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Summary
Summary
You don't have to live overwhelmed by stuff--you can get rid of clutter for good!
While the world seems to be in love with the idea of tiny houses and minimalism, real women with real families who are constantly growing and changing simply can't purge it all and start from nothing. Yet a home with too much stuff is a home that is difficult to maintain, so where do we begin? Add in paralyzing emotional attachments and constant life challenges, and it can feel almost impossible to make real decluttering progress.
In Decluttering at the Speed of Life, decluttering expert and author Dana White identifies the mind-sets and emotional challenges that make it difficult to declutter. Then, in her signature humorous approach, she provides workable solutions to break through these struggles and get clutter out--for good!
But more than simply offering strategies, Dana dives deep into how to implement them, no matter the reader's clutter level or emotional resistance to decluttering. She helps identify procrasticlutter--the stuff that will get done eventually so it doesn't seem urgent--as well as how to make progress when there's no time to declutter.
Sections of the book include
Why You Need This Book (You Know Why) Your Unique Home Decluttering in the Midst of Real Life Change Your Mind, Change Your Home Breaking Through Your Decluttering Delusions Working It Out Room by Room Helping Others Declutter Real Life Goes On (and On)As long as we're living and breathing, new clutter will appear. The good news is that decluttering can get easier, become more natural, and require significantly fewer hours, less emotional bandwidth, and little to no sweat to keep going.
Author Notes
Dana K. White is a blogger, speaker, and (much to her own surprise) Decluttering Expert. In an attempt to get her home under control, Dana started blogging as Nony (short for Anonymous) at A Slob Comes Clean. Today, Dana shares realistic home management strategies and a message of hope for the hopelessly messy through her blog, weekly podcasts, and videos. Dana lives with her husband and three kids just outside of Dallas, Texas.
Table of Contents
Decluttering Expert? | p. xiii |
Part 1 Building A Decluttering Mind-Set | |
Chapter 1 What Decluttering Is and Isn't | p. 3 |
Chapter 2 My Clutter History | p. 6 |
Chapter 3 Accepting That Your House Is a Container | p. 11 |
Chapter 4 Valuing Space over Stuff | p. 21 |
Chapter 5 Making Progress with the Visibility Rule | p. 30 |
Chapter 6 Understanding the Layers of a Clean House | p. 35 |
Chapter 7 Getting It Out, or the Case for the Donate Box | p. 40 |
Chapter 8 Changing Your Mind-set Changes Your Home | p. 46 |
Chapter 9 Decluttering at the Speed of Life | p. 54 |
Part 2 Decluttering Room by Room | |
Chapter 10 Steps for Working Through an Overwhelming Mess | p. 61 |
Chapter 11 Living Areas | p. 68 |
Chapter 12 Kitchen | p. 81 |
Chapter 13 Another Chapter About Kitchens | p. 93 |
Chapter 14 Bedrooms | p. 104 |
Chapter 15 Closets and Clothes | p. 115 |
Chapter 16 Craft Rooms and Hobby Spaces | p. 128 |
Chapter 17 Storage Areas | p. 139 |
Part 3 Helping Others Declutter | |
Chapter 18 Other People's Clutter | p. 151 |
Chapter 19 Friends | p. 157 |
Chapter 20 Kids | p. 162 |
Chapter 21 Older Family Members | p. 172 |
Chapter 22 Spouses | p. 181 |
Chapter 23 Accepting Help | p. 185 |
Part 4 Special Circumstances in Decluttering | |
Chapter 24 Forced Decluttering: When It All Has to Go | p. 193 |
Chapter 25 Decluttering Dreams (Small Ones and Big Ones) | p. 201 |
Chapter 26 A Lifestyle of Decluttering | p. 214 |
Acknowledgments | p. 219 |
About the Author | p. 221 |