DECLUTTERING MY ENTIRE LIFE AS A MOM | this was embarrassing

friends I have a confession to make I have become a little bit of a hoarder since becoming a mom I just feel like I have accumulated a lot of stuff between like maternity products and baby products and also my job which is such a blessing but also sometimes comes with an influx of stuff and my house feels out of control so today we are going to be decluttering my entire life guys this is embarrassing how were there more gotta keep going we're gonna tackle the cabinets I don't want anybody to see the drawers the pantry the linen closet my PR stash and the kids closets are probably the worst part I just feel like recently I've been spending so much time trying to manage our stuff constantly trying to tidy and organize and clean and it's taking me away from my kids and that's not what I want so I'm going to try to embrace a little bit of minimalism in my life clearly I am more of a maximalist person by the way new filming setup hope you like it but I need a little bit of that minimalism in my life because I want to spend less time cleaning and more time with my family so wish me luck here we go [Music] all right I'm gonna rip off the Band-Aid and do the saddest part first which is my mugs I have way too many mugs and they don't all fit in the cabinet and I don't need this many mugs and like my seasonal mugs are packed away and everything like I have a box with the Halloween mugs and a box with the Christmas mugs and this is still the situation so we're gonna go through these see if I can get rid of five that's not minimalism minimalism would be if I had like two but mugs bring me joy but they also don't bring me joy when they don't fit in my cabinet so all right I dug deep in the back and came up with these three that are kind of basic and boring so these are going in the pile another one I feel like this is maybe a little bit chewy it says pumpkin spice and everything nice on it this is pretty much just a plain mug but we got it for our wedding so I feel like I can't donate it this is so bad we're gonna overcome this mindset in this video okay I'm not getting rid of these but they are going out to the greenhouse because I originally got them to be like small plant pots like knickknack pots and then they ended up in the cupboard instead of in the greenhouse so I'm gonna take those out and I'll make some room too I have three of these ones and I feel like that's excessive and this one doesn't have any Speckles on it I like the Speckles better so I'm going to get rid of this one and keep the two speckled ones do I donate the iridescent bunny I think I donate the iridescent bunny okay that's feeling slightly better oh I can also get rid of these because we never use these meal mugs oh no there's more ceramic mugs up here remember those cabinets that I said I never wanted anybody to see this is one of them um I feel like there's a lot down here that we can get rid of a lot of this is just like water bottles and how many water bottles could you possibly use goodbye Bank very cute aesthetic and then I got a Stanley and now I'll never use any other water bottle so okay this marble utensil holder has not been in use for months so I don't think I'm gonna use it for anything I'm gonna give it away my plan is to donate some of this to a women's shelter like some of the makeup of clothing and baby products some of it to the thrift store and then some of the nicer kids clothes all sell to help pay for their next size up I don't even think this is worth being donated anymore it's so dirty I don't know maybe somebody could clean it why why did I keep this another one that I won't use because of my Stanley another one that's old company probably not gonna use that is this is another thing I somehow acquired two dutch ovens so I have a friend who just started baking sourdough bread after I gave her some starter I'm gonna see if she wants the second one of these because I keep telling myself oh maybe I'll start making two loaves at once and I've been saying that for how many years have I been doing sourdough now four I brought this cup back from Hawaii because I thought it was cute it's a plastic coffee cup okay I think I've officially gotten rid of more stuff in this cabinet that I'm keeping in it so that feels really really good [Music] oh [Music] okay moving on to the linen cabinet as you can see we have some towels in front of it because they don't all fit so I'm going to take out the least nice towels and sheets in here to donate because we have too many pairs oh boy [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] that is so much better I didn't even realize how bad this was before all right the hair is going up and I got iced coffee which is how you know we're serious now it's time for part of the video that is hashtag unrelatable because I have to go through my PR stash and I never want this to come off like I'm complaining because I know I'm so hi baby oh okay what do you need to show me having a lot of stuff in-house stresses me out and I end up spending a lot of time cleaning so I would rather these products go to Women in Need and hopefully it will make them feel beautiful so I'm going to donate a lot of this stuff to women's shelters but also I'm out of almost all my skincare products in my cabinet so I need to pick out like a new routine while I'm doing this I feel like a lot of this too is just large amounts of packing like this is a PR box from when Olive in June debuted in Walmart there's only like a few smaller products in here but there's a whole big box for it I'm going to keep the nail polish remover and the nail file and donate the rest I think okay oh I've actually been really excited about this for when the bathroom gets redone it's like um a bunch of cool bath products this I will