Extreme Paper Declutter | Organize, Shred, Recycle!

[@MsArtistwannabe]

Thanks for keeping me company while I go through paperwork. I find it stressful for some reason.

[@TracyAkamine]

It IS stressful!

[@colleenfromnh5860]

So glad to know I’m not alone. 💕🙏🤩💪💃🎉

[@molee8863]

The facial expressions while shredding are absolutely adorable. Paper is my nemesis. The photos are beautiful. You have a new subscriber.

[@denisealexander7317]

Paperwork is my most difficult mess to organize. And yes I am always writing notes on random envelopes. I bought a small spiral notebook to start writing those notes on...now where did I put it? Found it just need to remember to use it. 7 years for tax stuff ...Keep up the good work.

[@TracyAkamine]

I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one scribbling notes on envelopes😉Doing that paper declutter took way longer than a 30 minute video can really show & it was very overwhelming at times. It literally took two days, lol. But it’s done at least & hopefully doesn’t get to that state again!

[@MsArtistwannabe]

I keep a folder for recently paid bills. When I pay a bill I remove the old one from the folder and put the most recent in it. I just keep it because I write notes on them. Like check number and date paid. My daughter pays everything online so no papers to deal with. But I’m old school. I think you have come a very long way. I’ve been watching a lot of your newer vids. I purged two years in a row. Huge purges of papers. I use to keep my old checking account statements. Going back decades. Old paid bills for years back. It takes a bit of trying different methods to see what works for you. Of course, I have a huge pile stacking up on my desk right now. Thanks for the motivation.

[@CammyHell]

My shredder used to overheat all the time; and one day it just started quit 😂

[@TracyAkamine]

🤣😝

[@molee8863]

I've burnt out 2 shredders in my journey to declutter paper. I'm onto my 3rd & hopefully last shredder 😂.

[@melodybeaman968]

I love the art work behind you in this video!

[@tonietteh2015]

You did a great job dealing with all that huge paper pile! I bet you feel relieved 😊

[@TracyAkamine]

Soooo relieved! And i’m proud to say I’ve been able to maintain it😃

[@simonebaum7508]

This is your best video yet! You were ruthless! Good job.

[@TracyAkamine]

Awesome! 😎 Thank you🤗

[@kimberlywatts3402]

When I decided to get minimal paper was the bane of my existence! It took an entire year to get through it all and to condense it into a 2 drawer very organized filing cabinet. I have room to grow and plan to reevaluate it annually to weed out the "expired" unnecessary paperwork. Never want to do it again!😱😂🤣

[@TracyAkamine]

Same here! That wasn’t even as bad as it coulda been but I really don’t want to have it pile up like that again. Too much to deal with all at one time. Trying to declutter digital stuff next🥵Thats a whole ‘nother beast! 😬

[@teresabuie7440]

The back of an envelope makes a good to do list and, grocery list, and diy list ! Well you get the idea! 🙂

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you for the reassurance 👍🏻😎

[@suestor5510]

This is so real and motivating!!

[@wonderingsanna]

No Tracy, 😃it´s not bad, it´s a great habit to use envelopes for notes, shoping lists aso 😄It saves paper and our planet. Tho 😉it is a good idea to first take the paper out and file that where it belongs. Btw, you are doing GREAT with your decluttering progress, both with sorting stuff and with mindset. ❤ Healing in a really good way.

[@TracyAkamine]

🤣Its good writing notes on envelopes isn’t bad bc truthfully I probably won’t stop doing it😝. Thank you for your support 😃I appreciate it🥰

[@wonderingsanna]

@@TracyAkamine Just finished watching the paper declutter video. I would really really really like to give you one million big thumbs up for your good work with all that paperwork. That is such a boring/important/easy procrastinated/not fun task to do. It feels sooooooo good when it´s done.

[@barbarap6851]

Hi Tracy! Fantastic job! It feels so great to move a lot of paper out of the house! Keep your shredder in a handy location. Everyday as your mail comes in, sort it right away...recycle, shred, save. Do you have a memorabilia bin or scrapbook? You can add your beautiful photos and sommelier certificate to it. Super job on the kitchen!!

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you!!!! I have a trunk with old photo albums I’ll probably use for the memorabilia stuff. Still more organizing to do. Always can do more!

[@rachgeorgia9993]

Paper clutter is the most overwhelming. A few years ago I did the same thing and now whenever I get new paperwork I scan it immediately and shred the original. I don't ever want it to get back into the state it was.

[@TracyAkamine]

Me either!

[@sonyahubbard3226]

Yeehaw, you showed the paper monster who’s boss! 👏🏼👏🏼 and lookit that sink 👀

[@TracyAkamine]

😎I just had to throw the kitchen update in there. I was cooking lunch & looked around and realized how clean it actually was (for a nice change) 😝

[@margie7113]

Love your photos❤️

[@TracyAkamine]

Thanks!

