The Real Cost of Storage: How Your Clutter Is Stealing Your Money and Space | Clutterbug Podcast # 299

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Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Education:self-improvement, Leisure:home & Garden, Leisure, Home & Garden, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We’ve been fed a huge lie — that the stuff in our storage rooms or storage units is worth money. It’s not! The truth is, your “storage treasures” are probably costing you thousands of dollars and stealing valuable space in your home. I’m sharing my own story of how I turned a cluttered storage room into a home office, added $15,000 of value to my house, and never missed a single thing I let go of. You’ll learn how to figure out what your storage is really costing you, the mindset traps that keep us holding on to stuff “just in case,” and my simple decluttering rules to help you decide what’s actually worth keeping. I also talk about why “preservation becomes paralysis” — and how freeing yourself from storage clutter can literally give you more time, money, and peace of mind. To enter the first-ever Clutterbug Storage Wars contest, email [email protected] with the subject line Storage Wars, and include: A photo or quick video of your storage space (room or unit) A short introduction about yourself and which of the 5 D’s (downsizing, decluttering, divorce, death, or deployment) applies to you If your kitchen feels chaotic too, check out my YouTube video on how to organize it based on your Clutterbug type:https://youtu.be/ZyMPNykNSMc It’s time to stop paying for clutter and start creating space for the life you actually want. You can find more Clutterbug content here: Website: http://www.clutterbug.me YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clutterbug TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #mondaymotivation #motivation #delclutter #decluttermotivation #homeorganization #storagewars

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0:00.0	My producer and I literally are having an argument right now before we started recording this because there's just no way.
0:07.1	There's just no way.
0:09.1	We're going to talk about that big argument and hopefully you can be like the deal breaker in this and let me know what's actually true and who's right.
0:18.7	But we're also going to be talking about the treasures
0:22.0	or the lack of treasures in storage, like things you're storing. And there actually is money
0:29.0	to be made with your storage, either your unit or your room. But it's not what you think.
0:35.5	Make sure you stayed at the end because I'm going to announce something so
0:38.6	awesome. We are having a clutterbug contest and hopefully you're going to be like one of the first
0:44.7	contestants ever. I'm going to share all the details. You don't want to miss this. So stay tuned to
0:49.6	the end of this podcast. Hey, clutterbugs, welcome back to the clutterbug podcast. Just like always,
0:55.2	you are not allowed to just listen or watch. You have to get up and take action and learn
1:01.6	while you do and make yourself proud. And today I want you in your storage space, whether you
1:07.8	have a storage room or a basement or that doom closet, wherever you just
1:12.4	chuck the stuff that you don't want to deal with, that's where I want you to be today.
1:16.7	And I want you to ruthlessly make decisions.
1:20.4	Like, look at stuff and say, is this worth the space that it's taking?
1:25.5	And an easy place to start is with empty boxes because you have some. You don't need that vacuum box from the space that it's taking. And an easy place to start is with empty boxes, because you have
1:29.3	some. You don't need that vacuum box from the vacuum you bought five years ago. You definitely don't
1:33.9	need the TV box. Why is it so big? Let that go and then dig a little deeper. Like open the boxes,
1:41.3	open the totes. Just because you've organized it in the past doesn't mean the
1:45.9	stuff inside needs to be kept. All of this is stealing your square footage. It's stealing your
1:52.2	just like joy and happiness. And today, you're making the decision and it is going.
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