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bookishheather's review
3.0
Way back in December, I decided it was time for some big changes to happen, including de-cluttering my home. This book seemed to be the perfect guide to get my on my way. Of course, I checked it from the library, because I didn't want to–you guessed it!–add to my clutter.
Most of the big concepts are distilled on the web: gathering boxes and labeling them appropriately, asking yourself hard questions about each item you own, accepting that you have autonomy over an item that was given as a present, etc.
What extras this book offers are a chapter about the "psychology of clutter," which was not as fascinating nor interesting as I expected; and a lot of pretty specific ideas about how to organize your filing cabinet, what cleaning products to keep on hand, etc.
After having read the whole book, I know that there were only a couple of chapters that were valuable to me, but it was a short and easy read, so I didn't mind reading the entire thing to find that out. : )
Most of the big concepts are distilled on the web: gathering boxes and labeling them appropriately, asking yourself hard questions about each item you own, accepting that you have autonomy over an item that was given as a present, etc.
What extras this book offers are a chapter about the "psychology of clutter," which was not as fascinating nor interesting as I expected; and a lot of pretty specific ideas about how to organize your filing cabinet, what cleaning products to keep on hand, etc.
After having read the whole book, I know that there were only a couple of chapters that were valuable to me, but it was a short and easy read, so I didn't mind reading the entire thing to find that out. : )
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