From Chaos to .... Extreme Whole House Declutter 2024 Day 1

Hi! Just found your video after an illness that caused me to be overwhelmed in my home. I now have a life coach and she highly recommended in finding someone to connect with. I think you may be the one.❤
You are very fortunate to have that long lifetime friend,mine left me when I needed her most after 53 years.😢
Looking forward to following your journey.

I reckon watch some more of Dana’s videos on the container concept I think it would really work for you. If you love pens you can choose a big container!!! Or sacrifice something else because you love pens

You’re doing such a great job of decluttering!

It’s astounding how much we collect in the course of our lifetime. I haven’t decluttered in years. But I definitely need to. I know it’s because of my scarcity mindset but I have to remind myself it’s ok.

Can't results. Your family will get what needs to be done done. Hope you hear very soon about the news you need to hear.

Yeah, one life, let's live it 😜👌👍
Yes no one's perfect, what is perfect anyway, who agrees, my wife thinks this too

Yes, clutterbug, the minimal mom, and how about Kristie from this Mum at home, all which Bronwyn and I occasionally watch too or she tells me about

Hi Mel, I’m impressed with hubbys kitchen cleaning skills 🥇

You are so inspiring! I’m facing my own demons around impulse spending, you are incredible to share your journey ❤

I have been watching for a few years and i started cause i wanted an average aussie mum to see that im not alone. You are one of the main ones that got me to be kind on myself for not being perfect trying to be a mum of ND kids. Thank you so much for all that you are.

Whew big progress

You’ve started well! I had to laugh at the labelling of the memorabilia bins, that would have been me too. That was something each kid could have easily done for themselves, using their own individual creativity. But it was a pressure relief for you, switching your nervous system from sympathetic to parasympathetic. I got it completely.
Keep up the great work. The more you get rid of the easier it will be. We all need less than we have. When I think what my mother made do with, it was paultry compared to what I think I need.
Good on you! 🎉

Hello from California USA! Just discovered your channel! I love watching any video that motivates me to declutter! I am not a hoarder, but I am a renter and I know there will come a day that I will need to move out of my big house and the idea of packing up this place makes me want to break out in hives. I am looking forward to seeing all your old videos and get as much motivation as possible!

I am so excited 🎉for you all! When it comes to children we always ask them what their favourite things are & to pack their favourite things first! Then we are a little more ruthless with the rest. We remind them things we donate go to other families & the rubbish is getting recycled to make more paper lol 😂 I adore Cas, Dawn & Dana. Love their system of black trash bag, donate box & time will tell! It has changed my life. However we recently moved & now our systems are out of whack so I’m trying to fix them to suit this new house.

Yes, for the love of sorted! I remember when there were those terrible wildfires in Australia - I watched you often. It's like seeing an old friend 😊

You can do it…💪💪

Love from Norway ❤

Hi Mel, fingers crossed that everything goes well and you live in your new home as soon as possible! I know what it's like to have anxiety-depressive disorder. My family didn't even want to believe me and claimed that the psychiatrist made up the diagnosis to get more money. At first they even thought that I was just lazy or that my husband and children didn't help me at all... Now they finally trust me and rather sometimes ask how I feel and if I need help with something... I wish you a nice week!! !

I am a brand new subscriber to your channel. The first video I watched was one from a few days ago as you were feeling emotional and processing this news. I went through a very similar experience five years ago when a house we had lived in for over a decade was sold. I want to caution you to take very very good care of your mental health and be kind an patient with yourself. Moving is stressful enough. Moving unexpectedly surrounded by uncertainty is another level of hard. I’m here on the other side of it to cheer you on and tell you that you will in fact make it through this and discover so much along the way. But I know it’s hard now. You have a new friend in Canada 🇨🇦. Sending love ❤️

Wow Mel, you and Alto did so much work, I'm impressed with the progress you made. Please thank your hubby for allowing us to see you both on vlog, i know he's not really keen but we think he's epic. Now I'm looking at my place and thinking i have to wait until after my op before I can get anything done. Sending hugs to you all. ❤

Wow Mel! You and Ado did a fantastic job! Must feel great to get so much done

Waves paw. I’m a recovering pack rat. I live in the family home with 3 generations of junk oops stuff to declutter. I just found your channel. I’m really excited about watching your videos.

What helped me was the one in one out mentality, so if I buy something I have to remove something in the same category (usually it’s something that is broken anyways but I hang on to for “just in case”)

Wow! This is so much work! I'm procrastinating doing homework.

I'm just glad I ran into you. And your voice is just so soothing. It literally made my anxiety calm down. 😊

You are doing an amazing job in your household with the move. Progress not perfection !! Every little bit you’re able to part with is going to make such a difference. Sending motivation and good vibes your way !

