I love the disclaimer at the beginning reminding people that clutter and mess are not tied to morality. You are inspiring me to organize my craft room!

This is the synergy of all the things I want in body double cleaning: authenticity, frequent narration, great sound, and wonderful tunes! 💕

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback!! 💓

@kimtaehyungismyoppa531

10 ай бұрын

Literally like I love this person

I'm queer, disabled, & learning that I'm probably neurodivergent as hell. I've had some improvement in my health recently, but I've been finding it really difficult to start or finish anything big or small. I just heard of this body doubling thing & I got so much done just listening along to this video while I worked. Thank you!!!

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad I could help! Sometimes you just need a buddy. We can't do everything on our own. You're always welcome here!

@moeamos

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the animal crossing tunes

I have watched this video like 5 times at different times to clean my kitchen. I really don’t like the space & can’t think of how to organise it and it all piles up in there really easy. I love all your positive insights during this video. I don’t have an adhd diagnosis or any support or any treatment or help with cleaning. This video helps a lot. Just to reframe my own self-beliefs that were told to me and aren’t even mine! Thanks for showing me how to be kind to myself, because a lot of other people throughout my life haven’t been so kind and I have been internalising it all this time.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words

Only just realized at a old age ADHD and more leant body double 3 weeks ago but thought you watched at night to motivate you in morning some one said no you listen and clean at same time. Can not believe how fast I'm working with little or no emotion to items thank you so so much clearing a room been full for 3 years after moving in tried sort never known how it's not done but made so much progress in just over half your video please do more simula video the walk way great the I can buy it if need great and so on (like store it in a bin bag or another day) but unless you see it again will forget it existed thank you thank you any one out there find a body double that works for you I tried five before got going with this amazing video.

