easy minimalist habits to OWN LESS STUFF 📦

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I discovered minimalism as a new mom with too much on my plate... I remember hearing that the average American home contains roughly 300,000 material items. And the irony was that no one has enough time in their life to manage that much stuff I realized that all the excessive shopping, decorating, storing, and organizing was creating a life of anxiety, comparison, distraction, tension, and debt.
What I really wanted more of:
-more mental capacity to enjoy motherhood
-more energy to play and be outside
-more rest and high-quality sleep
-more money in my savings account
-more conversations where I was really engaged and excited instead of exhausted
-more traveling with my kids
-more ideas
-more of my weird sense of humor
-more balance groundedness and authenticity

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If you're new here, welcome! I'm Madi, creating videos about minimalism and slow living every Tuesday or Wednesday. In my videos you will see my minimalist home, my capsule wardrobe, decluttering, inspiration for slow living with kids, intentional living, minimalist finances, things I no longer buy, things I no longer own, things I buy more of as a minimalist, and just overall my passion and inspiration for simple living!

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easy minimalist habits to OWN LESS STUFF 📦

Chapters:
00:00 why I love owning less
01:17 wants vs needs list
03:34 high-quality natural deodorant - CAMBER
05:06 communicating openly with family
06:03 shame around keeping gifts
07:00 imperfect purchases
08:07 quality over cheap
09:55 life-changing perspective shift
12:48 creating the life you want

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[jhps]

Im a 50 y o male. Video rec by yt. Suffocating in clutter. As my family members have passed ive ended up with their stuff. Most recently Mom - which means a house full of all she kept - a lot. Its all way too long and the dynamics complex to fully understand. All i want is more free time and a very simple life. To wake up when my body says its ready (not an alarm clock), eat when im hungry (not because i better eat now), have the luxury of putting my head down for a power nap (instead of sitting there bobbleheading it). Its a process.

[kale-bopp]

Thank you for devoting a section to imperfection. Minimalism and rigidity often go hand in hand, and there’s a lot of pressure to always make the “right” decision, the “right” purchase, etc. It’s important to remind ourselves that minimalism is a mindset that is intended to support us, not another thing to beat ourselves up over for not doing perfectly. I’ve given myself the space to apply minimalism only to the aspects of my life that are served by it. That has kept me from becoming anxious and puritanical about the whole thing.

[mailars]

Ironic how your name is gray when you are such a bright light ☀️ thank you for your videos and your channel. You really have changed my life. ❤

[tulsabrit]

I grew up in England and emigrated to the US a long time ago. I remember there was always a lot of thought into what we purchased whether it was clothing or household items because everything was expensive, which on looking back was a way of not getting overwhelmed by stuff. Then when I moved to the US everything was cheap, at that time I felt how great it was to be able to purchase an item when I thought I needed it, then several years later the reality of the abundance of stuff was more than overwhelming, I knew I wanted a much simpler life. Since then I have worked hard to minimize everything, clothing, household items, even food items. We eat simply, no processed foods, only extremely nutritious foods, because 8:57 of this I’ve minimized shopping time all around, giving me more time to exercise and spend time with family and friends, no longer a slave to the house. I’ve got time for interests and learning new things, something I’m really interested in is fermented foods, which I’ve been cultivating so I can pass on to friends and family. Life is more precious than material things. Eat well and laugh a lot. 😁

[Ashley-fdrs]

Kind of related to wants vs needs but I write down things I want to buy the following month then try to set aside a time one day to buy everything (normally a few random things). To me this is kind of like how in the past people used to go into town once a week or once a month to buy stuff. My current approach is helpful because buying at once means the packages arrive around the same time and I can process everything efficiently: breaking down boxes or reusing them for donation boxes, process returns in one errand, etc. it also removes some mental load from constantly wanting to not forget buying something. It goes on my list and I will evaluate if I still need it later.

[janetbransdon]

I have been swapping my plastic containers for glass ones. Replacing hard plastic kitchen tools for wood and steel ones.

[scarletth]

So helpful as always! 😍 we live in a small house & we’ve been wanting to get pregnant with our third baby, but our house felt „too small“. But we don’t want to move into a bigger house, So since then I’ve started another round of decluttering but this time with the question „what am I decluttering for?“ so „decluttering to make space for baby nr 3“ made it a lot easier parting with things that I was holding onto where I realised „I won’t need that“ or even „I won’t even have time for that with three little ones“ . Kind of helped as well to let go of this fantasy self I’ve been holding onto, that I don’t even wanna be any more.

Long story short, super Video, again! Thank you that you keep sharing these with us 🥰 have a good day ✨🌻

[shanley_rn]

After watching one of your videos yesterday, I was so inspired that even 9 months pregnant (will be induced Thursday if I don’t go into labor on my own) I started declutterring our basement last night. taking a whole Tahoe load full of stuff to our local ‘Swap & Shop’ & at least 5 or 6 trash bags full of stuff! I moved all my pantry/ kitchen storage to shift it to work better for me. I am so pleased & inspired and can’t wait to watch more of your videos

[treluvstrees]

Love the part about speaking honestly to family. I think sometimes we forget to declutter the excess intangible things in our lives. I decluttered the need to be “in” everything… every conversation, every opinion, every group chat. I save my energy for the things that make me smile!

[amandamorris]

I've started sitting on purchases and the wait really does make such a difference! I buy less and want less.

[anadoss]

"Separate the excess from stuff that is adding value" I love this... Thank you!

[HerCupOfSIMPLE]

Dear Madi, yes, buying right away the right thing instead of what's cheaper has been a huge shift in my purchasing habits, allowing me automatically to have to save and wait for that item....
Also, knowing that for every not necessary thing, means moving away from my goal of keep being a stay at home and this alone is what keeps me going😊

[Sidtrav]

Love your videos! Would love to also see videos of items in each room that you find high value or multipurpose use.
, and why you chose these things. Maybe a room/house tour.

[thehealthjunkie]

It would be so easy if I lived in a hot weather country to have less clothes, in UK we need warm stuff clothes. I find it so hard to have less clothes in a cold very rarely hot country. Im slowly trying to sell clothes and books.

[samanthabranson]

Thanks for all the tips- I especially loved the one about separating in your mind what you need room for. It made me think of the minimal moms idea for how she Declutters the closet- laying everything she needs on the bed- finding the gaps, and removing the rest of the stuff.

[emilymcclain]

Yes! Coming from a place of abundance rather than scarcity is a huge shift in the whole process. As always, love your videos so much Madi! ❤❤

[aloverofstories]

First time to bump into your channel. I love how you mentioned that we should focus on what we love and want to keep rather than focus on what we should declutter. ❤

[malloryjones]

Such a good point to look at a space as “what you want” rather than the overwhelm from all the things. Will definitely take that with me ❤

[rebeccaoprea]

A good deal is only a deal if you love it and use it.

[jen___b]

I find it so hard when people come over and give my kids things. My in-laws bring something over every single time they come over. Usually it's just absolute junk... 🤦🏼‍♀️ I tell them all the time that the kids want to see you they don't need something every time but they persist 🫠