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Clean With Me & Declutter: 30 Days to a Peaceful Home & Heart Challenge | Simple Living & Minimalism
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Feb 28, 2025
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welcome to Motherhood and motivation my
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name is heaven and today I'm hoping to
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inspire you and motivate you in your hom
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making tasks today I am going to be
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sharing a clean with me video as well as
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a 30 day challenge that I've created and
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I'm going to be starting and sharing
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with you guys today it's going to be a
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30 days to a peaceful home in heart
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challenge about trying to clear out some
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declutter and embrace simple living in
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intentionality so if you already for
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some motivation and even a little bit of
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a challenge then go ahead and give this
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video a thumbs up and if you're new here
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I invite you to subscribe to my channel
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for some motherhood motivation and some
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homemaking inspiration just like today's
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video so I'm just going to go ahead and
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Dive Right In before I share the
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challenge with you guys I'm going to do
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some cleanings and then we're going to
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dive into the challenge and then at the
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very end of the video we are going to
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just go into the details if you would
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like to join me in this challenge where
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you can access and how you can download
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it and print it and all of that good
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stuff but before we dive into our simple
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and intentional living challenge let's
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just take a few minutes to reset our
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space and clean it as you can see
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there's a lot of clutter everywhere and
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that's part of the the reason why I am
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beginning this minimalist and simple
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living challenge it always takes me
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quite a little while just to declutter
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my home before I can even begin cleaning
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it and I am really trying and striving
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to create a home that is more peaceful
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and a little bit easier to live in a
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little bit easier to clean as well I
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know that sometimes the thought of
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cleaning can feel overwhelming and for
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me it often can feel that way too but
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today I want to invite you to just see
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it differently I'm going to try and
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shift your FOC is from duty to devotion
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and from exhaustion to gratitude so
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while I'm cleaning of course I'm going
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to be sharing some motivation with you
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guys and as always I am going to start
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us off with a Bible
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scripture Proverbs 14 verse 1 says the
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wise woman builds her
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house that doesn't mean just physically
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but it's also about the atmosphere in
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the feeling the love that is within the
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these walls right now with every small
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act while I'm washing the dishes tidying
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up the kitchen cleaning off the kitchen
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counters all of that I'm currently
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building something and when you are
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cleaning your home so are you together
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we're creating a space where peace can
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settle in where our families can rest
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where God's presence is welcome and as
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always I try to remind you guys that it
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doesn't have to be perfect I have to
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remind myself this at times as well
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because I have been known in the past to
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always try for Perfection and that's
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part of all I'm just trying to slow down
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and live a little bit more simple a
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little bit more intentional because it's
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never going to be perfect no matter how
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hard we try it's not meant to be perfect
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but also I want to remind you guys that
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there's also joy in just making things a
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little bit lighter and a little bit
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calmer sometimes it's just the simple
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things wiping down a counter sweeping
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the floor even if we're not cleaning up
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the whole house even though simple
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things will make a
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difference there is something truly
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beautiful about being a homemaker and
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taking a few moments to care for our
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home to care for our family but not in a
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frantic or rushed way but in a way that
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feels peaceful in a way that almost
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feels worshipful like we are doing this
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not just for ourselves not just for our
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families but also for the Lord he tells
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us that in everything that we do do it
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for the Lord and so sometimes the
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Clutter the mess the to-do list they all
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feel like so much but when we just pause
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and invite God into the smallest tasks
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something about our mindset just
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shifts I want to invite you to think of
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it in a way that's not just just about
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cleaning and the appearance of our home
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but about what God is also doing on the
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inside just as we clear the Clutter from
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our home we can also ask him to clear
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the Clutter from our hearts the stress
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the distractions the striving we can ask
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God to create in us a heart that finds
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joy in the simple things a heart that
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welcomes peace
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there is quiet Beauty in the work that
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we do at home in the little and unseen
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moments even in the time that we spend
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with our
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family when we shift our perspective we
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see these moments for what they really
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are opportunities to serve to love and
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to create a peace in our space
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sometimes it can feel like the small
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acts of care may go unnoticed but they
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make all the difference in the
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atmosphere in the piece of our
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home so as you clean up your home as you
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do all of your homemaking tasks I just
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want to remind you inspire you and
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motivate you to let it be a reminder
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that God brings order to our lives too
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he clears away the chaos he make things
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new just as we do when we clean up our
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home just as we create a peaceful home
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he creates peace within
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us so maybe today you don't get
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everything done that's okay maybe the
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dishes sit in the sink a little longer
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or the laundry stays in the basket
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unfolded I have had my share of those
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days trust me and even as I'm cleaning
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now there are some things that will
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still will go undone because it's just
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not about perfection Grace will feel
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those gaps where Perfection tries to
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creep in and what matters most is not
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how spotless the house is but the heart
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behind it
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all a home that is filled with love with
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warmth and with the presence of God is
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what truly makes it beautiful so even if
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you cannot clean your house up today
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even if your house is not spotless even
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if you see more mess than you see
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cleanliness just still ask God to meet
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you right where you are take your time
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and move at your own pace and just make
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sure that your home is a space of rest
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and not striving the goal is for peace
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not Perfection and remember that your
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work even the smallest things is Sean
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and it matters and it is enough
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lately I've been feeling the weight of
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too much too much clutter too many
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distractions too many things pulling me
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away from what truly matters as a wife
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as a mom and a homemaker and I want my
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home to be a place of Peace not stress
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that is why I decided to take on a
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30-day simple living and minimalism
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challenge not just to declutter my home
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but to shift my heart and my mindset
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toward what truly matters in my
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life this kind of came about when I just
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started little by little two years ago
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decluttering my home and I started to