ESSAY INCOMING This video with the cleaning and chat was so nice, feels good to get to know someone I have a lot in common with. I was the same as a child, floor was covered and I was never on top of my mess even though my mother has OCD and constantly tried to get me to clean and tidy. It's anxiety and ADHD for sure. I recently finally got a surge of motivation to clean my depression mess, and body doubling videos like this are so helpful, it feels like someone is coaching me and watching. Watching random youtube videos or a show doesn't work for me though, it just distracts me. Music/audiobooks are OK. I knew I wasn't going to have an organised space if I kept all the things I own and it wasnt going to help with my stress and depression long term either. So I chucked all the rubbish and a good 1/3rd of my belongings into black bags, being as savage as possible with it, starting in one area then moving to the next. I didnt want to stress about what I'll do with the stuff, so I just piled it all up in the hallway to decide what to do with later. CAN'T RECOMMEND ENOUGH by the way, having less stuff to organise and put away has actually left me with SPACE in my closet, no overflowing drawers or random piles of objects etc. It feels amazing. Then I bought a bunch of organising things- baskets, some boxes, drawer dividers etc and one of those drawer towers for my art stuff to just have it all in one place seperate from everything else so it's acessable and won't end up everywhere. I kinda do hoard art supplies but having only the 1 place they're allowed to go will hopefully force me to cut back. I also semi hoard prepper stuff too like you because I get so anxious, I have fantasies about like having a basement full of canned food and survival stuff but I think I can talk myself out of it. I am trying out the same thing of keeping it limited- everything has to fit in 1 basket. So yeah I'm maybe a little crazy having potassium iodide and water filters and a camping stove and a solar + hand powered radio etc, but just knowing it's there and looking through it sometimes is very reassuring to me. I dont think there is anything wrong with following government recommendations about having a few emergency use items & bottled water either. If you need them, you'll be glad you had them, the important thing is that it doesn't take over your life. Maybe you could try keeping just 1 dedicated backpack in your closet containing everything you would need, so you don't need to panic next time there is a weather emergency and you wont make more mess for yourself pulling things out etc. Anyway, then I did the Marie Kondo thing and dumped everything I wanted to keep onto my bed category by category, and then organised them into piles/containers and decided where they would go. I wish I had more space so I couldve totally emptied my closet etc before I started, but I pretty much managed to clear space to put things as I went along. Anyway, it took over a week start to finish, but now everything is so organised and it feels so good. I even bought a couple of wastepaper bins for my room like a Real Human and now rubbish goes in there instead of on the floor or on my desk. My desk is now purely my PC setup (laptop with plug-in mouse, keyboard etc), and a jar of pens & pencils, and the side pocket on the desk has my notebooks and current paperwork. And a vase of cute fake flowers on it. My closet 1 just has coats, sweaters and bags hanging, 2 large boxes of fabric stash & a basket of my sewing supplies on the bottom, and bathroom stuff on the shelf above the clothes. Closet 2 has dresses and jeans and belts hanging, a basket of seasonal items (scarves hats etc) on the bottom, all my hair stuff in a big basket on one shelf, games in another basket on a different shelf, and my books on another shelf. I have 2 empty shelves!??! The dresser has my clothes, each drawer is a different category and I MARIE KONDO FOLDED everything. The remaining drawers have 1 with electronics, 1 with makeup & jewelry and 1 with paperwork. On top of the dresser is the TV, the router and some framed photos. My bedside drawer has my meds, sleeping mask & cap, cooling pads for my laptop, my Switch, and a lavender lotion thing from Lush. Then on top is my lamp, a fan and a little fabric box with my vape stuff. I have a laundry basket for lights and 1 for darks, and a large basket thing with towels and bedding in. I do have a shoebox of sentimental items but it's at my mother's house. Ok so I described all that stuff because that's EVERYTHING I own now, and it's all in my room with room to spare. No more random craft things I'll probably never use, or used pieces of paper, packaging I kept because it looks nice, old calendars, stuffed toys I havent spent time with for years, hairbands and odd socks everywhere, gifts I don't like but feel bad about chucking, cables for electronics I don't own or use anymore, decorative pieces I don't have a place I want to put them, ornaments I kept because I just had them for so long, old magazines, etc etc etc. Just cannot stress enough how good I've felt since I did this big clean out. It's WAY easier to keep things tidy even for my brain, everything has a place it goes and I know about every single item in my room. It looks so empty and spacious and calm. I was worried that all the space would just feel intimidating and make me feel more anxious about keeping it that way. But it's fine, I don't try to keep it perfect and I leave it a few days at a time before I tidy up because that's just who I am, I dont have the mental energy to get it all looking nice at the end of every day. It's fantastic because now I'm actually noticing when things feel messy around me, so the actual motivation to clean up gets triggered more often, which is crazy, and there is no backlash of being scared of the amount I need to do. And then because the amount I need to do is so much smaller than it always was before, the motivation actually LASTS LONG ENOUGH for me to get it done and I get all that juicy dopamine instead of getting distracted or bored part way through and then feeling bad about myself. I actually LOOK FORWARD to cleaning up now so I can get the satisfaction of it looking nice again, which is the closest thing to having a non ADHD brain that I've ever experienced. I hope so much that it lasts. I think something about doing this huge declutter and knowing everything which is in here and everything having a place and purpose has soothed my general anxiety way more than I ever expected. No more niggling feelings of guilt about hoarding stuff or places in my room that are so bad I dont want to look, or feeling bad that I'm a messy person, because now I can be messy AND enjoy having a tidy space. Totally crazy. Having less stuff was definitely the key. My room was only my private space and nobody was judging it but me, but it just makes me feel like I can be a human in other parts of my life too now.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with me! When I moved back in with my parents after college with all of my apartment and childhood stuff combined it was so bad. Like couldn't even walk into my room. Only took like a week once I really committed to it. It's so nice to have a livable space that doesn't stress you out

"Usable" is a great way to think about your space! My Craft Room is crazy crowded, but I do make it USABLE! 🙂

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! As long as it's functional and non-stressful to you, it doesn't matter if it's magazine worthy

I'm a Christian and God has been pressing me to clean my room and clear my head because im so stressed out. I have adhd and im disabled and completing tasks is difficult and my grandma is so angry about my room. This helped me so much and I love and appreciate you and others who body double for people who need assistance. God bless you and I pray your life is guided to goodness and love ❤❤❤❤❤ seriously life saver

@hobbymoth

9 ай бұрын

Proud of you!

Thank you so much for this video! It's my first time trying a body double video and it really helped me get past my decision paralysis on where and how to start. I really appreciate all of your kind words about hoarding and anxiety and mental health as well. Thank you so much ❤

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Take care of yourself

Thank you so much for this. I got my indoor shoes on, got cleaned and got going on my tragic kitchen dishes situation. This is such a great service and I really appreciate your approach. And background music ❤

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Yay! Proud of you

i got to sweep, and mop the living room and my room. it feels nice to have someone clean “with me” and i feel accomplished to have done smth nice for my housemates for when they get home from work (i worked from home today 😁)

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Good job!

