Survey #180 Response from Anonymous user
| Select the categories of clutter that you find most difficult to work on. (Since we discovered the technical issue preventing some users from answering the previous question, we’re also offering this simpler format.) |
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| For the category of stuff you find hardest to declutter or organize, please tell us about how or why this type of stuff trips you up. | I am a very sentimental person so decluttering items that are family heirlooms (even those that have very little monetary value) is guilt provoking. Mom and dad struggled for everything and that alone makes the items difficult to move on. And as the dependable child, I felt obligated to care for their things since it was always stated that they were depending on me to keep and then pass on the things along with the story’s to the following generations. But the next gens aren’t interested in the items and barely interested in the stories. Now in my 70’s I just don’t want to responsible for these items anymore ( I’ve done my family duty) but I do want them to go to someone who will treasure them, especially those things that were made by my grandparents for my parents and their siblings. Some of those things are well over 100 years. It’s a conundrum. |
| What’s your favorite thing to listen to while decluttering? | Usually my cat is in the room with me as I go through things. She is always interested in checking out each item and sits quietly while I tell her all about it and the people it belonged to in the past. I’m not sure she understands the words but she does understand the emotions because she nuzzles up against me as if reassuring me that it’s ok to let it go on to someone else. |
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