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Loved your tips! Ive been working on this myself: keeping things feeling "cozy" even when it's pushing triple digits here. 😂

These are great tips!!

Can this be triggered when someone is already an adult? I wasn't cluttered until my last relationship was ended by dumping me at a friend's house with nothing but the clothes in my back, he had helped me make the decision to not work, sell my car, and share a phone with him before this. My friend lived no where close to where i lived, so i was broke, stranded, and homeless in one motion. Later this asshole came and found me and took me "home" but all my stuff was gone. I began collecting whatever i could get because of the financial, time, and transportation control he exercised over me. With the tiny bit of money he's give me, it would take me 10 years to save up anything to get out.

Plants and candles are cozy to me in the summer

I find it difficult to feel cozy in the summer bc the AC is always blasting but I feel stupid wearing a sweater in the summer. I want to just turn off the AC and open windows but my husband can’t stand the humidity.

Random thought -- and this isn't something you'd do to your home -- but I find cozy in the opposite. So white walls and brightness in the winter and dark walls and dim light in the summer. It's because it's a break from the environment. I find the brightness of summer really overstimulating at time so dim and dark feels luscious.

I love your hair color. I'm a natural red head, but its getting darker as I get older. Can I ask, do you color yours? If so what color do you use? I enjoy all of your videos! Thank you for the content you put out.

This video is so me. Just what I needed

Loss, yes, something that I realised was I wasnt keeping people out because I was ashamed of my house, I was keeping my mess to keep people out. No risk of more loss.

I can't filter mine out, I think about it constantly

Totally get the principle, especially the nature, flora etc - our ancestors' savannah. But my 'cosy' is pretty much limited to winter, autumn at a stretch. Getting that homely vibe from minimalism is a challenge like the cherry on top of the sundae... First you have to be in shooting distance of the sterility that ironically is the distant unattainable goal of most fams living in perpetual chaos, and no shame or blame in that. (Sterile like some postmodern architect designer house like they portray rich villains owning in movies... Nice problem to have!)

Where can I find the light bulbs you were talking about? And, how much do they cost?

How can I politely decline a surprise gift? I don't want the extra work of regifting or donating it

I have two issues one not solved. My clutter has to do with mixing my personal life with work. If it is out of sight it is out of mind. So I am working on that. The other is getting anxiety when I see things thrown out. If I see a neighbor getting rid of an expensive item I take it and put it online. My sister is helping me but I have to make an agreement not to pick things up off the street. My neighbor who is a doctor was throwing things out because he can re-buy everything. I went around knocking on my neighbors door to see if they wanted to take anything. The rest I had to run inside as I heard the crunch of quality furniture being crushed by the sanitation truck.. I was having a full blown anxiety attack. When I give things away I bless it and call it adoption. FYI I was not adopted. It also bothers me when people throw things out just because.

I was very similar when I was young, embarassment/ no confidence. Studied all night for a chem exam, went in and finished it early and was sure I had flunked miserably. Went for a walk and had a mental break/ epiphany which released me from all cares. Totally liberating, it led me to totally change my life (got the top grade in the class on that exam). Became a minimalist before there was a name for it, and had no care what anyone else thought about me. Still like that 50 years later, and I wish it would have happebned sooner in muy life.

You put it so well I always come away feeling positive from your videos thank you :)

This is so helpful! I also am lucky to be alive! Put another way, I believe in angels! I paid big bucks to an old lady dating service. She didn't check out her matches! I went out with a VA psychiatrist!! He didn't take me to dinner! He wanted to barbecue the cheapest cuts of meat and he poured lots of brandy or something syrupy! I finally asked him to take me home. His big gas guzzler boat of a car was all over the Bay Bridge as he ranted at me. He was drunk. I was saying prayers silently. At my apartment door, he didn't wait to see I got into the building lobby. Well, to make this shorter, I wore the same pretty outfit to work the next day. I did not go straight home at 5. I knew he was gunning for me. I got off the cable car mid-evening, and here came his big old car! He turned the corner in front of the ice cream shop and I was right there, but invisible to him. Saying "I don't think so" to a total jerk can be so terribly wise. Just think, younger friends, it could be the perfect evening to go thru that box of papers!

