Survey #178 Response from CHRISTINE
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Name the collections or categories of stuff in your home that are typically most likely to become cluttered. | Plastic food storage containers. I used to have 2 full size freezers, because I fresh organic produce is not available here for 8 months. So I needed enough containers to fill the freezers with seasonal produce. Hoping to downsize, I sold one of the big freezers, but I still have those "expensive" plastic containers However, now. I am using those food containers for nonfood storage, like storing craft or office supplies. |
| Complete the following statement: “My clutter started to become a problem when _____.” | My clutter started to become a problem when I had children. Tons of clutter for many year. However, there is good news. When I had children, that forced me to become less focused on my own personal possessions, buy less for me and more for them . I focused on their things (clothings, toys, school, sports). Importantly, while I was buying for them, I was NOT buying for myself (not enough money to go around). Since they live in their own places now, their things also, no longer live with me. So that left me with only MY clutter. Those long decades when I was buying for them, and not me, turned out to be a blessing after all. Now I do not have as much of my own stuff to deal with. |
| Describe a habit or routine behavior that you would like to cultivate—or eliminate—to help you or other members of your household get a better handle on household clutter. | I will put my bathroom back in order when I leave it. When I am a guest at a hotel or a relative's house, I always keep it picked up. But at my home, my own bathroom if an embarrassment of a mess. |
| Name one or more of your favorite Clutter Fairy-isms (e.g., “thin the herd”) or decluttering and organizing mnemonic devices (e.g., OHIO—Only Handle It Once). | "Floors First'. Also, I like gardening references, because I used to garden a lot.... "That garden is not going to weed itself" (that garage is not going to declutter itself). "I got lost in the weeds" (I got lost in decluttering a big closet. "Pulling out the weeds in the garden "( boxing up the recycling, donating, trashing the stuff we need to get rid of |
| 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). | Help with getting every inch out of storage in closets, cupboards, drawers. Especially, In a small house, to reduce visual clutter, I have found that keeping things out of sight, helps enormously. So now my goal is to fit as much as possible out of sight. I do realize I have to declutter the excess, before I organize. But once I am ready to organize, I want to fit in as much as possible. I have even started storing books inside a closet, and that is working well.. Less visual clutter, and bonus. it keeps the books freer from dust. I used to keep everything out in sight. so I would remember it. But all visual clutter did did was confuse me. |
| Future topics | Already feeling the pressure of the holidays coming up. Starting now because it takes me months to get the house and guest room ready. precook the guest meals, get the shopping done , the house decorated. I am putting myself on a strict holiday "diet"... which is to reduce, not eliminate, everything holiday. Last year, I was bold, and eliminated the xmas tree. Instead, I arranged white candles and pines around the house. I got pushback from visiting family, but I told them I would enjoy seeing THEIR tree, much more than mine. |
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