So right after I watched this, I marched straight into my bathroom, yanked open all the drawers, pulled out all the half-used lipsticks and eyeliners, gathered all the months-old makeup samples and expired otc meds, dumped them into a plastic grocery bag, tied it up, and tossed it into the trash bin. FREEDOM!!!!!
This is what I needed to hear. While watching this I’ve just sent a message to a friend offering her all my baby equipment. I’m not even going to have any more babies, I was just keeping it in case 🤷🏼♀️ lol
Same here. Not w/ baby items but other things. I'm also loading up some boxes for Goodwill, TODAY! I think we all KNOW what we need to do but hearing someone else SAY IT rings some kinda bell for us to actually DO IT! ~Peace✌🏽
Exactly! My mom did the same thing for us girls. By the time both my sisters had babies those things were recalled! Let go and let others use those items the moms-to-be need now!
I try to detail clean and declutter once every 2 months…Over the past 10 years. Let’s be honest there is no way we can get rid of what we don’t need or don’t use on the first day. It takes time. This past month I finally realized I’m done decluttering my home. At this point I just need to organize a few things. It’s insane how amazing I felt about not having to declutter the way I used to.
omg my kids will hopefully be the opposite, I have a bye bye box in my house to put stuff we want to get out the house. My 6 yo went to put a tshirt that was too small today. It was matching with his little sister and so made a little sad sound. He said ok we can keep it. I replied no it is good to get rid of it if it is too small, but still you can be sad for a second before you say bye bye. My lessons that took to 40 to learn, I hope my kids will have from now! So hard having the scarcity mindset from our parents hey!
My grandfather was raised during the depression, and he kept everything, or bought multiples of it. My Mom was raised with this mindset, too. When my grandparents passed, and we went to clean it out. He even had multiples of their appliances stored in the attic! They built that house in 1972, and still had the same dishwasher in 2016, but there was an extra one in the attic, just in case that one stopped working. After cleaning out that house, I determined that I would not leave my child to deal with that much stuff! Now, I'm trying to work on my mom to declutter, so that my brother, and I, don't have to deal with my parents stuff!
I went into a thrift store recently and WOW there was so many high quality items in there for very little money. Whatever I declutter, I know I can find it again and it will probably be a better one.
This is helpful for me! I was so stressed out with all the stuff that is sitting in my room. I'm going to college in about a month and I want to leave my space clean and clutter-free, and also start off with as little as I need. I appreciate hearing about this.
This information is what I needed when I needed it. I am a teacher and planning on moving to a different state next summer. Been decluttering the past couple of months based upon your teaching. This video will now take it up a notch for me. I'm proud to say that all of the top shelves in my kitchen cabinets are empty and the kitchen runs so much more efficiently!
I have a TON of stuff I need to get rid of to declutter etc so processing each item individually for the HOW to get rid of it is what’s keeping it from happening.
I get stuck in the mud of actually loading stuff in my car; once it's in there, it's much easier to make the decision to deliver that stuff to it's destiny. What destiny? Our local dump center in our county is free, we have a goodwill and a library thrift shop, and the library takes books and magazines (they sell the books, mags are free). I'm considering craigslist or Facebook marketplace to give away furniture, so someone will come pick it up. I'm sure there are some organizations and institutions that I haven't found yet to take stuff. Once I have a box of stuff, it goes in the car.
I came up with two tricks that have really helped me with my desire and dreams to buy up the whole store. Lol 1) I take a 📷 photo of the item and send it to a special private chat on Facebook I have with my hubby. I don't know WHY (maybe facty kallie knows lol) this makes me feel so satisfied! The chat becomes a type of "wishlist" to later reference to and also a way that my husband and I can learn the types of things we like and are currently interested in. Maybe we'll see a super deal on it at the thrift store one day! 🙂 2) I take on the mindset that it's ALREADY MINE, but I'm "storing" it on that pretty shelf right there at the store where I can easily find it nicely labeled later. Lol 😅 Instead of it collecting dust and taking up space at MY house, the store can be my FREE storage facility that I know will take good care of it. Lol By the time I finally have the immediate need for it, it might be on sale, I might've found a coupon, or I might be able to find an even better deal elsewhere as a more conscientious buying decision. 👍
One caveat for me is keeping my wig! I keep one wig around to remind me that i don't actually want more wigs 😂 It is a "just in case" i feel the urge to buy more wigs (that are still hot, expensive, and i don't wear) but it's necessary for me to have the physical item or i dont believe myself!
