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7.41k reviews for:
How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
K.C. Davis
4.35 AVERAGE
7.41k reviews for:
How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
K.C. Davis
4.35 AVERAGE
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I’m not a fan of self diagnosis so if I were to read it again I would skip the intro.
While it was a book to give tips on cleaning it seemed much more to be a self help book.
Like all self help books I take what I find relevant and probably won’t impose things I didn’t see as necessary.
I do find this book to be more geared to parents of young children. As that’s me it was pretty well timed.
She relates a lot to her own life experiences. I didn’t match up with all of it, but as a stay at home mom with two young kids a lot did resonate. Some other stuff I was kind of out of the loop on. There were things she said she could not relate to so she couldn’t fully give insight, as these things were pretty relatable to me the insight really hit the nail on the head and changed my way of thinking.
I wouldn’t say this is a book for everyone. I feel like it’s really good for young parents who weren’t raised themselves with helpful housekeeping knowledge. If your parents raised you in a way you understand how to prioritize cleaning tasks and self care at the same time as well as teaching you to actually clean, maybe this isn’t for you. But if you weren’t taught one or the other this is pretty good.
I would say I’ve been cleaning after myself well for my whole life. I had a pretty strict childhood when it came to cleanliness. Living with someone else (partner and kids) changes habits totally, making organization and cleaning harder. This book really lets you know in the kindest terms that that is natural and okay. The parts of the book that discussed balance sat with me the most and I truly appreciated.
Overall I would recommend it, just not to everyone and also skip the intro.
While it was a book to give tips on cleaning it seemed much more to be a self help book.
Like all self help books I take what I find relevant and probably won’t impose things I didn’t see as necessary.
I do find this book to be more geared to parents of young children. As that’s me it was pretty well timed.
She relates a lot to her own life experiences. I didn’t match up with all of it, but as a stay at home mom with two young kids a lot did resonate. Some other stuff I was kind of out of the loop on. There were things she said she could not relate to so she couldn’t fully give insight, as these things were pretty relatable to me the insight really hit the nail on the head and changed my way of thinking.
I wouldn’t say this is a book for everyone. I feel like it’s really good for young parents who weren’t raised themselves with helpful housekeeping knowledge. If your parents raised you in a way you understand how to prioritize cleaning tasks and self care at the same time as well as teaching you to actually clean, maybe this isn’t for you. But if you weren’t taught one or the other this is pretty good.
I would say I’ve been cleaning after myself well for my whole life. I had a pretty strict childhood when it came to cleanliness. Living with someone else (partner and kids) changes habits totally, making organization and cleaning harder. This book really lets you know in the kindest terms that that is natural and okay. The parts of the book that discussed balance sat with me the most and I truly appreciated.
Overall I would recommend it, just not to everyone and also skip the intro.
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This is exactly what I needed to hear. I love how she writes and encourages me to be kind and realistic with myself. Highly recommend!
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Synopsis: Short, easily digestible chapters focused on deconstructing our thoughts, emotions, and motivations around cleaning from a point of shame and moral obligation to one of self care. The book offered gentle skill building to help increase your function (not your worth) such as the five things tidying method to tackle resetting a space, the music movement momentum and bundling to help with task initiation, the nine square to prioritise care tasks, setting "closing duties" to be kind to "morning you", and the glass balls vs plastic balls idea to identify what's okay to drop.
Review: I didn't walk away with any real tangible revelations, and it felt a little like glorifying mess, and relied heavily on a comfortable income to support many of the recommended cleaning tips.
Favourite quotes:
"No one ever shamed themselves into better mental health"
"If you are completing care tasks from a motivation of shame, you are probably also relaxing in shame too"
"Imperfection is required for a good life"
Review: I didn't walk away with any real tangible revelations, and it felt a little like glorifying mess, and relied heavily on a comfortable income to support many of the recommended cleaning tips.
Favourite quotes:
"No one ever shamed themselves into better mental health"
"If you are completing care tasks from a motivation of shame, you are probably also relaxing in shame too"
"Imperfection is required for a good life"
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
The most useful “self help” book I’ve ever encountered. From intentional font for neurodivergence to page shortcuts for those short on time or attention, this book is so thoughtfully constructed. It helps one find grace for oneself.