Survey #280—Full Response from Johanna
| Express your gratitude for something in your home that you plan to keep indefinitely. How does this item support the life you love? | I plan to keep my sewing machine (1953 Bernina Record inherited from my mom) and my crafting supplies and tools (knitting needles, scissors, fabric...) for as long as I am able to enjoy using them. I thought I was way too attached to all my belongings, but after thinking long and hard about this question I realise that I can let go of things that I will never use or enjoy again. I won't be able to take anything with me when I die anyway, so why hang on to stuff that is only a burden. |
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| 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. | The clutter fairy and the clutter fairy's little helper Ed of course! Also Mari Kondo in a huge way. When I left my husband, I moved from a 1100 ft apartment into a 110 ft (yes, shoebox) apartment in an attic. I hat to get rid of 90% of my things, and the Konmari method helped me decide on what to keep. I could not have done this huge adjustment so painlessly without it. I especially love it because it applies to anyone in any life circumstances. |
| Describe something that you’re grateful for having been able to declutter and release from your life. | When I moved into the tiny shoebox apartment, I had to let go of so many craft supplies and fabrics that I had curated over the years. I gave them to a preschool/kindergarten and the kids were over the moon! They used all of it and I still have more than I could ever use. An episode of the clutter fairy podcast inspired me to let go of a lot of UFOs without feeling guilty but learning from the experience. So much lighter without them! I also apply the Konmari method to people now. If they don't spark joy I release them from my life. I always try to do it in a nice way, except for my ex husband. Very grateful for having released him... |
| 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. | Pretty much anything that is just a backup. I just gave a bed frame that is only used as a guest bed to a friend who is moving into her first apartment. She will use it every day, I never have guests. |
| Future topics | Tidying the inside of a computer. What would be a logical way to organise all the files? |
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