How I Declutter Books | Downsizing Your Personal Library
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- In this video, I explain some processes when decluttering books in your personal library. If you feel like you have too many books in your home and you find your collection overwhelming but you are unsure how to begin reducing your collection, this video is for you! Decluttering or getting rid of books is a hard thing for many people especially those who love to read or keep books for sentimental reasons. I hope this video on how to declutter books is helpful!
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Purging my books was such a great feeling. I had over 500; and when i moved i just packed them in boxes and didn't touch them for 3 years while my house was being remodeled. So now that the house is done, i had to go thru them all. now i only have 30 lol the rest i donated. Feels so good to only have what you love!
I have hundreds of thousands of books....I keep them at my local library. Ha!
Maria Olker and I have a large limousine with a chauffeur some call it bus 😂
VioletteOrdinaire 😀
You guys!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Until there's a pandemic and the library is closed. The bus becomes dangerous. 😥
Oh boy, do I need to do this! I have hundreds, including some college texts which I have NEVER referenced since. I’m sixty-seven years old!
It totally makes sense that you touch your chemistry book periodically!
I love that you explain your thought processes!
Thank you!
I love reading fiction in an e-book style but if it’s something I need to pay more attention to, such as a textbook or cookbook, then I prefer the physical book. I minimized my physical books down to my very favorite and some professional textbooks. I’d say maybe a dozen, give or take. My all time favorite book would have to be an inspirational one, “The Collected Works of Francis Scovel Shin.” For some unknown reason it just speaks to me.
Thank you so much for uploading this video! It was a great journey! This past year I've been decluttering my bedroom in batches. It's been such an emotional rollercoaster that I sometimes need a break in between. I've managed to donate hundreds of books, but I still think I can downsize a bit more. You've helped me refine my collection!
First video I've seen by you. I watch decluttering videos a lot and this is by far the best. I liked and subscribed. You are by far the best. I love watching and listening to you.
Thank you.
Excellent content and delivery! Thanks for sharing these tips!! ❤
I love the book purgatory idea! Thank you for the tips!
This video came at the right time! We have so many books & I'm wanting to unclutter them & lighten the load a little. I have 64 fiction & about 55 non-fiction books. Thank you for doing this! 😊📘📖💙
I thought for sure Organic Chemistry would not make the cut. LOL! Your videos are wonderful. As a teacher who is home this summer, I've been binge watching your channel in between organizing projects in my condo. Thanks for the inspiration!
LOL, the chem book has street cred in my house! Glad you're enjoying the channel! Teachers are doing the greatest work and are underappreciated!
Your videos never fail to motivate me!
Yay! That makes me so happy!
thank you! you have some kind of charisma that make me want to listen to you.
Thank you for watching!
As a book blogger, I loved this! I give away almost every book once I finish it unless its signed AND special.
Yay!
It's so cliche but Harry Potter will forever be my favorite book series.
I love Harry Potter too!
loved this! Thanks for showing what you struggled with! I parred down my books some while packing them, and may remove more unpacking and organizing, we'll see.
I have a HUGE book collection spanning 7 bookcases. I really needed this video! My favorite book is Good Omens by Neil Gaiman. But I also recommend The Goblin Emperor and The Golem and the Djinni. Enjoy your summer reading! 🌞📚
That sounds amazing! If I had a bigger place, we'd definitely have a library!
That sounds amazing! If I had a bigger place, we'd definitely have a library!
Good tips and good job purging. I went through my books a couple of years ago and got rid of a lot of them, but I think it’s time to do it again. My favorite books would probably be anything by Dickens.
I am downsizing right now. I have been trying to get my books down to a reasonable amount. Thanks for this advice
Thank you so much for this video. I needed it.
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much!!!
What a timely video. I too need to purge from my bookshelves. Thanks for the tips.
Yay! Happy culling!
So I was a foreign language teacher in a former life (I taught Japanese, go figure) and I have tons and tons of books in Japanese that I can’t bear to part with. I don’t re-read them often, but I always think: maybe I should hang on to these in case I teach a class again. I can’t buy any of them here in the US without making a special order or paying something exorbitant, so I had them shipped when I moved back to the US from Japan. When I was teaching, I’d flip through them to get ideas for using authentic texts for lessons... I don’t do that much now but again, can’t really get over them.
AH! I want to learn Japanese so bad! It's so beautiful!
I’d love to learn more about what you do with scripts and sheet music!
Thanks for sharing your process! I’ve been decluttering some books, and I find the music books the most difficult to let go of. I always think to myself “I might want it someday”, even though I haven’t touched it in years 😅
Super inspo‼️ mentally prepping for round 8 billion of book decluttering (did get down from 34 boxes to 3 boxes ...but those last bits 🙀) also decluttered my e-books and removed a couple from my device 📚 My library also accepts books, DVDs, etc so it makes me feel my donations will be appreciated😻I can't pick a favourite
Hi Lesley. I came across your comment (LOL @ 8BILLION!) I wanted to ask u, when u deleted your ebooks, r they gone for good or is there a way to recover them digitally without incurring a charge? Do u know? Thank you so much. Hope this message finds u well. 🙌🏾📚📚📚
Good culling of the books. I missed Clover also but I suppose he deserves a vacation once in a while. Give him a hug from me.
