 Well, hello my friends and welcome back to my channel. Today we are gonna be going over my February Minimalism Challenge. I think it's called Minimalism Game, the minimalist, I can't talk today, Josh and Ryan, I will link their channel down below. But I did one of these challenges back in December and I also did one in January and then February and I'm fully aware that it's way past February but I did film little snippets for you guys just to kind of show you ideas and things like that. You know, if you want to do this kind of a challenge which I highly recommend because it's kind of amazing how much junk we have that just doesn't really add value and service anymore that could be better off either recycled or donated or sometimes just thrown in the trash. I also shared this journey on Instagram. My Instagram is down below as well and I took photographs every single day and put them up for you guys to see. So yeah, it was 28 days. I got rid of less than 500 items and I actually donated them to a local charity in my area for all the things I donated. So since February I haven't been doing this challenge any longer but you know what's actually kind of interesting is that I have a, I have at least one co-worker that is doing it for this month which we are currently in April and I ask about, I ask her about it every single day and a lot of the co-workers that I have know I have a YouTube channel so hey if you work with me. She's been doing an awesome job and she watched a couple of my other videos that inspired her to start cleaning out her home. So it's kind of fun when you have a partner to do it with. That's what Josh and Ryan over at the Minimalist suggest but I just wanted to do it on my own and there were a few of you that actually joined me on the journey and would tag me on Instagram which was like awesome or you would write comments on Facebook and actually put like pictures and images of what you purged that day so I don't know I just thought it was really really fun to be like more interactive with y'all. So anyway without further ado let's get into showing you all the things I purged in the month of February. On day one I am getting rid of this bin that used to house some bedding that I no longer have so this is it for day one. On day two I am getting rid of these two glittery trees I previously had in my home and no longer have a use for. So these are leaving on day two. On day three I'm getting rid of these three Minnesota gift baskets. I never found a use for them so it's time for them to go to a better home. So this is day three. Day four is four glass items that I never really found a specific purpose for and have just been dust collectors in my home. So this is going to be it for day four. On day five I have some sheets for a bed that I no longer have. I totally thought I got rid of all of these but apparently not. A watering can, some warrior green garland and also some basket shrink wrap and that's going to be it for day five. On day six I am getting rid of six different decor and storage items. Since downsizing and minimizing I just really don't have a use for any of these things so it's time for them to go to a better home. So this is it for day six. For day seven I am parting way with seven plastic containers. I'm trying not to use plastic reusable containers any longer and moving towards glass and honestly most of these were completely empty and I just had them stored around my house so it is time to donate these and pass them along to someone else that will use them. So this is it for day seven. On day eight I am getting rid of eight plastic cups that frankly I never used. Alright so for day nine I have a bunch of plastic containers, a little wire basket that I used to use but I purged all the things that were in there so I no longer have a use for. And then I also have this white towel that I absolutely love but for some reason it has this really weird blue tinge to it now. I think it must have gotten mixed up with my darks a few too many times. It's a great towel so I'm going to pass it along but it's not the color white that I want. So this is going to be it for day nine. On day ten I'm getting rid of all kitchen items, some plastic things, a little baking shaker, that black thing is a napkin holder and then all the rest are some unused kitchen towels. So this is it for day ten. So for day eleven I am getting rid of eleven plastic containers. I used to use them all the time for my business but I haven't picked them up in over six months and I've got a better system now so these eleven plastic containers we're going to go off to a better home and be donated. So this is it for day eleven. On day twelve I'm getting rid of a few decor pieces and some kitchen items. I have this print that says stay awhile from Aaron Condren. It used to be in my guest room. I no longer have a guest room so that needs to go. I also have this really cool shelf from Ikea that I've just never found a place for in my home. And then the utensils are just things that I had duplicates of or things that were unloved as well as the utensil crock. I actually have two of those and there's really no reason that I need two of those in my life. So this is it for day twelve. Alright so day thirteen I'm still in the kitchen, purging items. I've got a bunch of kitchen tools as well as this like glass vase thing that I never really found a good use for and then I have a kitchen drying mat which I don't even really realize why I had this because I basically wash nothing by hand so that doesn't really belong in my life. So this is it for day thirteen. On day fourteen I'm getting rid of a bunch of bins slash containers slash other random stuff. I've got two kitchen knives, a paper towel dispenser that I've never put up, a light bulb I have no use for, a coaster and this is just a random day. So this is day fourteen. So for day fifteen I decided to clean out my freezer. This is all food unfortunately that has expired and I need to get way better at eating up stuff before it expires but it does feel so good to have a clean freezer that has everything that is okay to eat. So unfortunately all of this is going to go into the trash but I'm making