Decluttering My Younger Life - Huge Full Day Declutter - The Road To Living With Less

I spent today decluttering my younger life. I was storing all of my childhood and young adult life at my parents' house. Now that we are simplifying our lives I thought it would be a good time to go through these items. We are currently on the road to living with less, or at least storing less.►SUBSCRIBE KZbin / @shannontorrens1
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[@kfjastad]

This is you mother!! Thank you for spending the day clearing out your stuff and leaving me with a huge space to store my stuff. Because grandpa passed this year, I now have a bunch of his stuff to go through. Boxes that have taken over my office, so now I can move it there and not be pressured to have to deal with it immediately and also trip over it. Sometimes it's easier to just throw everything in the trash. But, I'm so happy that I have kept certain notes, objects, photos to look at that trigger special memories that I would have never remembered. With those memories comes a really good feeling, something you can't share or explain. If you don't feel it, then throw it away.

[@shannontorrens1]

💛 Yay ! I am so happy you have all that space. I know you can use it while you sell all of Grandpa's things 😀 . Thank you for watching the kids while I went through all that stuff!

[@Canuck_Gal]

♥️💕♥️💕

[@leoren2685]

Was just wondering if you felt sad that Shannon was moving her childhood things out of your house! But sounds like it was a good move for both of you.

[@KraftyScorpio]

I think yearbooks are one of those things we are made to feel obligated to keep. I purged all of my yearbooks last year because whenever I looked through them I just felt very uncomfortable.

[@shannontorrens1]

I think the same thing. Maybe because we spent money on them or have our pictures in them. I am not sure, but I also feel a little obligated to keep at least one.

[@MK-be6lf]

In my High School, our batch was the only one without a yearbook. Didn't mind. Still don't😂

[@seaspeaktome9167]

I’ve just decided to get rid of mine for the same reason. I’m hardly even in it.

[@rebeccarendle3706]

Wow I know this.. After finishing school I decluttered and boxed to keep stuff from 0 to 16yrs, then at 18yrs again, the at 24 yrs after Uni.. Then I moved from the UK to Germany... When my parents came over after my first child was born they came over with the truck and brought all my boxes... It was 19 boxes!.. I spent 1 yr when home with my baby reducing it all the boxes to 5 scrapbooks/albums and 5 memory boxes... I did the same as you.. Just took photos and stuff from eg year books that were important to me and then put in my scrapbooks/photo albums (album 1 is childhood to lower high school 0 to 14 yrs, album 2 is upper high school 14 to 16 yrs, album 3 is college 16-18 yrs, album 4 is Uni BSc 18-21, album 5 is Uni MSC 21-24 yrs,).. They contain anything I wanted to keep including eg old concert tickets... My kids love to look at these scrapbook/albums and see what I looked like and what I did at the age they are now etc.. Recently I have just reduced those 5 memory boxes down to 1 using the "Swedish Death cleaning method"... And finally I was ready to got rid of 98 percent of my old diaries and letters from friends and boyfriends.. I read it all and had some giggles... But then binned it all.. . Always asking myself " if I suddenly died tomorrow would I want my kids to read/see this stuff".. If the answer is "NO".. Bin/ recycle it!.. I still have some stuff in that one box that I want to get rid of.. But I am not quite ready... But that's ok.. 1 box from 19 is good enough for now! Like you.. Although I am not bothered about a lot of the stuff now during my declutter, live with less phase in life.. I know my kids enjoy looking at it and I probably will enjoy looking back when I am older... It can be useful to help reactive the long term memory when you are old.. We used memorabilia to help my great grandmother remember people and events from her past!

[@carolcusick8579]

I enjoyed your journey here. You have given me ideas on how to get through my old memories and pictures. Wish me luck because my pile is big because I am 81 years old!!!😂

[@vivian9803]

I’m 65 and done with this stage of decluttering. One way to tackle it is to just start with one box or bin at a time - the feeling of lightness and achievement fuels momentum. You can do it!

