A Full Year Of Decluttering With My Mom

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you so much for watching! Ebook: shannontorrens.com/declutter-your-home-minicourse/ Free Declutter Checklist: shannon-torrens.ck.page/c3bfa0d8c3 Looking for a Link to Something I Mention? Go HERE: shannontorrens.com/welcome-page/ Check out my blog: shannontorrens.com/ (Affiliate links Included) Find the Book On Swedish Death Cleaning Here: www.amazon.com/shop/shannontorrens/list/3BKRLKMKL9DB9?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_list_d Photo Organizer: amzn.to/3wTiPhv Aura Digital Frame: amzn.to/3Vga8bh Label Maker: amzn.to/3IH6KyK Scanner: amzn.to/48Xcyys Super Sliders: amzn.to/3uddr7Z Dresses I Wear: www.amazon.com/shop/shannontorrens/list/19EDLCLVW9H6Z?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_list_d My Website: shannontorrens.com/ Decluttering with My Mom Playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZKlhZd6oplqsKs Thank you so much for watching! Here is a Full Year Of Decluttering With My Mom. I have put all of these individual videos together to make one long motivational video. (As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.) I hope you have an amazing day. I will see you in the next video! 00:00:00 Introduction To Decluttering With My Mom 00:05:42 Dealing With a Lifetime of Photos 00:26:05 Decluttering Random Stuff 00:32:11 Things We Forgot to Declutter 00:45:44 Declutter The Car 00:47:58 Decluttering Arts and Crafts 01:11:18 What We Decluttered and Why 01:28:21 Swedish Death Cleaning

[@lakequeen64]

@@shannontorrens1 your welcome!

[@brendacampos5971]

Thank you for the long video, first of the year and I just went through my kitchen again while having your video on. Seeing you helping your mom clean out is great for me. I’m 62 and have been cleaning my place out for about 5 years now and it’s also true once you go back through it’s easier to get rid of more and more. And over the years I had just accumulated so much and inherited from my mom and grandmother’s and all of the family photos so it’s been a process. But I love having a clean place and empty spaces!

[@BR-kk9qu]

I listened to this while tackling a messy closet! It was entertaining and kept me going! - Belinda

[@madgeteegarden-tc4fr]

I love watching you and your mom. Your videos are worth a fortune. Shannon, helping your mom is such a gift of love, to help her like you have makes the future easier. Keep up the good work please. I’m 74 and have been working at this same life. ❤❤

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you so much! That means a lot to me. ❤️

[@RobertMihalache]

lovely journey

[@jackiegenandt6661]

Love this!!! I’m going to be 60 this year and I so can relate to your parents declutterring journey! I’ve started decluttering for 2025 last week and it’s feeling amazing!!!

[@BlueBird-nf2gp]

Good luck decluttering! 🍀🍀😊😊

[@ngonigriffith1491]

My mom had photos and photo albums of us children. I made a scrapbook for my brothers and sisters and nephews and nieces and gave it to them of all their childhood pictures. That's how we got rid of the pictures. I even made one for my parents. It is wonderful how you help your mom. You remind me of me and my mom.😊

[@josiee4657]

It was fun watching the recap with you and your mom de cluttering!!

[@shannontorrens1]

Yay! Happy New Year =)

[@justmaria5806]

I now refer to the two of you as the Dynamic Duo. You have the ability to intersperse wisdom and your de-cluttering experiences with a healthy dose of humor and best of all, silliness. This is a great channel for the folks who are just beginning their de-cluttering journey.

[@acrobaticanna]

Love your dress Shannon. So perfect 😊

[@sharonevans6864]

I have enjoyed watching this video. I have a Mother that grew up in the depression era and she had trouble letting go of things, but little by little she divided her items between my sister and myself so that made her feel good knowing she had control over her belongings. Now that she us no longer here it has been a joy to sort through her things and keep the things that bring the most joy and donate the rest. So glad you and your mother work together, I always look forward to your videos on Sunday. Take care !

[@simply.clutterfree]

I love seeing all the decluttering progress! Hi Kathy 😊👋❤

[@shannontorrens1]

Yay! Thank you!

