Survey #258—Full Response from Trish
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| What useful decluttering or organizing strategies or methods did you take away from the book? | Take care of each item as you decide... where would I look for this (if I even knew I had it). This takes care of things as you go, without a big mess. It may seem slower, but it gets it DONE! |
| 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? | As previously stated, it may be slower, but it gets DONE! |
| 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? | Anything that fits in a container is great and can be adjusted/limited. Other larger items (extra lamp, small table) seem to be harder decisions. |
| 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? | Visibility is key... if you can prioritize one room to keep organized, go for it! |
| 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. | More about how we were raised. Cluttered? Organized? Routines? Clean or dirty, but organized? Gayle shared her upbringing did about a 6 month reset of stuff and cleaning... we only picked up and cleaned for company. My current living is generally organized/decluttered but still feels strange (not pristine clean, but dusty and comfortable) |
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