Survey #282—Full Response from Lise
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe a situation in which someone successfully assisted you with a decluttering or organizing project. What factors contributed to the success of the collaboration? | This was a long time ago when working on decluttering the garage I had saved pretty much all my children's baby clothing. I wanted to donate the items but had a really hard time letting go. My neighbor said, "What would Peter Walsh say about it?" (this is when Clean Sweep was on the air). I then let everything go but the outfits they came home from the hospital in. |
| Describe a situation in which you asked for help with decluttering or organizing, but were unsatisfied with the results. What factors contributed to your dissatisfaction? | I had asked for help from my children with decluttering/organizing and all you can hear were crickets. Being ignored was beyond frustrating and I became mad and ended up decluttering/organizing on my own. I decided if they were not happy with what I had done they should have participated. Turns out they did not care. |
| Describe a situation in which you successfully assisted someone else with a decluttering or organizing project. What factors contributed to the success of your efforts? | I helped my former roommate clear her closet for her move. She just needed assistance in asking the questions and she was able to release a large amount. She was very happy with her progress. |
| Describe a situation in which you offered help with decluttering or organizing, but you didn’t achieve the desired results. What factors contributed to coming up short of success? | Last year my daughter and I went to assist my mom in decluttering her apartment. This was a challenge and hard to witness - when we started she was amazing in releasing items and then she started to back peddle and became very prickly in her attitude. She did release a lot but where I thought she said she did not want x,y,z she started holding on to "things" that really did not help her in my eyes. I ended up leaving with the thought she has way deeper issues and I hate to say a brokenness that I can not fix. She continues to avoid things and I have to just let her be. |
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