☘️ Sling These Things This Month To Take Back Control Of Your Home • What To Declutter In September

[@nicoleperron3315]

I see you decluttered your hair. Looks lovely 😁

[@HowToGYST]

I sure did. 😉 Thank you!

[@Hazel_Fox22]

@@HowToGYST Loving this for you!!!! Did you find someone who does it the way you like it or do you still want to go back to Ireland to get it cut?

[@hesherette]

I almost clicked off bc I don't have children, then I realized I have a slight addiction to art supplies/ pens/ pencils/ cute stationary/ notebooks/ CDs/ DVDs/ reusable water bottles/ etc hahaha. So like usual, thanks! Cute haircut, back to short looks nice on you :)

[@carmenramos2953]

I love the show "Hoarding" because it makes me throw stuff, donate, and give away. 😂

[@FailFries]

I know this is an older comment, but I used to watch that show for that very same reason. I felt crazy telling people that watching a show on hording was inspiriational to me. But if it works, it works! And actually...thanks for the reminder! I forgot about that little tool in my arsenal. Lol

[@alanbirkner1958]

My youngest is 40. My daughter moved back after 20 years away. She has thousands of pens and markers. I made her get rid of all the broken ones. She's gotten rid of 60 some boxes of junk. There's more to go. Tina

[@adz5bneweng589]

Love the pixie cut. Looks great on you!

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

Hi Laura! I still buy DVDs, Blu-Rays, and CDs. I stream also but if it's something I really like, I'll buy the hardcopy version because you can't get online all the time and streaming services are notorious for removing items from listings. I also copy everything to a hard drive so all the discs are my backups if the hard drive fails which will happen if you drop them. I put the discs in a binder CD and they take-up much less space that way and throw away the cases. I don't use the DVD/Blu-ray binders because they don't hold as many discs as those for CDs. Great tips and great video, looking for you next installment. 😊👍✨🌹

[@ninieh5336]

I did this a few weeks ago and it felt so great and still does 😊

[@sweetlady6059]

Good tips John My father is a dumpster diver and it’s amazing how many cases (not original cd ones or movie ones) but the multi zippered ones my father has found! He has given me a bunch and I am amazed how many of those cases store a lot of cds! Yet they do take up room - just wanted to say you have good ideas as well!

[@JohnFourtyTwo]

@@sweetlady6059 I use the Case Logic 336 capacity CD binders for my collection, there are other brands and I'm pretty sure the other brands work just as well. Also, thank you very much for the kind words. 😊👍✨🌹

[@minkademko2335]

I just decluttered blankets/sheets/pillowcases and pillows. How did I get such a collection? And wow were they taking up a lot of space! Off to the local animal shelter 🙂 that uses them on a regular basis to comfort the caged animals ❤️.

[@trishtraynor]

Spooky! I managed to part with 10 DVDs to the charity shop bag today, but I'm keeping the original little folding Mario Brothers game I bought my son in the 1980s. 😁🤩

[@HowToGYST]

Wise! 😂

[@carmenramos2953]

Wow! 😂

[@kaseybon]

When school shopping I would always buy a few extra supplies of things my kids would always seem to run out of by the middle of the year (glue sticks, crayons, pencils, paper). I would stick the extra supplies in an old box and called it mom-mart, whenever they ran out of something they would check mom-mart and grab what they needed.

[@geng8227]

Same here! It’s a great way to minimise stress during the school year!

[@gurugnorm]

$1 store or Walmart Denture Cleaner Tablets are perfect for thoroughly cleaning out water jugs. Sparkling clean and 'minty fresh' after soaking in hot water and tablet

[@HowToGYST]

Ooh, great tip. Thanks!

[@sweetlady6059]

I read about that few years ago. Yes very good tip! I was told too by orthodontist that those tablets are great for cleaning mouth guards and retainers too

[@dianasimplifies]

Great idea! I have some of those I never use....and wanted to declutter. Maybe I will keep and use for this lol,

[@myraaitken8954]

A few years ago, I was going through stationery and ended up donating loads of pens and pencils, folders, polypockets, dividers, etc to our local primary school. They *always* need stationery (and have budgets) and most of them have contracts with stationers selected by their local council (this is in Scotland). So, free stuff is gratefully received!

[@sweetlady6059]

In Canada (Winnipeg Manitoba) I was chatting with a couple teachers on separate occasions and both said any supplies they need to get comes out of their own pockets so they appreciate any donations of pens, pencils, notebooks, rulers, protractor sets, crayons and pencil crayons, etc

[@kathypflaume4652]

I’m so glad you are back. I missed you. I love your new hair style. You look adorable 💕💕💜💜💜

[@layleila2971]

I love your haircut! Looks great on you!

