My 5 Favorite Minimalism Rules

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1) PRIVATE DECLUTTERING GROUP:

This takes place in a private Facebook group. Here's what you can expect:
- 5-10 minute videos each weekday with guided decluttering tasks
- monthly themes, weekly challenges
- 1 hour live guided decluttering sessions twice a month for accountability
- encouragement & support from other members
- cost is $15/month

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

2) DECLUTTER YOUR HOME IN 15 MINUTES A DAY WORKBOOK:

This workbook is designed to walk you through decluttering each area of your home in 15 minute lessons.

- 168 full color pages
- easy to follow lessons designed for limited time & energy
- our key concepts (like inventory, the silent to-do list, the endowment effect & more) are spread throughout the book, too

Ideal for those looking for a self-paced guidebook to declutter their home quickly & efficiently.

The workbooks are $20 (digital or spiral bound)
Shipping: $4 flat rate domestic US

3) DECLUTTER YOUR HOME IN 15 MINUTES A DAY COURSE:

In the Declutter Your Home in 15 Minutes a Day course we go through the workbook, breaking down specific areas of your home in detail to be able to declutter faster and with more confidence. If you want to know specifics (like how many of each thing to keep) this course is for you.
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[BettyRehusch]

Hi, Dawn,
I’m an active and healthy 84 year old, and I’m decluttering as a gift for myself, my husband, and for my kids. There’s no way on Earth that I want my kids to have to deal with our clutter! I can only imagine how grateful they will be when they come into our home when we’re gone and have so little to do!
I knew I had to do this, but I didn’t know how to do it. You are a master class teacher. Thank you so much!
Betty

[jamie.]

I have a celebration, and I don’t have anyone I can tell in my real life. But yesterday my husband decluttered a garbage bag full of clothes! I body doubled with him, and used the black trash bag. I have been waiting for this moment for years.
So I am so happy for him. Of course I can’t tell him that I’m so proud of him because he is a bit anxious about having just let go of perfectly good things that he has been hanging on to for so long.
This is a start though. The first step finallyyyy!!!!

[BelindaSmith-cj]

Hi Dawn. I’ve followed you for years. I’m not one to leave comments but I’m feeling so grateful for you and your guidance in changing my life. today was a truely momentous day because I had visitors for lunch and I was calm and proud to have them in my home. It was not preceded by days of yelling at my kids & husband to help me clean & tidy. There was no shoving things in random drawers and cupboards or rooms that were not allowed to be opened. The final layer of the onion has been peeled and I feel free and the happiest I have been in years. From the bottom of my heart all the way over in Australia Thank you!

[erinoakley]

Recently I realized I treat my belongings like employees who have a 90 day probation period - if they aren't serving a purpose or delivering results or fulfilling their job duties within 90 days, we have a quick review, and usually they're gone.

[kenkatie]

My favorite rule, or more of a mantra, is what Dana K White says: “I would rather live with regret than live with clutter.”

[lisam]

I remember reading about a court case where someone had sued an advertiser for lying and the judge sided with the advertiser and told the plaintiff that we, the consumers, are responsible for knowing when we're being lied to. So every bit of advertising I see/hear/read, my brain starts with 'they're lying to me to take my money' and it puts all the bright, shiny, new stuff into a category of unneeded because I'm being lied to. It may sound weird, but it works for me.

[RoxannaNeeley]

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I am going through a divorce, getting our house ready to sell. my big take away is, "Is this worth moving?", I am down sizing, "Will I have room for this?", and I love the 20 20 rule. life will be so much better without all the stuff. I realize I was holding onto a lot of clutter because my soon to be ex needed clutter around him.. so, now I can start new and fresh with just what our son and I need.. I love your videos and I am hopeful for my future home.

[eileenlass]

I've been decluttering for over thirty years, and my experience is that for every hundred things I get rid of, there's usually one that should not have gone. But the value of the 99 things that NEEDED to go FAR outweighs the one mistake. I can't let the mistakes keep me from the 99%!

[shaedynshadow]

"I give myself permission to throw it away" literally changed my life. In a time when I was mentally paralyzed by my clutter, simply giving myself permission to just put it in the black trash bag instead of trying to donate or sell it completely changed my trajectory. I was able to get the space I needed to make better future decisions, and on days when I am overwhelmed I still remind myself that I have permission to just throw it away!

[madebylora]

Sometimes I ask myself: If I was moving house, would this item be worth the effort of packing, transporting and unpacking again.

[merrythelen]

I have just started this journey...I'm 72, still working full time because all this "amazing stuff that I just had to have" cost me money! Now I'm spending precious retirement years paying off plastic...and I'm disgusted with myself. So it's time to take my home back!!! I so enjoy your
me with encouragement and hope. God Bless you!!!❤ I've given myself 2024 to make the first pass through. I'm quickly realizing that decluttering for me will require more than one trip through my mind boggling mess! Wish me luck and please keep the awesome content coming!!! Love ya back...

