Survey #267—Full Response from Linda
| Describe ways in which aging has negatively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | I don’t have the capacity to manage as much stuff as I used to, and this comes at a point in life when I’ve had decades to accumulate stuff, including items passed down to me from my parents. It has also come at a time when I’ve been spending a lot of time on caregiving for the folks who were eager to pass things on to me. To use Dana K. White’s terminology, my “clutter threshold” is lower than it used to be, and shrinking. |
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| Describe ways in which getting older has positively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | I’m much less interested in stuff than I used to be and see much of it as burdensome and not part of my life going forward. This makes it easier for me to let go, although doing the actual work of that is harder as the years go by because there is a lot of physical labor involved. Watching the generation before me NOT deal with their stuff in a timely manner has been a positive reality check for me. |
| 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 just completed the downsizing move from a house to a senior apartment, and I’m so glad to have that transition completed. Now the focus is on maintenance, using one in, one out as a guideline. I hope the smaller space will be a constant reminder to acquire things at a minimal level. |
| 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. | Is living in a small space a good enough excuse to skip holiday decorating altogether? Hope so! |
| Future topics | Dealing with holidays (again) |
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