Survey #262—Full Response from Ginger
| Describe a reality check you’ve experienced as you’ve worked to declutter and organize your home—a moment when you realized that your ideas about stuff were at odds with the reality of your life. | 🔲 We’ve experienced several “Reality Checks” as we’ve aged, as my husband’s physical abilities became limited and as our diets changed. ✔️1. Hubby used to cook & eat a lot. Now, our diets are more simplified. ▪️We don’t need as many kitchen items. ▪️We don’t need a lot of food. ✔️2. We’ve decided “how much is enough” on many categories. ▪️We don’t need as much storage furniture. Time to get rid of furniture we don’t need. Tables with drawers. Big dresser. ✔️3. We can’t clean house the way we used to. It takes more time. ▪️We need less furniture to dust. ▪️We need less carpet. ✔️4. We don’t have the energy or interest in the animals we’ve acquired on our property. ▪️We need to rehome some animals on this “farm”. (Goats, geese, turkeys, ducks, chickens and a pot-bellied pig named Diesel. Diesel stays.) ▪️We’re paying neighbor kids to look after them for us. 🔲 Changes in progress. ▪️We’ve got food in check. We order food once a week. We rotate older food into the weekly menu. It’s a “Just Do It!” move. ▪️We have a plan to update the house with paint, flooring, furniture. Waiting on our handyman to finish another job. ▪️We need to work on rehoming animals. Especially goats! |
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| Please share an “Aha!” moment you’ve experienced as you’ve worked to declutter and organize your home—an inspiration or flash of clarity that made the work easier or less emotionally challenging. | ▪️Funny thing. I wrote this “Aha!” Moment in February this year. It’s been in my Notes. ▪️I realized something about myself. I save things for “another time” instead of making time for them now. Things like: Foods, Dishes, Self-Care Products, Linens. ▪️I think it may be a perfectionist thing. “I can’t use this unless I… do certain other things - or plan the time to do it.” This week I pulled things out. I’ve donated a lot - but I’m using things or deciding I don’t want them any longer. ▪️My goal is 100% turnover. Use it or lose it. Cook the steak. Use the special wine glass to drink the Prosecco. Use the guest linens - it’ll soften them. Slather the lotion on my feet. Use up those masks for face, hands and feet. |
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