Purging My Space: Tips and Tricks for a Clutter-Free Life
For me, purging my space has been incredibly therapeutic. It's like I've cleared up mental clutter by getting rid of physical items that were weighing me down. My brain is more organized now that I have fewer distractions and can focus on the things that bring me joy. I feel like I've regained control over my life and can finally start to use the planner supplies I've accumulated over time.
When it comes to purging, I recommend starting with one area at a time. This can help prevent feeling overwhelmed and make the task more manageable. For example, if you have multiple cluttered areas in your house, try tackling just one room or closet at a time. Sort items into three piles: trash, keep, and donate. Be honest with yourself about each item - when was the last time you used it? Does it bring you joy or serve a purpose? If not, consider letting it go.
For me, purging has been a game-changer. I've realized how much weight it had lifted off my shoulders once I got rid of stuff that no longer served me. Now, I can focus on the things that bring me excitement and joy. This newfound sense of freedom has allowed me to tackle projects like planning videos again.
Watching YouTube or listening to music while I work on purging can make the task more enjoyable. My go-to channels for inspiration are Ashley Dawn, Alexandria Garza, Nicole Guerrero, and ninju does crafts. Hearing someone talk can be so soothing and comforting - it's like having a friend in the room with me.
To take your purging game to the next level, try creating a system that works for you. This might mean setting up a donation bin or using storage containers to keep items organized. For me, having a clear plan in place has been essential to staying on track and avoiding feelings of overwhelm.
As I was recording this video, I couldn't help but think about how much fun purging can be. It's not just about getting rid of stuff - it's also about creating space for new things that bring us joy. Whether you're a seasoned pro at decluttering or just starting out, remember to take your time and have fun with the process.
Giveaway Time!
As a special treat for my amazing community, I'm hosting a giveaway! To enter, simply click on the link below and follow the instructions. The rules are simple:
* You must be a US resident (sorry, international friends - this one's for you)
* Click on the giveaway link in the description box below
* Answer the question that appears when you click on the link (it'll pop up once you're there)
That's it! I'll choose two winners at random and send them a mystery package filled with goodies. You won't know what you get, but trust me - it'll be fun!
To enter, click here: [insert giveaway link]
Don't forget to follow the rules and good luck to all participants!
My Final Thoughts
As I finish this video, I'm excited to share my newfound love of purging with all of you. It's been a journey, but one that's taught me so much about myself and how I want to live my life. Whether you're a fellow decluttering enthusiast or just looking for some inspiration, I hope my story has resonated with you.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get some food - Chick-fil-A is calling my name! Who else loves their frosted lemonade?
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enall right so now I am in my third bedroom in my house it's basically like my daughter's TV room it's the cutest setup and I am going to start filming videos in here now that she's back to school so I'm really excited about it it's just so beautiful there's a huge window over there but yeah gorgeous um so but what's also in this room in that right there is my craft closet now I've actually done an organization video for that room um for that room for that closet but it's been a while and because I've been redoing this room and moving things around and trying to clean out my bedroom I redid my office cuz way back when all of my stuff used to be in my office and I didn't like the look of that it was just too much going on and I like really crisp clean non clutter kind of Decor so I need to I need to go through this closet so that's going to be part of my purging system now be prepared there's a lot of craft goodies in here okay I want you to be prepared but I'll tell you this whatever I find that I feel like I'm not going to give attention to I will be putting them in giveaways so yeah let's go ahead and get going because this has been weighing on my mind so much you have no idea prepare yourself because it's a mess you can't even walk in it there are all of my sticker albums I love these so much um yeah I just have all kinds of Decor this is where I put Wonder Woman because this room was a Wonder Woman theme and now obviously it's like black and gold so I've got board games so this is like a combination closet and unfortunately this house really has like a huge o open floor plan and I don't have like a lot of storage space so it's basically this closet and the closet in my entryway yeah so but what I do want to do because my closet in my bedroom is so humongous that I am going to um install like dressers in there so that I can have more storage space I mean I might as well it's a huge closet might as well take advantage of it but what happens when I do that I don't know why I don't know if you guys do this but anytime I like bring in more furniture all I keep thinking about is how expensive like my next move is going to be I don't know why I think that way but that's how I think okay so I'm going