[@HowToGYST]

Thanks so much. I'm thrilled with it. 😁

[@rebeccab_bwlt]

Cute ‘do! It’s fun to see all your hairstyles throughout your b-roll. I hadn’t seen the dark bob before! Striking! Fun to try different things. I still have DVDs and VHS. 😆 I have working players, but we almost never use. I have them in quarantine boxes - they’ll go at some point, but for now they are contained. Donating When Harry Met Sally in any format hurts my heart. Even though I have it on Prime.

[@HannahRainbow88]

We got rid of our DVD player as we use our PS2 instead. We also have a Megadrive and my original GameBoy 💗🤭 Drastically pared down our games though. Still working our way through watching our DVDs to see how many can go!

[@rebeccab_bwlt]

@@HannahRainbow88 I suspect ours will go sooner rather than later! We don’t have a game system that plays them (our Wii can run the old Netflix disc, but not movies).

[@jeanerdman143]

I’m working on minimizing photos and am 71 and finding this to be a more than a month project which is discouraging but I was encouraged that I have already decluttered your other 9 categories which is great!

[@HowToGYST]

Oh it definitely takes a while, which is why I recommended just going through one month's worth of photos for this particular challenge. I sit down each Sunday and delete any unwanted ones from that week, plus a few additional ones from previous years. That way I'm keeping on top of current photos while also making a dent in older ones. 🙂

[@fabienneroure9995]

Love your hair! Last week I had my hair cut in a pixie cut it's so liberating and easy yo take care of! Thank you for another inspiring video and cheers from Ontario Canada 🌿🍀🌾

[@Claycat4]

I'm 71, and my hair is really thinning. I discovered that if I got a very short pixie cut, it actually camouflaged that fact.

[@HowToGYST]

Yes, three cheers for the pixie! 🥳

[@fabienneroure9995]

@@Claycat4 I agree very thin hair looks healhier when shorter!🤗

[@fabienneroure9995]

@@HowToGYST 🤗😘👍

[@sweetlady6059]

@@HowToGYST I don’t have a pixie cut but couple weeks ago I had tired of my long grown out hair and sweating head when temp was gorgeous and hot. So asked hairdresser to thin it all and shorter and she gave me a really cute cut. It is natural curly so it tends to curl in heat we’ve had. Recently temp got up to 28’c (can’t recall ferhenheit)(can’t spell) and not once did my hair sweat!! It was perfect!!!

[@farahdyer-steel3877]

my mum had a big cardboard box entitled "school supplies", that was nearly 30 years ago and now I have that very same box (study build!) and it's a godsend. stored in the top of the wardrobe in the spare room, it contains everything you need when you have to top up the ole school pencil case (last night of the hols, coz you forgot to do it during the previous fortnight) or checking off the list at the beginning of the new school year (why buy more when you already own most of it)

[@tlplante1]

We do keep some DVDs because we like to watch them on portable DVD player when camping; however we do keep most in thin sleeves and ditched thr big plastic storage cases.

[@charlyheather1822]

Yes! I had a glow in the dark T-Rex skeleton from some kind of magazine as a child. Don't know where that has gone, but it certainly never moved out of my parent's house with me, so I guess they gave it away at some point. I got rid off *nearly* all of my study notes over time, the rest fits into one folder, and lives at my workplace. I really should be decluttering stuff there, because I'm afraid I brought most of my old reference / study books there.... Hmm... Photos ... my "kids" are two furballs, but I've got quite a lot of photos of them, and I am really struggling with going through them. Sometimes I just want to delete everything, just to make the process easier. In general I find decluttering digital photos harder than decluttering printed photos, because I find it so much harder to compare them or make out how many of the same I really do have. (I've sorted through my printed ones with ease, making piles of "same-ish" ones and then just picked up the ones I loved the most, sometimes comparing them side by side. But how to do that in a virtual space with folders full of photos of the same two black furballs growing up?) If you've got any tips on that one I'd be ever so grateful ...

[@HannahRainbow88]

It may be worth looking at "free prints" or equivalent - you get so many photos free (just paying postage) per month. Work through them gradually and delete as you go.

[@nenemaria-cornfieldsgarden]

Same! I was thinking 'I'm sure we had a glow in the dark t-rex from those magazines' when Laura mentioned it 😂 You've confirmed it was in fact, glow in the dark, and not my memory playing tricks :)

[@aileentoomey9627]

You look Great with your New Haircut! Wow!

[@HowToGYST]

Thank you! I feel like a new woman. 😁

[@gingerginger4608]

I love the haircut. It's sophisticated and chic.

[@daisyjo88]

Just discovering your channel now! My favorite tip was the last one - decluttering your schedule! It was like you gave me permission! This may seem weird, but what I’d like to declutter is doctor appointments!

[@HowToGYST]

You and me both. 😂 Sometimes a necessary evil though!

[@Hirschkurve]

Looooove your haircut! Bäm! Great!