I put on your latest body doubling video and cleaned my bathroom, and finally swept and mopped most of my house (only room I couldn't get to was my son's because he's asleep ATM) which is something I had been putting off forever. I recently learned about body doubling and honestly this stuff works! Thank you for the super honest, super helpful videos! It's like cleaning with an old friend ❤

@hobbymoth

5 ай бұрын

Good job!!

Thank you. I've been avoiding cleaning my bedroom for weeks now and this video helped me through it

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Good job!

If you sprinkle some baking soda or scented carpet powder to sit for a few minutes (it also has baking soda in it), it will freshen your carpet and your vacuum 💗 love the video, so proud of you, sending mom love your way!

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 💕

Hey, I want to say thank you for making this video. I had wanted to clean my home 'perfectly' before new year, but that goal gave me so much anxiety. I tried watching this video n clean before but I failed bc I was overwhelmed. In the end I didn't meet that goal. So today, on new year day I said screw it, I will just clean what I can! I actually cleaned for 50 minutes straight with this video in the background. I didn't really 'watch' it, but listening to your voice and glancing over the screen every few minutes make me feel like I am not alone. I like your gentle reminder that it is okay to clean just a little bit, it is okay to not be perfect. Truly, thank you so much!

@hobbymoth

5 ай бұрын

Proud of you!

Not sure if this is interesting to you or not, but maybe you could get a programmable robot vacuum that you schedule to activate when you're away at your job to help with the maintenance cleaning. I love mine. It makes a big difference keeping me from walking on top of crumbs and dirt and daily mess things like that.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

I've thought about that! What brand do you have?

@ravensnow2931

Жыл бұрын

@@hobbymoth I have an iRobot Roomba 690 from several years ago, and it works fantastic on my hardwood and tile floors.

Thank you so much for sharing this process. You are the first creator I've ever seen that has been this open about the fact that mess just happens. I have spaces that are pretty much identical to yours and I know how hard it is to get over that hump and just start finding a home for things. And it's very encouraging in a way to see another creative person that deals with the exact same thing. Thank you again and I really enjoy your content.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you appreciated it! I hope you have compassion for yourself when mess happens

Thank you for posting this. I was able to clean “with you” and make my room look and feel so much better. I have more work to do, but at least I can walk around without stepping on something 😅

I recently found your videos and I just want to say this is helping me clean so much better Cleaning is a struggle for me when I don't have someone to talk to so watching your videos really helps Thanks for creating content and your doing a great job

ahh this video is PERFECT thank you!!! I can never find REAL time clean with me and when i do theres always music over it and no sound from them, i want to hear the sound of the trash bag rustling, i want to hear a cord hit something as you pick up an electronic to move it, thats what helps and really provides the experience for me!! sosososo helpful ty for the content!

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! I like seeing the realness as well

Thank you so much for this. 🧡 I have been really struggling with cleaning my room and also with hoarding (I agree about it being an anxiety issue), and this has really helped me feel more seen and clean my own room.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Of course

thank you. I'm cleaning my kids room with you. These videos help so much

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Thanks for this video. ❤ I have an enormous pile of shopping bags filled with craft and art supplies I bought and laid by the door when I walked into the house.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

I do that all the time!!

I can't adequately express just how helpful this video has been for me, thank you SO MUCH! I've been able to clean way more efficiently since finding it! ❤

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear! Proud of you

I’ve just started watching body doubling videos, which have been amazingly helpful. You made me feel particularly seen today; my entire apartment looks like your room right now and I’ve been struggling with shame and extra stress from an external situation. Thanks for sharing this 🥰

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

The shame of clutter is so real and hard to overcome. You're doing great

@masterofnothing2360

Жыл бұрын

@@hobbymoth we’re doing great! I managed to clean and clear out a lot of clutter so I’m very pleased. Eating and drinking regularly has helped a lot too 😂

Just want to say I love your style, your hair and accessories and all your cute stuff is my aesthetic. I love watching cleaning videos while working from.home, helps me focus, but sometimes the bare white walls and super nice stuff that is just not me gets to me lol

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh thank you

I really enjoyed this video so thank you for sharing. I might rewatch it later today while doing some work on my office.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed ❤

this was so helpful, thank you! went by way faster than expected and I struggle so much with cleaning. Loved how honest you are about the work that goes into cleaning~

Working on my office right now. Thanks so much for this, you helped me get started today. We are no were near done, but a little closer to useable!

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Proud of you!!

