Survey #182 Response from Roberta
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Name the hobby, craft, art form, or other recreational activity that contributes the most stuff to your living space, including raw materials, tools, equipment, other supplies, reference materials, specialized furniture, etc. | Jigsaw puzzles and fabric |
| Reflecting on your answer to the previous question, describe the part of the activity that contributes most to the clutter in your home. Your answer may be based on volume, size, complexity, or any other factor that makes it difficult to store and manage the stuff for your activity. | Both the collection of fabrics and puzzles take up quite a bit of space; I gave three or four fifty-five gallon bags plus several kitchen size trash bags of fabrics away and at least a dozen puzzles away. |
| Reflecting on your answer to the first question, describe how the cluttered state of stuff related to this activity negatively impacts your ability to carry out or enjoy the activity. | I don't have trouble doing the puzzles. If I need to use the same space, I have two foam boards I can sandwich the puzzle in, on the felt I work the puzzles on. I clamp it shut with large binder clips. It can be slid under a couch or stood against a wall. |
| About how much time do you spend on the activity in question in an average week? | I do puzzles off and on, but when I have one on the table, I work it while I eat and during the evenings. |
| Name one or more of your favorite Clutter Fairy-isms (e.g., “thin the herd”) or decluttering and organizing mnemonic devices (e.g., OHIO—Only Handle It Once). | SPACE; sort, purge, assign a home, containerize, evaluate periodically: from Julie Morgenstern. I have learned so many things from the Clutter Fairy; from be kind to yourself and others, to how to gauge whether things are worth keeping or not. I do love "thin the herd". |
| 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). | I just realized I've been organizing and decluttering for decades. When my five children were young, I tried to control the chaos by assigning them each a drawer in the living room to put their school papers in, for example. The dresser was close to the door. Then, when they moved away from home, I reorganized the bedrooms for storage and a guest room. When my husband passed almost twenty years ago, I had the difficult task of removing his belongings, onion layer by onion layer. With the help of my daughter, we finished finding good homes for his tools this summer. I also have had a hard time dismantling my mom's things when she passed away a few years ago. I'm almost finished with that. I'm also going through my things so my children won't have so much to go through if I can't do it myself. I used to tell people that getting organized was my life's work, meaning it was taking a long time. Now, I realize that it really is, as we go through different stages of our lives. Thank you again for "The Clutter Fairy Weekly". You have taught me so much and have made it much easier to let go of things that needed to go. |
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