Survey #267—Full Response from Dawn
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe ways in which aging has negatively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | Despite being in my upper sixties, I have a lot of energy. At times I feel overwhelmed, wondering if I'll ever make it to the end, though I do see a ray of hope. Added to the mild case of overwhelm, there's a questions of time management, but I just keep plugging away at it. The big problem isn't MY aging, but that of DH. Not only his aging, but his preferences for "simple." We went to a friend's recently and after getting home he told me, "I want our home to look like that." I thought, "Never gonna happen; that's not my style." The elderly woman (86 or 87) is pretty much a minimalist, having no pictures on the wall...only a couple of Kincaide wall hangings. She "decorates" with the flowers from her garden, so there are multiple mini vases of flowers. |
| Describe ways in which getting older has positively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | I have a positive perspective: it's now or never (which is a scary thought). I've also been encouraged to make multiple swats of hours, which helps me to not only make progress, but lift my mood and have the attitude, "I WILL get there." Since I've been doing this for "awhile" and growing from Clutter Fairy episodes, I'm able to have a clearer mind for decision-making because I have a clearer understanding of all of the things going on as part of this process. Seeing positive results (e.g., organized shelves, drawers, living space; throwing out 13-gallon bags of paper at a time) increases my desire to live in a place FULLY functional and beautiful. I know that I'm not in my 20's, so there isn't a host of life transitions in my future, so my likes and dislikes are basically in place. |
| Describe ways in which you’d like for your space and belongings to better support your goals and dreams for the next years of your life. | My major rabbit hole is my office. In addition to doing household/personal things on the computer, it's the place for all of my interests: counted cross-stitch, sewing, and writing. I want all of the extra to be gone so that I can spend more time on those activities because I know where everything is all of the extra is neither an emotional hindrance or a physical one. |
| 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. | What percentage of clutter do you have which still remains? |
| Future topics | This isn't a new future topic, but on the last episode I watched, Ed mentioned doing a survey about insomnia. I'd like to weigh in on that. DH deals with insomnia, so that obviously impacts our lives together emotionally...his having a narrow bandwidth for being able to deal with things. I don't have insomnia, but I don't always get enough sleep each night so it becomes a matter of playing "catch up." |
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