Survey #251—Full Response from The Maggs
| Describe a category of stuff, an area of your home, or an organizing or decluttering project or task that you’ve found particularly challenging. | Children’s items of children who are now adults. Old art work, clothes, school papers. Also, the boxes of photographs from childhood to present. |
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| What advice might you give your younger self to help reduce or avoid the challenge you described in the previous question? | Eliminate timely and regularly and not wait until there are boxes of items that have accumulated. |
| 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. | My closet. My clothes are all arranged in a neat order. I enjoy going into my closet to tidy up and look at what I have. I actually have empty shelves. |
| 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)? | First question- sadness and guilt. Good stuff question- pride and accomplishment. |
| 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. | Helping us with the emotions that go along with dealing with items from the past. |
| Future topics | Dealing with emotions and guilt regarding items from the past. |
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