Survey #184 Response from Lesley
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe an item or collection that you’re rationally prepared to release, but something always seems to keep you from making the final decision to let it go. | I have a bronze statue of a horse I paid $600+ for at an antiques shop; I also have a Johnny West Thunderbolt model (Marx Toy horse) that I paid $3 at Rose’s. Both I no longer need but I can’t let go of either. I mention both because they are examples of extreme sentimentality and the money factor (but I’m not motivated to put the bronze on eBay to sell) |
| How do you feel when you think about letting go of the item you described in your answer to the previous question? | Ack 😵💫 rationally, they should be able to go but I can’t think of Thunderbolt going in the garbage or to the dump. He gave me happy fantasies as a child of being a single financially independent woman who could ride off on her horse as Barbie and solve mysteries like Nancy Drew 😂 got rid of the Barbie’s but Thunderbolt is that last representative piece of my Johnny West horse herd. The bronze represents a passage to adulthood (but I’m more of an adult child) something I wanted as a piece of decoration in a house I don’t have. The house is shabby rather than a decorator’s design. The bronze is a white elephant! Argh |
| Complete the following statement: “I know I won’t keep this item forever, so I would like ___.” | Toss it (the Marx horse) Perhaps get money for the bronze |
| Fill in the blank: “Watching and listening to The Clutter Fairy Weekly makes me want to try ___.” | To clear the clutter! |
| 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). | More isn’t better; more is simply more! |
| 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). | Isn’t there some sort of drug to motivate us to focus on the task at hand? |
| Future topics | Kennel organization |
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