Survey #280—Full Response from Danetta
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Express your gratitude for something in your home that you plan to keep indefinitely. How does this item support the life you love? | Most important is my husband. Next are photos and momentos of my family. I have many wonderful and beautiful things but they are replaceable with other wonderful and beautiful things. |
| Describe someone or something that has helped you on your decluttering and organizing journey. This may be an idea, a story, a person, a book, a resource, etc. | I’m grateful for my husband’s patience. I hired an organizer to help with papers in bags and boxes, but it was an agonizing process that I never wanted to repeat. Little by little and revisiting previously decluttered piles and folders works best for me. I’m slower but I don’t just file papers; I have time to think about and discard papers as well. I have read almost every book and listened to almost every podcast on decluttering. They were helpful but perhaps the most helpful was just getting older and realizing that the time for some potential interests and hobbies had passed. Giving up multipotentiality was hard for me but I am a realist. |
| Describe something that you’re grateful for having been able to declutter and release from your life. | I guess there’s not one particular thing. It’s just the excess candleholders, excess wine glasses, excess shoes, excess bedding. I kept my favorites and released the rest so I have more breathing room and easier housekeeping. |
| Identify something in your space for which you feel grateful, but which you’d consider releasing so that someone else can enjoy and appreciate it. | I have a couple of over-sized pieces of furniture that do not function as well as I had hoped. I’ve used them for years but I am ready to give them away and buy smaller solutions. |
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