[@kakylong2]

I just love it when Kathy's on. She inspires me to get rid of stuff. I'm glad you said you've been decuttering for 5 yrs. That is more reality than doing it in a few weeks or months. I declutter in layers also. We've gone through our kitchen twice & I want to go through it again. Great video. 😊

[@BlingIsBest]

Hi Ladies! Thank you for the encouragement on the photo sorting and decluttering. I have boxes to sort. I have attempted it before and it was too overwhelming. Thank you for reiterating that spices do expire. They do! Especially flour, baking soda, sugar your baked goods will not come out right if stuffing fresh. You guys are the best and I love watching you! You have the best KZbin channel!! ❤❤

[@acrobaticanna]

Happy 2025. Great to see you...both ❤

[@chriswilhelm1374]

I have a lot of those same sewing notions! That closet will one of the next things that I will declutter! I love seeing you two together. 😂

[@shannontorrens1]

It is always so much fun to declutter with my mom! =)

[@BlueBird-nf2gp]

We moved into a larger home in 2012 and it’s easy to accumulate more now that we have more storage space. Your videos have helped me in my decluttering journey. It feels great to actually have closets and drawers that aren’t full anymore. Life is a little easier when you have less stuff to keep track of and take care of. When I take down my Christmas decorations I’m going to restart another round of decluttering. Thanks for inspiring me! 😊

[@MargaretMitchell-ob8lb]

I have the same stuff, the coffee carafe, the wooden basket with the sherry bottles, the sewing magnifying glass, the newspaper birthday memory. Yours is the best video for reasonable decluttering with the advice to keep at it, as in a year you may be ready to let it go.

[@lalablotz7348]

I’m like Cathy. Every time I think I have successfully decluttered an area I go back and always find more to get rid of. Just watching this video made me think of 7 things that need to go. I paused it and listed 3 of them on Poshmark already. Now I’m continuing to watch and thought of something else. Tomorrow is going to be busy 😂🩷

[@lynnrosser8620]

I'm 75 and have decluttered all my top shelves, so I no longer need to stand on a step-stool to reach up there.

[@chrisl418]

I think you both look lighter, too. You both look elegant and happy. Your mom/daughter interactions are lovely and free.

[@Toni-747]

Hi Shannon! Love your journey & your mom's too So encouraging! I donated 3 lg. furniture pcs last yr! Just sent a donation box before the holidays- ready for another after! Revisiting the spaces is so important ❤ Happy almost 2025!!🎉

[@shannontorrens1]

I am so happy to hear you are making progress! I hope you have a wonderful new year.

[@marciajenkins819]

The camping part always cracks me up. Thanks for the recap.

[@j.m.7056]

A new decluttering game. Every time they say the word camping we have to locate one item to declutter! LOL

[@honeywell7892]

I enjoy watching your Mom. Letting go of stuff can be hard. She is doing great. I'm starting again in January going room by room and letting stuff go. I only had one regret so far. Got rid of a xmas ornament I had since 2001 last year. I actually missed seeing it this year. It was a secret Santa gift and was mistletoes (actual plastic foot). It was nothing I would buy but missed the regular memory. Nothing else of all the Xmas stuff I decluttered last year was missed.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! Good luck on your decluttering this coming year =)

[@wandrousvindella716]

Thank you ladies for the photo journey. The last "Swedish death cleaning" event I continued to snail mail photo's to relevant relatives. The most difficult photo box was of my son, but my daughter is now ready for her brothers photos. (we lost Paul in October 2020) I'm so thankful that I only had one sentimental item of Paul's & that is his tapestry travel bag. It limits what I keep and of course, for now, I have his remains. His piano is now going to my grands & his violin will go to my grandson. His military, baseball, golf, music awards are in the bag for now. You ladies are such an inspiration and I will now re subscribe. I'm pretty sure I unsubscribed when we were Airstreaming earlier this year, as it was part of my declutter before we headed out. OOPS! Happy New Year Shannon & Kathy ~ love & hugs from Wanda, Charleston SC🎄🌴🦩 ( and I'll buy the horse pic for my grand )

[@BlueBird-nf2gp]

I’m so sorry for your loss. ❤

[@wandrousvindella716]

@@BlueBird-nf2gp thank you. I hesitate mentioning, but hope that it helps someone else. Sentimental items are the most difficult. Shannon and Kathy give me so many laughs ~

[@BlueBird-nf2gp]

@@wandrousvindella716 Yes sentimental items are very hard. I agree that Shannon and Kathy are a lot of fun to watch.

[@tammyi363]

You two are the best! Thanks for the real laughs!

[@tcup9011]

I am only halfway through this video and I am so enjoying it! I’m laughing with you all about camping right now! Love the details about how you organize your photos, Kathy! I have that task ahead of me and found your information so helpful! I can’t wait to finish the video but had to comment Because I love you both so much and always enjoy your videos! I am very close with my mom and we love being together and I thank God that we only live 5 miles away from each other ❤❤

[@kristenaijala8925]

You two are hysterically entertaining!

