Survey #160 Response from Trish (formerly Pat – Michigan)
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Briefly describe the category or collection of items. | Holiday decor; way too much Christmas, Easter, seasonal 'silk flowers and greens. |
| Which of these statements best describes your strategy or approach for keeping the category of stuff you described above under control? | Mostly in boxes, just too much. Grown daughter is also a pack-rat and she has many sentimental attachments to my stuff. Her storage is full and she has a busy life and decluttering is not in her near future. |
| Describe any issues you experience with using, storing, displaying, cleaning, maintaining, or organizing the category or collection you described above. | Stored in basement storage room... need to prioritize going through this go that I know daughter will/or won't want. |
| Does you home have a “command center”—a spot where you spend a significant amount of time in a variety of activities (e.g., watching TV, reading, doing paperwork, eating meals or snacks, etc.)? | Yes |
| Where is your command center? | Spare bedroom: designated room with desk and 3 plastic file totes for ALL paper. |
| If you sit in your command center and look around you, which of the following items are within close reach? |
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| How well does your command center fulfill the functions for which you use it? | Command center functions extremely well when I use it |
| 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. | Motivation, and you actually addressed this topic very well. I still struggle with just do it! I remember an early broadcast when you met with a group and someone said I just don't wantna do it, your reply was I can't help you with that , lol. That sticks with me in a very positive way and reminds me that I just have to do it! |
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