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I found Dana White via her podcast, A Slob Comes Clean, and the methods and ideas she discussed were so refreshing and encouraging, I knew I had to tackle this book! I set aside 20-30 minutes each evening to read this on my phone while I nursed my newborn and got through it relatively quickly -- not always an easy task these days for this mom of 3! White got her start via a blog and it reads like compiled blog entries (which I suspect is the case? I haven't read her actual blog yet!) -- a very relaxed, natural tone with short, digestible chapters.
With 3 small kids, I was struggling to stay on top of household routines. I am a minimalist at heart, so I don't generally struggle with an excess of clutter. However, I didn't have firm routines to my day, so dishes tended to pile up beside the sink, laundry piled up in baskets both clean and dirty, and so on. The house wasn't unhygienic, but I often felt like it wasn't far off. It frustrated me that I kept spinning my wheels, taking care of these tasks over and over again, preventing me from accomplishing bigger household projects.
White develops her own dictionary as she goes, introducing terms like Slob Vision, TPAD, and the Visibility Rule. When she explained the obstacle of viewing her house as a project, I wanted to jump out of my chair. I wasn't alone! That was exactly my problem & why I had been stuck in a limbo of frustration. She helped me identify that hurdle, face it, and overcome it with her routines. I am still figuring out some of them, but I am feeling a lot more confident and hopeful because I've already seen some of the results of the few I have applied.
Now when I come downstairs in the morning, my countertop is always clean and it STAYS that way through the day because I can fill up my empty dishwasher throughout the day, running it each night. Somehow that one routine really does open up the rest of the house for improvement. I continue to listen to her podcast; my favorite time to do it is when I'm tackling chores or a small decluttering project.
With 3 small kids, I was struggling to stay on top of household routines. I am a minimalist at heart, so I don't generally struggle with an excess of clutter. However, I didn't have firm routines to my day, so dishes tended to pile up beside the sink, laundry piled up in baskets both clean and dirty, and so on. The house wasn't unhygienic, but I often felt like it wasn't far off. It frustrated me that I kept spinning my wheels, taking care of these tasks over and over again, preventing me from accomplishing bigger household projects.
White develops her own dictionary as she goes, introducing terms like Slob Vision, TPAD, and the Visibility Rule. When she explained the obstacle of viewing her house as a project, I wanted to jump out of my chair. I wasn't alone! That was exactly my problem & why I had been stuck in a limbo of frustration. She helped me identify that hurdle, face it, and overcome it with her routines. I am still figuring out some of them, but I am feeling a lot more confident and hopeful because I've already seen some of the results of the few I have applied.
Now when I come downstairs in the morning, my countertop is always clean and it STAYS that way through the day because I can fill up my empty dishwasher throughout the day, running it each night. Somehow that one routine really does open up the rest of the house for improvement. I continue to listen to her podcast; my favorite time to do it is when I'm tackling chores or a small decluttering project.