[@goldfishsnake]

my best friend from high school is nostalgic and kept her yearbooks. i hate clutter and tossed mine. if I ever want to see one, I'll call her :)

[@MK-be6lf]

That's the problem of some yearbooks. Unless you are among the few popular ones, 99% of it are about people and events you didn't know existed.😅

[@shannontorrens1]

Exactly I think I was in a few photos from being on the swim team LOL - photos I wish were not in the year book ha ha

[@hikegardentravel6546]

I have no items from my childhood but it doesn’t make me sad. My husband and I tossed our yearbooks. I loved high school and was. Rey involved but it’s not something I need to revisit. I’m saving very very little for my kids. I love your artwork, adore it. You are amazingly talented. I donated my wedding dress too.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! I feel the same way about high school, I just don't need to revisit it. I have plenty of photos of my friends from that time so I don't think I will miss the year books. I agree about saving little for our kids because over time it will amount to a lot! The wedding dress thing is so crazy now days! They are usually really expensive and then people feel like they have to keep it. This is one reason I wanted a super affordable dress in my style 😀 . I hope you have a great day!

[@LovesOfJuneBug]

Yes Class of 2002! 😊 I tossed my yearbooks. I didn’t love high school and they were just more embarrassing than anything else. I didn’t see myself wanting to look at them or show them to my children so out they went! 😉

[@shannontorrens1]

Yay 2002! I ended up saving my senior book and decluttered all the other ones. My mom just got rid of all her year books too and she saved them from the 70's!

[@nancydickerson7920]

I purged my yearbooks when going through multiple out-of-state moves with my family of six. Eighteen years later, 34 years after graduation, after divorce, empty nest, and major recession resulting in job and apartment loss, I moved back to my old hometown and in with my mother. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that many of the remaining classmates had grown up into decent adult human beings. I wish I still had the yearbooks (I only had two) because my memory is horrible now and I can't remember names. I did not enjoy high school, so it was a relief to dump them when I did, but life changed and now I regret it.

[@bb_lz9790]

While I still have my High School year books, I don't really need them as I still keep in touch with my friends from high school despite us being spread all over the country. Every 3-ish years since 2002 (we Graduated in the late '70s) the band gets back together to rehearse for a week and then play some sort of fund raiser show. We're not bad and have a lot of fun.

[@KarronAngel]

Now watching your older videos, love them. Wish i could of bought your doll off you, as i collect dolls...lol.. Big hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! I donated that doll, but I was able to send some of the doll clothes to one of my viewers. I hope you have a great day.

[@ChristIsLord247]

I found my old notes from High School. Those things ended up in the shred bin. No incriminating evidence. Hahaha.

[@shannontorrens1]

😂

[@jstefoni]

I personally loved looking at my mothers yearbooks! I have looked at them more than my own. It is such a glimpse into the history of a time. I am so thankful she saved hers! But, of course, I would have been fine without them.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you for your perspective! This is why I am still deciding what I want to do with mine. I am wavering between saving one or just cutting things out 😀I hope you are having a great day!

[@leoren2685]

As a historian and someone who loves family history, I think it would be nice for your children to have at least one full yearbook to see what life was like 'way back when' for you. You can learn a lot from pictures of student life. I love my grandfather's college yearbooks from the 1920s!

[@tanyalarose8907]

I still have all my yearbooks and I graduated 1981. But I did love high school.

[@pamelap.123]

Thanks for this video. I'm doing something similar, cleaning out my parents house. My mom kept my Thumbelina doll from the early 1960s, and now I see them selling on Ebay for $300.So, I 'm kind of glad that was not decluttered.

[@shannontorrens1]

A lot of older toys end up being worth money, but I have a friend who held onto tons of cabbage patch dolls and now they are worth nothing. Thank you! Did you sell your doll? I hope you have a great day!

[@pamelap.123]

have not sold her yet, but might.

[@midlife_minimalist]

I had a Thumbelina doll and checked online before, I think, donating. I didn’t find that she was worth anything. She was not in the best shape (we cut all our dolls hair LOL). Usually they have to be in pristine condition and even with box to be worth anything. Had a ton of vintage Barbie stuff too and same thing - nothing worth bothering with. I’ll never understand why people place value on any of that stuff.

[@CarolinaRodriguez-vs7dq]

High school was the best and worst time of my life. But I have kept my senior yearbook. Remembering those years makes me very nostalgic.

[@shannontorrens1]

Its good to keep what makes you happy and reminds you of hopefully the good times. I feel the same way about high school, it was a mixed bag of emotions LOL.

