Survey #158 Response from CHRISTINE
| Which of the following statements describe the help you’ve received in managing your organizing projects? (Check all that apply or have applied in the past.) |
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| Where do you shop for organizing products? (Check all that apply.) |
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| Describe an organizing product, resource, book, video, or other solution that you bought but never used—at least not for the purpose for which you purchased it. | I bought a plastic makeup box, it looks like a fishing tackle box. too bulky to use in a tiny bathroom. it never was easy to use for makeup, so now I store my sewing supplies in it. |
| For which collections or categories of stuff do you find it difficult to obtain or employ organizing and storage solutions, and why? | Paperwork. I gave away my big file cabinets, because when I down size I will not have room for them. So I transitioned to other methods, that will work in a smaller place. the only problem is that my "organizers" are all over the house in about 3 rooms..wherever they will fit. My fear is that in a much smaller space, paperwork will take up too much room. I have found digitizing many decades of paper work takes too long and takes too long to retrieve. files in plastic milk crates for monthly paperwork, thick 3 ring binders for needed but records (vital document copies/medical / banking, plastic shoes boxes for cards/stationary, cardboard boxes for old taxes, milk crates for household appliances/construction manuals. desk for important, current paperwork plastic shoe boxes for photos |
| What’s your personal favorite inexpensive or free organizing solution? We’d love to hear about furniture, shipping boxes, food containers, craft supplies, or other unlikely items that you’ve ingeniously repurposed to hold your stuff. | Gayle Goddard suggested this idea awhile back, I tried it, and LOVE it. Gayle suggested organizing with those fine mesh, zippered bags ( originally used to protect delicate clothing in the wash machine.). You can easily see what is in them, very light weight, many sizes, washable, not too expensive!, Mesh bags are a huge upgrade on plastic zipper bags because they last many years, are breathable so no mold/mildew, and their zipper is easier to use So now I use those mesh zipper bags to organize clothes for the closet and dressers, household items like electronics cables, everything in my suitcase for travel, produce or packets of food in the pantry, small toys like legos. |
| Here’s your chance to ask Gayle and Ed any question you’re curious about. It need not be related to this survey’s topic(s). If we think that your question—and our answer—might be useful or instructive to The Clutter Fairy Weekly audience, we’ll share them in an upcoming episode. | Moving season is coming up. Great ideas in your previous moving episodes, like taping a box also around the middle (like a belt), make boxes not too big or heavy, The combo of both moving and downsizing is the best motivation to declutter for me. So I do not add to the moving load, I now buy only things I can use up now, so I will not have to move them, essentials like paper towels, food, bottles of water. The cost of moving an item is a reality check for me. I might like that old sofa, but what will it cost me to move it? Maybe it would be better to take that money to buy a new sofa. |
| Future topics | How clutter affects our health. both physical health (breathing in dust, tripping over floor clutter, high blood pressure from clutter stress). |
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