WOOF! ❤
I love books, but have only kept about 5 of my granddaughter's old books, and 5 of my all time favorites. One was a autographed signed book to me, (wow) a biography, by Michael Cain, " What's It All About". And a book I've had for many , many years, "The Long Love", by John Sedges. I read it at least once a year. Found out it was written by a woman who wrote "The Good Earth", which was made into a movie!! The other 3 are biographies too.
I love your videos!
Thank you!
You like organizing AND Cardcaptor Sakura?! I’m so subscribed.
YAS!!!!!!!!!!!
I plan to keep my organic chem texts now!
It’s got some helpful info!
Hi Kay - first time commenter but I watch your videos often. Please read Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls if you want to pick up a novel. Read the synopsis first to see if you’re interested. Other than that, thank you for inspiring me to purge some books. I’m fairly sentimental and have kept all the books I read in college to, I guess, to symbolize the knowledge I’ve gained. But now reconsidering this. Looking forward to your next video!
Thank you so much for the recommendation! ❤
I literally just got rid of that exact organic chemistry lab manual a couple of months ago as well. I actually got my BS degree in chemistry but I haven't done any chemistry in over 10 years so it was time to let it go.
I’m a big fan of your videos and of Clover. I love organizing but it’s so hard to give away books for me. What if all the book stores in the world go away and we can’t buy books but have to read them on devices?!?!? I’m fortunate to have several book cases and looking at the books make me so happy; however, dusting them does not! Thanks for the nudge. I’ll think of clearing out some books as a way to share the love!❤️
Yes! Share the love! I also hate dusting them...and I ALWAYS forget about it! Swiffer to the rescue!
Don't really have a favorite book but do have books that I love. Three books that I love and think everyone should read at least once in their life are Anne Frank's diary (read it for the first time at age ten and have read it multiple times in the 30+ years since) and West with the Night by Beryl Markham which I've also read multiple times over the years and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I also love and have read multiple times The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams and The Hobbit by J.R.R Tokein. It's very rare that I find a book that I go back to and read again. I'm currently loving Jonathan Kellerman's Alex Delaware series which are psychological thrillers. The author and his character Alex Delaware are psychologists.The character of Alex Delaware is best friends with LAPD homicide detective by the name of Milo Sturgis which is how he ends up being drawn in to murder cases.
Awesome!!!!! Can't wait to read some of these!
One of the only problems about Kindle books is they will drop it from your collection, and it is something you already paid for, this extends to Audible books too.
I love to read but I guess I’m just not a book collector. I will read them and pass them on, donate or typically I just use the library where they keep them for me!! I’ve never felt the need to hang onto a book because I loved it or had sentimental value to me. When I first read the Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, I thought it was funny that books was an entire category to declutter. I didn’t know so many people had so many books!!
I was so curious about your science texts! I subbed because you said you loved O Chem! Lol.
I miss science class!
You have Full Moon!! That was my very first manga and anime, a friend introduced it to me in 6th grade but when I talk about it, no one knows what it is!!
Hi Kay! I love reading Sister Wendy’s “1000 Masterpieces”. She is a nun who has a delightful way of telling stories behind major art works and of the artists. But I will never get rid of my “Fifty shades....of Grey” series! LOL 😂
Karen Fisher - 1000 masterpieces sounds wonderful! Thank you for sharing the suggestion, I’m going to look into it!
I love that you love 50 Shades of Grey! LOL
Yes, Sister Wendy was great!
Unfortunately when I get rid of books I take them to my favorite used bookstore to exchange them for more books! My favorite books are Water for Elephants by Sara Green, The Painted House by John Grisham and The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini.
I'll have to check those out! My husband is the same way with books! He's a library guy now LOL
Good information and tips! What about signed copies of books? I find those so hard to let go of...
Even if they are signed, I feel like the same questions need to be asked. The only difference is, they may be sellable if signed by a famous enough author!
The Winne-the-Pooh book!!!! I had that book & lost it. Had huge sentimental value to me. Broke my heart when I lost it. First Edition given to me & my first sister's name in it (I lost her). When I saw it I thought you were immensely lucky to have a copy how could you get rid of it!!! Not everyone is attached to Pooh Bear as I am. Many happy memories go with that book for me.
Aw! It wasn't a first edition or anything! You can get it on Amazon! LOL To be fair, I have a second edition Black Stallion that I'm never letting go of!
I have Uncontainable in my business book collection! Makes sense you would have it. haha (I still have yet to visit one though, as they are not in my area. One day!!!)
High school organic chemistry. Da best. We distilled liquor. My Dad’s fam is from WV
I have approx 25 books. I have 2 that I will keep a dictionary and a reference on first aid for dogs and cats. When I don't have anymore pets that will be donated. My books are mostly novels. I have a couple that the author personalized and signed them but not sure if I will keep them or not. Jodi Picoult is a good author I've read most of her books and never been disappointed. Dorothy Benton Frank is also good. I also like Nora Roberts especially the triology that she sets in Ireland. I actually don't have a favorite book. You might already know about goodreads.com you could get recommendations from there.
