Survey #207 Response from Laurie
| Pronouns | She/her |
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| Which of the following statements best describes your living situation? | I’m an “empty nester” who still stores a significant amount of my child’s/children’s stuff in my home. |
Please complete one or both of the following statements:
| *There are actually two categories of things I have in my home concerning my two children. 1. Things I've kept as sentimental memory items of the kids that I wish to keep for myself. I will be condensing them down from one and a half totes to one tote for each child in the next month. 2. Things they left behind when they moved out. I told both my children earlier this year that I'm working on decluttering the attic. My daughter lives out of town and moves frequently. I unpacked her items, with her permission, took pictures and sent them to her and asked her what she still wanted. She named several items she'd like to have. At the time that I sent her pictures of her things, she was about six weeks out from moving into a 300 sq ft apartment so I decided that I would just wait until she settled into her new place to send the items. I put the items back in the attic and thought I'd deal with it later. My son lives in town and just moved last October to a bigger house; they were expecting their second child in December. I did mention last month to my son and daughter-in-law that I was cleaning out the attic and would it be okay to bring the boxes of items over sometime in the near future. My son said that would be fine, that he would go through the items and decide what he wanted and would donate the rest. My daughter is 38 and my son is 33! *I would like the attic to only store my seasonal items, mainly Christmas. I love decorating for Christmas and it's worth making space for my Christmas items! I have a large attic and have no problem size wise storing quite a few items, I just don't want to as I think about down the road when my husband and I may want to move to a home that has all one level living, no steps and I want the moving experience to be as simple as possible! |
| What environmental or social issues most concern you with respect to your efforts to declutter, organize, and maintain your home? | I try to donate as many of my unwanted items as possible before I put them in the trash. I feel wasteful if I have to throw something away that someone could use. Sometimes I think that I think too much about finding the right home for my items because I want to do the right thing (and keeping them is not the right thing)! |
| What outdoor activity or activities tend to take time away from your indoor chores in the warmer months? | Outdoor chores like weeding the landscape and mowing take time away from my indoor chores. I think that's why I appreciate winter so much more now, it's because I don't have to deal with the outside chores. I hear my neighbor mowing his grass right now and dread getting back into outdoor chores! |
| 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've been having an argument with myself about my to do list. Some of the videos I've watched about being productive have talked about having no more than three things each day on my to do list; some have talked about having three things that I would like to accomplish each day. So, I'm thinking there is a list of things I NEED to do, (but dread) like doctor's appointments and things I WANT to do, like spend time reading a good book. I guess my question is, "How do I split my day up fairly without feeling guilty or resentful for my choice of how I spend my time?" I'm retired and would like to be productive but also enjoy my life with things that light me up! |
| Future topics | How to make your NEED to do list get along with you WANT to do list. |
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