Messy Space Makeover - Huge Declutter!!

Do you want to see more of Lauren's journey?! I would love to help her make her dream of opening a store a reality. Let me know if you would like to see a video of Lauren organizing, decorating and opening up her very own store!!

❤❤❤❤ My dream became a reality! THANK YOU, Cas, Emily, and all the amazing subscribers for the SUPPORT!

I love all the random kitties and chickens visiting Lauren the whole time she decluttered 😅

My mother passed away in 2018, father in 2022. I spent all of 2023 clearing and cleaning out their house. Might say with some help from my brother. Nothing from the sister and major help from a dear friend and her husband. It was overwhelming to the point of freezing. I found the sentimental aspect polarising. There was 5 decades of 'stuff' plus a lot of my grandparents treasures and ... get this ... items from 1955 to 1970 stored as I can't let go of stuff. The EMT's called social services just as father was in his passing stages (dementia and cancer) as unsafe. He was in hospital and then end stage care, never returned home. I implemented Cassie's strategies to get it done. My brother is autistic and couldn't cope. He pushed through what he could and did his best. watching this brought it all back. I am so proud of what Lauren has done for herself and her family. Brought me to happy tears. From the other end of the world in Tasmania..... HIGH FIVE and mega HUGS.

There needs to be a service called Rent A Friend or something. If I had a van I could live out of, I'd volunteer to help for a few weeks or something. Projects like this I feel are far less daunting and go by quicker if you have someone helping who literally has nothing else to do. Someone like me who's not married yet or has kids would be perfect for the job. 🎉

I’ve never clicked so fast, I love decluttering videos, especially because it gets me motivated to declutter myself. I would love to see Lauren setting up her store

This reminds me of my dad’s shed. It was so full of 50+ years of crap you could t get in. I have fibromyalgia and ADD. So scattered with no energy. I found a “junker” man. Bartered his services. He pulled everything out of the shed & I told him “keep or take”. It took him 3 days and he was able to haul away so much stuff to resell or sell for scrap. He did all of the work and we did t have to payout any labor. Win win for both of us.

Please do more videos like this. No one and everything is perfect!!

I am SO HAPPY for Lauren! I grew up in a house that had up-to-your-eyeballs piles in every room and most of the backyard, with one thin path through the room that you had to be careful not to bump your arm or hip on, or it would all come down on you. When I moved out, my mother kept shuttling more and more to my house and kept buying more and more for her full house. I had to work through so much guilt of letting stuff go, and while I've let go two garages full of stuff, a storage unit of stuff, and recently, two hauls of 20-30 boxes each... I feel like I'm finally reaching the point where I need to do one more big declutter (with a lot of emotional stuff that I've been holding off on going through, and GOOD GOD, 3000+ BOOKS), and I'll finally enter maintenance mode. I am so proud of myself, I'm healing, and I feel like I'm reaching a point where anxious, ADHD me can breathe a little easier. So I can totally understand the relief that was EMANATING from Lauren in this video, more and more with each declutter check-in! Also, her dream is AWESOME, and I also want to have a little building to have a home business of all-things-fall: homegrown pumpkins and apples, homemade apple pies/donuts/pumpkin donuts, cider, music, and poetry. Someday! And all of our decluttering is getting Lauren and me closer to those dreams! AMAZING work, Lauren and Cas! And a P.S. for Cas, that turtle is okay, and where we live, we also have to watch out for wildlife, but the wildlife is predominantly an overpopulation of very sweet, very trusting, should-be-a-lot-more-afraid-of-cars-than-they-are cats. lol. See you next time!

"I want you to embrace good enough", that sentence really got to me. I keep seeing the imperfections and obsessing over them and that stops me from moving on. That was an amazing transformation!

I think this is the most impressive transformation you've been involved in, because it was SO overwhelming and, though she had your encouragement and guidance, she did it all by herself! Makes it seem possible for me to tackle some of my "impossible" projects!

Trading one thing you don’t want for something that you do want is a brilliant phrase to use! So is the 20 second countdown for decision making!

Yes I would love to see Lauren’s store become a reality. ❤

I love this format so much. Being able to watch someone in real time go through the mental processes and learn how to declutter more intuitively is so helpful and validating as someone who also overthinks when decluttering my space

I love the idea of "trading" something for something else, rather than "getting rid of it. It is much less painful.

"Don't look at the mountain. Look down at your feet and take one step at a time." There's my Post-It Note Quotable for the day! What a TRANSFORMATION! Having ADHD adds a layer of having to overcome years of self-doubt and judgement for "not finishing" etc. All Lauren needed was to be shown how by someone who understands and has experience with the same kind of organization problems. Cas, you have Show How! 🙂

I would love to see Lauren’s house or shop come next. Whatever she needs first. I would think finishing the house would be a priority but maybe it needs a lot of work (plumbing, electrical, structural) that needs lots of money and availability of trades. The shop may be easier if it is structural sound and has electrical. She has done an amazing job and really took your advice to heart. I loved watching this transformation and her confidence blossomed.

I’m only halfway through the video, but my favourite line so far is “Is this a bigger dream building project, or a distraction from the bigger dream project?” Such a good way to think about all those unfinished projects and hobby supplies!

Lauren, congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself, not only for your spectacular decluttering achievement, but for demonstrating that even with ADHD, you can do anything you put your mind and effort to.

Lauren should be so proud of herself! She IS a finisher, this was a huge undertaking and she did it! There is nothing she can’t do, after such an accomplishment. Bravo Lauren and thanks for your generosity in coaching her Cas!