Survey #258—Full Response from Linda
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| What useful decluttering or organizing strategies or methods did you take away from the book? | Take it there now really helps eliminate procrastination piles |
| What parts or aspects of the book did you find difficult to grasp or challenging to apply to your home or situation? | If I needed this thing, where would I look for it first. |
| Please share your favorite quotations or key ideas and concepts from this book. | Take it there now. Container concept eliminates buying unnecessary storage bins. |
| 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? | Working great. It's a habit now and I love how my home stays neat and organized much longer between cleanings. |
| 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? | This concept helps minimize over buying. One in one out method also keeps the containers functioning. |
| 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? | I don't use that method. |
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