When we see certain minimalists on You Tube, a couple of them really make me want to holler at the screen! There's the nice guy with the low hairline who wears black T-shirts! eeeee-e-e!And the soft-spoken blond lady who lives overseas and is so terribly sensitive and updates her furniture on a whim! I had to move from a bad situation, and cousins just shoved stuff anywhere! No pathway in the storage locker! Dolls wave at me from way back. At age 10 I came thru major earthquake, whooping cough, and near divorce of my folks. The tremors and the gasping continued for months. Thirty years later my husband said "Honey, some parts of you are ten years old!" I answered, "You know, you're right!" So two years ago I got dumped into a tiny studio apartment and two years later I'm still looking at 12 or 14 file boxes that have to go! The golden oak dresser that we bought with wedding money is in storage -- and I miss it! The colorful Madonna (turquoise, red, orange) is on the wall with an interesting story. My Nana's "Peaceful Kingdom" picture is over the sewing machine. The old red Indian cotton print bedspread is here in a box. Now that it's hot, I will put it on my bed just like 52 years ago in San Francisco when I was pickled tink to be free from family smothering non-help. I really do have a kind of uniform: washable pants and a BRIGHT cotton knit top -- hot pink, red, turquoise, cobalt, purple, turquoise, mint green, hot pink, cherry red, and teal Many little treasures I'm packing up to go back to storage -- a slice of worn-out cable car, a fine wooden jewelry box my grandfather made for me. I am not a hoarder! You should see my crappy kitchen! I talk to the little girl and remind her we'll have a nicer home maybe within the year. It helps me to know that I can tear apart magazines and save only what I like, put the rest in recycling. Nothing is lost that way.

Thanks for the reminder to shred tax documents from 5 years ago I didn’t see a free digital declutter 0:06 class. I saw a video on why digital clutter is hard. There’s a 15% off link for the class. Maybe she gave you the class for free, but it’s not free for the rest of us.

10:55 you are also teaching them you have to get money for everything and there's no such thing as charity. (Charity is joy, especially if the person both receiver and giver is happy) that's right, happy doing it and happy the person is happy about it 😊

Thank you.. some new info for me

People like you fill the landfills and go into debt.

I just decluttered 185 bottles of nail polish (kept 95 bottles 🤦🏾‍♀️💅🏼❤️) and 60 of my books 📚❤!

I can count the situations I've survived. First my mom. Then the Air Force -- harassment by gay NCO's (I was an officer), then one toxic "friend", then a nightmare in senior housing with a handicapped woman making loud crashing noise at all hours like 3 a.m. The cops laughed, management could not care less. I complained to high heaven because the handicapped woman was so inappropriately dumped up there -- and I can't buy that it was her karma!!! Upset and sleep deprivation caused me to need a pacemaker for a very good heart. I got senior housing that puts veterans at the top of the wait list -- but I got a dirty, shabby one-room place. And now I am envisioning the next place. I'm choosing between two cities, saving money to pay the movers -- and NOT notifying the stupid cousin who hid my toothpaste and medicine! This will be my last move, and it will be good! One bedroom, roomy kitchen -- safe and quiet! . . . A recent diagnosis about my left eye suggests donating most of the books -- especially the ones about fine cross-stitch and lace knitting! But I am happy to go forward. . . . Those years in the USAF when I feared for my life, my testimony allowed me to help break open an international human trafficking ring. For many years, I wasn't proud of that; to me it was simply a time I got in trouble!

Where is the link you mention to decluttering email?

i might not ever be a minimalist, but im starting my journey to minimize/use up stuff i have and im ok with that in this season of my life

I'll save this for December! It's Winter now in Australia!

Am seeing the progress of decluttering and the free workshop really helped with final rooms and vision of how I want my home to support me ❤

remember to donate towels, blankets etc to animal shelters, they need them desperately.

Love your videos!! Imma try to go through this whole list today!

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Thank you

I abhor minimalistic homes with their hospital like atmosphere, so cold and unwelcoming. Everything is grey and white.

What’s the opposite of this? My mother throws everything away. 😢

I did find to start simplifying my space gave me better motivation. Also my anxiety was more focused on what issues i needed to resolve. The whole minimalism mindset helped me my frugal by choice and now over half way to pay off my debt ❤

One set of sheets. It goes in the wash and back on our bed. No catastrophic circumstances so far… 😆 I also live by the principle of one. It works.

Well said, sister! That word "enough" is key for me. I'm minimal-ish! 😊

We've never had a "junk drawer" as don't have space to do so! It's also inefficient. Never heard of a baby register either! Thankful that I lived outside Australia when we had our baby as we had so much less stuff. Shocked at all the superfluous junk hoisted on pregnant women who should really be choosing specifically what they need. Am not a minimalist but love the way you present your ideas & watch regularly as a soothing pause before starting a hectic day. Thanks heaps!