[@claragorton9709]

I just did a week of your videos. I have watched many others, but to me you come across very real. I admire your vulnerability and share your struggles. I see so much improvement, keep it up.

[@TracyAkamine]

That’s amazing 😃I’m so glad you enjoyed them🥰I’m pretty open & vulnerable indeed. You should see some of the footage that DOES’T make the final edit 😆Can’t have my videos be a hour long🤪

[@saltandpepper9389]

I just shredded the pile that had been waiting for a year 🤣 And now I should go through the papers again as there’s plenty of new ones to be sorted… 😅😭 Absolutely beautiful photos! 💖

[@TracyAkamine]

Its constant always, lol! 🥰

[@meganallen2674]

The photo's.....you are gorgeous 💓

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you😎I barely recognize myself in those now🤣

[@plynn136]

Great job on the paper de-cluttering. Glad you found the strength to see it through. I enjoyed your kitchen de-clutter video also. Keep up the good work.

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you! It was overwhelming at times but I powered through. I really didn’t want all that spread out for weeks, lol

[@BallroomJenni]

I have a box of stuff to shred and have to do it in small chunks or my shredder overheats 😂

[@TracyAkamine]

The overheating was annoying, lol

[@judenebaer9997]

Tracy you made my head hurt 😂😂 WOW YOU DID GREAT JOB!!!!! THAT WAS A LOT . YOU SHOULD BE SO HAPPY AND TINA TOO !! I don't think i could if did all that !! You are on a roll and you're kitchen is looking great

[@TracyAkamine]

Whoo hoo!!!🥳🥳🥳Still have a messy house right now though🤣Time to film a video! Lol

[@judenebaer9997]

Every time you do a video. Please know I remember what was. And you are doing great 🥰🥰👏👏 Can't wait to see another video.. You go girl

[@margie7113]

Omg kitchen too, you are on a roll😊☀️

[@TracyAkamine]

🥳🥳🥳

[@susanelliott4728]

Great job, you are doing fantastic keep up the good work.

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you! Just gotta keep doing😎

[@margie7113]

You make me laugh😂😂😂😂 shredding!

[@TracyAkamine]

🤣Shredding, no, SCANNING is the worst. I’m so glad I ended up not having to do any scanning!

[@margie7113]

Great job, you should be proud! Yay!

[@searlepage4655]

Katrina here on my husband's tablet he prefers my iPad. I'd of given Tina the shredding job 🤣🤣. Glad you persisted with the shredder. Awesome pay check.

[@TracyAkamine]

🤣🤣🤣Thank you for reminding me about the check! I actually hadn’t heard back from the payroll gal. Gotta follow up on that

[@valeriehopkins644]

I think the zip lock bags for sorting is great. I had over 15 years of paycheck stubs. I still have 20+ years of check stubs that I think I'm emotionally attached to. Love the shredding. I usually scoop my cat pans in with the shred just in case. I use to keep all my gift cards after I used them. Now I won't take it back from clerk. Kitchen looks great. Keep up the good work.

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you! I have a stack of gift cards & not sure what’s used/not. Thats another project I need to tackle! Thats $$$ just sitting there😎

[@lanareiz9596]

I love your videos and the progress you are making. Keep up the good work.

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you so much🥰I truly appreciate the support😎

[@raymondmonaghan4112]

Hi there sweetie pie hope you are well paperwork is probably on a daily basis the clutterbug has great ideas for organizing your spaces love from Eugenie your friend xxx from Australia xxx 💟🌞

[@TracyAkamine]

Agree about that. Trick is keep it moving, lol

[@breakerhighfan]

Excellent job! You should be very proud of yourself!!!!

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you! I’m just relieved it’s done😝

[@Y3jamie3337]

That was great. The shredding was awesome! Tina must of been on break! ❤️ I gotta tackle this too 😣

[@TracyAkamine]

🤗Shredding & scanning is always Ugh to me, lol. But I did it🤩

[@kwiatekkwiatkowska2526]

iT WAS AMASING JOB DONE

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you! It was a LOT yo go through, lol

[@tosiaka]

girl, you rock!

[@TracyAkamine]

🤘🏻😎🤩

[@youandmeandmultiplescleros402]

This was very motivating. Thanks for sharing it - success!

[@TracyAkamine]

Awesome! I’m glad it was motivating😃It took me long enough to get myself motivated to do it🤣

[@margie7113]

Hope you have a shredder, I shred everything! Taxes- just keep whatever you use to file( meaning deductions and the physical paper of filing) 7 years. I try and shred once a week or every other week, put in my office and when I do my online bills and banking I shred😊

[@cherylthomson4341]

You go girl! Love your videos!