[@debsmith1936]

When my Parents sold & were moving out of my Childhood Home, my Brother & I had SO much stuff that we didn’t even realize my Mom had kept... Papers from Preschool to Senior Year, Yearbooks, Photo Books- it was INSANE!! I kept my Senior Yearbook & Donated the rest, I also had a TON of cards from every holiday & birthday from age 2+, I kept about 10 total, lol. I had also been storing my Wedding Dress in their Guest Room closet, but ended up donating that also. I hadn’t realized how much space my stuff was taking up, and not even in *my* house! I felt horrible having all of it there for so long! By the time we packed them to move, we had 3 yard sales & donated stuff in 25 trips to Goodwill! My Parents were borderline Hoarders, it was just hard to tell because everything was so organized. I had given my Mom Marie Kondo’s Book, “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up”, Which, she says she follows now (you can tell in their new house) and once they began following the guidelines, it has changed their lives. 🙂💜🙂

[@shannontorrens1]

Wow that sounds like a lot of work. I think as parents we feel like we have to keep everything our kids do lol. A lot of the school work that I went through was kept by my mom for me. I loved hearing how your mom was affected by the book you shared with her, I bet she appreciated that. I hope you are having a great day.

[@hanalith]

I loved my school years from elementary school through high school! I have kept all my year books and now get to show my kids my childhood. I have a good group of friends, some from elementary school and middle school and we are still friends today. It is hard deciding what to keep and what to throw out. I'm in the middle of decluttering now, thanks for all the tips and tricks!

[@shannontorrens1]

It is hard to decide what to keep. Definitely take you time. I hope you have a great week.

[@debbiehawkes7120]

This was my daughter too. She went through same thing , decluttered a whole pile of stuff I had stored for her. Love all the memories and funny things that were kept. On another note - it was so well organised. Go you.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! I love organizing LOL

[@LibbyWithnall]

I was like you and kept so much stuff from my teen years esp. I recently threw out a lot of it. Still have all my photos to sort through and scan but that is going to be at the very end of my house decluttering. I also have scrapbook albums that I made for my kids and the family which one day I will scan and make into photobooks. I also got rid of my wedding dress after 25 years !!!

[@shannontorrens1]

I think going through photos is hard and takes a lot of time, that is why I have kept it till the end too. I was making my kids scrap books, but I have stopped. They will each have one from their birth to one year. I hope you have a great day, thank you for sharing 💛

[@JJ-nn9de]

Ah I love this video! And I agree, the childhood/sentimental stuff is a really weird section to declutter but SO worth the time! My mom over the years ended up giving me boxes of my baby clothes, baby shoes, school projects, old toys etc. I have one little zip lock bag with some little things like my hospital tag, a lock of baby hair, baby teeth, but everything else...I just didn't want any of it, lol. I have kept some cards from my dad who passed away and ones with special messages but most I threw out. Yearbooks were tough for me to, but I didn't love hs or have a deep attachment to most people in the photos so I just snipped out myself, some good friends a few crushes for kicks and those little photos take up about 2 pages in my journal. Than the books went in the trash. One thing I did keep is my hs letters! I love them. I had a big box full of them and after hs I actually had unfolded all of them and put them all in a 3 ring binder. I have flipped through them many times over the years and they crack me up, so that is one thing I will hold on to.

[@shannontorrens1]

You are right decluttering childhood stuff is not easy! Its great you were able to get it down to one little bag. I love that you kept the letters that bring you joy, I feel like that is what all of this is about. Keeping what really matters 😀

[@rachellebrooke4614]

I know this video was made a few years ago but I found your channel because I was searching for ideas on what to do with my high school yearbooks and some of my junior high yearbooks. I loved being in high school although it’s not my favorite part of life, and I did marry my high school sweetheart and sometimes keep in touch with high school friends but I still don’t want to hold onto the clutter of the yearbook itself, thank you so much for sharing this process it can be very tedious and arduous so it’s very helpful to see someone else doing the same thing!

