Survey #258—Full Response from Allison
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| What useful decluttering or organizing strategies or methods did you take away from the book? | The container concept and "Where would I look for it first?" |
| What parts or aspects of the book did you find difficult to grasp or challenging to apply to your home or situation? | None. It was all easy to apply. |
| Please share your favorite quotations or key ideas and concepts from this book. | The container concept Where would I look for this first? |
| White suggests a decluttering process that requires making a final decision about each item (keep, trash, or donate) and placing the item in its appropriate home right away rather than into a “keep pile” or “keep box” for later organizing. If you’ve used her method, how has the “take it there right now” approach worked for you? What are the pros and cons of her suggested strategy? | I don't tend to do "take it there right now" and if I do it's more due to David Allen's two minute rule. |
| A big part of White’s decluttering philosophy is the “container concept”—the idea of setting firm limits on the containers you use to hold your stuff, where “containers” are understood to mean the boxes, bins, racks, baskets, drawers, cabinets, shelves, etc., that you use to hold stuff, as well as the rooms that must contain the containers—and then decluttering to fit those limits. If you’ve used her method, how has the “container concept” helped or hindered your decluttering? What are the pros and cons of her methodology? Are there areas or categories of stuff for which it works better than others? | The container concept was useful when I moved a few years ago especially for toiletries. My favorites went in the box first and everything that didn't fit got pitched. |
| White suggests following the “visibility rule”: Start every session of decluttering in the most visible places in your home. If you’ve used her method, how has the “visibility rule” helped or hindered your decluttering? What are the pros and cons of her suggested approach? | The visibility rule makes things look more presentable but it isn't a huge priority for me as my home is usually okay enough for unexpected visitors. |
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