a vow to myself to eat what I have now and not just let it sit there for like literally years because it takes a long time for frozen things to expire but this is it for day fifteen. Alright day sixteen is a big day. I'm getting rid of a bunch of storage bins, some decorative boxes. I'm also getting rid of a couple of things that I got from Financial Peace University when I took it way back in the day. I have some audio CDs as well as like a checkbook register that helps with like your cash intake and out go that I never really utilized. I went to all the classes so I don't need the CDs any longer. I am actually gonna pass those off to somebody very specific in my life but everything else you see here is going to go to donation so that is it for day sixteen. Alright day seventeen is just a mismatched pile of stuff. I've got these two fall gourds that I never put out this year so it's time to see those go. Some excess kitchen towels, a couple organizers, some electrical plates and also a grooming brush for Doyle that I don't use anymore. I have a different one and I don't gravitate towards this one any longer so all of this stuff is going to get donated and this is it for day seventeen. On day eighteen I am getting rid of some office items. I have three boxes of staples, a little stapler, a pouch from Aaron Condren that I unfortunately ruined and all the rest are file folders. So this is it for day number eighteen and day nineteen is the remainder of these file folders that I found in my office that I've never used so I'll be donating these and hopefully they will go to a home that appreciates them way more than I did so this is day nineteen. On day twenty I have a bunch of office items still. I still had some of those dang file folders and I grabbed a couple of items from my kitchen and I also had a waste basket that I never really found a purpose for so it's time for all of this stuff to go off to a better home so this is day twenty. Day twenty one I have a random assortment of things. I've got a blanket, I've got Doyle's old collar, as well as Doyle's old leash, I've got a baseball hat, some travel items, a bunch of nail polish that I don't gravitate towards. I also have these like nail polish dotting tools. I've got a reusable bag and like a little squeezy thing and then also I have like a little bandaid heel protector thing that's all dried out. So this is it for day twenty one. Day twenty two I'm getting rid of a bunch of different containers and I found all of this other stuff in my bathroom. Some of this stuff I just don't use or I have so many duplicates of all the bandaid and gauze and ointment pads and all of that. I don't need that many. I kept so much and it's time for those to just go somewhere else. So this is it for day twenty two. Day twenty three is twenty three books. I have read all of these books. I don't need them any longer and I've actually been using Audible. This is not a sponsored video at all but I've really enjoyed Audible and I think I'm just going to be going with audiobooks from this point forward. I'm not somebody that tends to re-read things so these are all going to be donated. There's a few of these and I'm actually going to hand select for somebody in my life that I think would get value from them but this is it for day twenty three. All right it is day twenty four and I am getting rid of 10 paper bags and to be honest I think that these were from the previous owner. I found them underneath my kitchen sink and I use reusable bags typically so I don't know where these came from but there's 10 of them so I'm going to recycle those as well as I have a bunch of more band-aids. I think I counted twenty three total band-aids just in this specific pile. So we're just going to call this good at day twenty four. So it's day twenty five and I'm finally onto clothing. I have a bunch of tops, some bottoms, mostly pajama bottoms. I've got a twins hat as well as a bunch of socks that have seen better days. So this is it for day number twenty five. Day twenty six is twenty three pairs of underwear and there are a few of them that still have tags on them but I just don't gravitate towards them because they don't suit my life anymore and then I've got three socks that have seen better days. So this is day number twenty six. So for day twenty seven there's kind of a mix of things. The basket on the right is something I've had for like maybe a decade and I used to put in a bunch of slippers and these were for my guests but to be honest I like don't have that many friends that come over for like an extended period of time. So I am choosing to get rid of three of the slipper sets. I did keep two of them. I also have these prints that I actually ordered online and to be honest I know they're probably coming off on camera very very neutral but it's just way too much color for me so I'm going to pass those along and then we've got some home decor stuff. I've got some tech things that I'm actually going to return and then over to the left hand side there are some planner stickers a bunch of different like organizers and a binder so this is going to be it for day twenty seven. So this is my day twenty eight. I have a ton of stickers and planner items in here. Doyle you're not leaving but anyway this is day twenty eight. I'm going to pass these along to my planner sticker friends that are locally here in Minnesota but yeah this is going to be day twenty eight and there's way more than twenty eight items in here. Doyle do you want to be in the minimalism game? No. I've invested too much money into you boy. Doyle just wants stickers. That's what it is. All right so this is it for day twenty eight. All right so that is it. I hope you guys enjoyed the video. If y'all have any questions feel free to put them down below in the comments. You guys know the drill. If you like these kind of videos make sure to give it a thumbs up and feel free to subscribe and if you guys have any other downsizing slash purging video ideas put them in the comments. I am going to be filming a video actually right after this about sentimental items so stay tuned for that but again hope you guys enjoyed and I will see you in the next one. Bye.