[@shannontorrens1]

I am happy this was helpful. I ended up saving my senior year book, I cut out some pages from the 3 other years and then got rid of them. I am still happy with this decision from a few years ago. Also my mom told me that most year books can be found digitally online so that is also something you could look for. =)

[@jontaylorjesswil]

I just recently got rid of all my yearbooks. I started high school in 2006, was on facebook, and had a camera phone. Everything that was important for me to document during those years with my friends I documented personally.

[@shannontorrens1]

That is great you had everything digital during those years. Now that all my photos are digital there is way less to store. I hope you are having a great day! 😀

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

I kept all my yearbooks, from both junior high/high school and college. I go back and look at them a lot, and every single one has notes from my friends written in it - both my high school class and my college class were very tight knit (I was in the same class as a lot of my high school classmates from preschool or kindergarten all the way up through 12th grade), so the yearbooks really mean a lot to me. I also have the first 16 years worth of yearbooks from my high school, from the first year they had a yearbook to the one the year before I started - my high school's community is truly a small world, and I still see a lot of people from almost every one of my high school's yearbooks on a fairly regular basis when I'm visiting my parents, and for a lot of them, I know their names specifically because of the yearbooks. There's a chance that I may eventually get rid of the 14 older ones, but extremely unlikely that I will get rid of the ones from the years I was in school.

[@moniqueferrell9076]

Just a thought … you might enjoy sharing your yearbooks with your children when they are older. Seeing you when you were a teen and young adult may make it easier for them to put into perspective all the changes that they are experiencing as they progress through school and into the real world.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you, I Think I might keep my senior book and then just cut out things or scan things from the other books. Right now I am taking my time deciding exactly what I will do. 😀

[@lynnebowman297]

Important topic. Sentimental items amidst just old items. Nostalgic. Remembered & some just forgotten. Heritage. Life memories. Some very tough. Topic is Very Needed topic. Another on same topic where you List Criteria to use as go thru these types of items ( one's personal history)-- good idea I think. Thanks for good videos- Motivational👍

[@HotnColdTV1]

Shannon. You make this step sooo easy but when I am facing this category. Im always thinking 💭 what if???? 😂

[@shannontorrens1]

It can be really hard. I kept my year books for a few weeks to think about what to do with them, but I knew I didn't want to store them for the rest of my life. I ended up keeping one and cutting some things out of the others. In the end I am happy I am not storing all that stuff. I wish you luck if you are currently decluttering.

[@pirateloveification]

I have 1 yearbook I keep from my senior year of hs. The only reason I'm keeping it is to remember the people and their names.

[@OrganizedWithJoy]

I love your channel! This was such a great video idea. I have been trying to declutter our house for about three years now, and recently went through some of my memorabilia. I had such a hard time with it. I did get rid of some things, but I'd like to get rid of even more. Thanks for sharing your process of decluttering things from your childhood.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you for such a nice comment. I agree it isn't easy to get rid of things. I had a lot more a few years ago, but my mom had brought me a few boxes that I got rid of. It was mostly school projects. I know a lot of people go with the konmari method, which I like to do, but then I like to revisit the section again after some time. I almost always find more things to get rid of. I hope you are having a great day.

[@katherinejohnson2749]

Yearbooks! I thought the same thing and had a similar high school experience. My husband suggest I keep them for our kids. I still have my dad's from 1954! It's kind of neat to see that part of his life.

[@shannontorrens1]

I ended up saving my senior year book and I cut out some pages from my other books. My mom had saved hers from the 70's, but just this year she finally got rid of them LOL. She said she didn't need to revisit that again. I hope you have a great day!

[@snorlaxjen]

I am also going through my old childhood items have been doing this for about a year and I have got rid of so much junk! It’s amazing how much we keep “just in case”

[@shannontorrens1]

Wow that is great! It is true we naturally keep so much. I hope you are having a great day!

[@theminimalmommy438]

I started following your channel a month ago and I love all the great ideas you share. You have inspired me to purge, purge and purge. I too am on my way to living a much simpler life with alot less! Thank you so much for all your videos! Olivia :)

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! I am so happy you are enjoying my videos. I am also inspired by minimal and simple living videos and that is why I decided to document our journey. I hope you are having a great day 😀

[@susanrobinson408]

I eventually threw my yearbooks away, but heard later that the local school and library loves to get them. Maybe you could ask! Have you read "The Swedish Are of Death Cleaning"? It is not as morbid as it sounds and is actually quite funny and interesting. I think you would love the premise after today's cleaning!!

