Decluttering and Home Routines Q&A: May 2, 2023

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02.35: Tips for encouraging my husband and children to help clean up after dinner? It's usually a 5 minute pickup of putting away easy stuff, but it's like they can't see individual items.

11.30: We had a flood in our basement and have had to remove things from our basement temporarily, they are currently in a storage unit. Any tips on slowly bringing things back in to less square footage?

15.25: I want to corral all like-items together before I begin decluttering and applying the container concept. I just wish I could do all the take it there steps without applying one in one out. Help!

21.52: I have been told by accountant to keep all medical bills/receipts used for taxes which are a lot since we have multiple long term health issues. Where/ how can I start?

26.17: My kryptonite is paper. You said "doing the thing" counts so I recently sat down with a stack of magazines and it practically gave me anxiety...I froze and put it all back in a pile.

32.54: question. will your saturday project with Cass and Dawn be online to watch for free at a later point ??

34.19: ​​??? Read your book and now I can tidy my entire house in 30min. But it takes me 1hr+ to clean up from cooking supper. How do I reduce the cleanup time? or is this normal when you have 2 under 2?

36.31: WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING SO MUCH STUFF THAT THE "The WHERE WOULD YOU LOOK FOR IT FIRST" PLACE IS TOO FULL OR THINGS JUST DON'T HAVE A HOME? WHAT THEN?

39.20: ​​??? Overwhelmed by procrasticlutter. it seems like every mess fits in that category. (laundry, papers, soccer stuff, homeschool stuff, etc) Also, what do you think of robot vacuums?

40.59: Do I need to completely put away my laundry? Too much

42.12: I have accumulated an over abundance of home decor…& I love it ALL!!! I know I need to declutter it, but it gives me such anxiety to “get to it” (I don’t want to get rid of any!) How !?!?

44.14: Do you have any tips for preparing for a newborn?

46.33: ??? I am slowly chipping away at my clutter and mess but its very hard to keep up with my 2, 5 & 9 yo kids (esp 5yo) who are not yet used to our “home looking like other peoples” HELP

48.04: How do you get past the I paid so much for this?

50.55: ???How many shoes do you keep for yourself?

51.26: ? Whose clutter threshold "wins" in the household? Mine (Mummy) is the lowest. Most of the clutter is my children's (all under 5). It doesn't bother my husband so he adds his own piles and stuff.

53.54: ??? I will be moving 2 rooms of crafts into a10x16 shed in 4 weeks. I am doing the 5 steps. Any suggestions for “ideal” storage in new space. I do papercrafting, jewelry and sewing

56.37: Do you shop at the store or use deliveries? I have a problem with picking up things I don't really need.