[@SpeakTruthBeKind]

Whoa!! 😵‍💫 This is a long video! I’m going to have to watch it in spurts…but will get through it all eventually. Happy New Year everyone!

[@lindamccormack9862]

Love watching you and your mom. I went through this process about 2 years ago. Just a tip. Don’t use plastic bags. Use envelopes instead.

[@sharonash191]

I’d buy the horse portrait. My house is western decor and I love this !!!!

[@ruthpaino6171]

The photo decluttering is helpful, ie don't be discouraged, keep going etc. Thankyou...

[@AnneCruusberg]

Your mom is so sweet

[@shannontorrens1]

I hope you are doing well.

[@aliceaustin3603]

Argh! I love to watch your Sunday videos. But I am trying to sit and relax. Now you have me motivated to declutter! Here we go!

[@acrobaticanna]

Well done Kathy. A big New Year declutter!!!!!!🎉

[@mc5366]

Amazing transformation!!

[@lucystrider728]

You guys a such a beautiful help in figuring out what to get rid of. My mystery spot is the cabinet above my refrigerator. I keep cereal in a bin on top of my fridge so I never access the cabinet behind the cereal. It is 2am an I am watching you declutter and wondering what the heck I put up there, lol.

[@intherockies]

Make sure to use a photo safe writing pen/pencil if you want the photos to last for generations along with photo safe albums. All the older albums do not protect the pictures. The number of photo boxes I have is crazy. I have 22 boxes and a few scrapbooks that are filled. I'm doing the pictures last. My mom and grandma's pictures were handed down to me. I tried to narrow down a box one day and there's so many memories..I couldn't do it. Hopefully my decluttering muscle gets better as time goes on. Thank you both for your encouragement and laughter! Happy New Year!!

[@lakequeen64]

Hello ladies, love all your tips for decluttering, its fun watching your mom and you ! Thanks for sharing ❤

[@Flossie-7]

Good job ladies! ❤

[@Kcarty]

I think what you said in the intro is what my issue is: time to complete. It’s not going to be a weekend or even a week. If I set a goal of 6 months I can probably be successful

[@myraaitken8954]

I loved re-watching all these videos! Well done Kathy! I'm now inspired to tackle some boxes I have in our garage and other places in our house. 😊

[@janeweldon8874]

It’s amazing the progress your mom made! Love your videos with her. Hope you all have a very Happy New Year!❤

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you so much!

[@connieclark3562]

Loved this video, I have seen every video I can find with your mom and I think you added some new content!❤. Now I need to rewatch the camping video! I am almost 70 so watching your mom declutter is very meaningful to me.

[@Myaussiehome]

I was very close to my Mum. This is so lovely to watch now she's gone.❤❤❤

[@acrobaticanna]

You both look extra fresh and beautiful after all that decluttering. *** Take note guys...let your wife get rid of stuff so she has extra time to care for herself rather than being distracted by STUFF!!!

[@parulyadav4048]

Yayyy....Hi shannon.... 😊I was watching this video (decluttering with mom)...... And here is the recap of this..... Love to watch you r old videos too... Happy new year to you and your family n mom too🎉💐💐💐💐

[@hairtiecoocoo]

I've seen all this before but I sure did enjoy watching you two!

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

You two are such fun to watch! I can relate to not getting up from the floor!! I lay on my back on the floor every night to straighten it out after the days activities. Well done on decluttering!! I've been decluttering this year too.

[@lindalswe]

Happy New Year! 🎉 Love you both in these videos. Hugs from Stockholm, Sweden!

[@helenelindholm656]

Thanks for great videos. Your mom is so funny and lovely - you 2 are a great team. Take care and a Happy New Year to you and yours family ❤❤

[@julejustjule]

I watched this while cleaning out my digital photos that I want to put on my new external harddrive. I am a photographer. So far I have got rid of over 600 photos from 2022. Yikes! Thanks for keeping me company ladies. You two are a hoot.

[@conniegriffincarr6535]

Thanks for the inspiration 😊 great New Year motivation 🎉

[@shannontorrens1]

Yay! I am so happy you enjoyed it.

[@ember1794]

Thank you for your videos ❤❤!! They help a lot and are such fun with you and your Mom ❤❤!!

[@sct4040]

Digital photos are great, so easy to look at and reminisce over.

[@lucytitus2183]

I really enjoyed this! ❤

[@kimberlygrant-jd6nq]

Love you both!!

[@aarntz61]

You are both great, learned so much of you. Decluttered a lot in 2024, but still find things 😊. Wish you and your family a great, happy and healty 2025. Let's have a lot of LOL together and have lots of space and peace in our houses and mind 🙏🎶⚘🕯 Bye bye, Anjo 👋👋💖🌈🌄

[@acrobaticanna]

Time will tell... and it did for you and the China. Someone starting out will love it.