Good luck Mel!! Rooting for you 💖😊

Hello Mel! I found you 3 years ago and have been watching your videos ever since. You talk a lot about your anxiety and depression and I feel as though I have known you all my life.I am now in the process of having ADHD test but apart from knowing exactly how you are feeling most of the time you are just a beautiful person! You have changed my life a lot I know now I am not alone thanks to you and I don’t have to listen to people say GET OVER IT ect. Anything you post I love watching because your channel is real I cannot watch picture perfect as it does depress me as it just isn’t me. You are the Best. Thank you for everything you do for us you are greatly appreciated. ❤️❤️🐶🐈

Hi Mel 😊
I am brand new to your channel but I subscribed immediately!! I sooo related to you, especially when it comes to decluttering. I struggle with that a lot. I wake up with the best intentions EVERY SINGLE DAY but have minimal success. Depression and anxiety are also present in my life. I'm cheering you along as you prepare to move. If someone told me I had to move I would consider burning down the house. lol (not really, but you know...). No questions for you yet!!
Cheers x

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I found this channel along with another years ago, when I was desperate to find the ‘magic’ in having lovely streamlined homes. I discovered that by watching you, I could pinpoint what I was doing - sort of like seeing myself outside in - I realised that a major part of my constant mess was all the other people in my house and my own hobbies. Through watching you, I’ve made conscious effort to stop buying baskets to store excess things that could be sorted by discarding not keeping them 😂😂😂 Despite constantly decluttering, I found more things to let go of. How do these things breed?

I don't remember how I found your channel, but I'm glad to be following along. We've been dealing with the sudden passing of my father-in-law. Our housing situation is very up in the air at the moment, so I'm also working on decluttering.

Love all your videos Mel, especially the budgeting and cleaning videos. Your videos are very inspiring and I look forward to seeing your new journey, I’m sure it will be super awesome!

I’m new to your channel. Love your accent (I’m in the US) love your little black dog!! I know it’s so stressful for you to have to move. But just watching you and your husband go through your kitchen, I was thinking how good it’s going to feel to have to go through your stuff and downsize. Like a bit of a forced task, but you are going to be so relieved to move into a new place with such a lighter load. Keep up the great work, looking forward to more videos!!! 😊

Hi Mel! I found your channel when I was watching some organize with me videos and I’m so grateful! I’m in Texas and my oh my, I want to declutter so badly-so woohoo for you guys. Good luck and prayers on the new home. Can’t wait to follow you along. Isn’t it funny how no matter how far away we all live, we’re so much alike in how we live and what we deal with. You’re amazing! ❤😊

Bless your heart.The best of luck.

Just discovered your channel today, sick in bed after nursing my son through an illness since the weekend 😢 My head is pounding but even when I can’t watch, listening to your story is soothing to me. I understand that feeling of lack and feel like I’ll be chasing that down my whole life. People may see a version of me that I just don’t have belief in myself. However I do everything I can for my husband and son without much family help, and I know I should be proud of that. My upbringing contributes to this feeling of loneliness and lack, and now I am creating my own little world full of love for my family. I know I’ll look back with pride but my goal is to have more enjoyment each and every day until then, before my 4 year old is self-sufficient and those daily demands dial down. I treasure each moment and hope you will as well. Good luck on your journey and thank you for sharing, you touched my heart today ❤

I just found you! Thank you recommendations. I have few Aussie channels sadly. I already like what I’m hearing. I’m looking forward to more. 🐨😁🎉 forgot to add, subscribed!

New and subscribed after I heard your plight, I have definitely been in your moving shoes. 😂 I started off with the minimal mom because she is an icon for the new “minimalism” movement surrounded around a more comfortable less spartan minimal idea unlike the original movement. She was the easiest to do, then Dana K White because she evolved me into no “monica closets” and always Cass for organization, which is always evolving.

Good job at least you are taking it step by step, and you have started and that is a big accomplishment..

Hey there, from Texas USA! I definitely feel like a work in progress as well. Working through my kitchen too, to declutter what isn't needed. We can move and hold on to things for many reasons. Trying to keep the frame of mind of, if it hasn't been utilized recently to re-home and donate it. I took a giant gift bag overflowing to donate, as well as a trash bag of egg cartons. It felt soo good!

New subscriber here from Vancouver 🇨🇦 Loved your video and your explanations along the way. Thinking about you as you go through the challenge of moving not to mention moving when it’s been a surprise. I look forward to catching up on your previous videos and your future videos too! ❤

Hello! I'm Rachel from the USA. I think you made great progress! You should be really proud, I know decluttering isn't easy for everybody. But, you are lucky in a way because I feel when you're moving that is the very best time to declutter.

New subscriber. Your story is so relatable, and I had already decided to subscribe but then you said Binning. -I mean Hammerbarn and you had me.

A video of yours was a random suggestion by the YT algorithm recently and this one came up tonight. This is all very much in my wheelhouse. I'm a member of Cass' Organizing Experts, my niche is the neurodivergent or chronically disorganized and all things small space living. Downsizing/moving is a huge part of that and my fave kind of move is what I call a "crossover", where you have both spaces for a period of time and they're relatively close to each other, so you can take a number of trips to the new place with stuff and really get a feel for how much will fit comfortably. I'm Canadian (the other side of the country from Cass, lol), live in about 400 sq ft with my black toy poodle, and am empty nesting now. Just subscribed.

Near Chicago, USA. 3 of us live in a 2BR apartment. I'm 74. I love declutter videos with no music. No hoarders, but my husband and daughter have too much stuff
they don't use. Tina, Al's wife

Hope you are okay Mel as not seen any footage for a while .x

I’ve been wanting to start a similar channel. Basically get my sh@&$t together channel. Debt, impulse shopping, declutter and clean, work on my health/fitness. I think I found a king in you. ❤