Tired of Cleaning and Decluttering But Your Home Still Looks the Same?

[@tarynmaria_]

Cycling but going nowhere? If you're cleaning and decluttering and your home STILL looks the same then this video is for you! #declutteringandorganizing #declutter #minimalism This is the hamper I mentioned: rstyle.me/+FI9tZOJFNbkM7Pq61m4p0A Click here for a clean & tidy home! www.youtube.com/@tarynmaria_?sub_confirmation=1 Join my mailing list for emails that will make your life easier! eepurl.com/iB2aE2 Decluttering playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYTXap2Zl62HgMU Time saving cleaning hacks playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3OoZa2OZZWqfcU Cleaning Routines playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpC1fqh8h9Nsd80

[@PurpleBeesKnees]

I love the purple blouse you are wearing. Where did you get it (brand, store)? Thanks!

[@csimet]

Good tips. My mom taught me to clean as you go. If you make or notice a mess, clean it up now and don't let it stack up to become a major chore. It only takes a few seconds to minutes to do and never overwhelms you. I do a full house clean only once every other week and light dust vacuum once a week. The other advantage is your house generally looks decent all the time and does not bother you as much.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you for sharing!

[@enlightenedDragon]

Really need ti teach my kids this. They they don't care though it generally doesn't bother them until maybe maybe it's a lot. So then it's all grumbles. I wish I'd done a better job of bring this to the kitchen right away before they were older. Trying to remember myself. The blind leading the blind? Lol 🐿

[@livingoncoffee]

You also have to take breaks to calm down and recreation for yourself. Always busy, busy, can get to us. I know-always going.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you!

[@lisaweston8575]

I'm 54 years old but new to the decluttering game. I am enjoying the small but significant progress I've made in just a few weeks. You are one of my top 2 inspirations & I've searched a TON of channels about decluttering. Thanks so much for sharing with us. You are a bigger blessing than u know. Hope you have a great rest of the weekend 😀 Take care ✌🏽❤️

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you so much, I’m so glad! You have a great rest of the weekend too!! 😊

[@jenniferrumsey9887]

You are fantastic!!

[@Yolanda-f2z7g]

Thank you.❤

[@pamelastapleton2667]

Lisa (I think) Glad to hear you are making progress even it is slow. Keep going. I am attempting to reduce the collection of clutter also after 40 years. Some items are difficult because of the memories attached to them.

[@Sandyyyyyyyyyy]

I stopped trying to pick things up as I walked through my house to put things away. It added so much mental energy to my full load that I was miserable. Now I just putter around for a few minutes every day doing these tiny tasks. Being solely focused on puttering gives my mind the time to wander rather than trying o cram more into my full mind.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@alisteningfriend839]

Great tip about pucking up an item and putting it where it should go as you walk by.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you!

[@Plethorality]

Pucking? Like puking?

[@JoannaLouise200]

Your videos are always cheering Taryn ~ you identify achievable solutions to sometimes what seem like interminable problems of what to do with 'stuff''. For instance, you've made me realise today that if I put coat hooks on the back of my bedroom door to take my bulky bathrobe & dressing gowns out of my wardrobe (freeing much needed space) it makes life easier! As the bedroom door is left open all day (to let light into my hallway) the bathrobe & dressing gowns are not seen, and therefore don't become visual clutter :)

[@tarynmaria_]

That is so awesome! I’m so glad to hear this! 😊

[@virginiagrenier8572]

Those moments where you are waiting for something and find something to do, I believe Dana from a Slob Comes Clean calls them awkward pauses. It's amazing how much you can get done during awkward pauses.

[@tarynmaria_]

I so agree!!

[@whitneycloud9419]

Thank you--great tips and motivation as always! Our house is a wreck, but I always make my bed as soon as I get out of it. It keeps the cats from trashing it out, and just makes things nicer.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thanks for sharing, Whitney!

[@jennyjenkins877]

Those little add-on tasks really add up and make a big difference!

[@tarynmaria_]

For sure! 😊

[@edennis8578]

I do something similar with the walls in my shower. I use a microfiber cloth to wash myself. After I shower, I use my very simple and inexpensive body wash on the microfiber cloth to wipe down the tiles. Then the walls rinse off when my husband takes his shower. This has cut way down on the dirty build-up in the grout and stopped the mold from growing in the corners. In fact, I started doing this because the grout was so dirty, and now there's almost no discoloration at all.

[@tarynmaria_]

Awesome, thank you for sharing!

[@PanChristodoulou-go8pq]

​@@tarynmaria_I suppose this cloth is an one use cloth.

[@AnnEaton-xj6ic]

You always have the best tips Taryn!!

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you so much, Ann!!

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

I don’t do laundry every day, but I assess every day and toss in one load every other day or so. Doesn’t overwhelm me with too much on one day.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you for sharing!

[@suewolf3279]

Yes, it is being conscious of your surroundings that help you

[@Bugsybear2]

I thought I was the only person to open my mail when walking to decide what to throw. Im 67 so i need to be more careful and not trip. Your tips are the best😊

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you so much!!

