How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets
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Bring your home out of the mess it's in -- and learn how to keep it under control. Do you experience heart palpitations at the sound of an unexpected doorbell? Do you stare in bewilderment at your messy home, wondering how in the world it go this way again? You're not alone. But there is hope for you and your home. In How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind, Dana K. White explains, clearly and without delusions, what it takes to get -- and keep -- your home under control. With understanding, honesty, and her trademark humor, Dana shares her field-tested strategies including: Exactly where to start to tame the chaos; Which habits deserve your focus and will make the most impact; How to gain traction in your quest for a manageable home; Practical tips you can implement and immediately to declutter huge amount of stuff with minimal emotional drama; Cleaning your house is not a one-time project but a series of ongoing premade decisions. Start learning Dana's reality-based cleaning and organizing techniques -- and see how they really work! - Publisher.
You've tried to organize; you've decluttered and you've cleaned. Yet your home is still messy, or reverts after all too short a time. White explains, clearly and without delusions, what it takes to get-- and keep-- your home under control. Discover what works for you, for your unique personality, and in your unique home.
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I appreciate the candor, although it definitely started to sound repetitive (more than necessary to get the point across, imo). The benefit of listening to the audiobook, my husband overheard parts so it's had some influences there as well!
My overall takeaway from this book is a reminder of Atomic Habits power, with a clean house focus. Ive figured out some of these pieces on my own, and others bits I don't fully relate to as I don't have kids, but the reminder was good, and she definitely caught me with the project mindset. Even though functionally I've shifted my efforts, the idea of adjusting the mindset also helps.
I love a self help book delivered with a bit of humor. That being said I didn't really like the disparaging comments about being a "slob." Just because you are not good/don't naturally gravitate to being a neat freak doesn't make you a slob. Even though she was calling herself a slob in a self deprecating manner it could still be inferred that if you the reader also struggle with these things then you are also a slob. That being said there was some good advice here especially when it comes to cleaning and organizing your home is bite size chunks instead of trying to do everything all at once.
My biggest takeaway was - do the dishes. everyday. no exceptions.