I cleaned house a few months ago. But I need to do it again. I have totes and boxes of just In Case stuff. I’m 58. I don’t need it. Thanks for the inspiration!! 💜
Could you do a video on collections? I’m a book collector and my books are shelved like a real library. Sometimes I weed out books and replace them with newer books. But what do you do if your collection becomes overwhelming or outgrows the allotted space?
A voice of experience? Weed harder. Unless you really do have more room for more bookcases you need to keep your books limited to space available. Double shelving books or storage is useless as they aren’t accessible even if you remember you have them and can find. If it’s any help keep in mind your taste will change. The books you acquire now and those you will want in 15 or 20 years will be different for the most part
I love books and am so happy to have an e-reader, too. I keep the physical books that I can't find an e book version of or that are sentimental. So I can have a lot of books without them taking up alot of space.
You could try weeding through your books again. It might not work for you since you are cataloguing your books properly, but I am in the process of moving my books to where they will be most used, like the cookbooks to the kitchen shelf and the cross stitch books to the cabinet for my crafting items. That way that cool art deco bookcase from my husband's Grandma will look decent and not overwhelmed with papers!
This was really helpful to me, even though I have decluttered loads of stuff over about the last 10 years. On the back of this video I have just got rid of a ball of string, glass beads, a jug, a glass jar, coloured ribbon, laminated words of a psalm... I am a minister and sometime use these things as props in services. The glass jar I have had over 7 years and in fact only used it 3x as a sermon illustration.-keeping just in case... Thank you for freeing me up!
My just in case is my winter clothes. Even though I live in Texas. I have family in cold climate like Buffalo and Christmas there are FREEZING. I know maybe one day I'll might visit during the holidays but I refuse to repurchase these items due to the price tag. I feel like if I need them just in case after a certain price tag, I rather hold on to them then spend the money.
I love your content. Every upload I'm right here with a thumbs up. 👍🏼 😁 thank you. It's 100% motivation for me and I'm sure many others. Right now I'm behind on cleaning, due to having major back pain for about 4 days. (Random I think from new Birth control I'm on. 🤔 anyways....) I am just now today feeling better so I got to start on it!! Lol
Thanks Kallie. Yes so much time, space & attention is wasted. Have even bought the same item again because I couldn't find the "just I case" item. Think i might put them all in one place, instead of hidden in a drawer, box, or cupboard. Then it would be easy to limit how much is kept. Maybe keep an inventory and if not used, then donate it. Agree, all of this stuff is replaceable and we can live without it. Need a list of how much is too much! 4 pairs of jeans or 6?
We needed a wallpaper stripper, I bought it (with 30% discount), my husband used it, then I put it in the cupboard. 9 months later we needed it again. I looked for it and didn't find it, not because I didn't remember where it was but because my husband had thrown it away. I had to buy it again (full price). My husband used it, I put it away. Just 3 months later we needed it once more... It had disappeared. I refused to buy a third one, told my husband to do it with his precious bare hands! After 2 weeks he had only managed to remove a third of the wallpaper, so we had to pay someone to come and do it. Lesson learned: never ever throw away anything❗ Now whatever we buy is labelled, numbered and orderly stored in the garage. No clutter. And, just in case, I had all the wallpaper removed from the whole house 😂
With the Keurig, the other thing to keep in mind is if you keep an item for more than 6mo, there's a good chance that there will be upgrades and modifications that makes your "new in box" item actually obsolete. For example, I kept my old mini ipads and when I decided to pull them out so my kids couldn't play games and watch movies, it wasn't even able to download Netflix. Pretty sure the Ipad I bought when it was the newest and greatest in 2019 is now the dirt of old too.