[@lleocttx2326]

Very good ideas, thank you. I found it strange that family members leave plates; cups, bottles etc all over the house. Five person household and raised two sons but I don’t remember it ever happened. Everything was brought back to the kitchen so I assumed it was like that everywhere…

[@tarynmaria_]

Thanks for sharing!

[@rebeccarendle3706]

Nope..I don't put a laundry basket in kids rooms... I tried that, it didn't work... I get them to bring it right to the laundry room each day en route. My youngest takes his clothes in the laundry when leaving the bathroom. My oldest throws it down/carries it down the stairs en route downstairs passed the laundry. That works great! And I don't have to collect laundry baskets. I do laundry on weekends. Air dry, but put it a on 15min warm tumble dry after and fold as I take it out warm (I do not iron). The folded piles I put in my youngest sons room on his bed and on the stairs to the 2nd floor for my oldest kid. They each have to put their clothes away when they take them to their room/before bed.

[@tarynmaria_]

Great idea!!

[@louisedillon6797]

This is the best video I’ve seen in a long time and I watch a lot of KZbin. Doing things while listening to KZbin is genius. I could do three loads of laundry in one day, fold or hang up, and put away. I rather do laundry than dust. I usually opt to feather dust because I hate to move things to dust. Sometimes I thoroughly dust the room that is in my zone that week and feather dust all the other rooms. Thanks for a great video.

[@tarynmaria_]

What a great compliment, thank you so much Louise!

[@kristinal-ghoul2680]

hampers in each room are great-i did this too--but I had to take the lids off or the kids just piled the dirty clothes on top or next to the hamper! I also experienced the problem of the kids' clean clothes piling up on the nearest chair-to the point where I dubbed it a 'chair-drobe'

[@tarynmaria_]

Love it!

[@Jodi9810]

Good tips! It sounds like you have a kitchen routine that's working for you, but I find it helpful to go one step farther: We load and set the dishwasher to run every night (on delay so it goes while we sleep) and complete all hand-washing to sit overnight to dry (unless something needs to soak overnight). Then I always put away all clean/dry dishes from the dishwasher and countertop while the coffee is brewing first thing the next morning. This leaves the dishwasher, sink, and countertop empty to start the day so dirty dishes easily go into the dishwasher or get hand-washed throughout the day and they never pile up (I've had to "train" my family to join me in this). I used to run the dishwasher at random times through the day when it seemed full, but then sometimes while we're generating dirty dishes throughout the day there's not an easy way to deal with them. Parts of the coffee maker are usually in the dishwasher from the day before, so that's a great forcing function - even if I wake up feeling too lazy to unload the dishwasher I have to do it in order to get my ☕️!

[@suewolf3279]

Just one warning tip if your dishwasher hose should break or come loose during the night, while everyone is sleeping, you will have one big flood. A flood not only in your kitchen but in any room that water can run into. The scenario happened to a co-worker of mine

[@Jodi9810]

@@suewolf3279 yikes, that does sound unpleasant!

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you for sharing!! 😊

[@stargazerbird]

For us it is decluttering - especially clothes and packing seasonal clothes away in bags. Don’t have every option in the entryway, just the coats etc you use every day. The rest go in the bedrooms. But it’s the reduction in choices that makes the biggest difference. With my skincare and hair stuff the drawers were so full of stuff I didn’t really use the everyday stuff was homeless and out on the surfaces. I do laundry every day but don’t wash, fold and put away each wash in one day. I wash and dry and leave it and then the next day put away yesterday’s wash. That way you can do it all in the morning and not have the task of putting away right at the busiest time of the day when dinner and homework etc happens. I also married a tidy person.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you for sharing! 😊

[@rachaelbruesch6306]

I worked in retail for years & fell into the "next best thing". I started my decluttering journey after my move from another state in 2022. Unfortunately, there's still a lot of stuff. I definitely know now that stuff that got packed up for the move should have been sold or donated. 😔

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you for sharing!

[@viviennejordan215]

Thank You Taryn, So Helpful! 😊

[@tarynmaria_]

You're so welcome!

[@mariestacks6958]

Thank you so much very be so honest; because I believe that this is the way most people live and struggle with everyday. I know that I do!!!!

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you! 😊

[@deannaharby5677]

You give me hope ! thank you...

[@tarynmaria_]

You are so welcome!

[@Tpipic]

Been watching this great channel for a few weeks now. Today I was logged in so I finally subscribed.

[@tarynmaria_]

Awesome, love it!!

[@suewolf3279]

My husband can walk pass items on the stairs multiple times without taking them up or down the stairs. Ugh! Oh! We've been married 51 years.

[@tarynmaria_]

Mine too!! 😂

[@sorbabaric1]

How did you know there is clothing on the dresser ? Thanks for the tips.

[@tarynmaria_]

You are so welcome 😊

[@deloreshall5459]

Hi. Just subscribed. Like and agree with your ideas. Keep them coming. Always do a little task when waiting for coffee to be done👍☕️

[@tarynmaria_]

Awesome, I’m so glad you’re here!!

