See How Easily You Can Declutter Your Home With This Little Shift In Your Thinking 

Great interview! Wow...the whole family's wardrobes in one closet. Amazing!

I have a big house full of stuff but very well organised. In fact I don’t need any of those things, still I put them properly. I am interested in creativity. Now as I am getting older, I realise that I am not getting enough time for my passion because of the clutter at home to look after. So now I have started to de clutter.

Looking at my larger things now, got rid of clothes and books, decorations, extra cookware, now slowly selling furniture pieces I love but can really part with and open up my space. Also considering selling my car and sharing a vehicle. Had an addiction to greenhouses, impulse buying plants for my yard. I went back to starting plants from seed in the window in early spring, and nurturing them along instead of buying the big, showy grown up versions. Keenly looking for things to part with. It frees up my mind, my creativity. Feels like a relief!

Pam Young & Peggy Jones "The Slob Sisters" started teaching How to Get Organized back in 1977. They have lots of help on the internet for those who are NOT born-organized. Deniece Schofield teaches how to get organized at seminars that she began in 1982. Her book "Confessions of an Organized Homemaker" is worth reading. She had five children & kept her house easy to clean & completely organized.

The less you have, the better your life can be! Great video. I have just subscribed!

For me, decluttering the books was much easier than attacking my closet, that was the last thing I wanted to do and it caused me a lot of stress just thinking about it. But happy to say it's well on its way now :)

I can’t believe that I didn’t find this a long time ago. This is awesome and some helpful comments. Thanks for the video!!!

Very helpful interview! Thank you so much. I know the why of decluttering but always get stuck in the sheer work of it. But it's worth it, I know.

Q: I like making props, crafts out of recycled things. Everytime I want to get rid of something I think of an idea for it. Suggesions?

Know needs from wants. Then rethink the needs and try and pare items down to items that can do more than one thing. Also ask yourself IF a natural disaster were to happen what would you actually miss.

I am 27 and have had trouble decluttering for 3 years. Moving back and forth, I'm an artist and have sentimental value with what I feel like is everything. However the stress and mental energy of always trying to organize is crippling me. I am going to try some of these techniques. A tip that helps me is to give away something I have sentiment towards to someone else. They appreciate it and you don't feel like you lost the item.

Books are organized and neat. Why not start with the messy piles in the garage, attic and miscellaneous stuff stashed in closets?

Mohamed, I love the Midway Simplicity Show, every single iinterview.

My problem was when I went shopping so, now instead of putting the item I like into my cart right a way I will look at it and think do I really need it or do I just want it and most of the time even if I put the item into my cart I usually end up taking it out and not buying it. Most of my money is spent on the things I need and not want.

great interview

Excellent interview with Lorilee Lippincott of Loving Simple Living. Thank you for the illuminating questions to her in this interview. storyofstuff.org/ opened my eyes to the perils of stuff.

Great show!

I moved to a one bedroom apartment when i got married and we both needed to get rid of stuff. I had half the space and now I have to split it honestly I take up more space than my husband we are planning a family eventually a big family I also want to home school and do canning, knitting and sewing so I have stuff. I had to systematically go through each section yes no maybe then again yes no maybe what am I realistically going to be able to use in x# of years before my next move and how many times do I want to be moving this. as far as starting a family I do hold on to things for the future but I saw most mom of little babies get a pile of cute either pink or blue baby clothes at a shower and that is all well and good until now with a new born its a thousand pieces of laundry to manhandle I decided there is no medical need to have an ultrasound if i am not high risk so i am going to skip it midwives often don't do them. when I have my shower we are getting gender neutral specify how much I am looking for and that we live in a one bedroom apartment most of the really impractical baby stuff is gender specific anyway we have a tiny washer and dryer so between me and my husband we have to do almost five loads a week so add a baby in cloth diapers that's every day. I don't need two weeks worth of clothes I also found thigh high baby socks that double as pants and don't fall off so I don't have to spend much time finding mates for socks my husband has one type of sock they are all the same recently he had to acquire a small number of thick socks for the snow and I have my socks paired down that matting socks is practically a non issue I like getting second hand free things but I have to realize sometimes I have to be picky otherwise it will consume me. my advice gender natural stuff

Even in Islam teaches you to lead a simple life, consume what necessary, and help the poor. Alhamdulillah for everything. May Allah bless you all :) amen!

I go big or go home I didn't declutter 100 things I've decluttered over thousands of things and I didn't even have a lot of stuff it's just a little stuff that adds up

books: "I can find it at the library, there is always a Kindel version. Frequently, I can't find it at the library or the version I want any. I don't really trust people who don't have a lot of books in their house. Just see what they have done to my country.

JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU :D :D HE IS COMING SOON!! ARE YOU RAPTURE READY?

Kudos for the Video clip! Apologies for chiming in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you ever tried - Mahorrla Control Clutter Method (just google it)? It is an awesome exclusive guide for decluttering your home minus the hard work. Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my m8 at last got great results with it.

"3 books on simplicity"??? not too simple though.

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