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I'm a reformed messy person I would

constantly misplace things growing up

keeping my parents waiting in the car

while I ran around the house looking for

my shoes my dad used to say that I would

lose my head if it wasn't attached this

appears to be my default setting that if

left in nature and without a process my

home would inevitably turn into a pigsty

but there's a way around this by pairing

down our things setting systems in place

controlling the flow of new stuff and

creating routines my fellow messy

friends we can finally get our [ __ ]

together but first a quick message

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films as a former messy person I have to

admit that I hate clutter I'm not

obsessive about it but it was very easy

for me to see the benefits once I did

declutter I was able to regain my time I

had more clarity there wasn't this

mounting chore in the back of my mind

that I knew that I always had to take

care of and I also never lost my shoes

again but I had to come up with a

process that I could stick to these are

the four steps that really helped me

take control of the clutter in my home

step 1 get rid of your [ __ ] you must

have seen this one coming get rid of the

unnecessary stuff that's in your home as

the size of the average American home

has increased tripling over the last 50

years so too has the amount of stuff

inside the Boston Globe and LA Times

have cited that Americans have over

300,000 items in their homes regardless

of the number of things in your home

whether

it's a thousand or a hundred thousand

most of us have too much [ __ ] we've got

too much stuff in our house and it helps

to take a look around to see the things

that maybe we haven't gotten value out

of or any joy from over the past six

months to a year and if we're honest

with ourselves we can start to pare away

and let go of some of those things take

it one weekend at a time one room at a

time one closet or drawer at a time the

most difficult part is getting started

but you'll build momentum with each

thing you get rid of here's a helpful

tip reduce the number of surface areas

in your home humans are very simple

creatures if we see a surface we will

put something on it every unnecessary

table desk or dresser that you own will

eventually get filled with stuff by

minimizing these areas you'll naturally

reduce clutter or at the very least

isolated to a few places step to

systematize your things the magazine

version of a minimalist home is

beautiful but it doesn't always depict

reality in the real world we have kids

with toys and hobbies that require

closet space you need to set up a system

and if you haven't done it then this

stuff will never stay organized use bins

and sandwich bags to store cables and

electronics hide your phone chargers

with a small binder clip and gaff tape I

use bins and shelves to organize my

camera gear I hide my lights and c-stand

underneath the bed I keep a spot in my

sock drawer for my everyday carry and

since we don't have much space we use

this door rack to hide Natalie's shoes

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all right so confessions of a minimalist

Natalie and I moved into this apartment

over a year ago and there's one thing

that I have been putting off organizing

since we moved here and it's been

getting worse every single month and

that is my toiletry drawer so as you can

see this drawer is just straight chaos

there are things that I clearly don't

need like this empty bag of floss I have

an assortment of razors here we have a

bottle of melatonin with a bag I don't

know why the bag is necessary I want to

say that it's not all my fault

so NAT has taken it upon herself to

collect these mini shampoo bottles from

hotels that we stay him there are a lot

of shampoo bottles I'm not kidding there

are more I'm not even I'm not done yet

there's more what the [ __ ] net oops look

at that and I broke it this is the easy

way to declutter you just break Natalie

stuff and then she has to get rid of it

we might have to get rid of that net I

kind of feel bad I don't I feel like I

shouldn't feel bad about that so the

idea is here there is a lot of stuff

stuff that I clearly don't need stuff

that I do and then I need to organize

but the fix is super easy simply add a

kitchen utensil organizer as you can see

now we have everything in order

everything is nice and organized there

is no confusion about where things need

to go I will be honest I suggested we do

the same for Natalie's drawers and she

said no she said I liked the chaos she

lives for it some people just want to

watch the world

we gotta do here's what you need to know

about yourself you will always fall back

to the path of least resistance your

brain loves that which is easiest

so make things easy for yourself set up

the system once you do you'll be able to

keep your home in order and clean up

time will be significantly reduced step

3

control the flow of new stuff simply

getting rid of your stuff isn't enough

if you haven't addressed the problem at

its source you need to control the flow

of new stuff that comes into your home

every year cut off Direct Mail Flyers

and newspapers force yourself to hold

off on purchasing something for a week

cancel your Amazon Prime membership if

you really can't resist their urge you

can also control your temptation to buy

new things by curating your social media

feed keeping up with the Joneses has

moved to Instagram so only follow people

that are adding value to your life if

you find that you're constantly

comparing yourself to others online then

think about taking a social media detox

or scheduling your screen time each day

it's important to replace the negative

activities and bad habits instead of

browsing social media you could read a

book instead of watching Netflix you

could go to the gym when you identify

the things that are most important in

your life you can invest more time into

those areas you'll naturally feel less

of a pole to buy new stuff and the final

step create routines create morning and

nighttime routines that help you keep

things in place make your bed in the

morning clean up your kitchen and do the

dishes before you go to bed pick up

after your kids or girlfriend the small

things you do every day will make a big

difference if you wait for a big cleanup

once a month then you'll constantly be

living in a state of chaos and that's no

way to live alright guys I hope you

learned a thing or two about how to

declutter your home in this video if you

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
reform /rɪˈfɔːrm/ B2	verb - to improve by alteration or correction
misplace /ˌmɪsˈpleɪs/ B1	verb - to put something in the wrong place
inevitably /ɪˈnevɪtəbli/ C1	adverb - in a way that is certain to happen
pairing /ˈpeərɪŋ/ B2	noun - the action or process of combining or matching two things
controlling /kənˈtroʊlɪŋ/ B2	verb - to exercise restraint or direction over
routines /ruːˈtiːnz/ B1	noun - a sequence of actions regularly followed
consumerism /kənˈsuːməˌrɪzəm/ C1	noun - the preoccupation of society with the acquisition of consumer goods
exposed /ɪkˈspoʊzd/ B2	verb - to make visible or apparent
supports /səˈpɔːrts/ A2	verb - to bear all or part of the weight of
minimalism /ˈmɪnɪməˌlɪzəm/ C1	noun - a style or technique characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity
audience /ˈɔːdiəns/ B2	noun - the assembled spectators or listeners at a performance or event
admit /ədˈmɪt/ B1	verb - to confess to be true or to exist
clutter /ˈklʌtər/ B1	noun - a crowded or confused mass
regain /rɪˈgeɪn/ B2	verb - to get back
mounting /ˈmaʊntɪŋ/ B2	adjective - increasing steadily
isolated /ˈaɪsəˌleɪtɪd/ B2	verb - to set apart from others
momentum /moʊˈmentəm/ C1	noun - the quantity of motion of a moving body
minimize /ˈmɪnɪmaɪz/ B2	verb - to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree