Survey #160 Response from Cathie

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PronounsShe/her
Briefly describe the category or collection of items.thousands of yards of fabric.
Which of these statements best describes your strategy or approach for keeping the category of stuff you described above under control?Separated by color & heaviness of fabric. I have bought NO more for a couple of years, and regularily sort out my least likely to us or least favorites for donations.
Describe any issues you experience with using, storing, displaying, cleaning, maintaining, or organizing the category or collection you described above.Just too much to display. Hence the repeated sortings & donations.
Does you home have a “command center”—a spot where you spend a significant amount of time in a variety of activities (e.g., watching TV, reading, doing paperwork, eating meals or snacks, etc.)?Yes
Where is your command center?Between kitchen & dining room--small table with computer & view of tv.
If you sit in your command center and look around you, which of the following items are within close reach?
  • Catalog
  • Papers to be filed
  • Bills to be paid
  • Books in progress
  • Electronic devices or accessories
How well does your command center fulfill the functions for which you use it?

Very well, because of proximity to dining table. When things need to be spread out to look at or sort, that's just next to my chair. Also, kitchen trash can is near by.

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.Nope. We're good.

Just keep pounding away on "old people" issues. Need to be reminded of goal of that "Swedish death prep thing".
Future topics

Organizing medical issues. My husband is up to eight doctors, six P.T./O.T. type people, multiple Rx, and appointments up the bazoo. So far, so good, but some weeks are challenging. Any hints?

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