[@shannontorrens1]

I have heard of the Swedish Art of Death Cleaning, but I don't know anything about it. I will look it up it sounds interesting. I would donate my year books, but I have written all through them 😀. I hope you are having a great day.

[@iveta6660]

Hi, I have throwen away almost everything away, all the things I dont need any more and There is a space for new thinks going to happen in my life 😉😇✨

[@peacefulmamato2]

Oh no! I was thinking maybe just keep your senior one, your kids might enjoy seeing that in the future!? Just a thought. I know it's love to see my moms 😊

[@shannontorrens1]

I am still on the fence with what to do. I took one huge box of photos and year books to go through and now its sitting here in my bedroom! I haven't had time to go through it. This is the thing with decluttering and minimalism, it takes so much time. It would actually be a lot easier to just keep everything LOL. 😀

[@peacefulmamato2]

@@shannontorrens1 haha right?! I think decluttering memories is definitely harder than any other decluttering. Going through my moms things after she died was heart wrenching and even after she died it became harder to get rid of some of my own things because they had memories attached to her. It's a process, take your time! You can't get them back once you throw them away so definitely think about it for a bit.😊

[@luna7453]

it gives me the wish to check if there is still yearbooks in my parents house and declutter them if there is still, just maybe taking a picture of my class but for sure, do not feel the need to keep the rest. thanks for the inspiration as always ;)

[@shannontorrens1]

That's a great idea! I also took a few photos and ended up only keeping my senior yearbook.

[@luna7453]

@@shannontorrens1 👌😊😘

[@annieheath986]

Yearbooks.. Hauled them around for 30 years and then threw them away. Never missed them.

[@theresas9556]

Just subscribed tonight, had to click on this one when I saw your 80s My Child doll in the thumbnail! Yassss grrrrl! I still have mine, lurking in my garage 😔 Much admiration and love from Portland, Oregon 💜💜

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! That doll is so cute, it is hard to part with. I thought by boys might want it, but they had no interest LOL. I hope you are having a great day 💛

[@karenfisher5274]

Great job! The amount of stuff we have seems to multiply by the year. I whittled down to one box of cards, 2 yearbooks (high school and college only), 1 vintage Raggedy Ann and Andy Doll, and photo albums. The photos will be a beast to do, but you have inspired me to minimize to a manageable level. Great video.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! It sounds like you have done so much work, great job. I have to go through those photos! I think scanning the good ones will be the best way for me. I hope you are having a great day. 😀

[@cdeipoli1]

Life goes on and we have to live the present. that's the point.

[@mosheedy9862]

I tossed my yearbooks...and am so glad I let the past go!

[@shannontorrens1]

It feels great to let go! I hope you are having a great day 😀

[@jackimieczaniec2578]

Thanks for talking about yearbooks. I’m going to scan my class pictures too!

[@tmb3230]

im exactly the same with year books! I didnt keep mine, i didnt see the point. Loving your videos shannon! x

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! Its great to know I am not the only one who feels this way. Did you save anything from your year books? I am thinking I might cut out a few photos.

[@tmb3230]

@@shannontorrens1 no didnt dave anything, all gone. I dont want to remember high school, it wasnt the best!

[@TheLorikate]

Ah we are the same vintage, i had a mychild that i loved! She is gone now. It's so funny because i was literally thinking today, about whether i should keep my year book.. I've only got one. High school isn't full of great memories for me so i decided to say goodbye. P.s i always wanted a Paddington! So funny;)

[@shannontorrens1]

I also loved that mychild, I think that is why I kept it for so long. My mom is in her 60's and she threw her year books away not that long ago so I am not too worried that I will want them later. 😀 . I hope you have a great day!

[@FantaFaraday]

And this is what I'm doing right now and was looking for inspiration. Thanks for sharing!

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you, so happy it might help. 😀

[@iamjane9628]

I threw away my high school yearbooks when I was in my early 20s. I the nearly 30 years that have passed since then, I have never once missed them. Go ahead and toss them. If high school was the best time of my life, how sad that would be.

