Survey #270—Full Response from Kathy
| Describe ways in which clutter has interfered with your ability to carry out or enjoy creative projects and activities. | My sewing room is overstuffed with containers of craft supplies. I also have a few boxes in another room and in the basement because they don't fit in the sewing room. For me to go in and start sewing or quilting would require clearing off surfaces and making room for the project. I have unfinished projects in there that are also a bit of a guilt trip because I haven't finished them. (I'd rather start something new.) Probably the bigger guilt trip is thinking about all the money I spent buying supplies, patterns, and books that I now realize I am never going to use. |
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| Describe ways in which the desire to declutter and organize your space has conflicted with or impaired your ability to carry out or enjoy creative projects and activities. | I want to declutter and organize my sewing room before I start another project. Yet I procrastinate decluttering my sewing room because I am trying to do the mental work of being willing to let a lot of it go. p.s. I have already donated 4-5 boxes of things, but there's still so much more that should go to make the space usable. Thanks to Gayle, I have let go of the desire to find the perfect home to give my stuff to. I'm able to let it go to the thrift store and believe that whoever finds it there will be excited to have it at a really good price. |
| Describe ways in which your efforts to declutter and organize your space have enhanced your ability to carry out or enjoy creative projects and activities. | I've heard that this is true--that once I've decluttered the space, I'll feel more creative--but I haven't gotten to that point yet. LOL. |
| Describe the key features of your ideal creative workspace. | My ideal is that all materials would be neatly organized, mostly out of sight except for my current active project. I used to think the space should be Pinterest worthy, but now my goal is to just have it neat, picked up, with clear spaces to work. I would also like my sewing room to contain all of my supplies, not have some in other rooms. It would also have less furniture (because I'd have less to store). The walls would have some of the art quilts I've made and other creative artwork. My design wall would have some quilt blocks for a work in progress. Another ideal: I would finish each project and clear the space before starting another project. |
| 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. | Just wanted to thank you so much for the great discussions in recent weeks on clutter and aging, my home is not a museum, and the book discussions. It's all been helpful in my decluttering journey. 🙂 |
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