I love to read a physical book. I gave away some of my books, however I cannot part with all of them, especially the ones gifted to me.
Inspiration! I'm getting rid of 15 books today.
NICE!!!
Books are such a hard thing for me. I struggle with getting rid of them. I used to be a teacher and now I homeschool. We have an excessive amount of children’s books. I have 17 boxes currently to sell. But honestly the task seems daunting and there are days that I’d just like to donate them. However at this point in our life we really could use the extra money. How do you have your clients deal with things like this? Even after the 17 boxes this still leaves us with 4 entire bookshelves worth of books. The only books that I have kept for myself are Christian books or Bible studies I have completed. My kids aren’t attached to the children’s library. My two oldest love to read but read only on their phones and don’t read actual books anymore. To me there is nothing like a real book.
Books become a special issue with homeschooled children, I've found because school is home. Selling is difficult in 2018 with books, so I just usually recommend to donate unless the book is particularly valuable. If you'd like to give it a shot, I'd incorporate them into a yard sale in which you sell ALL KINDS of other things in addition. Books tend to be something people will add on to their purchase at a yard sale just because.
I have the same organic chem book. 😃
YAS!
I have like 10-15 books and I think that’s too many 😂 however, I’m in structural engineering and I need to keep my physical code books that I paid for lol
Fruits Basket!!!
How do you feel about keeping my pretty art history books ?
Great cole porter song
Keep the prettiest :)
I so wish I enjoyed reading, nope. As a child I was read too, my siblings enjoy reading but i just don't, if i buy a book it's on audible,
I use my e-reader as a night light. By the time the light goes, I'm asleep.
Kay... I need your help purging my scores girl. It’s BAD (I mean it’s great having my own personal library) but it’s A LOT.
The struggle is REAL. I'm literally about to recycle or scan ALL THESE loose sheets LOL
The sheets I know I need to scan. Purging art song collections I may or may not perform from is my real white whale.
"Insects"??? Who rereads a book about insects? Ewww! On a serious note, I have a very hard time getting rid of books. i have one living room wall full of bookcases full of books. Something must be done and someday I will do it. Missed Clover. Thanks for sharing.
Carolyn Jones - Hahaha, I noticed that too, who Does re-read about insects?!?
I LOVE BUGS! Wanted to be an entomologist at one point.
Glad you're not my daughter. Wait, let me re-phrase that, I'd be proud to have you as a daughter. But I draw the line on bugs. Not only would you have your own room, you would have your own wing of the house. And those bugs BETTER stay there. LOL!
LOL! Some are kind of creepy and a lot of them bite, but some are REALLY cool! I held a hissing cockroach in my hand a couple of years ago at the Smithsonian and its feet were unusually soft LOL
OMG!!!!!!
Inorganic Chem>>>organic chem. For some reason I always found it way easier. I always had a hard time getting organic chem.
DioneN organic chem nomenclature is a living hell
TOO. MANY. CALCULATIONS. LOL, I'm telling you, drawing pictures and moving electrons...I'm down with that 😂😂😂
Love ALL your videos. Can you assist for ideas via facetime?! Thank you and keep sharing the love....Cheers!
Yes! I do offer a virtual organization coaching service! www.theorganizedsoprano.com/virtual-organizing
Too many books??? What is this horrible notion??!?! 🥴🥰 kidding...kinda lol Hard, hard, hard to limit my books. I adore my books, my friends ❤️
Don't know how to declutter my books. my daughter always buy me books so those I must keep for sentimental reasons plus about 10 of her baby favs, so gotta keep. Ive got to Pooh books I think I must keep. Who don't like Winnie the Pooh??, lol. Many Bibles and aids to those Bibles, some College books and I love mysteries so I have over 79 of those. 15 boxes of books, I need help, lol
I have a lot of all types over 1500
Abigail Hortencia Same. I've always wanted a giant library.
Incredible!!! My hubby would FREAK OUT! He loves books too!
But can you trust the info on the web?
Depends on the source 😉
Consider relocating books you're keeping purely for sentimental reasons to a "memory box" so the books you display are only the ones you will read and use.
yeah all those inaccurate history books :D. Just kidding thanks for the helpful tips. Girl you lie. There is math in organic chemistry. I want to know how long did it take you to bring these books to the donation station! ? I'm getting on this right now!!!
I brought those books out pretty fast! I never did any real calculations in Orgo except in labs. But I did move several thousand electrons LOL
Science, history
The world of pooh! You just can't get rid of that one!😂😂😂😂
He had to go! 😭I was kind of traumatized, but I never read it LOL
Ok, one word “Zelda” !
Vintage Flicker don't hate on her Zelda books ;) lol
Creative Dutchess I love Zelda. Only positivity here. ❤️😊
Zelda is THE TRUTH!
LIBERRY??? Oh, no
SafePet Haven ??????????????? 🤷🏽♀️
I love your videos!
Yay! That makes me so happy!