Survey #279—Full Response from Anita
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| During what period of your adult life was your home the least cluttered? Can you identify anything you did differently then (versus now) that helped keep the space tidy? | I sometimes blame my clutter on not having enough time. |
| What lessons could you learn from your former way of managing your space that might help with your current way of dealing with clutter? | I’ve always had clutter. Even back at home with my parents. My mom loves ornaments etc. My sister and I were always scrap booking. So unfortunately I’ve never really learnt to be uncluttered. If anything I’ve learnt to be very sentimental over things( which is nice in some ways but does complicate getting rid of things. Then we were brought up to not waste anything… so we kept envelopes to use as drawing paper, scraps of material for patching holes in clothes or using for rag. The one positive thing in the past was window shopping on Sundays when the shops were shut and we’d just gaze at things we liked rather than purchasing. |
| When you travel, do you prefer to unpack your bags completely in the hotel room or to live out of them so that nothing gets misplaced? What do you consider the pros and cons of either approach? | I travel a lot and most times live out of the suitcase/ bag. Pros: saves time Cons: clothing gets creased. |
| Please select whichever of the following statements best describes your current wardrobe: | I don’t have a capsule wardrobe per se, but I own fewer than a hundred items of clothing and wear all or most of them. |
| 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. | I don’t have too many clothes as I have to wear a uniform most of the week. My husband has loads of clothes especially T- shirts. Talking of taking enough clothes on holiday or travel … it is important to take enough. I was going to a theme park with my daughter and I’d only taken one pair of trousers as I thought that would be sufficient as I was staying at my moms just for one night and could easily get them washed etc. Anyway they managed to to rip and the hole was obvious. It was a Sunday morning and all the shops except corner shops ( grocery) were closed until much later. It looked like I wouldn’t be able to go to the theme park as we only had tickets for that day plus I was going home the next day. In the end I had to wear my mom’s trousers which were too short. So I felt ridiculous but at least we made it to the park and had a lovely day. So sometimes we do need that just in case extra thing. |
| Future topics | It’s only just doing this survey how I’ve realised that I had always lived in a cluttered home. It was always clean but just busy with things. Also a little nostalgic thinking how our family would go for a walk just to window shop. Future topic how do we break the cycle of our past? |
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