Thank you for making this. It's the first time.ive tried a doubling video while decluttering and it helped me stay on task at least a bit more

Holy Moly! I had the same StrawShortcake mug as a child. I thought I still had it, but wonder if I decluttered it. Please keep yours. That way, I know someone who still has one.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

I just got it last year! It's never leaving me

Thank you for this- i’ll definitely be coming back when i find time to clean my depression room. It’ll take way more than an hour though 😅

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

It definitely took me about 4 hours for this little room! Which is fast for me. Usually it's more of an ongoing project spanning over months. I'll be happy if I can keep you company for a bit of it though! I believe in you and I hope you make some time to rest as well

I also struggle with hoarding. I am obsessed with watching hoarders and hoarding buried alive. When I know I need to clean I put on a hoarding show for Inspiration.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

those shows are motivation for sure!

thank you much for sharing this really helped me do what i needed to do when i did not have it in me, or so i thought i really appreciate it i hope that you will post more of these cleaning videos

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Proud of you. My house is a mess again, so I'll probably do another one this month :)

Thank you so much- this helped me so much ❤

Thanks for thos. Very appreciated.

Don't feel bad. My whole apt looks worse. This is the first "body double" video I've seen. I need motivation.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Body doubling videos really help me! 💓 It also helps to try not to assign a moral value to your situation. Idk if I can explain this in a comment but for example, "clothes on the floor" and "clothes on a hanger" are both just "clothes on a place", but we feel so much worse about one than the other and that makes confronting the work even harder emotionally

I'm neurodivergent, but my doc said that it doesn't effect my life enough for it to worth diagnosing.... I think she would have said differently if she saw my room rn. Let's hope I can start cleaning tonight. Woo

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Oh no! That's so irritating, she doesn't know what your life looks like! If you decide to seek a formal diagnosis elsewhere I wish you luck

Not officially autistic but I am officially adhd and highly suspect to be leaning towards autistic on the spectrum that is neurodivergence. I think the doomsday thing at least for me is tied to how vivid my imagination is and how sequentially I can think. When faced with an emergency of any size, my brain immediately runs all possible scenarios. So in the case of a storm, I am immediately aware of what would happen if it was worst case. That outcome is usually accurate. Like if we got a flood it would take X amount to flood the house or the wind would knock that tree if it blew hard enough and given the wind direction it would probably clip the house etc. It’s not “oh a tree might fall” it’s “THAT tree might fall if the wind blows to the north and take out this much of the house”. I can’t in good faith or sanity ignore those predictions. It’s not going to kill anyone to move the things important to me away from the harm that I can see coming. I couldn’t live with myself if the worst case happens and I knew. I don’t think neurotypical people run the scenarios like that or at least not to that level of specificity.

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

Same it's so bad. Especially around tornado season

Thank you for sharing your process you got alot done. I prefer this is relaxing compared to speeded up declutter vids. I'm needing to declutter but have low energy due to cfs, I feel alot less overwhelmed after watching this. 💙

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

CFS is hard and so misunderstood! Thank you for your feedback

I just cleaned my yarn room it was like a tornado went though it .. that's prepping for you lol 😆

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

I feel you I feel you

Im so glad im not alone

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

💓💓

thank you ☺️

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

💓

I'm moving from my second home(did weekend commute because of work) back full time to my partner's and my place. Still have a lot to be done, send thoughts and prayers 😂 (already used this video before but on a much lower scale)

@hobbymoth

5 ай бұрын

Thoughts and prayers coming your way 💕💕

HYFR thank you! 🧙‍♂️💨🤘

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

I'm so proud of you

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

😳💕

@lenkaotik1205

Жыл бұрын

@@hobbymoth also I cleaned with you and I didn't finish but I did laundry and decluttering and I'm so happy it will be easier to finish now

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

good job! proud of you as well. every little effort counts

the fact my room is worse is concerning

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

My room has been farrrrr worse in the past, this is just the only time I felt like filming. The moral struggle is honestly the hardest part. I'm rooting for you 💖

@serenityjewel

Жыл бұрын

My dining room is way worst. It's just going to take longer. Remind yourself you're not a murderer, perpetrator, or abuser. Society isn't worse because you're breathing. You're just messy and unorganized and you can fix that.

Im curious when you start cleaning a room, do you ever have things that do not have a home of there own( not having enough storage space or whatever) but still need so getting rid of it isnt possible? How do you get past that to work through and still clean?

@hobbymoth

Жыл бұрын

To be honest I always have a corner of my room that is for the "other" stuff lol. That way when I have the energy, it's all in one place and I can chip away a little at a time

aint no way we have the same msi gaming laptops............ literally just found this vid .

@hobbymoth

8 ай бұрын

😈

Note card put in wallet to write a note it dont take much space