Survey #242—Full Response from CHRISTINE
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| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | B. so thankful for your golden advice, which has helped me so much, which I Never thought of before you said it. floors first, bigger buckets, turn off the water hose, ...etc. and my favorite one word mantra of the year, which Ed said about that one back huge room of the antique store he visited., with all that old china........"what a lot of CRAP !!! " so I just keep saying "CRAP" , during a challenging decluttering. |
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | B.. with all you have taught me, I know I can get it done, bit by bit. I get overwhelmed thinking of the big picture. so I do not do that. but I know all I have to do is start at the bottom, by literally clearing the flooring, that is what works for me. it prevents me from tripping over stuff. and it helps my brain, by not having to make any choices or decisions at all. all I have to do is keep clearing off the floor, until I can walk through it. and somehow, when the floor is cleared, I naturally move on the counter tops, desk and table tops. |
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | I now accept a. gift graciously at the time, but a few months later return the gift to the giver, with much kindness, This last xmas, my son gifted me two enormous framed expensive wall photos of my grandchildren. And he knows I have been decluttering everything,,,for a few years now. His spaces are clear of all wall photos, but now he wants to make my newly cleared home a museum, for his own family photos. I am "standing my ground" (that is a great pun,) and just told him I do not have room for his own wall photos. and I will be bringing them back to him. He finally agreed to take them back. I told him if he wanted to give me a small framed wall photo of his children , that would be great. My other son gifted me two of those electronic photo machines. I struggle with tech, I do not have room for any more tech, taking up table top space, and I do not have time to look at hundreds of photos of my grandchildren. a few photos of them in my email is all I can handle. So I paid a lot for shipping to mail those machines back to that son. And I told him instead, to give me one small framed wall photo of his family. That is what I asked for originally, but he did not listen to me. I dread xmas now, as I am tired of returning all that stuff to the giver. |
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | A. I am afraid I will not be able to afford some necessary things, as my everyday necessities just keep getting more expensive, and I am on a very strict budget. |
| Please read the two statements below, then answer the questions that follow. | B. for some reason, donating to habitat for humanity makes me feel great. odd, but the choice of the donation place makes place, makes a difference to me. but at least I have found a charity, that resonates me , concerning donating expensive items. |
| Write a statement that summarizes your current mindset with respect to the decluttering and organizing journey. | I am in shock at myself. I just had a horrible visit with an invisible hoarder daughter in law. I got a serious bacterial infection from sleeping on the soiled guest bed linens. While I am trying to recover, medically, from this, at my own home....I have had a chance to look around at my own "hidden hoarding". What areas of my home, could be a lot cleaner, clearer, safer. I have made huge advances in decluttering.. but to my great shock, there is a lot in my own home I could be doing a much better job... like ; cleaning the kitchen sink every night. cleaning the toilet more often getting shipping boxes out the house immediately donating more excess decor... keeping floors clear I guess this is what Gayle says is "peeling back onion". I just did not realize , there were more onion layers right in front of my own eyes. I think I got used to seeing my own messes. But seeing someone else's messes, really made me rethink my own. |
| 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. | what movie have you seen, where you love d that home design.? a modern beach home or a downtown industrial loft or a rural farmhouse or a midtown row house |
| Future topics | Decluttering with high blood pressure. Any mental pressure raises my blood pressure too much. I am already stressed with the idea of decluttering...the physical workload and emotional too. some "gentle to the blood pressure". methods that are working for me as I declutter... are but I would love to hear what works for others too, for a slower, gentler decluttering pace. |
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