Survey #309—Full Response from Millie
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Describe an organizing project or task that you left incomplete because it wasn’t going the way you envisioned. What expectations had you set that you weren’t able to satisfy? | This is an ongoing project of curating my family photo collection. I planned to remove all the photos from albums that were big and took up too much space to store and put them into acid-free boxes. It was easy to get rid of duplicate pictures, blurred or darkened ones, and landscapes that I could easily find online, but honestly there are TOO many photos of my children when they were young and going through them brings up good AND bad memories. I try to limit myself to 10-15 minutes a day. My husband wants to toss out more than I do. I expected this project to be simple. It isn't. |
| How do your initial expectations regarding the time, energy, and emotional effort needed for a decluttering project usually compare to the reality of the actual process? | Some albums are easily gone through because we took so many landscape/tourist type photos. It's the "cute" kid stuff that is hard to let go of. (Also one of our children is a drug addict so it is painful to think about how his life has turned out.) |
| What “real-world” factors tend to interfere with your decluttering and organizing tasks or projects and keep you from meeting the expectations you’ve set? | This project seems overwhelming since I'm doing it in bite-size chunks. I just want it done NOW because it's taking up floor space in our office. |
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