Survey #234 results
| Name (click to view full survey response and comments) | Express your gratitude for something in your home that you plan to keep indefinitely. | Describe someone or something that has helped you on your decluttering and organizing journey. | Describe something that you’re grateful for having been able to declutter and release from your life. | Identify something in your space for which you feel grateful, but which you’d consider releasing… |
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| Lela | I plan to always keep my wedding ring — a symbol of the love I’ve shared with my hubby for 30 years. | My mother & I have spurred each other on to declutter for many years now. We have many laughs and fun moments when we declutter together. | The 40 file boxes of comic books my husband used to own. It took him a long time to slowly release those after realizing they would not become the investment he had presumed they would be. | My mother-in-law’’s glass curio cabinet in our kitchen. |
| Katharine | My mother’s Bible. It has her handwritten notes on the pages. It gives me peace. | Dana K White Simple questions & the immediate “put it there now” statement has helped remove the clutter. It doesn’t matter if I get pulled away early, everything has been dealt with at that point. The Clutter Fairy from Houston, TX: How to stop the inflow of more clutter. Realizing that sometimes we have to realign our thought process to find a better solution when we get stuck. By changing the algorithm to “do I still want to maintain this item?” has been most helpful. Knowing it’s ok to pass items on so others can enjoy it. 😀 | The excess of so many sewing machines & their cabinets. Being able to make room for a guest bedroom, so my son can stay with us when he visits. | The last few machines in the room.🤔 |
| Kathy | I have a blue glass pitcher that pours nicely and is as pretty as it is functional. It used to be my “company only” pitcher. I decided to use it every day now, thanks to your advice. Gail and Ed, about not waiting for someday to use things. It makes me happy every time I use it. I donated my other pitcher since I only have room for one. | A friend told me years ago that I could discard the many magazines I was saving because I could find the information that they held online, if I ever had the inclination to need it again. She was right! That gave me the freedom to let them all go. I’ve used this advice with so many other things as well. Im I have also come to understand and embrace having negative space in my cabinets, drawers, closets. This is an idea I never thought of until I heard Gail discuss it. | I’m grateful to have released a fluted glass bowl. It was very pretty and I used it occasionally. When I moved I made the decision to let it go as I decided to keep another bowl —I only had so much room and I had to make a choice . I’m grateful because of the lesson it taught me. I had forgotten I declutterred it and was disappointed when I realized this. I wallowed in the disappointment for about 3 minutes, then chose another bowl. I’m totally fine! Dinner was served and my cabinet isn’t over crowded. | I have several decorative garden items which are being stored outside so sort of out of sight, out of mind. I need to make some final decisions about what to keep then let the rest go to a fellow gardener to enjoy. I |
| Lynn | My Sleep Number bed. Recently replaced my 25 year old one with a new one. The Sleep Number allows me to adjust the firmness several times a night to accommodate my arthritis pains and tired muscles. I don't sleep well on other beds. The Sleep Number makes life a lot less painful for me. | I'm grateful for my stubborn determination to get it done. It may take me longer and need more breaks, but I don't give up. Now that 90% of the decluttering and organizing is done, I really enjoy my home and like being in it. That last 10% keeps nagging at me to get it done this winter with tu he cooler temps. | Grateful for being able to release all the decades of clutter my mother left me in her house, as well as my own clutter. There is so much more room in this house with half as much furniture, abd most of the cooking equipment, books, and clothing. Much easier to keep clean too. | I have way too many houseplants. Would like to find new homes for some of them. |
| Celina | My dolls and my plants. I love crafting for my dolls and I love taking care of my green babies. | of course Gayle and her advice <3 But also my cousin (as an accountability friend) and my mum (as an advisor in my doll collection curating) | Recently, I moved YET AGAIN and I decided to go through every single item. So I created a box of things for sale or to give away. Many of them, obviously thing I'd already moved with several times. So I was super happy to be able to e.g. give away some things recently for free on a facebook group, but also sell two items during the past week (out of a whole box of things for sale or to give away). I am so happy! | My books once I've read them. I'd love to de-collect them 😀 |
| Saskatchewan Jane | Grateful for my study Bible, which provides the great wisdom and spiritual support for the life I want to live. | Grateful for the clutter fairy! Gaile and Ed are fun upbeat and full of decluttering suggestions and guidance through weekly tittles! Thank you both! | Grown children's belongings. We now have bright quaint cost guest rooms for visiting family members. | Gaelic poetry book that was brought to Canada by my great grandma from Scotland. |
| Name (click to view full survey response and comments) | Express your gratitude for something in your home that you plan to keep indefinitely. | Describe someone or something that has helped you on your decluttering and organizing journey. | Describe something that you’re grateful for having been able to declutter and release from your life. | Identify something in your space for which you feel grateful, but which you’d consider releasing… |