What if you had a specific sized box for those ‘just In case’ items? And prioritize those items if they all don’t fit. What makes the cut? Yeah, if you haven’t guessed it, I am one of those just in casers. But I’m willing to sift out the most important just in case items and out those into a box marked as such.
Definitely have some just in case items like an electric juicer. I don't use it but if I have guests, they would like fresh squeezed juice but do you keep things just for guests...... like extra dishes. I have all these dishes and I use a couple and my bowl, that's it. 😄😆
I just donated all our old reusable water bottles. We each have one we love and use. Why do we need an entire shelf full on ones we never reach for. 🤷🏻♀️
My mother kept a just in case Keurig. She had a fire last year in the kitchen and the Keurig on her counter was destroyed. Imagine if Salvador Dali drew a Keurig. The extra one was in a box, in a closet. Having that made her life more normal during a very difficult time. My mother never keeps anything. That was prophetic of her.
I am the proud caretaker of 17 containers of 0.9mm leads for automatic pencils because I went through a period of years of flagrant disorganization and couldn't locate my toys when I needed them. I am much more sober in my purchases now that I know every stinking thing in my home has a higher than average probability of outlasting me.
I have started a group on Facebook where people can sell things to declutter their home are you ok with me posting video links in my group to give people tips on Decluttering
Aren’t you but first coffee?! 😂the worst thing that could happen to your mom is not paying full price for the keurig but actually not having coffee when it breaks 😂😭😉 I recently got rid of a bunch of books and then my son’s school asked him to have a Spanish English Dictionary. Well it just so happens my beloved 20 year old Spanish/ English dictionary was part of the donations so I regretted that move. Also now more than ever I’m weary of getting rid of things. This current administration with their inflation policies and the WEF 2030 agenda is definitely pushing us into “ owning nothing and be happy”
I’m a cruel decluterer, so just in case items don’t stay with me for long. And you know how many times I needed what I had decluttered previously? ONE TIME😀. Out of 1000s items I decluttered. It was the ice mold I decluttered. I didn’t use freezer for years. And when I started using the freezer I simply bought another ice mold 🧊 You know how much it cost me? $1 DOLLAR 💵 Now, every time I wanna keep something just in case I need it, I ask myself “is one dollar too big price for clean space, for spending my time and attention to what matters?”
Same! Once or twice I’ve regretted something I decluttered, but I’ve decluttered thousands and thousands and thousands of things throughout eight years. I can easily live with knowing I made one or two mistakes, if it means I don’t have to deal with all that other stuff.
All good points! In relation to your mom wondering if she should buy the back-up Keurig: a friend once wanted to do this with a kitchen aid. She discussed it with her mom who pointed out that while yes, it was on sale, the warranty would run out before she even got to use it (friend was moving out for college and wanted to store it at her parents' house for the time being). In hindsight those machines are always on sale somewhere, so chances are she could just buy it on a sale somewhere else when the time came for her to get one.
I had to laugh because I have a beloved Keurig one-cup machine and have been tempted to buy another one "just in case". My motive is not based on thrift, but the difficulty in trying to replace a beloved appliance only to find the newer versions are just not the same! I used my Magic Bullet daily for years, until one day it just quit working. Went to re-buy, but according to all reviews the new models are not as efficient and break down easily. My kids gave me a Nutribullet for Christmas, but its use is limited compared to the Magic Bullet.
Been putting off giving away a bunch of stuff on Facebook for MONTHS! Just the hassle of taking photos and arranging collection etc. You just gave me the kick up the butt I needed to get on with it and now half of the stuff has already been claimed! Thank you for repeatedly calling me out 😁
I always do this with skincare products I didn't love. I keep them just in case. But in reality I'm never going to let myself run out of the skincare products I love and use everyday.
