10 Decluttering Secrets from over 100 Simple Living Books!

Find these simple living books on Blinkist:
- Digital Minimalism
- Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
- The Joy of Less
- The Minimalist Home
- Love People, Use Things
- The Paper Solution
- The Art of Simple Living
- Essentialism

🖤 I N T H I S V I D E O

🖤 L E T ' S S P E N D M O R E T I M E T O G E T H E R :

🖤 R E C E N T L Y M E N T I O N E D

🖤 LOOKING FOR MORE SUPPORT?

Here is the best way that I can help you!

MINIMAL MOM MEMBERSHIP GROUP:
Decluttering + Home Management Support

Your monthly subscription will include:
- Daily strategy videos
- Live guided decluttering sessions
- Weekly 60-minute household planning meeting
- Twice daily live "body doubling" sessions
- Weekly office hours
- Printable household management binder
- Encouragement & support from other members

This is ideal if you're looking for more motivation & accountability!

🖤 T I M E S T A M P S

00:00 Top Decluttering Books
00:21 Goodbye, Things
02:00 The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
05:11 Outer Order Inner Calm
07:21 The Joy of Less
08:32 The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
09:20 Keep the Memories Lose the Stuff
10:29 The Minimalist Home
11:48 Decluttering at the Speed of Life
12:52 Minimalista
15:03 Simplicity Parenting
16:51 These books provide HUGE mindset shifts!

🖤 DECLUTTERING PLAYLISTS

Thank you for your support!

:: C U R R E N T L Y R E A D I N G ::

:: M O S T P O P U L A R O N O U R B L O G R I G H T N O W ::

#minimalism #familyminimalism #minimalist

:: M O S T P O P U L A R V I D E O S R I G H T N O W ::

**AFFILIATE LINKS! THANK YOU!!!**

..............
🛍 Affiliate links:

..............

[TheMinimalMom]

- Digital Minimalism
- Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up
- The Joy of Less
- The Minimalist Home
- Love People, Use Things
- The Paper Solution
- The Art of Simple Living
- Essentialism

Have a great day!!! - Dawn

[hzharry]

Regarding Gifts…my friends and I give each other “disposable’ gifts such as wine, baked goods, books and even a movie night or pizza night. No more “stuff” taking up precious space in our homes.

[pamcadd]

Although I agree with many of these approaches, i balk at "all of one item in one spot." For example, scissors: I love the ease of finding a pair of scissors when one is kept in almost every room. Opening a package while sitting in my chair? Opening a food package in the kitchen? Trimming a plant on the porch? It's great to reach out and find a pair of scissors in its spot, right where it's needed. Each pair is labeled, so when one is found wandering, everyone knows where it belongs. i can't imagine going up or down a flight of stairs every time I needed scissors!

[jennifershaw]

Regarding children's toys... my 5 year old grandson is sure to want to play "grocery store" every time he visits. We have a kid's shopping cart that I bought at a garage sale, some old monopoly money, a used gift card and empty food boxes ( KD, cereal, cookies). We place 4 coasters to form a square as our scanner. If Grandpa's not around to be the cashier... it's self check-out. haha Kid's need very few toys to have fun. Just imagination.

[JoshuaBecker]

Hey Dawn! Thanks so much for the kind words about The Minimalist Home. Your videos are always inspiring.

[beth]

The first decluttering book I read, ages ago, was "Clutter's Last Stand" by Don Aslett. It's motivating and very humorous. I find myself occasionally repeating this little poem from the book, regarding things to get rid of: "Something red, something dead, something underneath the bed/ Something gray, in the way, should have chucked it in the bay." 😄

[pippas]

My issue with Marie Kondo is that if I threw away everything that didn't 'spark joy', I would have nothing in my home but books and plants 😄

[barbarahaberman]

I would be SO careful about decluttering kids' things without them. My in-laws literally created my husband's hoarding disorder by sneaking things out when he wasn't looking. It took so long to get his trust for me to be able to declutter anything at all. He was so afraid.

[patriciam]

Decluttering at the Speed of Life is a gem. It helped from getting me started with decluttering to turning habits into behavior modification.

