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Survey #282—Full Response from Sandra

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November 22, 2025

Describe a situation in which someone successfully assisted you with a decluttering or organizing project. What factors contributed to the success of the collaboration?Sometimes you don't even have to ask. Back in my students days I moved at least twice a year, so I was used to keeping A LOT of boxes for this purpose. Once I stored a great number of them in my parents' garage and my dad threw them all into recycling without telling me. I've never looked back since and never again stored anything at my parents' house 🙂
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 think I have mentioned my husband too often in your surveys!
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?At work I've been the person to release many boxes that were "archived", meaning full of financial papers we were no longer legally obligated to keep, or old work projects nobody would ever look at again. I was successful because no one wanted to make a decision so they all delegated it to me.
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?Why are we talking about my husband again ?
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.Subscription decluttering. Did Gayle ever do this with clients? We all have subscriptions we don't use that should be cancelled ASAP.
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