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How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis
3 reviews
gwenswoons's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
I loved this book so much. It’s way outside my usual reading palette, and I’m so grateful Storygraph’s 2024 Genre Challenge helped nudge me to read it! A non-fiction book about psychology?!? Would never have found my way to this on my own, and I already feel the huge impact it will have in my life. I was struck again and again by the author’s ability to both do necessary reframing for us - like separating care tasks from moral successes/failings, as they’ve been societally framed for us - and to simultaneously reassure us, letting us know that changing these patterns in our brains will take time, and giving us inspiring achievable ideas to begin that work. I also deeply appreciated Davis’s acknowledgment of different needs and circumstances - so many conversations about self care and self help ignore forms of oppression and challenge, like systemic racism, financial inequity, neurodiversity, and mental health struggles: factors that can quite literally change and affect people’s abilities to do the same tasks others find easy and accessible. This book explores these things honestly and gently, and as someone who’s had serious struggles with anxiety and depression I felt seen and reflected in this book in a way I haven’t in many modern takes on related topics (whether in books or on social media, journalism, etc.). I’m short, I can’t recommend this book highly enough - truly helped me and I hope it might do the same for you. 💜
Graphic: Mental illness
Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, Rape, and Fatphobia
halib2015's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This book was kinder to me than I have been to myself in the last 15 years. KC has wonderful insights and helpful advice that I feel would be easy to implement.
Minor: Child abuse and Sexual assault
nicoleharris's review
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
Moderate: Addiction
Minor: Sexual assault
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