Social Gathering Survey Results – Inherited and Sentimental Clutter

Question 1: Do you have more Inherited items or more Sentimental items in your clutter?

First place: Sentimental – related to MY past

Question 2: Do your Inherited and Sentimental things trigger more positive or negative feelings and memories?

First place: 50:50

Question 3: What strong emotional feelings and memories do your Inherited or Sentimental items trigger the most?

Joint 1st Place:

• Nostalgia – positive feelings of past happy times
• A sense of meaning to my life

Question 4: Do you think you struggle to make REALISTIC decisions about your Inherited or Sentimental things because of the Endowment Effect?

1st Place: No

Question 5: Do you think you struggle to make REALISTIC decisions about your Inherited or sentimental things because of Loss Aversion?

1st Place:  Yes

Question 6: Which of the top tips are you going to TRY in relation to your Inherited / Sentimental clutter?

Recognise that my inherited / sentimental items were part of a chapter of my life, they’re not the whole book. If I continue to hold on to everything then I’ll be stuck in the past