Survey #267—Full Response from Cecie
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe ways in which aging has negatively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | I’m 72 and over the past few years have become increasingly more and more mobility and energy challenged due to multiple health issues and chronic pain. As I look around my apartment, I’m overwhelmed to the point of panic at the clutter, mostly from items set aside to be sold, piles of papers, and craft items “out the wahzoo.” Because I can’t do much each day to decrease the load, it weighs on my mind more and more. My income, as a retired person who is unable to work even part-time due to my health and pain limitations, is merely a small monthly pension and Social Security, which means I can’t afford to hire help to declutter and organize. I never thought this would be my reality as I aged! |
| Describe ways in which getting older has positively affected your ability, willingness, or desire to declutter or organize your home. | Getting older, with all its physical limitations, has made me much more willing to let things go, so that I have much less to manage and to clutter my already-cluttered mind. Simplifying my environment is so much more appealing than when I was younger and ironically, more physically able to do it! |
| 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. | For one thing, I’d like my craft supplies to be more manageable, so that they would be easier to access and to use. My goal is for crafting for others to be a daily occurrence, especially since it’s the only way I can be of service these days. I also hope to move to another state in a couple of years to be near my young grandchildren, and I know I will probably only be able to afford a much smaller apartment than I already have. |
| 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. | Do you have any ideas about how to find free or low-cost help to declutter, clean, and organize? I’m already carrying a load of debt just meeting my daily living requirements on minimal income. I have no local friends to call on for help, as I have led quite an isolated life the past 6 years since I relocated. I’m DESPERATE! |
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