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How to Keep House While Drowning
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I waited a long time for this library book. I was #44 in line. After reading it, I don't understand why it is so popular? Is it just the title? Overall this book is very very repetitive, with the main topics being dishes and laundry and be kind to your self. I did find some parts funny and some true. Yes, your space should be functional. And, I liked the image of decide if you are juggling glass versus plastic balls. She does relate to needs of people with disabilities of any kind. I was a messier person when I went to work in a wheelchair, walker and crutches for 2 years after a near fatal car accident and had to learn to walk again. Cleaning was not so important with cracked collarbone, ribs, pelvis. After work, I stopped at the nursing home to care for my mom whin who had dementia. Then I went for water pool therapy. I had to set priorities...many priorities. And, I was a messier person when my tiny kitchen had no counterspace and my house had just 1 small closet for clothes. Now, I am grateful for my ranch house with lots of cabinets and closets and storage space. It is much easier to not be messy. And, I am easily motivated to keep my nice home clean and tidy...not perfect or all the time. I do have work, many animals, a big garden lots of hobbies, friends and family.
Perhaps the author needs to get some organisational help, rather than writing a book like this. I would recommend the book "Tiny Habits" ; it has many useful hacks. Better hacks than buying 144 disposible toothbrusher. He suggests floss jut 1 tooth a day...lol. And, " there are no projects , just Next Actions ". I read that in another self-help book recently. That advice turned my List Making into a simple doable day to day plan. It can apply to jobs, projects and home care etc. Sure you can read this book, but there are really not enough suggestions to be very useful. I do not need a laundry basket in every room. But, maybe I'll put a watering can in every room.
A final thought, perhaps her home is just too big to take care of. Some houses today seem big enough for 2 families. It may be time to downsize.
Perhaps the author needs to get some organisational help, rather than writing a book like this. I would recommend the book "Tiny Habits" ; it has many useful hacks. Better hacks than buying 144 disposible toothbrusher. He suggests floss jut 1 tooth a day...lol. And, " there are no projects , just Next Actions ". I read that in another self-help book recently. That advice turned my List Making into a simple doable day to day plan. It can apply to jobs, projects and home care etc. Sure you can read this book, but there are really not enough suggestions to be very useful. I do not need a laundry basket in every room. But, maybe I'll put a watering can in every room.
A final thought, perhaps her home is just too big to take care of. Some houses today seem big enough for 2 families. It may be time to downsize.
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