[@breathelori]

Great recap!

[@acrobaticanna]

Put your vintage pot on the Dining Table and look at it every day and even use it.

[@carmenyoung1148]

I am going to do the same thing!

[@acrobaticanna]

Before the New Year I declutteree my entire bedroom in 24 hours.

[@ember1794]

Just gifted the AURA Digital photo frame to our parents and in-laws at Christmas

[@carolines6791]

Hilarious , you want to keep bowls for the camping thing ….. 😂 love you two so funny .

[@mariacabrera2850]

Those old patches are now vintage! 🖤

[@acrobaticanna]

Emotionally exhausting to declutter but totally worth it.

[@mariacabrera2850]

Your Mom's Tequila dance! 😂 I love her so much! 🖤

[@audrey5941]

I think Kathy’s headstone epitaph should say “ Gone Camping.” 😂

[@MargaretMitchell-ob8lb]

Are you concerned about storing photos and papers in plastic? I am old but have learned technology changes. All of the stuff we stored on floppy discs have gone, non accessible. That may happen. to your discs as well. I checked with local museum to find their sources for archival preservation of the family history stuff.

[@h.douglasnadeau4931]

After you scanned the photos & documents and put them in a digital photo book, then did you throw the photos away? If not, why not? That's what I'm struggling with. I mean, I scanned the photos & made the photo book in order to toss the photos, but I can't seem to toss the photos, especially the old ones! --Barbara

[@aradasky]

Thousands of slides and photos were tossed after my digitalization. NO ONE had looked at the slides or albums in YEARS. The best are now on a screensaver that shows on our TV and we see all the photos that were hidden before. We love the memories that we see all the time, now. I did keep one small album of old, family photos.

[@SandraCook-j4v]

🤣🤣just in case , don’t know why it made me laugh because I’m stuck in the just in case mode 🤣🥰

[@BlueBird-nf2gp]

Yeah I’ve been trying to reduce my just in case saving.

[@Karen-uo3ep]

It so much harder when you’re on your own and running a house but taking it a bit at a time

[@patpalmer1337]

Wow! Your Mom! I thought that was a photo of you at first...You look a lot like her....

[@susannovak8263]

I thought the same thing!

[@cathyferguson1590]

I stored all my old family photos is a special photo protection box. Sorry for all the comments, I spent 5 years getting a huge photo project complete.

[@cathyferguson1590]

It's easier to scan all the pics than to go thru and get rid of ones you don't want. 😊

[@leoren2685]

If you don't want them, why take the time to scan them? Easier to get rid of the duds.

[@zoëavy]

Re your ancestors album that your mom is planning to make I had an idea... Wouldn't it be beautiful to write down all the various information about the photos and then take a photo of it so it can be included in the album? That way you will have her writing and the info!! (I wish my mom had done that before Alzheimer's took her memories away... Now we have pictures with no idea who is who... 😢)

[@trishbishop3923]

Did you happen to find anything for negatives? My whole childhood and my parents is in single frame negatives. No printed photos.

[@kathleenj1158]

Now I have a plan of action on how to tackle many decades of photos, which are from the early 1900's to recently. ☺️

[@Caroline99777]

Your Mom just too cool😎 😍🩷

[@cathyferguson1590]

Scan the art work too 😊

[@CharleneEvenson]

Shannon, you were born the year I graduated high school.

[@MargaretMitchell-ob8lb]

The Bruner mask is part of treatment for dry eyes.

[@MargaretMitchell-ob8lb]

Bruder

[@j.m.7056]

Camping!

[@susancole8649]

I’m your mom’s age and the contents of my car are exactly what she had 😂

[@leoren2685]

Poor mom, lol! Shannon doesn't have a sentimental bone in her body! 🤣 Always enjoy the programs with both of you. ❤

[@diannajohnston4558]

I don’t think that is fair….we are talking about STUFF here….come on now!

[@mossyoakmom8880]

The regular plastic bags are very bad for photos. I would not store photos in them.

[@Morpha-Ahprom]

💖

[@Peanut1965]

Is your mom going to downsize their headboard? Those headboards are so big and bulky and take up so much space lol

[@diannajohnston4558]

Next…..let’s get mom to remove all the 80’s vertical blinds!😝😂🥴

[@Myaussiehome]

Oh you inherited the stuff and you don't know where it's from!! That's where Swedish Death cleaning allows people to.pass.a few special items down amd the story is also passed on.