[cherievance]

My new 2024 rule is NOT to buy until the day I need it.
Story: I purchased house paint to do the job later. Guess what? 6 months later, I still haven't done it. Then I started to watch myself and I actually - buy to do later alot...😮
So now I go look at what I want, note, take photos etc and plan to buy the day I'm ready to do it. I have saved a heap of $$ I'm guilt free 😊🎉🎉🎉

Thanks Dawn 💚 I love your videos

[MrsPink]

Hubby keeps a gift list. Things loved ones mention or that he sees broken, etc. We shop for them only using this list. Most of the items are consumables or experiences. It’s not a decluttering rule, but I feel good about not cluttering the lives of those we love.

[diannerabon]

My husband retired six months ago, and our kids are grown. Our parents are dealing with health issues and we are realizing the burden that a house full of things will be for our own kids. We have been cleaning out closets and drawers and it is an amazing feeling to have less to manage.

[roxpar]

Hi everyone, I started decluttering, simplifying and organizing 3 years ago, now there are times when I sit and relax or spend time with my kids and I don't feel like there's a list of "things-to-do" growing while I'm not looking. It feels amazing. I enjoy it when I clean because things are so simplified. Meals are easier, laundry is easier, finding things is easier, relaxing is easier, it is truly unbelievable. I sort of feel like I cheated, I don't feel like I put in enough work to have received these incredible benefits!

[chloetownsend]

I've been watching your content for a couple years now, and the grace and kindness and peace you bring to the table is such a gift. The last time my parents visited us, my mom walked in the door and looked around and said, "Your house looks so big now! Where IS everything?" That honestly felt like the biggest compliment in the world. My husband regularly remarks how much less time it takes to straighten up on "cleaning days" too, and our 5-year-old is already developing her giving heart and decluttering muscles; I can give her a box and tell her to go find things we can give to other kids, and she LOVES it. Thank you so much for making this journey more navigable, especially for a mom of 3 under 6. God has given you a talent, and you're passing the blessing along.

Oh! And my favorite tip is to always have at least one donatable donate box in easy access at all times. Usually I have one in the kitchen and one in the master bedroom.

[ChristysChannelYall]

I’m on a no-buy this year and I am learning to be creative with what I have. Here is an example…I bought a roast and forgot that I decluttered my slow cooker. I had to figure out how to cook it in my stove. I didn’t have a roasting pan either so…I put the roast in my cast iron, put the pizza pan on top of it and put it in the oven. It worked 😂😂

[no_peace]

I'm disabled and I have had hoarding disorder but I kind of don't anymore? I process visually and I have extreme issues with memory and working memory

Anyway I've gotten my kitchen, bathroom and hall minimized, at least the work spaces are (i can do more in the cupboards). I knew it was way easier for me to function but today I realized that my brain is actually working better, because of my usable spaces, even though other health issues are way worse. There is so much more open empty reliable space that I don't have to try (fail) to memorize where everything is over and over, or constantly scan piles of stuff to look for things. Everything is always in the same spot. Anything in usually-empty spaces is in the wrong spot. Empty spots mean something is missing

It sounds simple and silly but it has made a colossal difference. Before it was like i had to repeat a phone number or to do list or something like that all the time while i was trying to think. Now i just have way less background cognitive load. I'm so grateful I've been able to access all this info (from Dawn and Dana especially), and access the resources to actually change things. We aren't quite done yet but pretty soon we'll be able to have inspections or let maintenance in without doing anything other than like hiding our drawers in the hamper lol. The places I've fine tuned are truly always clean and tidy enough for people to see. It's easier to put stuff away than to dump it, so that's what we do. It's incredible, I'm so thankful and proud of myself

[lisaduncan-purcell]

I can really relate to the example you gave about inheriting mom's sewing stuff. I like to sew and my mom loved to sew, she passed away about 4 years ago and I've been cleaning out her sewing room. I was determined not to keep stuff unless I was sure I would use it. Though we both sewed we sewed very different things. I either gave it away or sold it dirt cheap on Facebook. I cleared out a lot of stuff, found new homes for good things, and the highlight was that I met some of the nicest people as I gave these things away. I heard some wonderful stories about Grandmas teaching grandkids to sew, about a young woman who decided to learn to sew and was shocked to find out how expensive fabric was. A lovely young man who bought two boxes of Christmas fabric cuz he knew his mom loved to quilt Christmas stuff. All that stuff went from being a burden to me to a blessing for others and I was left with lovely stories. Win-win

[caseyrichardson]

I now ask myself “if this burst into flames would I be happy?” This was the perspective change I needed. Now we fill donation boxes almost weekly and we are slowly decluttering our house. Thank you Dawn! I love your outlook on our things.