Survey #178 Response from Mavis
| Name the collections or categories of stuff in your home that are typically most likely to become cluttered. | Paper, dishes, dumpsite coming in the house for things that don't yet have an allocated home. |
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| Complete the following statement: “My clutter started to become a problem when _____.” | I got sick chronically. I would run out of energy midway through tasks and be forced to abandon it. I kept hoping that a time would come when I would be healed. I kept buying things for this future that never came, self soothing with another object and another object. I have now accepted that I have sub minimal capacity to look after myself and am dehoarding and will continue shedding stuff until I only own what I can look after. I suspect that means minimalism, although I have no natural desire to be a minimalist. |
| 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 have no evening because the day depletes me physically, but more, emotionally and psychologically. I would love to have a small evening capacity at least to get things in order. |
| 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). | I love that you refer to it as collections and that the collection has degrees of favoritism that allows the least favourites to be culled |
| 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). | I have found a car boot sale to take some of my excess to and am preparing for the first one on 20 August. I'm struggling not to keep some stuff back. E.g. Letting 8 parfait cups go and keeping 4. I never used them before. I desperately wanted to, but never had the energy to execute. It seems silly to keep the 4, but the hoarding disorder in me is desperate to justify keeping the 4. Do you have a strategy for me to get past this behaviour. It's really tripping up my process. |
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