Survey #289—Full Response from Yvonne
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe a day on which you were busy, but you still felt as if you didn’t accomplish what mattered most. | Every day! I live with my husband and 2 teenage boys. I’ll come home from a 12 hour shift and have to spend a 1/2 hour tidying the house . By the time I’m done I’m now exhausted with no energy left to exercise which is what I really should be doing instead. |
| What challenges keep you from getting things done? | Energy levels, other people’s messes, lack of time . |
| Describe a project on which you struggled to start—or to finish. | I tend sometimes to exaggerate the complexity of a project. If I think it will be too complicated or take too long I’ll procrastinate instead of just starting. More often than not, when I do just start it ends up not being as bad as I initially thought . |
| What tools for managing your activities (calendar, task manager, etc.) are the most or least helpful to you? | I make a “ to-do” list and divide the tasks I need to accomplish between my days off. I try to limit the tasks to no more than 3 / day. If I finish I can either relax the rest of the day or try to take on another days’ task. |
| Please complete the following statement: “I never seem to have enough time for _____.” | I never seem to have enough time for exercise. |
| Our guest for the January 13 webcast is Karen Baker, a productivity consultant and professional organizer. What question would you like us to ask Karen during the live webcast? | I can’t relax if my house is a mess. So I clean and organize until I’m too tired to do anything else except watch tv. I would like to exercise at least 30 mins a day but never seem to get there . What tips can you offer that could help me balance my day better between work, cleaning the house and getting in that necessary exercise. |
| 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. | Can you talk about organizing with zones? I recently watched a clutter bug podcast and Cass talked about organizing your house and things into zones. I’m a fairly good organizer but I’ve always organized my things based on where I use them but the idea of organizing our things into zones seems way more effective. Could you maybe discuss pros and cons of both ways of organizing? |
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