The Secret Minimalists Won't Tell You (because it's not minimalism!)

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• BO

  @Bomber411 · 1 month ago

  Oh Cas... you have me so conditioned now, i didn&apos;t even think, and had no intention of it - the moment i hit &quot;play&quot; though, i stood up and started tidying the &quot;drop zone&quot; in the bathroom, filled the sink for a small load of hand washed items, folded all the dried handwashed clothes (that were hanging to dry), cleaned the cat litter, cleaned and organized the bird/critter feed basket, de-linted the cat bed, swept all the floors, put some things away, cleared some of the doom pile on the couch... i am officially trained. <br>Thank you. ❤

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• RA

  @Rakib-b2t8q · 1 month ago

  I like the idea of decluttering without stripping away all the personality. A completely empty house isn’t automatically a better home.

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• CH

  @christiwynn8173 · 1 month ago

  My coffee maker will never ever be out of my sight. Ever. I love her like one of my children.

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• JE

  @jessicaleighdargaclark4536 · 1 month ago

  Cas, I would love to see you and Maquillyn do a full blown conversation session on how each decluttering/messy style should be hushing. &nbsp;And then get with Gretchen and see how it works with the tendencies!

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• LO

  @lorettab18 · 1 month ago (edited)

  I did this to my kitchen 3 years ago. The most radical thing I did was I cleared out an entire cabinet of spices. All the spices were put in a tote and put in the garage. After 30 days I threw out all the spices I didn&apos;t use and have replaced them as needed. 3 years later and all my spices fit in a little drawer by my stove.

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• CL

  @claireboeck8027 · 1 month ago

  I never heard of Myguillyn Smith, so I&apos;m very glad that you had her explain the concept of reverse decluttering.

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• MA

  @Mary23_A · 1 month ago

  This was really good, and such a relief from listening to minimalists who have almost nothing in their spaces. &nbsp;I did especially like her pointing out that an empty kitchen counter&apos;s purpose is not just to be an empty counter, but rather a space that is ready for the next project, be it unloading the groceries, cooking an elaborate recipe, or even baking sourdough bread! &nbsp; I would think others might think of other spaces in their houses that could be like this, such as the garage workbench as a space for the next woodworking or painting project. &nbsp;We want our houses to feel curated and comfortable, and those things that are &quot;us&quot; can make that so. &nbsp;A space that looks like it is done in a hurry, even just purchasing a bunch of random decor from Home Goods clearance, does not have the same comfortable feel that a house curated with meaningful things to our lives has. &nbsp; Her concept of past, present, and future was really good; I put my grandmother&apos;s china on display in the living room, and that living room/dining room is setup not only for reading a book in the present, but for having a lunch with a friend in the future.

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• MA

  @Maggies87 · 1 month ago

  I love the idea of putting “hushed” items in the trunk or back of the car in boxes ready to donate and then giving oneself a set amount of time to move select items back into the space.

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• CA

  @Carlie-m8c · 1 month ago

  Literally 2 days before this podcast came out I decided to &quot;hush&quot; &nbsp;ONE shelf in my pantry. This shelf contained all my tupperware, rubbermaid containers, random containers, etc. Although I &quot;think&quot; I use all of them, deep down I know that I don&apos;t and it&apos;s hard to decide what to get rid of. So I finally decided to &quot;hush&quot; this specific shelf and take all the rest of the containers to the basement. I am allowing myself 2 months that IF I need a container and it&apos;s worth my time and effort to go all the way to the basement to get a container that I feel deserves space on this shelf, I will do that. I am hoping to surprise myself and get rid of at least 50%. <br>I am a &quot;butterfly&quot; and my husband is a &quot;bee&quot; and the thought of hushing an entire room is absolutely terrifying. But I can handle hushing 1 shelf, or 1 wall, or 1 small area at a time...at least for now until my hushing muscles get stronger then maybe in the future I can work myself up to an entire room.

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• LA

  @lamgardn3800 · 1 month ago

  This was so interesting! We are in the middle of a version of this. We bought a house in May that needed a lot of work and cleaning. &nbsp;We live 3 hours away from it, so we&apos;ve been spending at least a couple days a week &quot;camping&quot; in the house and working on it. It&apos;s been so calm and peaceful in the new house! &nbsp;We have slowly been moving important things here with each work trip and made the main part of the move this weekend with our large items and essentials. Because our son has been dealing with serious medical issues for the past 23 years, and we are his caregivers, our old house was cluttered to the max. I didn&apos;t have it in me to deal with it because it was just overwhelming. So we are making a progressive move, taking only essential and important things. People helping us this weekend kept asking why we&apos;re leaving so much in the house. I explained that I&apos;m only taking essentials and important things for the main move. &nbsp;As I unpack all of what we&apos;ve brought to the new place, I&apos;ll know whether or not we need or have room for any more. What&apos;s left will be donated or trashed. Our trips back and forth will continue, but we&apos;ll be camping at our old place as we sort and clean and wrap things up. I feel so free at our new home. I don&apos;t ever want to go back to living in a clutter prison!

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• DA

  @daleanddebbysanford2073 · 1 month ago

  Cas, you do such good interviews. &nbsp;Thank you!

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• NY

  @Nya86 · 1 month ago

  I kind of want to do this in my kids&apos; rooms. Take it all out and they can have whatever toys they want back... But you know there will be little things they never think about again.

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