Decluttering 30+ Categories of Household Items Over Time

Decluttering doesn’t have to be an all week long job. I set a plan to go through a list of areas in my home over several weeks this spring and it worked. A car load of stuff is out of the house! Sometimes it is hard getting rid of familiar things, but it helped me to vision someone else happily using the items, and I was happy to imagine the extra space we would have.

We have gone through our house twice. George initiated the first declutter movement in 2024 and I initiated the second one in 2025 after my retirement. But this time it felt different. I challenged myself to find at least 30 different types of items in the house that I could say bye-bye to, and it worked.

The video was filmed over a period of several weeks in spring of 2026, and I’m sharing with you. If you liked this, I can do another “over time” declutter video. You can watch it here.

We are still NOT minimalists if you wondered that. Far from it. (Ahem, George’s musical equipment, books, drinking glasses, etc. And my overload of coffee mugs, office admin, books, journals, home decor, etc.) But we have come a long way from where we were!

Stay tuned for updates on Mom’s move to assisted living both on the blog and vlogs. ;-). It’s crazy busy right now, but I’ll give an update soon.