Survey #257—Full Response from Peggy
| How have your ideas, attitudes, and behaviors around clutter changed over the course of your adult life? Do you have a higher or lower threshold for what counts as “clutter”? | I'm constantly scanning my environment for things that are out of place or piling up (because... they do). This does not mean that I get things taken care of right away though. |
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| Do you find it easier or harder to declutter and organize as time goes by? Are there categories of stuff that get easier to manage? Are there categories that get harder to manage? | I find it's easier in general to declutter as time goes by. I still struggle some with sentimental things. It is easier getting to less sentimental clutter and going through it. |
| Think about the person in your life who’s had the most impact on your decluttering and organizing, or the person whose own clutter creates the most impact on you. This may be a spouse, partner, roommate, child, parent, another member of your household, or someone outside your household or family. How have this person’s ideas, attitudes, and behaviors around clutter—or the way their stuff affects you—changed over the course of your relationship? | When my daughter lived with me, her clutter took over my house. She has been out on her own for awhile and things are now much better in my home. Her home is quite cluttered at times and she often loses things. I have helped her declutter whenever she has permitted it. She is getting better at donating things she can't use, so I'm glad for that. I want her to have a less hectic space so her life will be easier. |
| If you could ask for one small change in someone else’s behavior that would improve the state of your home, what would it be? | My husband is mostly okay with decluttering, but his tools and cooking utensils are more than I feel we need. |
| 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. | Are each of you currently content with the state of your homes? Or do you feel that decluttering / reorganizing is needed? (not judging!) |
| Future topics | I always enjoy your suggestions for how to think about things... to make it easier to part with them |
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