Survey #267—Full Response from Lynn
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe ways in which aging has negatively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | Physical limitations have started to impact my ability to keep up with large projects on my own. I have to do little bits between recovery time, hire unaffordable help, find ways to automate some of the work such as robot vacuum and drip irrigation in the garden. Things take a long timento complete if I try to do it myself, or have to wait for savings to accumulate to hire help or equipment to help me get it done. Many times I just give up on meeting my or someone else's standards and settle for not perfect, but will be better eventually, hopefully. |
| Describe ways in which getting older has positively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | My physical limitations mean I cant afford to let my house get too far out of control. I have to consistently do the small daily tasks to keep it manageable. I have adopted the "put it away now or it will never get done" mode of operating. On my calendar app, I have assigned a day of the month to each area of the house and yard and try to focus there for any extra efforts on projects outside of my daily maintenance routines. This way, each area of my home gets inspected, and neatened once a month at minimum. Sometimes, days have to be skipped and an area doesn't get attention, and that's ok. It will get attention eventually. |
| 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. | I want to install more hardscape areas and groundcover plants in my yards so it doesn't require so much weeding from me or hired help. My raised vegetable garden beds need repair or replacement. My garden tool shed needs replacement after being blown apart in a recent storm. This house is paid for and I can't afford to move anywhere else. I have invested heavily in making it safe, comfortable and worry free for my remaining years. I am happy with it and hope I can still live here until my last breath. |
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