to set the camera down and we're going to start to clean this out right he now that I've made a path clear enough to go ahead and organize these drawers cuz I really don't want to move these things in here I'm going to go ahead and work on my drawer system and start cleaning them out and making room for Stuff he he oh my gosh he so for e okay guys so I have finished and this was the best that I could do with you know kind of what I have but it is so much bigger of an improvement because my floor is essentially cleaned there's nothing on the floor I did have to get some bug spray and spray in there because I was seeing some silverfish and I'm not a fan of them at all so I will have to like essentially move like this piece like this to get to those drawers but again you know I'm just limited in my space so I don't mind that at all and I can also now get to these drawers over here which I've cleaned out so there is my pile of trash I mean it's just it just keeps going it just keeps going it's kind of hard to see cuz there's a shadow over there but um yeah so I am really excited I really haven't organized over here just yet I'm telling you tackling this closet took a lot out of me so you know this may just have to be like another day but um I did keep this I did put one thing in here I think I put this in here so yeah but otherwise I think this was pretty successful cuz again I you know I can walk in here I can get to my drawers okay guys so I am all done with purging at least part one so we all have different problem areas in our home maybe it's every area in your house for me it's almost every area of my house but I pretty much as you can see I tackled my closet which which was a big deal I tackled my dresser drawers with like clothes oh my God that was ridiculous I tackled my craft closet which was really the whole reason why I started this whole purging system in the first place I haul and do so much for you know my planner stuff and I love everything I have and I have watched so many craft room tours of women who just have an entire room like with all their crafting supplies and I would love to have that and unfortunately I can't I don't have a room for that right now so I have to watch how much stuff I keep in my house um and on that note I am going to be doing a giveaway I just was going through so much planner stuff and I'm like I don't want to throw this away I want to give this away to one of you one man's trash is another man's treasure but really it's treasure to me too but again I'm just like limited to space so stay tuned to the end of this video to find out what the rules are to enter I will tell you though that purging felt so good and had I have known how good this felt I would have done this years ago because what it does and maybe it's just a mental state of mind for me particularly but for me it clears up my mind it's like these items existed in my mind you know what I mean like and my now my storage in my brain is more full because I've like gotten rid of stuff and it's lifted weight off my shoulders and now I can really start to get excited about the clothes I have left to actually wear them and you know for my planner stuff to actually be able to get to them I mean you saw the issue in my closet so now I'm excited and that's kind of why my planner videos haven't been out in a while because in the back of my mind I know how much great stuff I have but I can't even get to it to use it I don't have a system so it was just this was needed so my tips to you guys if you got a purge and let's say you have multiple problem areas in your house do one area at a time and see how it goes but honestly purging feels amazing like I want to do more honestly but it can be a little overwhelming at times so just take your time and sort you know a trash pile A keep pile and a donation pile um so those are my tips to you they're really simple and have fun doing it too try to have fun whether you're watching a movie or listening to YouTube you're listening to music I love watching YouTube anytime that I'm like cleaning or doing anything so that's normally what I do I always watch like Ashley Dawn and I watch Alexandria Garza Nicole Guerrero and ninju does crafts so so many channels whatever your favorites are put them on it helps me just hearing someone talk sounds like there's a friend in the room all right so not to make the end of this video super long but here are the rules to enter into the giveaway they're actually one rule I'm just going to make one simple rule for this giveaway and that rule is you're going to have to click on the giveaway link below and it will take you over to my giveaway program called rafflecopter and when you click on that link you'll have to enter in your email address this is the email address that raffle copter provides me so that I can contact you if you are the winner so use an valid email address when you're entering and you will just have to answer the question that's there how haven't thought of the question yet but by the time this video is up there there will be a question there there is a second rule sorry there's going to be a second rule and the second rule is US residents only so this is not International um because these packages are going to be very heavy there's going to be so much stuff and I'm going to do two so in this giveaway I'm going to pick two different winners and you guys y'all are just going to get a lot and it's mystery it's going to be a mystery Package you won't know what you get maybe you won't like it maybe you can send it off in