We had to declutter in a crisis.....mold in our basement....40 years of stuff from raising 8 children and a lot of living and hanging on to past hobbies and projects HAD to be totally removed from the basement in 10 days, to get rid of the problem...crazy time 🤪....your method is a good one😁 I am keeping your videos to pass on to family and friends...common sense and practical!
Binge watching your videos. Been decluttering during the month of December in order to start the new year on a new slate. Been doing it drawer by drawer in order not to overwhelm myself
I work for a large health system, so I didn’t miss any work during the pandemic. I think I had started decluttering prior to the pandemic, but I remember having boxes of donations stacked at my front door for a little while!
That's FLYlady's method of not pulling out everything at once when decluttering. Ever since I read that in her book I have not pulled out everything whenever I decluter. Lol! I also do her shinning sink and hot spot tips daily. These two alone have been super helpful in keeping the clutters at bay. I too, have read Konmarrie's book and have picked up some good tips from her book as well. Such as folding all the clothes a certain way and set deadline of a cleaning project. I love watching you transforming your 1950 home. It seems like you are living around my former hometown area. I miss those majestic mountains. Keep up the good work and praying you will find new joy in spending quality time with your boys during this isolating period.
Thank you Jenny, We are enjoying the time with my husband home. I liked both the Fly Lady and Kon Mari, there are aspects from both methods that I can use. I hope you are having a good day. 😀💛
I saw that kettle go into the bag!! I hope your electric kettle doesn't die, you'll be needing that kettle!! And what if you start camping? You'll need that kettle!! That part was a joke. Love MOM
I went through our dresser while I watched today. Yesterday I got rid of two bags of stuff that wasnt donate able. I've been giving myself little areas each day. Thanks for the video today!
I took all my stuff to Salvation Army/ goodwill and put it at the door. Sometimes I put the bags or boxes at my trash shoot. It's gone in minutes literally!!😁👍💜
It’s funny. I have been decluttering since August. I Decluttered the kitchen tools drawer. But, during this video, I thought of the two bench scrapers I have. I actually prefer the Dollar Tree one, because it lays flat. I am mediately put the other one in quarantine for three months. After that, it gets donated. Thank you for all your wonderful videos. Oh I lost where are you said it, but you give some tips about what to do the night before. I do about five things, but filling up the Britta pitcher is a really great idea.
Good morning! Thank you for sharing these tips. I feel like I will go and declutter some areas!! Here in Bergamo things are getting a little better. The number of new infected isn’t increasing but not jet decreasing. Sorry, my English today is not good at all! 😅 we do what we can but our heart is heavy. See you! ❤️🇮🇹
Hello! I have been tracking all the numbers in Italy and it does look like they are coming down which is wonderful news!!!! I am so sad for everyone that is getting this virus and losing loved ones. 💛. Thinking of you!
Shannon Torrens Hi, Shannon, we really hope the worse is over. Thank you so much for your comment 😊 We’re all so sad too here. We all knew someone who is no longer here...someone has lost both parents. 😓 your videos are such a positive thing for me 💓 Alessandra
Thank you for sharing. I agree that it's a good time to be mindful about our homes. I've been out at work until today but now have 2 weeks and 4 days of vacation and boy do I need the down time. Take care!
Heyyyyyyy I need that cute tea kettle in my life!!! 🙈 We're on the same decluttering page, I'm so glad Im done with the huge part of the decluttering stage now I can just walk around a collect the few things that I've left behind or don't see. Sometimes we become blind to the clutter and when we finally see it, it's like "how did I miss this??". And yes to the deodorant backup - that was my thought exactly! I'm running low on my favorite scent so I'll have to use the ones that I've kept around for emergencies. THIS is that emergency! I laughed when you said "hide from everyone" yep that's me too. I'm working from home with my two girls (1 & 4 yrs old) and it's very challenging. I have my "I feel like I'm going to go crazy " moments but then I quickly remind myself there are bigger problems in the world and I should appreciate being home with my healthy family. Great video. Thanks Shannon. Take care. Keep the videos coming. Lety from Chicago 💞
Thank you Lety! Hang in there, I know those moments of craziness very well. It is hard to be "trapped" with little ones inside. They don't understand at all. I think it is ok for us to all feel a little "off" right now. I hope you are doing well. 💛💛💛
you've inspired me - there are quite a few products in my bathroom that could be tossed....but because I have super long and very thick hair, I always figure I'll get around to them....truth is -- I won't...LOL!
Hi Shannon! Thanks for another great video. I agree with your thoughts about Marie Kondo’s method. Though tempting at first, it’s a bit too overwhelming to dump out everything and sort through it all at once. I especially like your idea about being aware of the items you use and don’t use in the kitchen while cooking and setting them aside. You can always go back to the box you put them in in a few months time, in case you changed your mind. Good luck with your projects. Stay well.
Not able to work from home... having to commute the 50km to work 4 days a week. I would love to be home as I think it would be less stressful as I would not have to worry about spreading potential illness to my family.
Too late... chaos everywhere 😂 Our project is to switch two rooms (and decluttering the stuff inside as well of course), which causes piles of stuff in other rooms. We actually do not have so much free time between homeoffice and kids care so it goes slowly. But I am looking forward to the result! As for the toys I was thinking let‘s see what the kids are going to play with... so far they played with lots... usually it is like one day one toy... so it‘s hard to tell what to part with. But we have to, they have so many toys 🙈
All the empty Amazon boxes are going to get filled with decluttered stuff. Tape shut and stack out of main living area. Lighten our living areas and have future donations ready to go, WIN:WIN!
In normal non-pandemic times Amazon actually has a program where you can use their boxes to ship stuff to donate - I’ve forgotten what it’s called but it should still be on their website somewhere. I think maybe it was called “take back box.” So when things get back to normal you might just be able to print labels to slap on the boxes and have them shipped out.
Hubby declutters the garage every spring.... But has no interest in decluttering the house!!! So the spaces I can declutter are simple and minimal....his areas are in piles😭 Otherwise the whole house has been decluttered and is now in a maintenance/cleaning cycle.
Shannon, I've been watching your videos for a couple weeks now and as a mama in a similar season of life with littles, your videos have been fun to watch. I literally just decluttered my kitchen by pulling everything out ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XwMUnA88MXI.html and although it was terrifying for a while, I'm happy I did it because I moved a lot of things around and I wouldn't have thought to do it otherwise. I ALWAYS have everyone at home though because I homeschool and my husband works from home so I'm just used to it! Great tips as always!
