I have a new hobby. True crime cleanspiration YouTube videos. Or a Weird history decluttering YouTube channel?
Last year, I discovered that watching Tidying Up with Marie Kondo really got me moving on cleaning and organizing in my house. Sadly, there was only one season, and not much else available to watch that effected me the same way. Until I found Kim’s Rude Awakenings a few months ago. Which lead me to the host’s prior show How Clean is Your House? And that one is a gold mine of motivation.
Part of what I love about How Clean is Your House? is that they *just clean.* It’s not a home makeover or a renovation. They embrace the improvement a good cleaning and decluttering can do for regular middle-class and working-class homes. I’m more motivated to clean when the house I’m looking at doesn’t look like a millionaire home.
And when I get into the cleaning groove, I put on an audiobook or a podcast – especially My Favorite Murder, Let’s Go to Court, History Chicks, or This Podcast Will Kill You. To name a few. There are more, haha. And I’ve managed to consume them all.
I was thrilled when a facebook friend recommended Murder Mystery & Makeup on Bailey Sarian’s YouTube channel. And then I had this idea. I would tell the stories that I love in the style that I enjoy (ie, not too triggering), while also cleaning up my space in a real way.
It’s my real mess. Every mess I clean up has another mess in the background. It’s real life. Sometimes, I am dressed nice and made up. Sometimes I look rough and am sweating through my t-shirt. I say “so” and “um” way too much and get interrupted by kids and dogs.
These aren’t polished or professional videos, but so far I really love doing them, and I’ve gotten some cleaning done, too. So if you’re interested, please check them out. And drop me some [KIND] advice on how to improve or what to clean up next.
An in the meantime, Learn something new, and clean up your act!