Survey #255—Full Response from Christine
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Is there a room or space in your home that you don’t love or that you tend to avoid using—or even entering? What factors contribute to your distaste for or lack of enjoyment of this space? | Yes, our extra bedroom. Finally , it is ALMOST cleared out thanks to your advice and encouragement over the last year or so. It is so close to being ready to move back in as our family office/quiet room/reading room. Until recently it was not fun to be in there due to piles of papers and various craft supplies that were just waiting to be organized. |
| Do you have regrets about anything that you’ve discarded or given away in your decluttering process? If you answered yes, how do you manage negative feelings about your choice? If you answered no, to what do you credit your satisfaction with the choices you’ve made? | Mostly no. I feel pretty good about everything I have decluttered over the past 7 years or so. There was one of my dresses and a pair of my husband’s shoes that were mistakenly donated to charity, and every once in a while I feel a bit nostalgic over them, but I quickly remind myself that life is too short to focus on regret over those particular items. Instead, I imagine someone else who ended up with them finding joy from the items, and then I try to turn my attention to a topic that has nothing to do with material things. Such topics include the beauty of nature, puppies, baby horses, a clear flowing river running through a forest….you get the idea 🙂 That usually helps! |
| Future topics | You have already covered this in various episodes ( so helpful, thank you!), but I find that I have trouble finishing a decluttering project if it takes more than one session to do it. I have learned how to break the projects down into manageable sub projects, (again, thanks to The Clutter Fairy guidance) but if life gets in the way, as is often the case, those piles can sit there for a week or more and that gets on my nerves! It helps to be reminded that ‘anything counts’ and to just keep chipping away at it. I have been on this decluttering journey for about 7 years now, with things starting to pile up 16 years ago when we had our first child. Recently I notice that sometimes I go looking for a stack of papers or a box full of craft supplies needing to be sorted, only to be reminded that I already took care of it! It feels great to see the light at the end of the tunnel and get to a point in the process where things are more manageable, if not entirely completed. Celebrate small advances and progress, not perfection. So grateful for ya’ll. |
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