Survey #242—Full Response from Cindy
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | I think I have some of both. As soon as I clear off the surfaces, as I did for my son coming home for xmas, great! a week later, all surfaces coved again, varying depths. But I have learned a lot from you, and before you from FlyLady - retuning my "routines " morning routine, bedtime routine, afterwork routine. I think the most valuable, is the motivation, which has grown with all the inspiration from you and your community, telling myself to trust the river of stuff in life, to take it to someone who can use it. |
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | I definitely have a lot of A, overwhelm leading to paralysis, but also with your help, telling myself - talking back to those voices of negativity, telling myself it doesn't matter, ANYTHING I do will be an improvement. and as to where to start, it's good to start small, whatever I feel I can accomplish, bit by bit it will get done. And picking the thing that is bugging me to most. |
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | Totally A , it is so hard to let go of sentimental stuff .... but I do have a lot of it, so my goal is to ... get the items from each beloved person - mostly relatives, mom, dad, grandparents on both sides - (wow no wonder my house is stuffed!) - goal to Thin the Herd. I have poster in my kitchen "Keep the best Five". and a story I think I heard from you .... Grandma is not in the teacup /teapot, grandma is the love, you can keep the love and the stories, and let the teapot go. Well, I can't actually, grandma's teapots (just one from each grandma) are some of the items I will keep and treasure. but hoping to let go of other stuff! |
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | I am having good progress in switching over from A to B. Asking myself, Can I get this somewhere else/or again if I need it? where? (i.e., for example on the internet, for old manuals) - yes, can easily replace, makes it easier to release. |
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | somewhere in between some of A and some of B, if not too emotionally attached to item |
| Write a statement that summarizes your current mindset with respect to the decluttering and organizing journey. | after 30 years in my cottage, 900 sq.ft., plus basement, it is so stuffed. I am tired of feeling so cluttery. My goal is to have every shelf, every cupboard, every drawer, be half empty, to have more space around me. I am making progress, car is loaded to drop off tomorrow. I noticed kitchen spice cupboards are 1/2 empty, yay! used to be stuffed. I am semi-retired, would like to move to a retirement ranch, but due to economy where a crappy, $50K ranch 2 bd house is now $250K or $300K, I will have to age in place. So I want to make it as pleasant and spacious as possible, the cozy cottage I know it can be. and also be totally downsized, in case the perfect affordable different home appears. |
| 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. | how do I get my wardrobe organized/ reduced? I have way too many clothes, so I dread doing laundry, there's no room right now for winter sweaters, so been living with 3 bags of winter clothes & no drawer or closet space to put them in. |
| Future topics | downsizing for retirement, and because all this stuff is too much work, and makes it hard to focus, and hard to find time to do what I want to do with retirement time. |
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