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understand and feel the difference in my
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life from
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decluttering and as things get more and
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more busy as our little family grows and
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it seems like the time is stacked
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against us I realize
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like we just don't have a lot of time on
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our hands and I just want to cherish
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every single moment and watching my
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children grow I really want to be more
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present in those moments and so simple
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living has just become so much more
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important to me as a mom and as a wife
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and a homemaker and minimalism helps
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with that as
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well so this challenge is just me
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creating a space that serves my family
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better one that feels more calm more
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intentional and one that is filled with
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joy So the plan is to each week focus on
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a different area of simple
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living the first week which I am going
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to be talking about in today's video is
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going to be all about decluttering
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decluttering the physical stuff that
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clutters our home our mind and I'm
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basically just going to be taking small
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and manageable steps each day to create
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this peace within my home and heart I am
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inviting you guys to join me with this
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challenge you guys are going to see as I
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go through the steps in this video
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things that we can do every single day
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to create a peaceful home and a peaceful
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heart and declutter our home and our
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minds and is going to be 30 days long
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broken into 4 weeks because there are 7
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days in a week I decided to create 7
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tasks to make it very easy and very
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manageable and kind of fail
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proof you can do one each day or you can
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just do all seven days at once I am
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going to be doing all seven of those
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tasks for the entire week in this video
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it's is going to be so so simple and
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easy and I'm just basically simp
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simplifying the process of simplifying
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our homes so first I'm taking a little
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coffee break and tending to the baby
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really quick and then we're going to
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dive in starting with day one and the
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first of the seven tasks that we are
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going to be accomplishing for week one
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of this 30-day
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challenge for the first day we are just
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decluttering a
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drawer I chose to go with this here
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kitchen drawer because it's super messy
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we're going to take everything out and
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then wipe it down and only put back
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what's truly useful or what we know we
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need you're going to be surprised just
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how much unnecessary stuff piles up in
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like little drawers like this
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I chose to put back just some of the
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lighters we use for our candles in the
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home as well as some pieces for the
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baby's high chair everything else I just
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threw it away we just didn't need it
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anymore so for day two or the second
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task for this week is going to be
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letting go of five items we're just
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going to find five things in our home
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that we no longer use clothes books
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kitchen gadgets anything that's just
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taking up space and either donate or
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discard them I decided to go with it's
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my Dory activity that I've had for a
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couple of years now I used it for my son
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and plan to pass it down to my daughter
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but some of the pieces are lost and as
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you can see they are also choking hazard
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right now for the little girl also
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decided to go with my Ember mug which
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was a gift to me so I've been holding on
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to it but you can see from the inside of
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it that paint is scraping off of it and
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it's kind of just been collecting a lot
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of dust I'm also decluttering some
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measuring glasses that I used to use for
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a small business that I don't really run
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anymore as well as an instant pot that
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I'm going to donate and an herb pot that
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has kind of well you see it's not doing
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so well I was going to try to bring
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these poor little herbs back to life but
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yeah that's just not going to happen so
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we're just going to go ahead and get rid
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of it as well for day three or the third
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task we're going to be tidying the
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kitchen counters but because I've
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already done that what you guys saw me
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do earlier in the video then I am going
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to just move on number four since we're
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moving right along it's going to be to
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clean out the closet we're going to pull
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out any clothes that we haven't worn in
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the last year if it doesn't fit if it's
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worn out or if it just doesn't make you
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feel good then just let it go someone
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else might need it more than you do so
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consider donating it this is something
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that I actually did earlier this week
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which I did record the process and I'm
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going to be sharing with you guys a
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little bit later so I didn't really have
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many clothes as you can see in here that
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I really needed to let go
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of number five is organizing the
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bathroom essentials so this could be
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makeup it could be lotions anything that
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you typically keep on your bathroom
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counters I regularly try to clutter and
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organize my bathroom space because it
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can collect clutter really fast so check
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your products toss out anything that's
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expired or unused and only keep the
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things that you truly need and organize
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it in a way that is going to make your
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mornings easier
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number six or day six is reducing paper
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clutter mail receipts old papers
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anything that we know can add up fast
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take a few moments to just sort through
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your Mill and your old papers recycle
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what you don't need shred away anything
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that's no longer important because
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keeping paper clutter under control also
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makes a huge difference day seven is to
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set up a donation box or a declutter box
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somewhere in the home as you go through
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the week anytime you find something that
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you don't need put it inside of the
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donation box and anytime you find
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something that's out of place put it in
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the declutter box so at the end of the
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week you can put it all back in its home
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and it's not just scattered all over the
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home we are trying to create over the
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course of the next 30 days a home where
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we can focus on the things that really
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matters if you're going to be joining me
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on this challenge then I'll link down
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below where you can access the full
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Challenge and there's also going to be a
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link there where you can download it and
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print it if you would like to but for
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today I have completed week one and next
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Sunday we are going to be doing week two
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and I can't wait to share that with you
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guys as well if you enjoyed this video I
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hope that you would give it a thumbs up
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and if you thought that this challenge
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might serve you a good purpose then
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don't forget to check down below in the
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description box for l so that you can
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join in on this challenge as well but
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most importantly I hope that you found
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this video to be helpful inspirational
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and motivational but that's going to be
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all for today's video I hope that you
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guys enjoyed it and I will see you guys
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in the next one thank you so much for
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watching and happy hemak
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