I too love your Tuesday content. IMO, the word "Minimalism" conjures up (for some) giving up your possessions, being a dull person with rules about how many forks you can own, etc:-). People would benefit from understanding how decluttering can transform one's life (taught in your class) where you naturally arrive at your perfect threshold of possessions over time. Minimalism can be fun, nurturing, and beautiful. As you said, you can still have red walls!! I call myself a "Curator/Collector" because I like my home to reflect beautiful possessions accumulated from travel, thrifting, and artists over time. It's also fun to incorporate some inherited possessions (see below). All this curation and thinking about our space intelligently will speak to our inner longings, heritage, and personality. Being aware and intentional brings epiphanies. "Next steps" occur to me. Follow your whispers and impulses. For instance, I noticed a free chair yoga class at the local library. After class, I stayed a while to read magazines and checked out a few design books. Now Wednesday is "inspiration day". I plan to read more and bring in some books to donate to the library bookstore... (more decluttering) My current motto: "Patience, attention, next step, curate, repurpose, relocate" Mia, I finally decided what to do with Mom's pink velvet Butterfly reading chair in the garage (repurpose, relocate)...finally, after a year (patience)!! It now lives with some of Mom's paintings (colorful with pink) in a corner of my office. I put one of her pink shawls over the worn spot. It is repurposed for a reading corner with a stack of books. The value of our own brand of minimalism is that it clears space for creativity to blossom. Besides, who else has a pink velvet chair in their office?

You are such a nice person and deliver a very good message that's easy to understand! Some people's comments are just plain rude and you don't need to listen to them. All the best to you and your family! Appreciate what you doing 🥰

Who ever bashed you for drinking coffee is a judgemental Karen

I am also quite shocked at the nastiness of some of those comments…. quite sad! I think you‘re doing a great job, are never dogmatic and don‘t deserve such attacks.

I am not a minimalist but have been working towards it the past few years. I’ve been purging/decluttering a lot of my own things as well as “treasures” left behind by my parents who have both been gone over 16+ years. The last few weekends I’ve let a lot of things go through a yard sale and donations and I am truly finding joy in having less. My home feels so much cleaner and more spacious and my mind and thoughts feel less cluttered as well. I would much rather spend a weekend spending quality time with my husband than cleaning and organizing “stuff” that never brought me the joy I thought it once did. Having much less is definitely bringing me more joy.

Great job handling the responses, thanks for your email newsletters

What you said is key, "BALANCE" I went pretty far with minimalism in some areas and i found that for a time i was content and then i became depressed because i denied myself of some of the comforts in life things like messy hobbies, soft spongy blankets, decor then i went and filled in the gaps by introducing plants and colour and art and it really brought me alive again. The process is to find what is our own personal clutter threshold that we experience through editing. Some people can handle more things than another or can handle more visual stimulation. I still need a clutter free space to function well and sometimes that means just putting away even my most used items to maintain clarity for the project at hand. A great book to read is "Its Just My Nature" by Carol Tuttle to learn that everyone has a unique energy type most of us Type 4 people are just wired to be more streamlined. Also clutterbug style by Cas is a big insight to various organising styles. We are all different. Sometimes essentialism can cause us to forget that life is meant to be enjoyed not to just survive... so like Kon Mari Says "if it sparks joy keep it!"

I don't know why people get annoyed over your videos! All you are doing is trying to help them. I'm on my minimalism journey and love cramming in all the info I can find. Never been happier😁 They might actually be more annoyed with themselves, I think. Love your content!❤️❤️❤️

Brilliant Mia! The thing with minimalism is, just as you say, different for everyone. I have you and a couple of other minimalistish people I follow and you are all very different! There is no one way of doing it! I have a dog ergo I have everything from dog food to dog toys and claw clippers for dogs. Well hoppfully no one buys that stuff if they don’t have a dog around… Everything in life is like that! If you are a minimalist you have one leash of each kind you need, not four exactly the same just because you like to shop for your dog. It is interesting to hear what people write to you! Lots of love from Sweden.

I’m amazed by people’s opinions at times. I’m a fellow minimalist and it’s a great lifestyle for me. I have a beautiful home, very comfortable. X

If yoy have so much you struggle to put things away, hou have to much. Its not about being priveledged, its about the clutter and perspective. I have a super tiny home and if im going to be happy, i can’t have much stuff! I keep what makes me happy like my art, gaming setup and bookshelf, but i got rid off all the books i didnt love or never got around to read, i got rid of the art supplies i hadnt used in three years, i got rid of my old computer that no longer worked. And this is what these people throwing «priveledge» around misses. They miss out on the point of minimalist lifestyle. And i don’t think they are ready to fully explore it and therefore their brain start throwing words around instead. Its because they want to but dont really has the insight RIGHT NOW. If you are poor it doesent mean you have to hoard. If someone gift you a new better jacket you dont need to keep the old rag u used to have. And if you want something of quality you can get it. There is lots of ways but yoy dont have to be rich. For example you COULD work with the addiction and stop drinking, you COULD stop smoking, you COULD stop doing whatever thing making you a slave to surroundings. Thats called a choise. And many ppl get mad when one say that because it’s true. Self accountability and awareness hits hard on people.