Survey #237 Full Response from Zoë
| Pronunciation | zoh-ee |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | She/her |
| What was your proudest decluttering, organizing, or productivity achievement of 2024? | We moved into a bigger house in Oct., and I still purged a phenomenal amount before move day! I'm thrilled with the house-to-stuff ratio now. I held a couple of jam-packed driveway donation events, posting pics in a local free-stuff group, and people came and grabbed everything. We also donated 30+ boxes to an agency helping unhoused people... and I found a thrift store benefiting a local children's hospital. Knowing proceeds went to a good cause made it so much easier to part with nice vintage items I didn’t have the time/energy to sell. They even got to know me by name after multiple trips! I still have more than my share of "stuff" (ha)... but it's much more curated/essentials. |
| Name two or three areas of your home, categories of stuff, or collections on which you’d like to focus your attention in 2025. | I have a few boxes in the garage labeled "To Sell" – things that I don't feel comfortable donating, mostly because of their historic specialness, where I want a special collector to own – or where I know I can list for a significant enough amount. I also have a couple of tubs labeled "Correspondence" – basically every letter I've ever received, including things like a big bundle of 30+ year old letters from a brief boyfriend in the Navy. (Why the heck haven't I tossed those?? I'm just hugely sentimental about my younger years...) |
| What’s the most powerful affirmation, quotation, or aphorism that you repeat to yourself to unleash inspiration or energy when you’ve set your sights on a challenging goal? | I don't have an affirmation I use, although I look forward to hearing others' responses. I mostly just visualize the better future me, and my situation. |
| 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). If we think that your question—and our answer—might be useful or instructive to The Clutter Fairy Weekly audience, we’ll share them in an upcoming episode. | I'd like to know about how to handle it when a parent wants to give us truly wonderful items, but which we don't want to take on because of trying to be more mindful about space/stuff. I feel both pressure and guilt... I don't want to hurt their feelings (as if I don't value their gift), and I feel badly about the idea of accepting it and then secretly letting it go. (All my other answers could include my real name – but if you happen to read this one, please don't say my name!) |
| Future topics | Always like hearing about kitchen and craft items. |
Comments
Suzanne:
Thank you for sharing.👍 inspirational.
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