[@TracyAkamine]

Thank you! I appreciate that😎

[@Cookingwithapril]

Hi Tracy. Nice to meet you I am a new friend

[@TracyAkamine]

Hi! Nice to meet you too🤗Thank you for watching. I hope you enjoy my videos😎

[@gigipaz5959]

AWESOME JOB, TRACY!!! I moved boxes of work material to my home office/she shed since we are officially teleworking for good. I have been decluttering for 1.5 days and it feels so good😁 I also went through my personal box and have a bag of tax stuff to shred. And I went from 2 file containers to 1🙌🙌 I do the same thing with my debit/credit cards-placing the shreds into 2 separate bags so they can't be put back together again and used!! BTW, your hair is so pretty and long (based on the photos) and you are a beauty! I also LOVE Tina's crown🤩 Where did she get it?

[@TracyAkamine]

🥳I love the feeling after a good declutter/clean too. That crown was from Amazon👍🏻

[@loriholm1396]

Awesome job! You may want to check on closing out your credit cards. It could put a ding on your credit score.

[@TracyAkamine]

I’ll figure all that out soon. I’m pretty sure most of those are closed anyways but better check on the whole situation 😬

[@Mysticsoul77]

Do you have a shredder? I got one to shred papers and old credit cards

[@TracyAkamine]

I do have a shredder. I’m getting better at getting rid of junk mail & empty envelopes faster so it doesn’t pile up.

[@nicoleperron3315]

Once your taxes are done you no longer need pay stubs, I know this one 😂 Now what do I do with the entire overfilled filling cabinet of other papers 😭 and the growing piles that won't fit in it.

[@TracyAkamine]

Now its all digital so its way easier. I definitely didn’t need tax stuff from 20 years ago😆

[@nicoleperron3315]

@@TracyAkamine granted but my son is moving out and taking his computer with him and I didn't want to buy one, just because everyone else wants to go digital .

[@maddie1519]

You're not the only person that's happened to I had some voicemails that I thought was fraud but it turns out I ended up paying over the house bill or something and then they sent me a check and I kept shredding it and they finally got in contact with me about it they said it's been over a year.

[@verena8683]

😖 i m doing my sons closet...he is 14..and the last 2 years just grow out of all....🥺

[@TracyAkamine]

Closet declutters are always fun🤪NOT🤣

[@patriciadurham815]

Funny 😄 Be there done that

[@TracyAkamine]

I’m sure I’ll be “there” again someday, lol. No, hopefully not! I’m going to get in the habit of taking care of paper & organizing it right away🤞🏼

[@crazycroney]

Pro organizer here. #1 Rule I give to clients...... ALL Envelopes go into the trash. Period. Having to open an envelope to see the paper you are filing is not efficient and a waste of space. I personally use a modified version for short term items and projects Of the “Sunday Basket” in a binder and have another binder that lives in a large fire safe that is the “emergency binder”. We started doing this when we moved to Japan 30 miles from the great tsunamis a year after it happened. The rule is would we need it to restart our life and it goes in there. As well as all of our account numbers and passwords and phone numbers. Over the last 10 years we have grabbed it at least a dozen times for emergencies. And was so helpful for the 3 moves - 1 international. And I literally grabbed it Thursday morning when the tornado warning went off and we jumped into the bath tub.

[@TracyAkamine]

That’s fantastic advice! Thank you so much! I definitely can organize deeper. Always more organizing to do! 😝

[@Lark_Vivian]

don't you have a shredder for your cc's? mine shreds paper and cards then i use the fluff as packing material.,.but the way mine works is it cuts horizontal and vertical so you'd have to be smarter then Einstein to put it back together.

[@TracyAkamine]

I don’t think mine can shred cc. I looked at the machine & it didn’t list those so I figured I’d better not try. All of those were old & the accounts are closed anyways but figured I’d better cut um up regardless.

[@mariacastillo3090]

I have triple the amount of paperwork to go through. Aaaarrrgghhhh. 🙄

[@TracyAkamine]

Start one box/bin at a time. Doing it all at once was a little overwhelming at times. If I wasn’t doing a video I probably wouldn’t have done it all in one sitting…but its done at least! 😎

[@casmith1758]

Please make sure to get a shredder to make sure that the credit cards cant be pulled from the garbage and used. Yes, I have heard of dumpster divers looking for stuff like that please be very careful.

[@TracyAkamine]

I’m pretty sure all of those were from closed accounts. The old ones that are potentially open I didn’t get rid of yet. I also cut small & into different piles so nothing could get put back together.

[@TheSamuel2130]

🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️❤️🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@TracyAkamine]

Thanks for watching! 😎❤️

[@nemo7782]

Old tax stuff- I keep only the past 7 years in case of Audit. Older than that, shred.

[@TracyAkamine]

I’ve got everything digital so I’m all good👍🏻 I had stuff from OVER 10 years. BYEEEEE👋🏼😁