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A review by jesromas
How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by K.C. Davis
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.5
I never do self-help books but for some reason I stumbled across this and gave it a chance. This is a compassionate how-to guide for both thinking about your relationship to care tasks and actually doing care tasks. I thought it was a perfect balance of both.
It’s obviously written by a middle-class white mom but I think she does a good job of positioning herself and accommodating for people who live outside of that experience. Some of her tips about parenting (or comments about having a kitchen island or laundry room lol) were irrelevant to me but could easily be skipped or overlooked.
This book was also super accessible as an audiobook and in general. I think it’d be worthwhile even just skimming it for someone struggling to maintain a clean or functional home space. It did really change my perspective on ~chores~ for the better.
It’s obviously written by a middle-class white mom but I think she does a good job of positioning herself and accommodating for people who live outside of that experience. Some of her tips about parenting (or comments about having a kitchen island or laundry room lol) were irrelevant to me but could easily be skipped or overlooked.
This book was also super accessible as an audiobook and in general. I think it’d be worthwhile even just skimming it for someone struggling to maintain a clean or functional home space. It did really change my perspective on ~chores~ for the better.
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness