!
Thank-you ! Great complication ! I love “We put stuff above our time, energy and peace”.
Fantastic video Robyn! Very helpful 🙂 Your video editing skills are really impressive as well.
Thank you so much!
OMG! I don't think I've ever seen anyone other than us with that Bear in the Big Blue House costume! We've had ours over 20 years and all 4 of our boys wore it. (They're now 16-26). We decluttered most but that one was a keeper for us for grandkids one day. The big bean bag bum... lol. Great video as always!... Off to declutter now that I've had my morning dose of the Minimalist Home. Thanks for taking the time to do what you do!
I had been getting rid of unused or wanted things and looked at UA-cam for ideas and found this channel. These videos are great but may I suggest not watching at almost 11 PM. I am now wide awake and want to clean the bedroom closet shelf, LOL.
haha, good warning!
Excellent summary of great strategies! I needed this reminder. Well done!!
💕 love this! "Yes" or it's out. If you have more instant confusion than peace about an item, there is our answer: it's gone!
Sorry, I have big issues with this but this piece of advice makes so much sense to me.
Hooray!
Put seasonal cookbooks with the decorations for that season. My mother has a hording problem and that's how I fixed at least the cookbook issue for her.😉🙃
Great tip that could help others! Glad it helped your mother!
The very first thing Dawn said, I was like NOPE! That is WAY too simple for most things - obviously, just my opinion.
Thanks for your opinion and no worries. I hope there were some other bits in this one that were helpful to you.
Dawn can make that decision easy because she's been doing this for a few years. For us that are new to decluttering, a "time will tell bin" is a great option.
I am deeply concerned by the number of people who apparently don't have a place in their home to store googly eyes. Seriously? Every home should have googly eye storage.
Yes, i agree. Mine have their own little cubby 😳😂
Amazing amazing amazing video!!!!! Your idea of adding the tips from other youtubers - so refreshing, ingenious - 100%! thank you greeting from Johannesburg, South Africa🙏
Ok change, coins...one coffee can camouflaged as decor. Emptied at coinstar 3 times a year. Generally 100-150 bucks each trip. I love my decor can help me with a small saving. There are only 2 things on that shelf, a pretty box for electronic accessories and my pretty change can.
"would it ever occur to me that I already have this item" when I tell you my brain exploded.
Totally!
I kept my father's radio station that he built
A muzzle loader my great great grandfather used in the Civil War
And 2 cook books my mom used
Everything else went to good will or the dump
It was very hard throwing stuff out till I realized I be dammed if I wanted my kids going through this when I croak
Wow!! Neat to have that muzzle loader! I love your strategy though
Love listening to dawn and Cass and Dana. They are awesome.
Cass is worthless
great ideas, and thank you for them.... i am happy for her that her kitchen (and i apparently the rest of her house is GIANT), so it is not such a giant (pun intended) effort to declutter as she has so many places to put all the stuff in an organized manner. just a thought
I hear your concern and frustration, but people with any size of home can end up drowning in clutter and vice versa. ✌🏼
@@MinimalistHome clearly you have lots of time on your hands
Do something a little more productive for society, or a bit more close to home....
Best of luck with your empty, as your countertops, life
@70athens Seriously-so rude! Curious where all of the vitriol is coming from. She said she works as an RN. Is that productive enough for you or should she jump through some more of your imaginary hoops? A decluttered home does NOT equal an empty life. 😡😡
@marciharrison8494 are you sure you can read....? You make no sense. Best of luck with life
Great Video - Thank You 🙏🏻🙋🏻♀️🇦🇺
Great video! Wonderful highlights ✨️
Congratulations on the graduation 🎉 my youngest is graduating and I have had a lots of emotions since he was the one who struggles with ADHD and dyslexia.
I hope you are safe from the wildfires. I am in Michigan, USA and we have been hearing about them.
Thank you Rose. Yes, wildfire season takes the shine off of summer sometimes.
Thanks
Yeah, I have a pair of those. Totally cute shoes. My foot is too wide for them. But I keep trying to wear them instead of Decluttering them. They’re practically new.
Might be time to let them go…
@@MinimalistHome 😢😢😢😢. OK, I’ll try to wear them a while. Maybe put them in quarantine. That will make it easier to let them go.
@@MinimalistHome well, I wore them tonight. They don’t have the support that I need. They’re so cute, but not what I need. I have tendinitis, and now my foot is hurting me
I’ve never worn them outside, so I’ll see if I can sell them for a few bucks. donate them if I can’t.
Thanks for the push. I try to Declutter, one thing a day, and it looks like this will be part of the Declutter
Great way to highlight core ideas that 'get you there'. Great group of ladies! I was ready to give up on flylady because I couldn't understand it at all until I found Diane in Denmark! She made it so clear and doable. She was who really jumpstarted my journey and made me believe in myself, and I'll always be grateful.
Loved this video!.(I lol'd at being called out over googly eyes)
I love Diane too!
Thanks, Ellen! We meet again! 😄💖💖💖
@@DianeinDenmark
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Terrific video!
Thanks! 🌟
I love your videos thank you!👍💕
Really great video, full of encouraging tips, time to go tidy. ☺ Also, you look radiant, your skin is just lovely.
Thanks and extra thanks! 💕
Such an awesome compilation! Thank you! 💞
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Thanks!
Oh my goodness, THANK YOU LYNN!!
That's why I have multiples 🤣 of scissors, tools, glasses, lip balms... Sooner or later I will not put it back "where it goes"....
Great points!😊
Thanks Debbie!
I LOVE THIS ONE!
Yay!
❤ this video!! so helpful and inspirational to keep at it.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.❤️
Thanks Debbie!
Great Show 💟
Thanks Munira!
Thank you. 😊👍
I saw someone with a t-shirt that said "It's not hoarding if it's books!"
Oh, I hope that is true.
Depends on each person and how they manage their collection and how much room they have for their books! 👋🏼
my son just graduated and I still have his toddler costumes...anytime I think about getting rid of them I then talk myself out of it because " what if I have a grandson one day?" my son would love to have them!!but is this realistic?!how do I get past this thinking?
Could you split the difference and just save one?
I have started Decluttering because of you. Thank you! I have started in my bedroom and have my closet almost done. Questions: Do I need lots of containers to put things in? I have a drawer by my bed that needs to be Decluttering and I put it off because I want to keep things but I don't know where to put them. Such as extra pair of glasses, eye glass cleaner, pens and paper, hand creams, deodorant for when I get ready in the morning. I thought maybe you could give me ideas. Thank you. Tammy, Lincoln, Nebraska
Instead of buying new containers, you could put shoeboxes or something similar in there, to organize your items. I have even covered them contact paper when I wanted them to be prettier.
Hello (one month later, sorry!)! I hope your journey is still going well! Have you joined our Facebook group? This is a great place to ask these types of questions!
Excelente!🌻
Thanks Laura!
Great video
Amazing
Thank you!
Loved it ❤
Keep a few for the grandkids. My husband has some cool stuff that was kept. My parents kept nothing cool. Lol
haha, good point!
What about when you are in debt/low income and a naturally resourceful person, but life is too busy at the moment to repair or create the things that you really love. For eg there are things that are precious to me, like photos of my kids, and some really nice photo frames that I have kept or found in charity shops which I intend to put together “some time soon I hope” and I live in quite a small house, so space is of a premium. I also have a beautiful spinning wheel that was left to my daughter by much love friend who died. My daughter is very creative/craft type person and really needs that kind of thing for her mental health but doesn’t feel into it so much at this time. Want to pick it up over the winter months. I have loads more examples like this how do you choose, because they are a big yes, but not able to be used right now so anyway they are a big yes for the future… THANKYOU! Xx
Some of the things you described sound like great things to keep and repair, but I bet you can find some things that you can declutter
I see that Bloody Mary @ 4:54 lol me too gurl
A caesar! (canadian ☺️)
What helps me too is putting same items in one place. Like notebooks not in 3 places in the house.
Great!
Can I have that coffee grinder? It seems like it's a waver on your part. 😊
Actually, I love it. It was my dad’s
We , as in ALL of us need to quit buying sooo much stuff!
Why do I have that same grinder thing that you held up in this video?! Yeah... I don't know where to put mine either... lol!
haha!
OMGOSH so funny and true! Thanks girls
How do you keep the where would I look for it first place from becoming a tsunami? Cookbooks are also a problem for me, I continue to buy them although I seldom cook. I never get to the point of identifying a recipe I like, so I keep the whole book.
If you don’t see one recipe you like, call it a loss and move on ☺️
I check out Cookbooks from the library, photocopy the recipes that work for me
Thanks girls
Never get rid of a canner... Unless you don't can.
You are SO gorgeous! You remind me of that amazing beauty, Vera Farmiga. P.S. And I love your couch pillows, too : D
Aww, thank you i! What a nice compliment!
No need to get rid of a pot. plenty of things to struggle with. I think I will have an inventory list. It would be great to have a storage room lol. Kitchen items stay in the kitchen. the rest. is stress
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02:30
That's where your jar of pennies should go
haha, good one!
@@MinimalistHome Where DID the pennies go?
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When you buy something you should get rid of something so you never have too many things. If I buy new boots I find a pair to donate or throw out if not in good condition.
Absolutely!
Are u Todd Friel's daighter?? You sound just like him!
Nope! That’s fun to hear though! 👋🏼
Is that a Vancouver island map?
yep!
@@MinimalistHome cool! Born and raised 😎
I really wish some one understood what it's like to have no money to spend. Oops threw away Google eyes. Well needed them for school and now we don't have them and no can't borrow them or get them somehow easy. But feel like sheet for throwing them awsy.
❤❤ LOL at googly eyes👀:would it occur to you that you have this item" And the shoes! Guilty! On a different note, i noticed you have your Ninja Oven by your gas stove. My Ninja Oven is currently cluttering precious countertop real estate because the instructions said expressly to NOT put it next to you stovetop? So, it is not serving me, but it is more of a yes than a no. oh help! Have you ever had issues with having the Ninja oven next to your stove top? The instructions never even hint at what they may be? So why in the world is that even a thing? Also, yours looks very clean. Instructions also say not to line with alum foil (though individuals in reviews say they do if they tuck it on the rack very tightly), so how do you keep it so clean? If i could use the oven safely, not creating something impossible to wash, I would def have more time to declutter. Thanks for your video!
Ours is a breville and I'm not sure if there were instructions to not put by the stove, but it's worked out well so far
ice cream maker?
Ice cream!
I can always locate my googly eyes
me too, haha!
Yup, me also 😂
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Ummmm...your plant is on fire...41:20
Googley eyes belong in the craft bin. Don't throw those damned things away. 😃
Oh I won’t, I love them! Haha
There’s only one place a food processor belongs: on the counter. Otherwise you don’t use it and could declutter it entirely.
Some people don't even keep their toaster and coffee maker on the counter!
I use mine, but I keep it in the pantry. I also get my toaster out every morning and then put it away