Survey #158 Response from Anonymous user

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Which of the following statements describe the help you’ve received in managing your organizing projects? (Check all that apply or have applied in the past.)
  • I have been solely responsible for decluttering and/or organizing my home.
Where do you shop for organizing products? (Check all that apply.)
  • Specialty retail store (The Container Store, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ikea, etc.)
  • Big-box retail store (Walmart, Target, etc.)
  • Home improvement store (Home Depot, Lowes, etc.)
  • Office supply store (Staples, OfficeMax, etc.)
  • Online store (Amazon, Overstock, Wayfair, etc.)
  • Discount department store (Ross, Marshalls, HomeGoods, T.J. Maxx, etc.)
  • Thrift stores or charity shops
  • Garage or yard sales
What’s your personal favorite inexpensive or free organizing solution? We’d love to hear about furniture, shipping boxes, food containers, craft supplies, or other unlikely items that you’ve ingeniously repurposed to hold your stuff.not very unlikely but I have a LOT of Ikea and other inexpensive travel packing cubes, thrifted small duffel bags for tools and other household items. Duffel bages for stored/backstock clothes, towels, bedding, fabric. I have a lot of herbs and spices (in bulk quantities) that I am going to put in reuse glass jars.
Future topics

Figuring out your decluttering blocks (because different blocks need different answers) and quick counters to decluttering blocks for example:
- I don't have time - solution: parse your project into tiny steps
- I spent so much money - solution: accepting that keeping something will not bring the money back, thinking of passing it on as a gift to someone who really needs it (even if it is to somoene who will take the time to sell it - it is a way to support a truly small business)
- I might need it - solution: asking "what would I do if I did not have this item?"
- Feeling confused about making keep/toss decisions - solution: detailed sorting so you really know what you have and then putting each pile into a rough most-loved/used to least-loved/used order - then the decision making will be easier.
- General fear of scarcity - have a packing party and and find out what living with less would really mean. (i.e. having 15 crappy cooking pots will never benefit your life).

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