[@joannunemaker6332]

I have a few of those soft laundry holders. I love them and they last forever. I enjoyed this video. 😊❤

[@tarynmaria_]

Awesome! Thank you! 😊

[@nancyfeeser4653]

We don’t take drinks or food anywhere than kitchen or living room. No food or drink in bedrooms.

[@tarynmaria_]

Great idea!

[@vernabryant2894]

I do a lot of these things.My husband is junky and he leaves his things all over the house and then he can't find his things.I wonder if a lot of men are like this.

[@Jennifer-nz2ss]

Not mine! We pick up our things, and we keep our home organized. Yes, we both work too. You must teach him to respect you too. Marriage is a 2 way street.

[@maryd253]

Great video! Thanks

[@tarynmaria_]

You’re so welcome!

[@Jennifer-nz2ss]

I can't believe or understand why people throw clothes and stuff all over the floor! Why? Put it where it is supposed to go. Do this in your home, and it will be a lot better. You will be able to find your things. Men in your life need to learn this too. NO EXCUSES! Just do it. They live there too. You are not their maid. Teach them to respect you!

[@apippin774]

mom never tolerated cups or mugs outside the kitchen

[@eileenheinkel2374]

Great common sense tips. Love these. When our kids were little each had their own colored water cup. They were in charge of keeping track of it. They were only used for water. If you drank anything else you were to use a different cup and put it in the dishwasher immediately. It worked SO WELL. I highly recommend it. While ours matched you could have each person pick ANY type of glass/cup etc.

[@tarynmaria_]

Great tip! 😊

[@Yolanda-f2z7g]

Yep.

[@cindys9858]

I do the same thing with drinkware, one cup and one glass for each, then some put away for guest. Frees up cabinet space also. Anyone want a to go cup, it is on them and I dislike those things because they have parts, and nooks get dirty. Thing with the catchall baskets, end up like the catch all chair, random screwdriver in the living room basket, remote in kitchen basket...why lol? Really comes down to training the household to put crap where it belongs and cleaning up after themselves, imo. They will appreciate it when they are on their own.

[@tarynmaria_]

For sure, thank you for sharing!

[@NuhaAlkhatib-g6h]

I have 4 kids between 3 to 13 years . My oldest three have their own laundry basket I wash the kids clothes every Friday after school, separate them in to basket. They need to fold and put away . Every Monday morning I go over their closet takes me less than 5 min for each child to keep it looking perfect .

[@tarynmaria_]

Awesome!

[@nancyfeeser4653]

I enjoy doing laundry. I do it all one day on the weekend. I fold or hang clothes when they come out of dryer.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thanks Nancy!

[@tomarcrauswell7043]

I know that assigning plates, cups, and cutlery to everyone sounds weird, but let me tell you, I am that weirdo, and it works wonderfully! At any given moment, there will only be 3 of everything because there are 3 people in our household. I keep a few extras of everything in an easily accessible storage space in case we have company.

[@tarynmaria_]

Great to know - thank you for sharing!

[@suewolf3279]

I would never put my clothes in the washing machine in one big ball wrapped in a towel

[@tarynmaria_]

Never say never! :)

[@Yolanda-f2z7g]

Its fine probably not too dirty.

[@angella7576]

I call it spot cleaning. Before leaving a room i look around is there anything i can straighten up or take care of it only takes a second and the house stays clean with no effort.

[@tarynmaria_]

Love it!

[@philipbrazis8732]

Ruth here, let the TUB water run a little before turning on the shower water, the tub water warms up way faster

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you!

[@Oceangirl1234]

Newbie😊

[@tarynmaria_]

Yay, welcome! ☺

[@kimmeeks6766]

My mother called those “little minutes”

[@tarynmaria_]

Love that!

[@PoofyPuff1]

😊

[@Goddybag4Lee]

Neurodivergent people can't multitask cleaning up things many times. Its because of the fact that most tasks are not making it through the needle eye of being ultimately automatic. And neurodivergent people usually has got a bad working memory so cleaning stuff.

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you for sharing!

[@corneliakeller438]

No tasks before breakfast or you become as stressed up as Taryn..

[@tarynmaria_]

@@corneliakeller438 I’m not sure what you mean.

[@Beate-wo9em]

Wieder mal eine Ordnungsfee mit jeder Menge Platz ... Habe nur ich diesen Eindruck? Bislang leider kein neuer Tipp.

[@LionelWayne-je4vv]

Hi Taryn I'm gay so I'm not hitting on you when I say you look absolutely stunning in this video that blouse is beautiful and the color is spectacular your makeup also looks stellar here.Have you ever thought about adding some light golden highlights around your face it would be pretty just a few highlights on top up front not all over I'm a hairdresser so that's just a thought anyways again you look stunning here ❤

[@tarynmaria_]

Thank you! I'll have to think about that when I dye my hair someday (this is my natural color and I'm holing out until I go grey) :)