Keep the Memories, LOSE THE STUFF (the secret to letting go!) Podcast Ep. 27

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  @patdennis8153 · 2 years ago

  This 70 yo grandma is Not keeping stuff!  We do experiences. Those memories can’t be replaced.

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  @heronhouse2018 · 2 years ago

  I started watching YouTube to view Hoarders episodes to help understand my issue, came across The Minimal Mom and started cleaning things out. 2 years later everything is getting under control. It is not easy, but you can do it! The mental aspects that Hoarders reviews was like having therapy, found so many commonalities. Dawn's decluttering advice was instrumental, "5 minutes matters" is the motto I live by. ❤ you both!

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  @DeniseSterling-g4w · 2 years ago

  Dawn this was my FAVORITE podcast to date!!!!! The enthusiasm and compassion Matt for people and their memories just humbled me.

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  @toocooltobeold · 2 years ago

  OMG Dawn, I have told my daughter she doesn't have a sentimental bone in her body.  That just hit me hard to hear you say it.  I just don't want them to forget.  I'm in tears now and I will never say that again.

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  @wewemcrhyne · 2 years ago

  My daughter is the oldest daughter of the oldest daughter of the oldest daughter. And I exactly match the stereotype. This helps me realize I must break the cycle! My daughters do not have to take care of generations of things. They are not responsible for the entire family and their stuff!!

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  @daniellescrochet · 2 years ago

  My mom is a "packrat," and I grew up thinking I needed to keep everything because their was sentimental value in everything. Hoarders really helped me to see the danger in holding on to everything. It inspired me to clean out my fridge regularly, and to toss expired food, and just clean things. It also helped me to realize that people who hoard need help and compassion and not judgement. I think the show was inspirational. Now 15 years down the line and I'm getting inspiration from Dawn and minimalism. About 3 years ago I started to really declutter in earnest, and it has been so freeing having open spaces. I never realized how trapped I felt by my stuff until I got rid of most of it. Thank you Matt and thank you Dawn. You guys really are changing lives.

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• TE

  @teriw56 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I volunteer at a local thrift store. We see a lifetime of stuff come through everyday.

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  @rockyandmiles9889 · 2 years ago

  When my grandfather passed away a year after my grandma, my dad arranged for the entire family to get together at their home, including cousins, aunts uncles, friends of the family etc. he gave all of us a colored sticker, and whatever we wanted we would put that sticker on it, If two people wanted the same item they would flip a coin to see who got it. I had so many wonderful memories of their home, I now have their record player, a cool 50’s lamp, an old telephone, and some of my grandmas jewelry I wear every day. My sister has the coockoo clock and we all love seeing it still! Just a few items to keep their spirits alive! 😊

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• AN

  @angelacross2216 · 2 years ago

  He’s so right about voice recordings. I have a recording of my father reading his WWII POW diary. Layers and layers of meaning.

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• SA

  @SassySue67 · 2 years ago

  I used to watch hoarders for the motivation to clear out the junk.  Matt Paxton is amazing at motivating people to keep from falling into hoarding before it’s too late.

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  @ColetteJakobi · 2 years ago

  After our parents had to go into care my husband & I had to clean out 50 years of stuff from their homes.  We took tons of stuff to the tip - broken chairs, tv cabinets, old papers & books, broken garden furniture, old shoes etc. They were from a generation that lived through the depression and WWII (in Germany) and then migrated to Australia.  After that experience I realised that I didn't want my kids to have to deal with our stuff. I  started decluttering and became more of a minimalist without realising that is what I was doing. Now whenever I have something that is still good condition I take a photo and send it to the kids & ask them if they want it.  Sometimes they yes, often they say no. Either way it goes. My kids won't have to take tons of stuff to the tip when I die. The reality is, THEY DON'T WANT YOUR STUFF!!!

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  @Meinvt · 2 years ago (edited)

  Yes, the fur coat.   My mother’s fur coat.   My sister has it and occasionally we’ll both look at it and sigh in resign.    Not quite at the donate to an animal shelter, but I know that’s eventually where it will go and now it’s just taking up real estate in my sisters guest closet.   No one here wants it.

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