[@claireholland3789]

Your hair looks sooooo lovely!!! 😍 Great video, a real incentive for me to declutter all the 'stuff' we appear to have accumulated during lockdown and homeschooling...once my two youngest are back at school later this week anyway. Can't wait to crack on!!!! 💪🏻😀

[@Julies-in-a-mood]

The sassy pixie haircut is back! Love it! ❤️

[@littlemissnag]

They still use checks here in the US! That was crazy to me when I moved here 2 years ago!

[@HowToGYST]

Oh yes, that's another unusual one!

[@Janeva08]

Love your haircut! You are so brave❣️Love jannike🇸🇪❤️

[@marievaleur7877]

I just got rid of a file cabinet I'd had for over 20 years. It was basically forgotten. When I ckeaned it out, I kept a handful of papers and burned 10kg of old and useless papers! What a relief it was to see it all go! What the heck took me so long? Always good stuff in your videos! Love your hair!

[@mdlauten]

I just needed to pop in and comment because your hair looks freaking good! You are rocking that cut, you look fantastic 😁

[@HowToGYST]

Aw, thanks so much. I'm really happy with it. Long hair is too high maintenance for me. 😂

[@meisjeViv]

My favourite 'old fashioned' collection that I love and use and that I've had several friends frown upon is my dictionaries... Sure, there's Translate that works better and better, but I love dictionaries and from and to the small languages I use a lot (Danish and Dutch), the paper dictionaries are still much better. Even I am surprised how often I come across a word thinking, hm, what is a good translation of this in English (or the other way around). Words 💜

[@eg7647]

Love the short hair Laura! It really suits you.🌸

[@hollymoseley1355]

I don't know why I need it, but it's as if you are giving me permission to get rid of things I was already thinking of getting rid of or wondering why I keep them...

[@janepain6549]

Love your honest down to earth approach. Makes the whole process of decluttering seem easily achievable. I remember my father buying first few weekly dinosaur magazines for my girls. Cost me a fortune for the rest!!! Absolutely love the new haircut. Makes you look younger.

[@karendunlop3534]

Laura, as a fellow lawyer (in Scotland) I was horrified to clear out my LLB notes and realise how much was out of date, or about legislation that had been superseded etc.

[@gaylynnpack8373]

Love, love your haircut! So cute!

[@janecoder1]

Thank you for the video. I enjoy the 10 categories approach.

[@HowToGYST]

I'm so glad you like it. 😁 I really wanted to make it easy for someone to tackle a few items around their home over the course of the month.

[@janecoder1]

@@HowToGYST yes you have made it simple. Sometimes, as suggested I need to reevaluate the category you suggest because I have no children so I try to think in terms for myself and my husband who has some cognitive decline. His latest "collection" has been bringing in masks he has gotten from stores, doctors offices etc. I explain they are disposable for a reason. 🤒

[@michellewanner3921]

Thanks I needed the push to declutter my school stuff from my masters 15 years ago.

[@nedf8668]

Got rid of my DVDs just like you got rid of your hair! LOL

[@HowToGYST]

😂 Nothing's off limits when it comes to decluttering. 😉

[@susantomkins8798]

Love your hair!

[@LoriTaylorSmithGA]

Love the haircut! Great video, too!

[@iamjane9628]

Super-cute haircut! It looks great on you.

[@proverb31girl]

Love the hair! And the tip on picking a random month and decluttering photos. Genius!

[@HowToGYST]

Digital photos can be so overwhelming, can't they? Picking a month is what makes it much more manageable for me. 🙂

[@proverb31girl]

@@HowToGYST yes! Definitely going to try your method

[@HowToGYST]

Best of luck! 😁

[@sarahsmithard8001]

I've been quiet for a while, not on socials so much. For a second there I thought I was watching an old video! Your hair is shamaze!!xx

[@HowToGYST]

😂 Thank you! And welcome back!

[@treehuggercathy]

Love your hair

[@HowToGYST]

Thank you! 😁

[@carmenbryan5174]

Thank you so much for your video you looking great take care and stay safe 👏👍🥰🥰🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@puffpiece1375]

Your hair looks great

[@rebeccarendle3706]

I have a blue ray and watch DVDs all the time.. I love them.. I watch them in bed on our travel DVD Player. I don't watch TV or have any Netflix etc, which is all in German in Germany..many things you can not watch in original ie English on German Netflix 🙄.. So much for "modern" technology and streaming options.. Useless😭. .. I just have basic channels through my license which my youngest uses for kids German TV channels. We don't buy plastic bottles/flasks.. Our bottles are stainless steel.. Double lined to keep drinks cold and they last a lifetime .. My kids and I have one each.. That's all we need.

[@mrsdeh2]

We use formerly favorite backpacks to store out of season clothes.

[@HowToGYST]

Great way to reuse them!

