Survey #257—Full Response from Jean
| 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 pretend that I am more tolerant of clutter…but I’m not. |
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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 create easier routines for myself, keeping a loose standard of control! Categories from the past leave more rapidly. Harder to manage any desire to deep clean, not a priority any more. |
| 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? | My husband’s clutter is still a problem for me, but I realize it doesn’t bother him at all. It’s depressing to live with his mess, I hate it. I close the door but it obviously bothers me and inviting people over is not happening., |
| 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? | Some sign of effort on his part to let go of paper would be a welcome start! |
| 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. | Spring and summer…pause and relax or start a project? |
| Future topics | New ideas for better lighting! |
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