Survey #164 Response from Anita
| Pronouns | She/her |
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| What are your most compelling reasons to reduce clutter and/or to get organized? These may include your personal goals, work objectives, plans, fears, physical limitations, lifestyle choices, family history, etc. | Death and disability– I do not want to leave my only child with boxes of family memorabilia and photos that moved with me in 2010 and haven’t been looked at since It also bothers me that no one will know which belongings I treasured because they held special memories for me. |
| What external factors drive or support your organizing efforts? Think about positive or negative signals from outside yourself that influence your desire or inclination to declutter and organize. (Examples: pressure from your spouse, stuff inherited from elder family members, a need to work from home, etc.) | I keep thinking that if I could just get all the photos and memorabilia out of the basement, I could finish turning it into a dance practice/guest room space. And finishing the decluttering there would give me space for two more people on the convertible couch and two more children on the blowup bed, which would fit on the dance floor. A recent knee injury has given me an opportunity to really tackle all the photo sorting, sometimes, while I’m listening to the Clutter Fairy. Unfortunately, I re-injured the knee that I injured the previous week when I got up too fast from the zoom meeting. Oh well, more time to sort photos. |
| What internal factors support your organizing efforts? Think about positive or negative thoughts or feelings that influence your desire or inclination to declutter and organize. (Examples: the urge to start a new hobby, feelings of guilt or shame, a desire to share your surplus with people who need it, etc.) | I have really enjoyed donating my surplus clothing, appliances, etc. because I feel good knowing that someone else will get more use out of the items while keeping them out of the landfill. I also realize that listening to the Clutter Fairy and creating more space in my home, has taught me to appreciate the concept of unoccupied spaces, particularly in my cabinets and drawers. I can now look at an empty drawer in my armoire, and not feel the urge to fill it up again, knowing that if I do need more space in the future, it will be there. |
| What is the most exciting way in which your life will be different when you achieve your organizing goal(s)? | I really love the idea of being able to not only practice dancing in my new dance room, but I have this fantasy where, when the room is finished and decorated with floor to ceiling drapes covering the necessary storage shelves on rwo walls and mirrors on a third, I invite another couple over to dance with us after dinner (Be still my heart!!) |
| 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. | This one has been bothering me for a while but it’s some thing that I wouldn’t want to either discuss on air or have my name associated with this topic because it is so private for many of us with transgender friends and relatives. What do we do with the old photos and memorabilia when a person has changed their gender identity and/or sexual preference? I have worked for an LGBTQIA organization and belong to a church which is open and affirming to everyone so I have been there during their transitions. |
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