Survey #166 Response from Diana
| Pronouns | She/her |
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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. | 1. My husband and I will benefit from finding things we lost and being able to find the things we use more easily. Also we will have a more serene environment to live in. If we ever have to move again, it will be much easier for having gotten rid of things we don't use or love. 2. I do hope the items I donate get to people who need and can use them. Hope the tchotchkes I've donated get to someone who will love them. 3. I know our daughter will have a lighten burden when we're gone because of all the items we weren't using or loving that are no longer in our home. |
| 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.”) | My mom bought most of the things she wanted. Kitchen cabinets got way overly crowded. I remember once I put her spices in alphabetical order and she was NOT pleased 🙂 Mom threw away things she decided she didn't want. I never knew about donating when I was a child. Would have loved it if we had known to donate clothes we had grown out of. Would have been a wonderful life lesson. |
| What is the strongest memory to which you feel connected by way of an object, such as a souvenir, photo, or keepsake? | I feel very connected to photos of my parents. I have a few photos of them when they were children and some great photos of them when they were married, before they had children. One wedding photo in particular I love is my mom with a great expression standing in front of their wedding cake. I think she was joking that she was going to smash cake into my dad's face but I don't think she did. I wish she would have kept that sense of humor with him. |
| Future topics | What to do with craft supplies you aren't sure you will go back to. How long before you decide you really aren't going to use them. |
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