This was extremely motivating. I moved into a fixer upper 1 year ago. I have a garage full of stuff that I have not moved into the house. I have not touched any of this stuff for 1 whole year. I have enjoyed having a house with less stuff. The only thing in there that I have needed and couldn’t find has been my steamer. I really want to just get rid of it all now. I don’t need it.
I live in central Arizona and I’ve been holding on to my winter coats just in case I move back to a cooler climate (unlikely) or go on a vacation where it can get cold. I have no idea why I keep all 4 of them. I’ll be paring back to one winter coat because I do plan to spend Thanksgiving with my daughter who lives in Colorado.
Omg, this is meeeee! 🤣 I’m in southern AZ and have a full drawer of heavy sweaters from the years I lived in the High Sierra. Will there be a blizzard here? Nope! It’s triple digits here and I have a drawer full of sweaters just waiting for those 70 degree winters, lmao! This coming from someone who used to drive in single digit mountain weather. In a snowstorm, lol. I am going to donate those!
I burst out laughing when you asked would we be able to find this item...I keep a beloved notebook of all my favorite minimalism tips (so I won't have 27 books on minimalism hanging around my house), and this notebook has been misplaced for two weeks. It is driving me crazy, and I have about 1/3 less stuff than before to search through to find it! It's so ironic it would be THAT item! Thanks for all of the very practical advice that is so very useful. We are about to re-carpet/re-tile our home and remodel our bathrooms, but everyone thinks I'm crazy to be so excited--not so much for the results of the remodel--but for the fact I will have to touch nearly every single item in our home and move it into the garage, then decide whether to put it back to where it formerly lived! Obviously decluttering is much cheaper than a remodel to achieve a decluttered home, but this method should work for us, too.
My husband has been remodeling our bedroom, and we have had to move all of our things out of our bedroom to do so. Quite a learning experience, how I "feel" about certain items!
Called me out once again and yes I did buy the Kurig I didn’t need because it was on sale. BUT you would be so proud to know that yesterday I heard you in my head and I parted with some “very good boxes”. Thanks for the videos
I parted with some boxes as well . . but they weren't good ones . . I have a 40 foot boxcar so my parting with things is not so brutal. LOL on the Kurig. She is so helpful. Everyone needs a friend who is organized who is speaking in their ear.
I had to laugh because I have a beloved Keurig one-cup machine and have been tempted to buy another one "just in case". My motive is not based on thrift, but the difficulty in trying to replace a beloved appliance only to find the newer versions are just not the same! I used my Magic Bullet daily for years, until one day it just quit working. Went to re-buy, but according to all reviews the new models are not as efficient and break down easily. My kids gave me a Nutribullet for Christmas, but its use is limited compared to the Magic Bullet
I have to say I’m the past 5 or so years I’ve watched hundreds 😂😩 of decluttering vids and these were some great questions I haven’t heard! 💜 great vid ty
My "just in case" clutter is excess sentimental items - I keep them just in case I regret letting go of them, or want some information I have in them and feel sad for having lost them forever, or in case they will help me process some difficult things that happened to me in the past decade. Keeping sentimental items brings me joy, keeping them indiscriminately and keeping so many things, does not bring me joy. I've been sorting through my old journals, and it's emotionally draining work - some grief, anxiety, and also some clarity/trauma processing. But i'm doing it!
Good for you! Hang in there!! Have you considered digitizing and saving them on thumbdrives? Less space, but you can keep it. I have found that taking pics of certain items that I couldn't let go, helped me let go.
I just declutered my pictures. I keep the ones i like, and some i scan. In a few years i will decluter them, wich is what i do with my school things and drawings, i just keep some drawings of dresses and i keep like 5% of them, and delete the rest.
I solved my problem with sentimental items (old journals, cards, letters, etc) by simply taking a picture of them! I realized I didn’t need a physical copy of most of the items - all I need is a memory. So, now I just have a folder with the pictures on my computer, that I can look through, if I feel nostalgic! 😅
@@LolaSteininger i started to do that the second year of university. There was no way i could keep all the paper i had to use for clases. I had 2 boxes full of it ( wich my mom had buy me for my crafts), so afther that i started to scan all documents, and the ones i need are in an acordeon folder for when i need them. At least we dont need to have fisical copies for the taxes in my country, so i had to have less paper.
