During phase one of my minimalism journey, I methodically went through: It wasn’t easy, but getting those things out every day made a massive difference. Many days I’d go searching around the house just to find 5 things. A helpful principle that kept momentum going was getting rid of at least 5 items a day. I decluttered and purged spaces one by one, then organized and maintained them. I declared Project Simplicity, and began taking baby steps to clean out our home. I was done with the stuff and it was time to start my minimalism journey. In February 2016, I decided enough was enough.
Life was overall, absolutely overwhelming. Our dining room table was almost never useable due to the clutter piles. We had lots of dressers, desks, bookshelves and storage containers filled with books, toys, gadgets, and household items. Of course, our living space didn’t look like that. And it wasn’t just my husband and I, but also tons of baby stuff for our newborn daughter and pet accessories for our cat.ĭespite all my efforts to stay organized, the intake of clutter was more than we could handle and we ended up with rooms looking like this: In less than two years that home was bursting with all the stuff we had collected. Then we got the opportunity to move into a larger home, about 1500 sq feet. My closet was also a mess, but thanks to the glories of Pinterest, I knew about capsule wardrobes and downsized by half over the course of a month. You can see how bad it got in my video tours showing the mess and my organizing efforts.
#DECLUTTER BEFORE AND AFTER PICS PROFESSIONAL#
I had no interest in minimalism at that point, but I was trained as a professional organizer and I hated the piles of clutter.
When my husband and I got married, we moved into a 400 sq foot one bedroom apartment and it very quickly filled to the max.
The size of our homes and the average living space per person are rapidly increasing in the US, meaning we have more space to put more stuff, regardless of family size. What does a minimalism journey actually look like? How long will it take? What would it really require of you?Īnd while the answers will vary because a decluttering journey is personal, a general outline can apply. Every minimalism journey is unique, so it’s easy to find lots of written words about minimizing and decluttering your home, but harder to find pictures, especially of family homes. Followed quickly by “what did your house look like before?”. For now, I decided to leave the remaining photos within the main monthly folder.The #1 question minimalists are asked is “what does your house look like now?”. (As a side note, this is how organization works …you take another idea and adapt it to fit your own needs.) I liked her idea to sort files by event and to separate the video files. Next, we’ll micro-organize the monthly folders.Īfter seeing Nancy Ray’s system for filing photos, I decided to use some of that for my own system. I’ll reveal my plan for keeping up with photos in an upcoming post. Now I have the process documented so I can do it quickly, easily, and frequently.
One of the reasons I hadn’t been doing it was because of how frustrating it was to transfer my photos from my iPhone to my PC. This instance goes to show how important it is to stay on top of downloading your photos frequently.
#DECLUTTER BEFORE AND AFTER PICS DOWNLOAD#
Fortunately, I was able to download the missing photos and videos from that day and many other days! When I transferred my files to my external hard drive ( from part 1), there were only 3 pictures total from that day.įor now, I have my photos backed up through Google Photos. In January 2020, we took a ton of pictures during a day trip to San Diego. In this case, I think working backward from your most current photos is a good place to start.Īs an example for this post, I’ll use January 2020. The hardest part about organizing is deciding where to start.
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