definitely use I've got some Anastasia Beverly Hills lipsticks that I haven't opened so I'll give those away I have too many primers so I'm going to give away this Tula primer okay this is a face oil do you use this in place of moisturizer or in addition I think it's I think you can replace your moisturizer with it I'm out of moisturizer so that'll be good you have a trash pile too [Music] [Music] fun fact this Laura Mercier box was first like real legit PR package I ever got I think I had like a thousand subscribers and they took a chance on me and I love Laura Mercier so much and I was like I literally called Matt at work and was like freaking out jumping up and down like oh my gosh you won't believe happened and I use their stuff every single day so thank you [Music] [Music] all right keeping donating ADHD problems when the task you are hyper fixated on is no longer giving you dopamine and you have no motivation to finish it I'm gonna do it I've been thinking about doing this for like a week gotta keep going it's probably the biggest task that I have in front of me the kids playroom we have an ungodly amount of toys a it's probably creating decision fatigue for my kids B I've heard eliminating a lot of your toys helps your kids to focus on imaginative play and arts and crafts and see I don't want to store this bin anymore we are going to do a major perch YouTuber [Music] we can't get rid of stuff because it's been in this box for six months you're not gonna be any help are you bad at this okay definitely keep the bully puzzle hello [Music] we stand on the opposite Shore I can't remember he loves Mickey Mouse yeah but he never plays with the toys exactly also if we keep everything you've ever been given for their entire life yeah how can I get rid of any books because I feel like books are always yes it takes a little space they're good to have around I feel like like all light up noisy toys you played with it for three days [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] giveaway pile so far this is where we're gonna end the day because I'm exhausted we cleared out about half of this this this this this thing is empty this is just parts that I need to sort into different crates the shelves are no longer overflowing they're also not organized but I will do that later because I'm so tired and this whole bin was full of stuff and now it's full of giveaway stuff so I'm gonna call that a success day two I probably only have like an hour to do this but I figured better an hour than no time at all I'm gonna try to finish the playroom today so that's the play kitchen and the craft desk area and I'm hoping I'll have time to do the bathroom cabinet after that but we'll see this is an obscene amount of places [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] um [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] welcome to the nightmare bathroom uh luckily I do have a little bit of time to try to declutter in here not looking forward to it and I just have to pick somewhere and start that's the only way it's going to get done just got started foreign [Music] I do plan to deep clean after I finish all the decluttering but that is so much better [Music] okay last thing for today is going to be this cabinet oh there we go it's got a lot of like games and stuff in it and there are some that I feel like we're never gonna touch again like I think I'm past the point in my life where I'm ever gonna play this again so we're gonna donate it guys oh I found another bin of toys how how are there more okay you know what I didn't even know that was in there we haven't used those toys in probably six months I'm just gonna get rid of hoping all right here's how we landed on this I basically kept almost all of our board games because we do play those quite often then here we've got kids crafts kids sensory bins extra kiwico boxes that we're still going to use more video games and then Linens this is a lot better than it was and next we're gonna have to try to tackle this mess all right day three the final day or it has to be I'm so tired of this and I have other stuff I need to do with my life so we're gonna try to hit it hard today get everything else knocked out kids closets are first um and Juniper's dresser which I'm slightly terrified of but we're gonna start with her closet and I'm just gonna pull stuff that is too small for her probably cry a little bit um this stuff I'm not donating I'm just gonna put it in boxes because I'm just not ready to let go of it yet I'm sure I will be at some point in the future um but I'm still like only 98 positive I won't have another baby I think a little delusional part of me wants to go to that I hope little Jamie K sweater I have pants for this somewhere too here's the weird thing though like this is zero to three but this will absolutely still fit her same with this this is zero to three but this is huge foreign [Music] that wasn't actually too bad but this this is the real bad part I still have newborn stuff in here so there's a lot of stuff that needs to come out of this [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] nightstand I am a nightstand hoarder we'll see what we find in here I anticipate that it's a lot of phone cases and iPad cases for devices that I either no longer have or have a different case for that I like better these the fifth I'm gonna donate I don't even think this fits my phone anymore this definitely doesn't fit my phone anymore this one also doesn't fit my phone anymore guys this is embarrassing I have a very broken Apple watch head this is a sad day when I did that these were a fun idea but not super practical supposed to be so you can like lay and read but without like lifting your head up so I don't use them I think I'm gonna donate them maybe somebody else will have more fun than I will this