Survey #267—Full Response from Anonymous user
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe ways in which aging has negatively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | Finally retire and want to have fun and feel emotionally burdened with the extra stuff. With more losses I cling to items that were from special people who have passed or who are older. It seems more daunting to me as the years go by—more aches and pains. |
| Describe ways in which getting older has positively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | More drive because of the realization that my future self won’t be able to handle all this. Want to be kind to my future self that when a move to a smaller place is needed it will be easier to do so if I do the work now. |
| 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. | We don’t have children so this is on us to handle now. It is very much gnawing at me. |
| 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. | How to get rid of things that won’t sell on social media (no interest), that is too heavy and odd for a charity to sell, yet is valuable to a small percentage of people. We have a professional mat cutter my husband bought from a frame shop that was closing. Much more modern equipment is available now. It weighs a ton and is huge. |
| Future topics | Motivation & Techniques to Roll -up your Sleeves and Just Do It—mind tricks to get you moving When You Are Overwhelmed—have your own clutter and need to help your aging parents with theirs |
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