- Uh oh, we're decluttering again.
- Uh oh.
- Don't we just declutter once and then are we done?
- Right?
Right?
(chill music)
I think the most important thing is just finding the method
that works best for you.
Step one, gather up all of my clothes.
- Begin operation, shirts.
(dropping clothes)
- My mood is tied to my environment.
When my house is in chaos, I feel chaotic.
- [Craig] If we didn't do this,
everything would pile up, and then we'd be drowning.
When you have the space to store things, you fill it.
- Yeah, it's hard not to.
Wow.
It's just a lot more than I thought that it was gonna be.
- I have more clothes than this,
it's in the dirty.
I don't have a lot more,
but I'll still get rid of a bunch
and then maybe have to buy more clothes,
which I probably should.
- I don't think that I wear a lot of this stuff.
All of my clothes fit into one dresser and one closet.
And so it doesn't feel like to me, I had very much stuff.
And yet seven pairs of jeans, and I wear one of them,
maybe one pair of jeans is not enough.
But then the answer is that I need to get another pair
of jeans that actually fits me well.
And so I got rid of all of the rest of them.
Here we go.
I'm gonna put things that I'm gonna get rid of
on this side of the bed.
Things that I'm gonna keep on this side of the bed.
I feel better when I don't have anything
other than the stuff that we need, and enjoy.
When I'm not shuffling around, and cleaning,
and tidying, and putting away things that I don't like.
- Throwin' them away, throwin' 'em away.
These socks never fit right anyway.
I don't like the way these feel.
These are gettin' old.
So old.
So many clothes there that I am sick of,
but I keep it because I need clothes.
- Right.
They don't fit you that well anymore.
- I don't like the way these fit.
- [Chyna] They are fallin' apart.
(laughing)
- I'm hesitant about these socks,
these were a gift and I like 'em.
They're gettin' a little torn here.
(sad music)
- [Chyna] I think the hardest thing is letting go
of the obligation and the guilt that you might feel
to keep certain things.
It was a gift, I spent a lot of money on it,
I used to love this and I wish that I enjoyed this hobby,
or I enjoyed this book or whatever.
- Yeah, they're too old.
- [Chyna] Or you just have changed.
You are just a different person.
- I mean like this shirt, but I never wear it.
I associate it with a different time in my life.
I'm gettin' rid of it.
Gettin' rid of this one too.
Button ups are never really my go to.
Was once real old and I'm gettin' sick of it.
I will have hardly any warm shirts left.
So I've decided to just get rid of a bunch
and then just force myself to buy more.
I'm gonna discuss with Chyna
about those shirts over there,
'cause she might be sad to see some of them go.
I'm reviewing my clothes, gettin' rid of.
- And now we're havin' a little trouble getting inta.
(laughing)
- This is my wife Chyna.
Chyna Benzine?
- I can't--
- I'm gonna put a title down.
You just saw my green flannel, what did you say?
- [Chyna] I believe I said--
(gasps)
- [Craig] Gettin' rid of the flannel?
- You're gettin' rid of the flannel?
(laughing)
- Allow me to interrupt myself for a moment.
We'll get back to that terrible fight that Chyna
and I were about to have in a moment.
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Now then, I'm gonna try on that flannel shirt again,
just to show Chyna.
Well, let's try it on.
Well, I'll try it on.
Actually, you can try it on.
- I think it would be too way too small
if we both tried it on at the same time.
- Okay.
- [Chyna] So far not lookin' too big.
- Probably 'cause I'm workin' out.
- [Chyna] Okay no, I'm feeling normal person.
Yeah, no, that's perfect.
- [Craig] Looks good.
- This is my shirt now.
- [Craig] Okay, I'll wear it sometimes though too.
Can I wear it sometimes?
- Get on the schedule.
- Okay, we'll make a calendar.
In like one year I'll make a video.
Am I keepin' the shirt?
It'll be four hours long.
- Okay, put it in your calendar.
(upbeat music)
This is all the stuff that I'm keeping.
This is all the stuff that I'm getting rid of.
And then I got rid of all of my pajama pants
that don't have pockets, 'cause what a waste of time.
It's not about like how much stuff you own,
it's about whether you only have things
you find value in, that you enjoy.
- I'm not looking forward to this.
(sad music)
(dropping box)
(sad music)
- These are cute.
(opening box)
(sad music)
I felt guilty because I had all this makeup
from several years ago,
back when I was wearing makeup more.
Makeup has limited shelf life.
That time had passed for all of those things,
and I threw them all away.
- A couple reasons I like to declutter.
I don't like having to sift through things
to get what I need.
So I know where everything is.
