Survey #251—Full Response from Ann
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe a category of stuff, an area of your home, or an organizing or decluttering project or task that you’ve found particularly challenging. | For sure sentiment documents, papers, photos! But, I have made significant but slow progress as I collect associated stories, share, and file/or purge as I go. Had 8mm films digitized, shredded about 16 boxes of paper, tossed another 10 or so boxes worth of paper, and collected tax returns into fire proof "brief cases" as well as another with vital info/docs. Forward movement! |
| What advice might you give your younger self to help reduce or avoid the challenge you described in the previous question? | Purge papers annually or at least every 5 years. |
| Describe a category of stuff, an area of your home, or an organizing or decluttering project or task that you’ve found satisfying or enjoyable to work on. | Uploading a small selection of curated family photos for deceased ancestors and linking the complete generations to each other with photos, grave locations, birth/death dates on FindAGrave.com |
| What feelings or emotions do you associate with your answer to the first question (The Challenge)? What feelings or emotions do you associate with your answer to the third question (The Good Stuff)? | Pride in my care while curating and preserving what I think I need via Cull #1. Once completed, I will reevaluate and do Cull #2. |
| 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. | After a parent's death, what documents must be held and for what duration, including self employment business papers/docs/financials? |
| Future topics | gmail purge hacks |
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