Survey #229 Response from rowan
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe a popular myth or misconception about clutter or organizing that you believed in the past, but have now come to see as incorrect. Who or what changed your mind about this idea? | getting rid of just a few things will not make a difference, so why bother. I have just recently found this to be wrong. Also, just five minutes won't make a difference. also wrong. |
| Describe a limiting belief about clutter or organizing that negatively affects your ability or willingness to address your home organization issues. This may be a belief that you inherited, picked up from popular culture, received from friends or family, or came up with all on your own! | believing that I need to get my housemate on board, or do everything for him. (and in general believing that everyone expects me to fix everything for everybody) |
| Future topics | DIffering ideas about space. I've been thinking about my view of how (in my experience) with people with compulsive hoarding disorder interact with (what they perceive as) unused space. I had thought it was a compulsion to not just compulsively obtain stuff but also to compulsively occupy space. Now I am thinking that it could reflect a general dichotomy in how people view, and relate to, space. On the one hand - space is a resourse to be utilized for storage and that to not utilize it to its fullest potential is wasteful (in the same way that letting fresh produce rot is a waste). On the other hand - space is for functioning in (to accomplish tasks (including relaxing, sleeping, reading, watching telly, cleaning, crafitng, etc) and in this view "wastefulness" consists of having any item that gets in the way of, or makes more difficult, accomplishing any task of daily living, And most people hold both these orientations at the same time, and this can stymie attempts to deal with a clutter problem (e.g. I *should* be able to find a way to store all these valuable useful items while at the same time having enough clear space to function in my home.) - thank you for your time. |
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