Survey #236 Full Response from Anita
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe a collection or category of items in your home that you’re worried might have crossed over into “too many” or “too much.” | Socks! I now have four clear plastic shoeboxes of socks, divided by type-low cut for summer so they don’t show when I’m wearing sneakers, ankle socks for every day, knee socks, and very warm socks for winter, so specific to matching particular pairs of slacks (tan, blue, red, wine, etc.) and then there are the holiday socks: Christmas, New Year’s Halloween Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day pride day, and miscellaneous flamingo socks. Those hide in a larger box under my bed along with seasonal tops. Every time I think I’m going to get rid of them, I feel like I really need a certain amount of each type although I don’t really know what that number is. |
| For the category or collection described above, what factor(s) contribute to your assessment of the stash as excessive? | There isn’t any more room on my shelves for these plastic shoeboxes. I’ve tried taking the out of season ones like only for summer and warm weather, and whatever holiday is coming up and stashing them elsewhere, but there are still too many socks! |
| For the category or collection described previously, what would you consider a reasonable limit? Your answer may take the form of a precise number, a volume of space, a budget, a time commitment, or any other metric that makes sense to you. Optional: Explain how you arrived at this answer. | Maybe thinking about it by seasons, e.g., to include black-and-white, exercise, and no show socks to wear with dress flats. No more than two boxes of socks for summer. Winter is a whole other story, and I can’t even.! |
| Describe something that you keep in your space because it reminds you of a better time in your life or a fond memory, even though you might otherwise consider it unnecessary or excessive. | I still have VHS tapes and a player because there are family memories, there, and particular movies that make me laugh when I just look at the case, sitting on the shelf. I never play any of these and I have cut way back on the total number, but it does seem rather silly to keep something like the movie “Harvey“ about a man who talks to a large imaginary rabbit. I have to remember that everything is available online now, pretty much. If I really really really want something I could go in and buy it and store it digitally. My digital storage, which is ridiculous is another story. |
| 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). If we think that your question—and our answer—might be useful or instructive to The Clutter Fairy Weekly audience, we’ll share them in an upcoming episode. | Keep this question anonymous, because of the people involved in my life whom it would be a problem for, but there is a small group of us who have people in our lives, who are transitioning to another gender, i.e., male to female or female to male. I have resolved some of my issues because my child transitioned in adulthood after declaring himself as non-binary at the age of 15, but there are some very difficult situations for all us parents who wonder what to do with the baby pictures, the family memories of significant holidays and events, etc. I don’t know if you could really even do this but I work with within the LGBTQIA community and I hear the sad stories full of question marks like but what about her/his graduation? Wedding? Baby pictures? |
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