Postby Harmony » Sun Aug 27, 2023 2:20 pm
My donation bin (which is pretty big) is almost full. I need to get to the thrift to empty it. Mostly clothes in there. A set of red towels (who needs red anything in their washer to fade all over white clothes?), a few tea towels that I had for a different purpose never done - these are linen ones and whoever thought those were good to pick up water? Today I put 2 pairs of shoes in there after trying them on for the umpteenth time. How many times is that? A lot!
I'm trying to remember who was talking on you tube about saving things for our fantasy selves. Now I can't remember who...there were a couple of them. But I am finally decluttering a project that will never be finished. My eyesight is almost not good enough to do that, and when I tried to get back to it I think I messed up one part and I don't think that is fixable...and I'm finally over the guilt of never finishing this project. That's all I'll say about it... I don't need to hear anybody saying "aw, that's too bad" stuff like that to make me feel bad again. I need to live in the here and now and not be dishonest about what I can do these days.
So, Harriet, you asked who I listen to on You Tube and I'll try to remember them all. My favorite to watch is Shannon Torrens, especially when she works with her DMom, Cathy. Together they are a whole lot of fun to watch. Cathy is more my age (I'm older) and she is cleaning out a whole house of belongings...and 4 years ago they did a series, starting with one showing and explaining about the Swedish Death Cleaning book. Cathy started out not letting Shannon make any suggestions and still wanting to hold on to everything. As she saw more and more cleaned out spaces, it got easier. These videos were done over 4 years. Finally she did one at the request of her mother who explained how her thinking about it all changed and why. EVERYONE should watch that one, which was made about a month ago, titled '10 things that changed from Swedish Death Cleaning.' Plus, they are really cute and fun to watch together.
Then, I watch The Minimal Mom, she puts a new one out every Tuesday. I watch Nourishing Minimalism...and she's the one who did one a year ago titled 'Abandon the Fantasy Self and Unlock Your True Self'. That one helped me a lot. I like Slice of Life videos, maybe A to Zen though she's a little too extremely minimal. And I listen to Joshua Becker, always a lot of wisdom there.
What is motivating to one person isn't always helpful to another. Once you start watching these, others will come up in your feed so you can try them out. These are just the ones I like the best. I watched one gal who cleaned out EVERYTHING in her house so they could travel and live that way out of a suitcase for her and 1 for her husband. I can't relate to that! Since I've been watching these, my house looks different and looks neater more consistently. It's a work in progress, especially the shop etc. which I'm so grateful DH is working on.