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00:00 Join me in my journey to becoming a minimalist.

00:02 Over the past year, I challenged myself

00:04 to declutter our possessions.

00:05 I'd say that we have a pretty minimal home,

00:07 but I wouldn't say that we are minimalists.

00:09 I've noticed over the past few months

00:11 that things have started creeping back into our house.

00:13 And I'm the kind of person

00:14 that gets really stressed out over mess.

00:16 I've decided that today's the day

00:17 I'm gonna start my journey to minimalism.

00:19 For me, being a minimalist

00:20 doesn't just mean owning less possessions.

00:22 It's minimizing everything in my life.

00:24 Anything that doesn't bring my family joy or service at all,

00:27 we will be decluttering from our life.

00:29 I've decided to start in the kitchen

00:30 because this is somewhere we spend a lot of time.

00:32 So after going through all these boxes

00:33 of medicines and batteries,

00:34 I decided to keep what was necessary.

00:36 And when I put it back,

00:37 I actually didn't like the look of it.

00:38 And I thought to myself,

00:39 what do we do in this place in the kitchen the most?

00:41 And for us, it's where we tend to make breakfast.

00:43 So I decided to turn this cupboard into a breakfast cupboard.

00:45 The cupboard next to it is where I tend to keep

00:47 all the pasta and rice.

00:48 So again, I went through everything,

00:50 checked some dates, cleaned the cupboard down,

00:52 and then got rid of anything that we don't actually use.

00:54 And now just looking at these cupboards

00:56 brings me so much more joy.

00:57 They look clean, neat, bring me so much more peace.

01:01 Things I do in my minimalist home

01:03 that make our mornings easier.

01:04 My eldest son is four and started school this year.

01:07 To help him get ready in the morning more independently,

01:10 I bought one of these wardrobe dividers from Ikea.

01:12 There's five slots inside, one for each day of the week.

01:14 And I pop his uniform and PE kit into these

01:16 so he can just pick one out each day.