[@uneekaairamas]

As soon as your girl gets to middle school you will need a whole store of plastic sleeves! OMG like a box a week it was crazy!

[@HowToGYST]

Really? 😬 Not looking forward to that!

[@donnahilber8701]

great, great, great advice for us at all stages in all venues of our lives. Oh yah, did I say great?? Yup

[@carmenramos2953]

Do you know how to destroy old phones If you don't have a recycling place?

[@edelinprogress]

Great advice, especially the last point 👍

[@HowToGYST]

Thank you so much, Edel. 💖

[@Noreenlee1]

I love the new hair style!

[@HowToGYST]

Thank you! I definitely prefer it over long hair. Much easier to manage.

[@christinagowda3064]

Hi Laura, I have a question about tech: what do you do with old lap tops and cell phones? Great content.

[@hesherette]

You can sell them or find a local electronics recycling site. a lot of places like Staples, Office Depot, Best Buy, Fry's, Google search etc can probably point you to a nearby electronics recycling site :)

[@christinagowda3064]

@@hesherette I did not know that Office Depot etc. recycles for us. Thank you!

[@hesherette]

@@christinagowda3064 You're so welcome! thank you for taking the time to dispose of them the right way :)

[@kerie893]

Love the hair cut!

[@porcelina956]

I ditched my college notes several years ago. The information was obsolete anyway. I kept a few creative writings and that's it. ATM I am going over my cd collection. Yeah I know I never got around to having a digital song thing. I need a new phone it constantly runs out of room.

[@odancewithme]

Love your navy blue corduroy sofa! :)

[@HowToGYST]

It gets a lot of compliments but it's actually not all that comfortable. 😂

[@odancewithme]

🤭🙃

[@janrogers8352]

Everything that's digital can be transient. If you don't back them up you could lose them forever. Have things stored in more than one place, don't rely on streaming services to always have your favourite shows or films available, even digital books can vanish. Remember the old proverb - don't put all your eggs in one basket. I still have dvds, a shelf full of books, I never got rid of my vinyl and I still play cassettes in my car.

[@HowToGYST]

I have all my digital stuff backed up to hard drives and the cloud. Backups are so important.

[@CathrineAnita]

love your hair, love your videoes, chickqualua to you too :)

[@christinejohn8375]

I like your haircut beautiful

[@HowToGYST]

Thanks so much. I really like it. 😁

[@oxymoira]

Where's ur hair ? I liked it longer and curly, but short is popping too 🔆🥳

[@berylsalzman8304]

Where is your desk from? Like the set up!

[@HowToGYST]

IKEA. 🙂

[@mrsdeh2]

There's 4 of us at my house and there's got to be atleast 20 water reusable bottles. UGH.

[@HowToGYST]

They add up really quickly, don't they?

[@AmandaBaias]

Oh, nooooo, your hair. I loved it long. 😁

[@HowToGYST]

That makes one of us. 😂 I don't have the patience for long hair. Too high maintenance for me. 😂

[@AmandaBaias]

@@HowToGYST I completely get it...😄

[@gurugnorm]

Faboo new hairdo!!

[@HowToGYST]

Thank you! 😁

[@PhoebesWorldProductions]

😊👍🏻

[@clarkindee]

I hate when people still want you to fax them something. I mean!!!!????

[@HowToGYST]

I actually had to download a fax app on my phone. 🤣

[@evasochocki5209]

Where do I begin decluttering when I need to declutter for selling and moving out of the house?

[@HowToGYST]

Start with the biggest, bulkiest, heaviest stuff, like furniture and collections of books. That's where you're going to see the most progress in the shortest amount of time.

[@evasochocki5209]

@@HowToGYST Thank you Laura. That really makes sense.

[@HowToGYST]

Best of luck!

[@lucyrademakers4188]

👍

[@HowToGYST]

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[@BLK2000]

Kute hair cut Laura :) xxx

[@HowToGYST]

Thank you kindly. 🥰

[@susanbishop6987]

I really like your videos but have to say I am really surprised that you yourself still seem to have so much stuff. Without wishing to sound critical it amazes me that after all your decluttering videos and advice to others that you yourself still have a huge amount of belongings. Surely you've got to stop this at source and be more mindful about what you're bringing in. You seem to have an constant flow of 'stuff to sort out and declutter even after all this time. Wouldn't it be better to stop the flow of constant things coming into your home? Sorry, but it's starting to come across as wasteful. Things keep coming in and you just seem to be constantly decluttering.

[@HowToGYST]

Actually I don't bring that many new things into the home at all anymore. The vast majority of what we have is stuff that's just accumulated over the years. Decluttering is a long process, especially when you have a lot of stuff to begin with. I'm honestly surprised you think I still buy loads, given that nothing in this video was a recent purchase bar the school supplies.

[@lynnatkinson7494]

Love your hair