I know what I have.
Sometimes I forget what I have.
Ah, mints I got when I was in Japan.
I'm gonna have one, two.
Little tripod, matches and a lighter.
Like this is where I go when I wanna start fires.
Class ring, Marshall, Wisconsin, 1999.
I'll never wear it, but I'm gonna leave it here.
I also don't like having the feeling of like,
oh, I should be using this.
Why would I even have that thought?
I just need to use what I need, it doesn't matter.
- [Chyna] There's a rule about how
if you haven't used something in a certain amount of time,
you should get rid of it.
- [Craig] Bluetooth speaker, I came across.
- And we've had this discussion about that
like last year when we moved.
We don't really use this, but let's hold onto it,
it could be useful.
We still haven't used it.
- Nope.
- Are you gonna get rid of it?
- Yes. - Okay.
- [Craig] All the years of gettin' rid of stuff,
I don't regret any of it.
- [Chyna] We're like four years into this journey.
We go through our stuff all the time.
- We never drink martinis.
- I remember the first time that we did
a full house declutter,
full carload of stuff that we took to Goodwill.
- I don't even remember having a lot of stuff.
I don't even remember what we got rid of really.
- 'Cause we already got rid of these things.
- [Craig] Let's get rid of more.
- There's still more.
- Okay let's do it. - There's still more.
And then we did it again the very next day
and found more stuff.
How is there still this much stuff left?
The things in your life are like an onion,
you can only peel away the outside most obvious layer.
Obvious trash, expired things,
clothes that are ripped or don't fit you.
And then you'll be able to reassess and find the next layer.
Okay, now I'm gonna go through Ada's clothes.
Here we go.
(relaxed music)
I did keep a couple little pieces of clothing,
the outfit she came home in.
But other than that,
I just brutally get rid of everything.
It's a little emotional looking through.
I remember when I bought this,
and it looked huge to me.
And now it's too small.
If it's still here in like a year after she's outgrown it,
then when I look at it, I'm gonna be like,
oh but it's so little, remember when she was that small?
Should I get rid of this?
These are my favorite, with puffins on them.
So cute.
They're definitely not gonna fit her anymore,
and that's sad.
Oh yeah, these are done for.
And I don't have any regrets.
I do keep my favorite pieces as she outgrows them,
but I don't want to end up feeling
that way about everything.
That emptied that drawer out a lot.
I would feel burdened by boxes of her outgrown clothes,
and toys, and stuff.
If you have the space for it,
and if it's not a hardship for you, then keep it.
She has so many socks, put like five pairs of these on her.
Yeah, no grippies?
Sorry, I don't have time for you.
My kid is a very slippery kid.
So again, I think I'll keep a couple
of the really special ones,
scan or take pictures of some of the other stuff.
My phone is like full of random pictures
and a lot of it is important stuff that I do wanna keep.
- I have a lot of tax documents
that I've taken pictures of.
I wanna scrap book those.
- Oh, okay.
- My 1099 Google from 2013, that was a good one.
- Take me right back.
Okay, that is a huge improvement.
- Are we doing declutter operation, kitchen?
- [Chyna] It's kind of the most daunting one to me.
- What's the plan?
- [Chyna] Take everything out.
- And you're ready for time lapse.
(upbeat music)
Pretzel buns are a little more colorful
than they were before.
- [Chyna] It looks like so much stuff
when you see it all covering the counters.
- Yes, I think it is a lot of stuff.
- [Chyna] I don't think it's gonna take us that long.
- [Craig] I'm a little scared.
- Don't be scared.
I mean the biggest thing is just like getting rid
of the things.
- Throwing them in the lawn?
- Someone else's lawn?
- Yeah, that's how you declutter.
No.
- Oh yeah that's good.
- I don't know yet, I haven't tried it.
- Guess who had this leftover?
- I gotta say first impression, real good.
(laughing)
(upbeat music)
- And in the morning when I rise,
bring a tear of joy to my eye.
(upbeat music)
- It's days later, I guess it's always days later,
no matter what.
- Not to us.
- It's never days later.
- Days now. - Days now.
- The things that we got rid of made a huge difference
in the fullness of certain drawers and cabinets.
When we put things away or get things out,
it's just a less stressful experience.
- All in all good time?
- Yeah, always.
I like doing that.
Also I think I've had three different nose rings
in this one video.
- Do a little nostril declutter.
- I am gonna declutter 'cause I'm only gonna keep this one.
- Oh, good job.
Those nose rings, everywhere I reach I'm like ow, nose ring.
- They're not sharp.
- Thank you for watching everybody.
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Maybe not all, the ones that I remember.
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(dinging)
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