Survey #166 Response from Kelley
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| Briefly describe who will benefit from your efforts to declutter and get organized, and how they’ll benefit. Think about members of your household, but also about the larger world—e.g., the people who’ll buy your stuff at a garage sale, the shelter residents who’ll get your donations, the next generation of family who’ll carry a lighter load, and so on. | I will benefit from having a decluttered space immediately after it's done. My children will not need to get rid of tons of things like I had to when moving my mom to assisted living. As I typically offer up items in our local but nothing group, my neighbors benefit and community benefit by not needing to buy something they can use immediately. As I have young adult children, I'm hoping that they can see getting rid of stuff and only having what you need and really want, maybe they won't have to go through the decluttering process to this extent. |
| Tell us about a memory of a person or incident from the formative years of your life that influenced your attitudes and emotions about belongings, clutter, organizing, or any related subject. (For example: “Grandma’s house was packed to the rafters with stuff.”) | I can say that there was a common activity of acquisition--it was a fun almost sporting activity to go to yard sales and sometimes storage building auctions and see what good items you could find for little money. This was with my parents early ona Saturday morning --grabbing breakfast and heading out on an adventure. There was always positive emotions associated with it--family funtime if you will. This was passed on to me, but I stopped when I realized I was getting too much stuff and I was going alone. I don't have negative memories of too much stuff growing up. When I had to empty my mom's house without her input, I realized then that she had some dysfunction of acquiring things ....hidden sets of dishes never seen (like 5 sets under beds and in closets)--her house was not cluttered but she had lots of house (3000sq ft) and lots of closets and beds. This hasade the biggest impact on my process of decluttering. |
| What is the strongest memory to which you feel connected by way of an object, such as a souvenir, photo, or keepsake? | I have a quilt handmade by my grandmother. She made it especially for me--she promised me if I won the county spelling bee I was in that she'd make me a quilt. I won and went on to represent my state in the national spelling bee in 6th grade. This quilt was made by using some squares made by a great aunt who was deceased (and Nanny told me not to tell anyone they were my aunt's) and she used a happy yellow as sliping (the material in between the squares). She made all of her grandchildren quilts, but this one was done separate from those--it was especially for me. ❤️ |
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