[@shannontorrens1]

That is what I am thinking. I have set the year books aside and I am waiting for a quiet time to go through everything. I agree it would be sad if high school was the highlight. 😀

[@iamjane9628]

I hope my comment did not come across as sounding extreme and harsh. I felt the same way about high school that you did. There were some good times, but looking through those yearbooks once I had graduated never made me feel good. I slowly lost contact with all the people I had been friends with in high school too, so I really felt no connection to the yearbooks after a while. But I know I am kind of weird in that respect, so I certainly don't want to encourage you to get rid of your yearbooks before you are ready. Maybe set them aside and after a few more years go by and you have not looked at them, you will feel like you can let them go. I really enjoy your channel! :)

[@emilia7849]

Hi. I've watched couple of your minimalism videos and I really like your casual and realistic aproach to stuff and life in general. I'm looking forward to explore your channel more. I had to write to you because just now I got weirdly interested in your finnish lingual mickey mouse book as a random connection between two peoples on the opposite sides of the world. Wishing you everything nice to your autumn and greetings from Finland!

[@shannontorrens1]

Oh thank you! Yes my great grandparents were from Sweden and when I was younger we went there and we went to Norway which is where my other side is from. I was given that book. I would love to go back some day.

[@susan5661]

I graduated in 79 and let go of the yearbooks when I was back home in 89 for a few weeks helping my Mom clean up our old farmhouse. I have not regretted the decision

[@sandiekirkland4501]

Got rid of my yearbooks and my husbands (who has passed) also got rid of my wedding dress. Donated it to some ladies who take them and make gorgeous dresses for little precious stillborn babies

[@shannontorrens1]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@kathy3178]

I have noticed since I started this minimalism journey, I am a lot more particular about keeping momentos. I have been going through all my momentos and parted with a good bit. I could probably part with more.

[@shannontorrens1]

Me too! Just keeping the most important things that bring back memories is all I am keeping now. I hope you have a great day!

[@luna7453]

your art is amazing ! i did art at school too ;)

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you so much 😀

[@hannas6407]

That book Englantia Mikin kanssa ("English with Mickey") caught my eye because I'm Finnish myself.😄 I'm sure there's a story behind that item, too. I know I used to have super random stuff at my parents place.. and still do, I guess!

[@TheMysticsoul77]

You can donate the gown for Babies Born Sleeping. I had one donated almost 17 years ago to me for my son that was born sleeping at 20 weeks along. It was a ray of sunshine at such a devastating time.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you for this information, I have never heard of this before.

[@TheMysticsoul77]

@@shannontorrens1 Your re welcome I'm not sure of the name.

[@ScandishHome]

You are such a talented artist Shannon! I love the book cover you made! I did a decluttering with my photos but I still have more to go trough! Thank you for the inspiration! Love the high school pictures of you! You are so pretty! The bird necklace you have I had that in earrings back in high school lol I loved this video! I always looking forward to your videos! ❤

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! That bird necklace made me laugh so hard, I had to put it in the video for all to see. I hope I never wore that out of the house! Although I have so crazy funny photos of the way I use to dress that I might keep just for a good laugh. I find your channel so inspiring too! I hope some day our house will be as calm as yours looks. 🌿

[@ScandishHome]

I know, I was laughing too because I was wearing similar earrings I can't believe it! lol Your home is beautiful and calming and I'm very looking forward to the days when you upload! You are so inspiring! xx❤🌸

[@shannontorrens1]

Scandish Home thank you 😊

[@brendalee311]

I know it’s been a year but some hospitals have volunteers that make dresses and outfits for newborn babies that have passed. So if other people have wedding dresses to donate call your local hospital as for the NICU, they can direct you.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you for sharing this information.

[@michelleprice5945]

ha! your wedding dress fits like mine, looks great in the front but won't zip in the back. 🤣 love you videos

[@shannontorrens1]

Yes LOL!

[@charulatharavi8091]

Hi Shannon, namaste from India. Came to your vlog via scandish home. Loved your content as am also in the pace of minimalism so subscribed very happyly. Loads of love and wishes.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you for joining my channel! I love The Scandish Home Channel, I hope you are having a great day.😀

[@peacefulmamato2]

P.s. I have three boys ( 1 girl) and they play with my daughters Dolly's. Boys like to practice being a daddy!

