I think this has to be my favourite One Hour Better ever - Bethany, I hope you realise how amazing you are!  You are coping with so much, but your courage and strength and sense of humour just shine through in this video.  Your family are blessed to have you.

"Take it there now" is the gift current me gives to future me.

I had 10 years of education beyond high school to reach my dream of becoming a full-fledged physician.  Then I had to quit my profession to care for a special needs child, her three siblings, and my elderly parents.  That child is fine now, but I never was able to go back to my practice of medicine.  Recently I went through boxes of papers of "aspirational" stuff and I can feel Bethany's pain!  I shredded personal info, dumped all my files of medical clippings and articles, and grieved for a while.  They had been there for over 25 years!  So, you go girl, Bethany!

Hurrah!! Love 1 Hour Betters!  Bethany, you being real show us all that we are not alone in thinking the way we do. Thank you both for being willing to be online.

This is the best decluttering session I have seen. It has really helped me. She is so relatable and down to earth. I'm saving this video to watch again when I get stuck with my decluttering. Thank you both!!

I really appreciate Bethany‘s vulnerability participating in this. It’s so helpful hearing her rationale for keeping things and applying it to why I keep the things I do. I also love the advice to put something where it goes and evaluate whether or not something is more useful or more keepable than another item. So often the advice is that if you haven’t used it, you can get rid of it, but sometimes we genuinely haven’t known where something is and we would use it if we had it more than we would use something else we’re already using.

I am probably gonna have this video on repeat when I do my own declutter session. This is immensely helpful.

I had forgotten the age of magazines. Collecting articles, exercise routines, and recipes. All for the fantasy life I would live some day when I get my life in order. So much healing to live in the now. Thank you for sharing with us!

Bethany has the cutest personality and I truly enjoyed her. She did a great job and I so admire her for helping her mother in that way. I’m almost 80 and my children have helped me so much and I’m thankful I can still live on my own but the time is coming where I might not be able to and they both have been willing to have me come to their homes also. What a blessing. Thank you Dana and Bethany for sharing this

All the gift bags I've kept because they could potentially be used in the future are now being used for donations, game changer

Hi Bethany, you are all of us. Your room looks so much better in the first few minutes.  When you get this done you will be so thrilled with yourself.

Bethany. You are amazing! I admire you.
I saw your reaction on the white divided plate. I was yelling at the screen "if I were looking for a white divided plate... I would look at the thrift store *. Lol.
Thanks for giving your mom the space she deserves. I had my mom living with me for the last few years of her life and I totally understand the process of making space for her. You are amazing.

I love Bethany’s personality. She is going through a real life event and is making the best of it.

Bethany has a good philosophical understanding of what she's doing, and she's charming at the same time. Thank you for sharing her journey.

Bethany, I got tears in my eyes when you were having such a hard time.  What you're doing is hard and you're having to do things in such a hurry do to life changes.  This woman appreciates you sharing your hour.

Oh, I'm so happy we got that proud Husband "moment" ❤ Because, I kept saying she is going to be so proud & thankful tonight.. & wait till her hubby sees 🤗 This video is GOLD, I'm sharing it with my Sister!  Thank you for being in our lives Dana, we need you!
Bethany you did sooo good , you're my role model. You will surely be rewarded for your many sacrifices.  Beautiful soul & spirit, Wife, Daughter & Mommy!! 💕🪽

I have a binder of exercises, really good bags and containers full of random stuff I am going to get to. I can so relate to you Bethany. Thank you for sharing your story.

Bethany did a fantastic job! I love how Dana told her to “put it there now” so that she wasn’t left with a bunch of piles to put away when she done decluttering.
Take it there now is a great strategy.!

I cried along with her, very relatable as I sit in my office/crafting space/cat room looking around at piles of unfinished projects. I'm going to refill my coffee mug and declutter while watching another 1 hour better video. Thanks!

Also, it’s OK to get emotional while decluttering. We’re grieving aspirational selves and past selves and letting them go in favor of what serves us now and what will service in the future.

Bethany is such a cool person for doing this ❤

I LOVED the part about her quest to get organized, and her ACTUALLY DOING the thing!!   Bethany, you go girl!   Dana, you're awesome.