Survey #288—Full Response from Kim
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| What did you learn about yourself or your stuff through your decluttering and organizing process in 2025? | I learned that I am willing to part with beloved mementoes in order to live in an uncluttered home. Sometimes it takes many months of self-talk to gather the courage to pass them on, though! |
| What new decluttering or organizing ideas, methods, or techniques proved helpful in 2025? Were there any game-changers? | The idea that it is being passed on in order to bring joy to someone else. This is very comforting. |
| What did you accomplish in 2025 for which you’d like to pat yourself on the back (and enjoy the acknowledgments of The Clutter Fairy community)? | Completed a move across country in just under 3 years! The last of our boxes arrived last week! We will spend our time over the holidays purging old photographs -- and crying ugly tears while doing so! |
| How do you plan to apply what you learned in 2025 to your 2026 projects? What new decluttering or organizing projects would you like to take on next? | I think of my donations as helping those less fortunate to have things they might not otherwise be able to obtain or afford. I regularly donate items that were bought recently and have been used only once, as well as unused items with the price tags still on. I would rather bring joy to someone less fortunate than get a $20 refund by returning it to Winners. And if I will not be using an item for a long time i.e. seasonal, I donate it and buy another one next year. (We are very short on storage space.) |
| 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. | What has been the easiest thing for you or your clients to declutter that you or they thought would be much harder to declutter? Why do you think that item is easier to declutter? |
| Future topics | What the heck do I do about the thousands upon thousands of electronic photographs that I have stored on a gazillion USB sticks? This question has been driving me crazy. |
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