Survey #296—Full Response from Sandra
| What useful decluttering or organizing strategies or methods did you take away from the book? | She adds a lot of humor to decluttering and organizing. |
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| What parts or aspects of the book did you find difficult to grasp or challenging to apply to your home or situation? | It's best for US-based readers. |
| Please share your favorite quotations or key ideas and concepts from this book. | On page xix - Letting books go: "And you are still a smart person, even without a copy of The Catcher in the Rye." I still remember donating a book on Canadian history that I NEVER read but that made me think highly of myself 🙂 And I also liked on page 30: "Life changes. Change with it." |
| Wolf's “Rule for Purging” is that you must either use an item or “superduperlove” it. How does this differ from other decluttering methods you’ve tried, and does it make it easier or harder to purge stuff? | This is what I try to do because it makes letting go easier. The cons is that you feel a little guilty when you keep useful stuff you don't especially love. It takes a long time to replace some things with prettier or better quality items. For instance, it took me several years to find a new home for a futon before I could buy a better looking sofa-bed. |
| Wolf introduces the idea of a Triangle of Productivity—relying heavily on the combination of your email, calendar, and to-do list to manage your tasks and responsibilities. | Her method works great. I don't use the apps she recommends but my email is no longer a giant to-do list and this year I finally decided to stop using a paper calendar, a big leap of faith for me. |
| Star Rating | 4 |
| 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. | Thank you again for sharing my question about my spice drawer. My space does not allow the organizers that were suggested. Instead I put on my big girl pants and threw away several oldish or nearly empty containers. Of course the following week my husband took advantage of the free space to buy a family-size container of dried thyme. Now we're back to a tight fit. Sigh. |
| Future topics | Another book club ! |
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