Such true points you’ve made in this video. Like you said, most of the time when we keep those “just in case” items they clutter our house and as a result we can’t find them. I especially loved the point you made with the example of the red heels. Keeping a pair of shoes for an event that isn’t even known to us is kind of ridiculous if you think about it. And why put them in your closet to collect dust when that black pair of pumps work just as well. Plus, although those red heels are beautiful, they look incredibly painful! Ouch! Another great video, Kallie! ~ Linda
Good point...for working folks. I think once you're retired on a much lower fixed income, buying something more than once because you didn't want it to clutter your space - even if it's taking up minimal space - is wasteful of money and the planet's resources, not to mention the landfills.
Yes! It's really easy to get rid of things when you have a reliable income and know you'll likely be able to afford to replace it. But what if you don't? Also, things are getting more and more expensive. Hell, the stuff at the dollar store isn't even a dollar anymore. Wasteful and dangerous to assume everyone will be able to afford things in the future.
"How often have you been looking for something you swear you own but you cannot find?" - There's literally a page in my bullet journal titled, Things I'm Looking For 😅 But when I find it, I mark off the checkbox to indicate I'm not looking for it anymore AND note where it was/is, in case I'm looking for it again in the future. I also have a discord channel on a friend-only server called put-it-in-a-safe-place so we can proactively note, in a searchable format, where a particular item is when we inevitably cannot remember what "safe place" we put it in. (Context: Yes, almost everyone on the server is neurodivergent. These are our coping mechanisms.)
I donated a whole lot of clothes that were too big and now I gained weight and need them. I'm thus not giving away the clothes that is currently too small because I know my weight can fluctuate. But I get your point. I love that you promoted lending and borrowing.
I have a get rid.. large laundry bag As I go about my day to day life I put things in the bag and I do quick 5/10 min declutters in areas I want to focus on and my house stays clean and tidy very easy now I'm at the more extreme family minimalist now 😆 but I love it 😀
My husband and I have found that having parents who were alive during the big depression and WW2, has caused us to hang on to their “use everything and get rid of nothing” mentality. Once we realized how much of this was a part of our thinking, we have been able to start letting go of things we never use and not feel anxiety over giving it up. Thanks for your videos, they are very helpful.
Preach! I have these conversations DAILY with my clients. And honestly, a lot of people just aren’t ready to look at “just in case” items as…clutter. It can really hold folks back from reaching their organization goals! Thanks for the video!
While I have watched a # of your videos, I can't remember ever hearing what your husband contributes to the chores and child care in your home. It appears you do it all! Can you explain his role in all this?
I have needed at item once or twice that I have decluttered. Definitely not worth it. I have decluttered to the point where I know exactly where everything is. Next on the chopping block are pictures, lamps, shades, rugs, etc from previous homes. Getting started on that soon. 🙅♀️🙅♀️
Please consider promoting Buy Nothing groups. It's a global gifting economy that takes care of so much of that Just In Case stuff. It really helps prevent over-owning and allows other people to use what you might not need. It's a good thing.
That is totally my husband. Just today we discovered one of our glass beverage dispensers was broken, but he had me save the spout….just in case!🤣 it’s hard to declutter when you’re married to a hoarder.
That happens to me, but as it turns out, I just shrug and tell myself "ain't that the way it goes", and then I find some work-around. It's better in the end to just get rid of it.
I believe that’s because it’s on the top of your mind so it seems like the perfect solution since you remember getting rid of it. Kind of like when you meet someone new and then you see them all over the place. I got rid of a lot of stuff before I moved and I can’t even remember what it was. And now my apartment is bursting at the seams again because we had a death in the family and my mom had to move and can’t live on her own. So my previously uncluttered apartment looks like a clutter bomb went off. I have been loading up the SUV with stuff for Goodwill and I honestly cannot even tell you what I have gotten rid of. It’s just gone from my mind.
