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361 reviews for:
How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets
Dana K. White
4.1 AVERAGE
361 reviews for:
How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets
Dana K. White
4.1 AVERAGE
In spite of the silly cover, this is the most down-to-earth cleaning book I've read (and I've read a lot, because reading about cleaning is so much more fun than actually cleaning).
This book starts out by telling me what I needed to hear: stop worrying about the best way to do something and just do it. If you do the dishes, the dishes are done. If you read about the best way to do the dishes, you may pick up a tip or two, but guess what? The dishes are still dirty. I love how Ms. White describes how much she learned about cleaning simply by doing it. I love how she has faced her own reality and figured out what really works for her—not what theoretically, ideally, logically should work‚ because that's not reality.
On the housecleaning spectrum from Marie Kondo (idealist) to FlyLady (realist), Ms. White comes down squarely on the FlyLady side, but she has better grammar and is funnier. I've read an embarrassing number of books on cleaning, and this is definitely one of my favorites—and more importantly, one of the most likely to make a real difference in the way I do things around the house.
This book starts out by telling me what I needed to hear: stop worrying about the best way to do something and just do it. If you do the dishes, the dishes are done. If you read about the best way to do the dishes, you may pick up a tip or two, but guess what? The dishes are still dirty. I love how Ms. White describes how much she learned about cleaning simply by doing it. I love how she has faced her own reality and figured out what really works for her—not what theoretically, ideally, logically should work‚ because that's not reality.
On the housecleaning spectrum from Marie Kondo (idealist) to FlyLady (realist), Ms. White comes down squarely on the FlyLady side, but she has better grammar and is funnier. I've read an embarrassing number of books on cleaning, and this is definitely one of my favorites—and more importantly, one of the most likely to make a real difference in the way I do things around the house.
A quick, easy read. I picked up a few tips and ideas that I will be implementing into my daily routine.
This book started off slow for me, but as the book went on I understood more about what Dana White was talking about. Start with the easy stuff and work your way up to more challenging tasks.
I am slowly working on my own version of this as my seasons of life change constantly.
I am slowly working on my own version of this as my seasons of life change constantly.
Unexpectedly funny. I got a few tips and a few laughs.
Bailing on this one because it's not for me. Seriously, I'm not the target audience. I'm a little messy but nowhere near the level of a slob. I don't need someone to tell me to wash my dishes everyday or throw out my empty toilet paper rolls because these are things that I do regularly... because, common sense. 🤷🏾♀️
I mean we all have our journeys so I'm not judging hers but I really don't need to read this one.
I mean we all have our journeys so I'm not judging hers but I really don't need to read this one.
My house is so much easier to keep tidy these days but I did not know exactly why. This book really helped explain it. I used to think there were two kinds of people in this world. "Do-it-now" people and "Do-it-later" people. I knew the Do-it-now people had much less stress and difficulty in their lives, but I just accepted I was unfortunate to be a Do-it-later sort. But, of course, that was fixed mindset thinking (see: Dweck, C). So I decided to test the hypothesis that if I put my mind to it I could be come MORE of a Do-it-now person. And over time, that is exactly what has happened. Anything you practice you get better at. Duh. But now, I get a little jolt of joy every time I look for something and it is there - because I put it back right away. This book also has many other gems for people like me - who don't notice clutter naturally until it is too late (or until I am used to clean so now I notice anything not in it's place). Of course, it also helps we have an amazing cleaning lady who comes often enough to further keep us on our toes. Life is better tidy!!
Yes, this book was repetitive, BUT it really allowed me to learn that there are simple actionable steps that you can do daily to make a difference in my home. As I added the steps, I noticed my husband starting to declutter as well. I almost got him to get rid of moving boxes we have had in storage for years!! (We WILL recycle them the next trip!)
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I've just finished listening to this audiobook for the second time! It was wonderful to hear her tips again and glean a few other things that I can use along my journey! I bought the audiobook so that I could be re-inspired while I work ANYTIME!
Definitely for a certain kind of person. I am rating it well enough so people who need it can find it, but I personally didn't think it felt beneficial for my personality type. Not trying to diagnose her but my gut tells me that the ADHD girlies will love this one.