Survey #174 Response from CHRISTINE
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Which member(s) of your household support or contribute to your decluttering or organizing efforts, and how? (For example, “My husband keeps the home office and his workshop organized.”) | Nobody helps me here at home. an argument to make my husband help at all. But talking my decluttering progress through with my sister on the phone, helps tremendously |
| Which member(s) of your household frustrate, foil, interrupt, or otherwise complicate your decluttering or organizing efforts, and how? (For example, “My preteen child picks through the donation box to retrieve items even after we’ve reached agreement to get rid of them.”) | Husband throws fits every time I try to declutter, and even resents bringing things to donations |
| If you were to wish for one change of behavior from someone—or everyone—in your household with respect to clutter, what change would you wish for? (For example, “My preteen child picks through the donation box to retrieve items even after we’ve reached agreement to get rid of them.”) | Husband would be more civil when I ask for his help in decluttering |
| Describe an item about which you have a strong disagreement with someone else in your household over whether or not it deserves a place in your home. (For example, “My mother’s 30 years of TV Guide magazines.”) | My husband's old train set. |
| 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. | This summer I visited some far away relatives in their homes. Since I had no emotional "attachments" to their things, I thought they could give away at least half of their stuff. I did not intrude, or say anything. But that feeling of wishing they would declutter THEIR homes, was strong. My question is that as professionals in this area, do you have these impulses too? |
| Future topics | About being away from home for summer vacation. I noticed when I returned home, I had a fresh perspective on what my home is like. When I am home day after day, I become so used to the clutter, I just do not see it anymore. And just learn to adapt to working around the clutter. But when I am away for a while, and then come home again, it is a realistic assessment of how my home is not operating well. Also, being away from home for while, gives me that break I need from the house. I feel more motivated to clear and clean out the house, when I get home, after being away for a while. |
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