Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff

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The book gets a little repetitive as the same basic instructions are repeated for each room of the house, but there are some really valuable chapters on helping others (including kids! The whole book, every chapter and every strategy, helps you make real progress in whatever amount of time you have available. Future potential" That is the key and she address the mindset as much as the steps to a less cluttered room. It did not only give you tricks and hacks on how to declutter your space, it helps you change your mindset on how you think about clutter and stuff. I was a little less enthusiastic when I realized that the title was a more realistic one, "Decluttering at the Speed of Life.

After talking about a decluttering mindset, Dana then gives you step by step decluttering instructions for every room in your home as well as decluttering tips pertinent to that specific space. Incidentally, I thought a tip that was helpful about decluttering a space is to first determine it's function like in those guest/office/hobby rooms that end up catch-alls because the space hasn't been defined (and this makes it hard to oust the clutter because it has no set primary purpose). procrasticlutter are clean laundry piled on the couch and clean dishes in the dish drainer or the dishwasher. The chapter on letting other people help with decluttering your home when you have movement/health limits was good even if it doesn't apply to me (yet).

While she advocates decluttering as finding/keeping/using the things you love (similar to Marie Kondo's "spark joy" mantra), White has a concrete way for those buried under piles to really begin to address the accumulation. This generic term covers all aspects of my life, but one of the primary ways has been a decluttering of my living space. This is a good decluttering book, though doesn't rise quite to the level some other decluttering books have, that I've read. If you cringe at a friend or relative's style of "housekeeping" or of you are the one who never allows anyone into your home, this book is a wonderful place to start.

Her approach is simple- deal with the least agonizing (like trash or daily drop pile stuff) and working up to the big decision stuff. I know many people love the Marie Kondo books, but I couldn't get into her "spark joy" mantra because if I had to touch every item in my house to see if it sparks joy, I would never finish decluttering; actually, I wouldn't even start.

There is no stuff put aside in keep piles to deal with later so the house doesn’t become more messy in the process of decluttering. It went room by room following the same basic approach and considered each room’s unique challenges.