a friend mail or if you have a YouTube channel you can do a giveaway for yourself but whatever it is it's going to be a mystery package to Winners go answer the question us resident only and that is it so I will leave all the information down the description box below in case I talked a little bit too fast um so it will all be down there below and also it will list when the giveaway is closed give me a couple of days after it's closed to announce the winner please click back on the link that will still be in the description box and it will take you to the giveaway it will say it's closed but it will announce the winners there I will also announce the winners in the comment section of this video but I won't actually do a video um on the winners and the winners will get an email from me and my email is cheapcraftygirl yahoo.com all right guys I have nothing else to say I am going to my car is already loaded up it's loaded up ready go um that stuff is going to go off to a donation and that's it it feels really great and I hope that I've inspired you and thank you so much for watching this video I'm starving haven't eaten anything so I think I'm going to go get Chick-fil-A who else likes their frosted lemonade at first when I drink it I was like I really don't know about all this I mean there's vanilla in here it's not really a lemonade lemonade there's like a vanilla in this and then I kept drinking I was like this is actually pretty good and now I'm addicted so I'm going to go get a frosted lemonade and probably a chicken sandwich and yeah that's it so I'll see you guys in another video and good luck to the giveaway entries and I'll see you guys soon byeall right so now I am in my third bedroom in my house it's basically like my daughter's TV room it's the cutest setup and I am going to start filming videos in here now that she's back to school so I'm really excited about it it's just so beautiful there's a huge window over there but yeah gorgeous um so but what's also in this room in that right there is my craft closet now I've actually done an organization video for that room um for that room for that closet but it's been a while and because I've been redoing this room and moving things around and trying to clean out my bedroom I redid my office cuz way back when all of my stuff used to be in my office and I didn't like the look of that it was just too much going on and I like really crisp clean non clutter kind of Decor so I need to I need to go through this closet so that's going to be part of my purging system now be prepared there's a lot of craft goodies in here okay I want you to be prepared but I'll tell you this whatever I find that I feel like I'm not going to give attention to I will be putting them in giveaways so yeah let's go ahead and get going because this has been weighing on my mind so much you have no idea prepare yourself because it's a mess you can't even walk in it there are all of my sticker albums I love these so much um yeah I just have all kinds of Decor this is where I put Wonder Woman because this room was a Wonder Woman theme and now obviously it's like black and gold so I've got board games so this is like a combination closet and unfortunately this house really has like a huge o open floor plan and I don't have like a lot of storage space so it's basically this closet and the closet in my entryway yeah so but what I do want to do because my closet in my bedroom is so humongous that I am going to um install like dressers in there so that I can have more storage space I mean I might as well it's a huge closet might as well take advantage of it but what happens when I do that I don't know why I don't know if you guys do this but anytime I like bring in more furniture all I keep thinking about is how expensive like my next move is going to be I don't know why I think that way but that's how I think okay so I'm going to set the camera down and we're going to start to clean this out right he now that I've made a path clear enough to go ahead and organize these drawers cuz I really don't want to move these things in here I'm going to go ahead and work on my drawer system and start cleaning them out and making room for Stuff he he oh my gosh he so for e okay guys so I have finished and this was the best that I could do with you know kind of what I have but it is so much bigger of an improvement because my floor is essentially cleaned there's nothing on the floor I did have to get some bug spray and spray in there because I was seeing some silverfish and I'm not a fan of them at all so I will have to like essentially move like this piece like this to get to those drawers but again you know I'm just limited in my space so I don't mind that at all and I can also now get to these drawers over here which I've cleaned out so there is my pile of trash I mean it's just it just keeps going it just keeps going it's kind of hard to see cuz there's a shadow over there but um yeah so I am really excited I really haven't organized over here just yet I'm telling you tackling this closet took a lot out of me so you know this may just have to be like another day but um I did keep this I did put one thing in here I think I put this in here so yeah but otherwise I think this was pretty successful cuz again I you know I can walk in here I can get to my drawers okay guys so I am all done with purging at least part one so we all have different problem areas in our home maybe it's every area in your house for me it's almost every area of my house but I pretty much as you can see I tackled my