[@shannontorrens1]

That is so sweet! I tried a while back giving my boys one of my cabbage patch dolls and they wanted nothing to do with it LOL. I ended up donating that. 😀

[@peacefulmamato2]

@@shannontorrens1 maybe they thought she was scary 😂😂 maybe it's easier for my boys, because they watch their sister play with them? Love your art work btw. I'm an artist too !

[@lindseyheringer2641]

I used to save all kinds of random scraps from things too. I still have a huge tote in my attic to go through. I don’t think I could part with the yearbooks though.

[@shannontorrens1]

Lindsey Williams it’s so easy to save tickets and post cards, even now I have to tell myself not to save those things.

[@lindseyheringer2641]

Yep I’ve adopted the same system as you as far as pitching a card unless there is a handwritten note in it.

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

Hi hope your day as gone well my husband went into the loft we have still got the 3 kids books from school brownie uniforms school clothes reports lots of boxes from their school days and the kids say now mom why do you keep all our stuff their right apart from their reports everything else can go its a shame but like they said don't want it all the charity is so pleased with everything we have gave them and raised a lot of money for them with stuff we cleared out its like reading books kids today don't read anymore well they do but its all on line now even books for homework they don't use I've kept photos and some things when they were little like paintings I can't get rid of they would but I can't not yet the loft has space in it now all the books have gone my mom still has my reports from school and I'm 50 take care x

[@shannontorrens1]

That is great you have been able to raise money for the charity shops with your donations! I think its good to keep certain things that bring back great memories. I am keeping some of my stuff too, at least the things that remind me of family and friends I love. 😀

[@simplyvince1744]

I have all my yearbooks still. Part of that is related to me having grown up and spending a lot of time with my grandparents (I didn't live with them but they basically raised me). They were teachers (small town, mind you) and got the yearbooks for every year they taught. Even now that they're in their 90s, they will go to them for information on people they taught. So while I personally don't care about my time in school, it's sort of a sentimental thing to keep them.

[@lorettagoldyn5918]

I did not keep any childhood or HS things. I do have items from nursing school. To tell you how my last 2 days have gone i am exhausted since we are having 3 bedroom carpets. Where did all this stuff come from. Again enjoyed the video.

[@shannontorrens1]

I am always asking myself the same thing, where did everything come from ha ha. Thank you for watching, hope you get some rest 😀

[@gwenj5419]

The older you get the less the highschool yearbooks mean.

[@catrinarich3711]

OMG!! I have the same doll!! I don't have the original clothes. I would love to buy some doll clothes!! I have a three year old girl. I lost my year books years ago. I plan on getting rid of my wedding dress. I just need to clean it first.

[@shannontorrens1]

Which doll do you have? Is it the my child or the other one? Its crazy how many people commented saying they had the same toys. Wedding dresses are hard to get rid of, but since mine didn't fit me that made it a lot easier for me! I hope you are having a great day 😀

[@catrinarich3711]

I have the my child doll. She's wearing one of my daughter's newborn dresses and bonett.

[@shannontorrens1]

(Let me know if you want this) My email is on my about page if you are on a computer. Email me your address and I will send you some outfits for the Mychild. 💛

[@antekpiekutosky818]

Can You show clip "how organize, declutter papers, documents in office" - normal speed, no cut..

[@shannontorrens1]

Atol Pienkoski I will see if I can do a video on this, I did a video on decluttering all of my paper stuff, but I found it really hard to go into too much detail since I am not an expert on this subject and everyone has different things they have to keep.

[@antekpiekutosky818]

You can handle it Shannon .. Very good clips you do. Sit at the table and Sorting Paperwork... One please - normal speed, no cut.. I cant wait your clip...

[@everydayminimal]

Loved this! I am new to your channel so I have been watching a lot of your older videos lol! Your childhood looked a lot like mine in the way of keepsakes! I kept SO much. Dolls and cards and so on!! I am almost 40 and I have over the past two years purged ALL of that stuff! I did have a daughter so I passed on a few toys to her but other than that I let it all go to embrace a minimal lifestyle and I love it and don't miss a thing!! Great job with this video!

[@sandritas3]

Nice

[@shannontorrens1]

😀

[@sheilahigdon9982]

I took pictures of collectibles, to stir memories later in life.