I swear is a lactation massager for clogged ducts it's not what it looks like especially in my nightstand lottery tickets an empty bag look it's a little Sushi squish my favorite Apple watch band has to stay some of this stuff is just trash look another iPhone case that doesn't hit my phone this is a used Q-tip that is disgusting I have no idea that was in there probably Rowan I don't know what this flash drive is anybody even use flash drives anymore this might be my wedding photos and lots of pens that can go downstairs but that is a huge Improvement all right this is the worst lighting but I'm in Rowan's closet now and his clothes are actually good that is one of the best things about having a kiddo be in like 2T 3T you only have to do it like once a year this area is not so I'm going to pull all of that stuff out and get it in a pile to get it listed and sold um I'll put my whatnot down in the description if you're looking for some baby stuff I think I'll put up some of the nicer toys too like the love every kits I think that code for 15 still works but yeah I need to get this stuff up there's some stuff that needs to get packed away as well foreign there is also this bin of stuffed animals in here that definitely needs to be decluttered because he doesn't even know half of these exist half of these were like mine from college and when we had a baby I just kind of took that as an excuse to keep all my stuffed animals um but he doesn't know what they are and doesn't play with them so I need to get rid of some of these for sure [Music] here's the after of this space so we have some thrifted clothes and shoes that he's slightly too small for still these are diaper backups those really should get moved to Juniper's room because they're obviously too small for him he's not in diapers anymore but they're in here for now we have his baby memory box and some other little like this is from the bowling alley on his birthday backups my favorite stuffed animals and toys um if you know you know and then down here we have his suitcase that he takes for sleepovers at Anna and Pops probably half the stuffed animals that were there before and this only has um pull-ups for nighttime in it for myself not too long ago so there's not very much in my drawers that actually needs to be done I'm just going to take a quick look at my activewear and loungewear drawers because I feel like there might be one or two things in here that I could pull that I'm not gravitating toward anymore but I did just do this I just know there's at least one pair of pants in here this swimsuit is too big for me it's so cute but I did get a replacement so I'm gonna list this on whatnot as well it's from Luca and gray it's so stinking cute but it doesn't fit me anymore I do have a lot of activewear but I also use a lot of activewear so I don't feel like this is too extreme because obviously every time I work out I want a clean outfit so that's good pajama drawers looking good a little something for all the seasons I should probably get rid of the ones that have holes in them that's just good practice and then I think my loungewear drawer is mostly okay but if I haven't worn it in the last six months It's gotta go these are too big on me now thank you my love I loved this yellow set but it was just so see-through so I'm gonna donate that and see if somebody who doesn't mind that would love it and I think that might be it again this is one of my most essential drawers I wear pretty much everything in here so that feels good all right ironically we are going to end this video basically exactly where I started it just a few feet lower um I forgot about this cabinet right here this has a lot of drinkware and party stuff in it and I think a lot of it can be purged to give us some more room so I'm gonna do that and here is our after also please don't mind all these spots we have this professionally cleaned when we moved in it's just stained um I probably should cover the bottoms of this eventually because it looks gross but it is clean and this is our final pile keeping in mind that we already took the two massive bins of toys out to the car so Earl wouldn't see them get upset foreign [Music] to joke about like oh I found six iPhone cases in my nightstand but on a more serious note this really did open my eyes to a lot about our consumerism and our purchasing habits honestly it was a little bit scary all this stuff has been accumulated in the last 10 years um basically you know since I graduated high school and that is a lot more stuff than we needed and I just keep thinking about you know back in Ye Old Times when people would have you know five dresses and one set of sheets and one nice set of dishes and one tea kettle like why do I have four tea kettles I think this is really going to change my purchasing habits going forward and I'll definitely keep you guys updated as this hopefully is transformational in our lives I definitely have a lot more to go so I think I'll just keep doing a drawer a day for the foreseeable future just to do a little bit at a time but these were all of the major areas that I really felt like I had been meaning to get to and hadn't got I think the kids toys were the biggest thing so I'll let you know how that affects their play as well thank you guys so much for watching this video for hanging out with me and basically helping me body double as I did this because it really did encourage me to get it done I hope that it inspires you in some way I'm gonna go head off to get this donated I hope you guys have a great rest of your day I love you so much and I'll see you all in my next video bye later [Music]

Channel: Megan Acuna

Views: 143,096

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Length: 24min 10sec (1450 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 17 2023