[cfjohnson]

I started to develop allergies, such as sneezing and coughing. stuffy nose! I have been that person for a long time who would accept old, outdated items. Boxes of books. Useless kitchen items. I had seven broken vacuum cleaners! It was a shock to realize that cardboard boxes create dust, paper items stored in damp basements get moldy. Thank you, MinimalMom for giving me the tools to let so many things go.

[devinfarrelly]

My life has changed so much since I’ve been watching you for the last three years Dawn. I think there’s a huge link between consumerism and anxiety/ depression. I took your at home course with Dana and Cass. It was super effective. My home, papers, clothes and even garage are organized and decluttered now. Most importantly I’m free of guilt from undone tasks, unworn clothes, unused gifts, and the silent to do list. I feel mastery over my domain, and myself. The relief of anxiety is such a gift !! Being in control of my calendar, schedule, mail, finances, has all come from reducing the amount of possessions and our home is so peaceful. The energy I have now is so much more because I’m living with the right amount of stuff. Thank-you Dawn !!

[tistheseasonforpoetrybyvan]

Dana K White's books have been most impactful. I own all of them as audio; I like that she narrates her own books.

[xkxmxnx]

I've been decluttering my house again for the 1st time in a couple of years (with a 3 year old trying to "help" 😂) and it's been so much easier this time around. Not because I've got less stuff, because I haven't maintained at all since the last time and there's all the baby/kid stuff this time around. But because last time I started with the worst/biggest mess in the spare room and I lost my mind and lost determination.
This time around I've started in the smallest spaces first, a cupboard at a time in the kitchen, the unit in the living room, then a wardrobe at a time. Now my entire house is done except the spare bedroom. And it's made me feel so much better going in to the bedroom the last couple of days because all those things I need to keep I now have the appropriate home elsewhere in the house FREE for them to go into. Things are either in the donate box, the black bag, or straight back into their correct home which has plenty of space available now. It really helps to leave the biggest disaster to last because the rest of the house is prepped and ready for the things that got thrown into the spare room because I couldn't put them away.

[claudia_christianmommy]

Quarantining my
Kids toys was the best idea when decluttering their toys. Out of a whole month keeping their quarantined toys in my closet; only one kid of the 3 asked for his missing truck. I gave it back to him and kept the bag for another month to just see if anyone else missed anything. Nothing was missed so i donated the toys.

If I feel overwhelmed with the decluttering task then how much more do my kids feel the same when they have an abundance of toys they barely play with but don’t know how to articulate it.

Also I’m an observant person so I notice what they play with and I was intentional with items i put in the quarantine bin in the first place.

[myhumbleheartedhome]

Number one is in Proverbs chapter 31! Conviction when reading “she looks well to the ways of her household”! It’s what began the YouTube search where I found you 🤗

[kbal]

Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up was the first book and probably the best one I've read. But I don't use all the techniques she mentions and I use much smaller categories than Marie Condo does. If I put all my clothes out it would be overwhelming and take me three days to do it, but if, for example, I just simplify it by using a smaller section like looking at all my shoes together then I can curate them easily in a quick time frame.
Yourself and a number of other content creators on youtube have really kept me going with decluttering. I also struggle to do all the housework, I have a disability, and having a cleaner come in once a fortnight also keeps me more accountable. I had my daughter help me with my clothes last year and that was wonderful, I was able to make quick decisions, categories items quickly and she took the donations to the charity on the way home. She also kept a few things for herself and was complemented while wearing one of my tops, at work, the following week. It certainly increased my feeling of wellbeing.

[ginashepherd]

The first book that really got me thinking about having less was called Stuffocation by James Wallman. It really struck a chord with me and after that I read Marie Kondo. It just took off from there. I was never a hoarder and often found myself decluttering, but after this I was unstoppable.

[ninnymuggins]

One thing I will always disagree with is getting rid of other people's possessions behind their back-- even if they are 3 or 12 years old. This creates distrust that can have long-lasting and often rebound hoarding effects, as they struggle to hold on to items even more. Also the person is not learning how to manage their own inventory and develop skills in decluttering and decision-making on their own.

[janethunt]

Dawn, I love that you are not wearing a black blouse all the time anymore. You look great!

[DonnaRut]

Flylady’s Sink Reflections changed my life ❤️