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I just got the kids to declutter all their unused, outgrown clothes and I've posted the items on facebook. If they don't sell in one week I am going to donate to a woman's shelter. Always set a deadline so things just don't sit there with no use.
Yes! Changing my mindset into what could I use if I didn't have this, has helped me so much. Most things I can say well, I'd do this. Then I know I do not need it. Easy once my mind and I decided we could be flexible and creative so I didn't have to feel like I was living in a storage space🙂
This is my favorite video of yours! I love the "employee" concept...such a great analogy! Also, the stat about not using 80% of our stuff really struck a chord with me! That inspires me to keep going!
I recently needed my just incase item (spare purse). Because my backpack was slowly ripping apart until I decided to throw it out. I was so thankful that I kept it as a spare and I knew exactly where it was 😁
MOST COMMON CLUTTER MISTAKE Finally beat your "just in case" stuff!! But First, Coffee Jul 31, 2022 THE ULTIMATE FREE PASS when it comes to clutter is the "just in case" clutter. Am I right? Because you can apply that thinking to ANY ITEM. It's so easy to say, "well, I just might need this" about literally any slightly remotely useful item in your home. So, how do you combat the easiest get-out-of-jail-free card when it comes to your clutter? ?? QUESTIONS TO ASK ?? 1. Could you make do with something else? 2. Is this something I have plans to use in the next six months? 3. What is the worst thing that could happen? Great video! 👍 I anticipate watching it quite a few times! Thanks! 👍
A lot of my "just in case stuff" is candles and matches. Lots of pretty candlesticks around! Haven't had the power go out recently, but I really don't want to remember what was like in the dark. But she wasn't talking about emergency gear, was she. Because have multiple first aid kits, too.
Right, trying to mix minimalism and prepper mindsets is difficult.👍 Same here! What I am doing, though, is divesting myself of several items I am certain I have no need for, to make room for things I think I will. It's taking a lot of thought and time. Mia Danielle had a video last month on What 100 items she would buy if she had to, that's become my watchword! I have things I keep in case the power goes out (hand can opener, broom and dustpan, etc.) And for convenience, i.e. electric can opener and vacuum, steamer mop. I'm hanging onto both ways to do things because I use them!
I renamed all of my local secondhand charities to : FREE STORAGE ! Almost all “just in case” items can be found there…so I will put mine there for free…look, it’s probably already used…so if I need it in the future, there’s probably another used one someone else left there 😂…and if I wander in and bring something home…something MUST go back in it’s place. Also, if something is important enough to find a place in your home…it’s not important enough to have…at least on a regular basis. Everything else that won’t fit in a properly designated place, probably can be rented for occasional use. Square feet are EXPENSIVE…always factor that in for storage decisions.
Liked to see Foil, Arms and Hog in a short sequenz ! But more I loved all you tips and tricks to be more organized. I'm just decluttering a lot. But on the other hand I wanted to order something new. My rule: get two old things out, before you get one new thing in. Now I watched your Video, reflected, thought it over and NOPE I don't need this new thing, but I will continue decluttering, make more free space and enjoying it ! Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏
Most 'just in case' items can be purchased in 20 minutes, usually under $20. Buy things you 'need' not what you 'want'. If you love it, is it replaceable? One thing in, one thing out is a good way to reduce clutter. 😁💜
These are great tips. Oh boy, how many times have I been unable to find something I knew I had it. Then I buy the item and eventually find the original item🤷🏻♀️. Can’t wait to purge now👏
LOL "Just because you have room for something doesn't mean you have to keep it." Priceless! We bought two 40 foot steel shipping containers (you read that right, two of them) to store our "stuff" and our house is still unbelievably cluttered.
Ugh. I wish I could do this but I generally do use the stuff I keep. And the one time I threw away something I decided was junk, I needed it the next day. 😤 Maybe I’ll be able to do this once the actual stuff I do becomes less sporadic.