[@mmulligan7360]

Why not boys with dolls? 😀 my son wanted baby dolls. Cuz he wanted to “be a dad”. Good practice 😊

[@deidrabaskerville2272]

Hey love your video. By any chance do you remember the name of the doll

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! Yes the doll is called my child. I hope you are having a great day 😀

[@samantharowley125]

I'm going through this right now. I'll admit this is the hardest part area to declutter. Also, looking at digitizing photos, dealing with photo albums, and giving my scrapbook materials to a teacher in the area.

[@shannontorrens1]

Samantha Rowley I find it hard too, at one point scrapbooking was a hobby and now I don’t have the time/ patience for it. Do you have a certain way you are digitizing your photos? I still need to do this 😊

[@samantharowley125]

It's down to going to Costco to have them place them on CDs. A co-worker told me about that. Or there is the company called iMemories who sends you a box and instructions on how to send your photos, slides, negatives, VHS, etc. Both seem to be reasonable in pricing. I first need to go through all photos and discard duplicates, blurry ones and just bad photos (usually with the edge of my finger in the way...;). Do you remember this issue with older cameras? Anyway, got make it a priority as right now I have all my photos on the dining room table and that's not okay.

[@shannontorrens1]

That is a good idea to use costco, or the place you send everything away too. I know how you feel going through all the photos on your dining room table. A few years ago my mom and I went through all the family photos and it took forever, but we didn't even make a dent in the amount. Now we are really strict with what we keep and I still need to go through the ones I just found! I wish you luck with this project. 😀

[@cassiehood8453]

The my child doll is worth hundreds now if it is in good condition.

[@themeganburns]

Your mom looks like Princess Eugenie!

[@shannontorrens1]

In that photo she does look a little like her. I think its the face she is making 😀

[@missyelle2749]

You look so familiar, did you graduate Highschool in 1990 ?

[@shannontorrens1]

Hi! No I graduated in 2002. Do you live in CA?

[@missyelle2749]

Yes, Northern Cal.

[@shannontorrens1]

@@missyelle2749 Hmm I live in So Cal. I went to Cal State Fullerton, did you go there? I have a blog, but I doubt you would have seen that, its not big.

[@stacythomas7162]

Just save your senior year....and get rid of the rest.

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you!

[@stacythomas7162]

@@shannontorrens1 Your artwork is beautiful!

[@RicoResolves]

Great initiative! Fantastic video, and you looked lovely! You have a very pleasant way of presenting! Keep up the good job! Would you mind giving me some feedback too? I'd love to hear from you because I'm trying to become a better content creator myself! Thank you so much for your time, I truly appreciate it!

[@shannontorrens1]

Thank you! Yes I will head over to your channel =)

[@RicoResolves]

Thank you so much for replying, I appreciate it a lot! That's awesome to hear!

[@shannontorrens1]

I hope it was helpful! I would say the most important thing about growing is having a very specific nitch and uploading several times a week. Eventually something will stick. 😀 I loved your videos!

[@RicoResolves]

It definitely was very helpful! It's hard to come up with a true niche, because there are a lot of channels in different kinds of niches (and why would they come and check me out if they can check out someone popular) so I'm still searching for the right thing to do with still uploading things that I love to create. Tonight will be my first release of my new show called: "how to Thursday". That brings me to two uploads a week. Hopefully the audience will like that and think it fits well with my sunday content!

[@lindseyheringer2641]

Also I had one of those random bird necklaces. Not sure where it came from either.

[@shannontorrens1]

Lindsey Williams it must have been in style!

[@lesleyallen7379]

Hope that paper and card was recycled.

[@shannontorrens1]

yes

[@rockhps]

All that paper could have been recycled. 😪♻️

[@shannontorrens1]

Sara J my dad pulled it out and recycled it, not all of it was paper either 😊

[@shannontorrens1]

I should have made that more clear, it’s not my house and where I live we don’t have recycling. Everything gets put in the trash and they separate it at the dump. I even called to verify this 😊 it’s kind of annoying that we don’t have a way to separate it ourselves, that is what I would prefer.

[@rockhps]

Shannon Torrens Wow, that sucks! I guess I assumed that all states were like WA. The biggest bin they give us is recycling. 😉