closet which which was a big deal I tackled my dresser drawers with like clothes oh my God that was ridiculous I tackled my craft closet which was really the whole reason why I started this whole purging system in the first place I haul and do so much for you know my planner stuff and I love everything I have and I have watched so many craft room tours of women who just have an entire room like with all their crafting supplies and I would love to have that and unfortunately I can't I don't have a room for that right now so I have to watch how much stuff I keep in my house um and on that note I am going to be doing a giveaway I just was going through so much planner stuff and I'm like I don't want to throw this away I want to give this away to one of you one man's trash is another man's treasure but really it's treasure to me too but again I'm just like limited to space so stay tuned to the end of this video to find out what the rules are to enter I will tell you though that purging felt so good and had I have known how good this felt I would have done this years ago because what it does and maybe it's just a mental state of mind for me particularly but for me it clears up my mind it's like these items existed in my mind you know what I mean like and my now my storage in my brain is more full because I've like gotten rid of stuff and it's lifted weight off my shoulders and now I can really start to get excited about the clothes I have left to actually wear them and you know for my planner stuff to actually be able to get to them I mean you saw the issue in my closet so now I'm excited and that's kind of why my planner videos haven't been out in a while because in the back of my mind I know how much great stuff I have but I can't even get to it to use it I don't have a system so it was just this was needed so my tips to you guys if you got a purge and let's say you have multiple problem areas in your house do one area at a time and see how it goes but honestly purging feels amazing like I want to do more honestly but it can be a little overwhelming at times so just take your time and sort you know a trash pile A keep pile and a donation pile um so those are my tips to you they're really simple and have fun doing it too try to have fun whether you're watching a movie or listening to YouTube you're listening to music I love watching YouTube anytime that I'm like cleaning or doing anything so that's normally what I do I always watch like Ashley Dawn and I watch Alexandria Garza Nicole Guerrero and ninju does crafts so so many channels whatever your favorites are put them on it helps me just hearing someone talk sounds like there's a friend in the room all right so not to make the end of this video super long but here are the rules to enter into the giveaway they're actually one rule I'm just going to make one simple rule for this giveaway and that rule is you're going to have to click on the giveaway link below and it will take you over to my giveaway program called rafflecopter and when you click on that link you'll have to enter in your email address this is the email address that raffle copter provides me so that I can contact you if you are the winner so use an valid email address when you're entering and you will just have to answer the question that's there how haven't thought of the question yet but by the time this video is up there there will be a question there there is a second rule sorry there's going to be a second rule and the second rule is US residents only so this is not International um because these packages are going to be very heavy there's going to be so much stuff and I'm going to do two so in this giveaway I'm going to pick two different winners and you guys y'all are just going to get a lot and it's mystery it's going to be a mystery Package you won't know what you get maybe you won't like it maybe you can send it off in a friend mail or if you have a YouTube channel you can do a giveaway for yourself but whatever it is it's going to be a mystery package to Winners go answer the question us resident only and that is it so I will leave all the information down the description box below in case I talked a little bit too fast um so it will all be down there below and also it will list when the giveaway is closed give me a couple of days after it's closed to announce the winner please click back on the link that will still be in the description box and it will take you to the giveaway it will say it's closed but it will announce the winners there I will also announce the winners in the comment section of this video but I won't actually do a video um on the winners and the winners will get an email from me and my email is cheapcraftygirl yahoo.com all right guys I have nothing else to say I am going to my car is already loaded up it's loaded up ready go um that stuff is going to go off to a donation and that's it it feels really great and I hope that I've inspired you and thank you so much for watching this video I'm starving haven't eaten anything so I think I'm going to go get Chick-fil-A who else likes their frosted lemonade at first when I drink it I was like I really don't know about all this I mean there's vanilla in here it's not really a lemonade lemonade there's like a vanilla in this and then I kept drinking I was like this is actually pretty good and now I'm addicted so I'm going to go get a frosted lemonade and probably a chicken sandwich and yeah that's it so I'll see you guys in another video and good luck to the giveaway entries and I'll see you guys soon bye\n"
