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, many of us 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 … 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.more
Some very helpful, easy, ideas for de-cluttering your home.
So many great tips and starters!
You can’t really get started decluttering until you know just what decluttering is. It isn’t just “stuff shifting,” and it isn’t organizing. It’s actually creating LESS. It sounds simple but it’s really what you have to beat into your head to be able to help yourself!
This book really breaks down your road to decluttering into easier, more manageable steps so you won’t feel so overwhelmed.
Obviously what works for one won’t work for all but I think this book is really going to make a difference for me. By the end, I was already starting to look at my ‘clutter’ in a different way!
I don’t read a lot of non-fiction, but this one caught my eye so I checked it out through Kindle Unlimited when it was available there. The author offers great advice on how to declutter your home (and I can use it!), but the best part is that the book is fun to read. It’s like a funny friend is talking to you. And inspiring you–that’s the important part.
I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I have to say that this is hands down the best book on decluttering that I have ever read. NOT cleaning, decluttering. This means getting rid of the stuff that you don’t need in your home. You know that pile of stuff just spitting there taking up space that you don’t know how to get rid of. You know you need to, but don’t know how to. Well, Dana will tell you how to break that emotional attachment and get it out of you house! This is the book that we all need to read and read and go back to. I know I will be! Thanks Dana for writing the book that is clear, concise, and exactly what we all need!
Inspired me to begin decluttering my sewing room as a start.
I loved the new approach to decluttering!
I like that this author is unapologetic if you’re offended (which I wasn’t). Sometimes an old hoarder like me needs to hear some straight talk about getting over my attachment to junk.
The author is repetitive to the point of boredom. I skimmed and skipped through most of it. I think there are other books in this area that are more helpful.
This is the best decluttering book I have read. Very good Ideas and very practical.
I found it very helpful
Motivating, easy to read and apply.
Nothing especially earth-shaking about this book but it did do what I’d hoped it would and that was to spur me into action. I’m a sentimental “clutterer” and my memories are tied to “stuff”. The book doesn’t discuss my particular problem. The author’s example of “too many scarves” to fit in the drawer (container) isn’t my issue. I have a drawer with 10 scarves in it and I would have no difficulty tossing 8 of them. But tossing dupes isn’t my issue. I have to figure out how to get rid of that one-of-a-kind thingy that I got on that wonderful trip to Vermont with that great friend who, sadly, is gone himself. Ok, so multiply that by a thousand and there’s my Decluttering landscape. But I digress. Back to the book. It is easy to read. The container theory of stuff ownership is very sensible. And, as I stated, the book got me out of my chair and I’ve hauled out a ton of stuff already. The scarves were the first to go because they were easy.
I like the realism of this book!
I’ve read a lot of books on decluttering, but this was the best I’ve read. Dana White is a genius who understands that organizing is not decluttering, and she knows what is required to really make a difference in your home. She has the experience because she’s lived it and learned through the struggle. If you can’t declutter with this system, you’re a hoarder and probably need a different kind of help. If you’ve tried everything and nothing works, get this book. I don’t think you will be disappointed!
Motivational and Good insights
The instructions were easy and it made me feel good about getting started de-cluttering. I identified with a lot of her experiences. I found reading this book very motivational!
I can relate to author’s descriptions.
I downloaded a sample of this book because I do have some areas of clutter in my home and then ended up buying and reading the book. The author has a breezy, humerous style using her own over-the-top experiences in a way that’s entertaining, informative, and practical. Now on to tackle the clutter in my spare bedroom and garage!
I really enjoyed this book. I tend to have too much clutter and always felt that I was organized with it. But, really I was the scarf buyer, more scarf organizers with scarves still on the floor. I don’t do scarves, but socks. I don’t wear nearly the number I have. I didn’t follow all the rules, but I did start with my stuff. I liked the repetition, so that the ideas were in my head. I’m gonna put this to use!
This book presents a great method for decluttering and taking the emotion out of decluttering. It’s not about home organization; it is about weeding out the duplicates and no-longer-used items that take up the limited space of your home and prevent you from enjoying your home to its fullest. I loved the specific application chapters of the decluttering method and Dana’s “decluttering questions.” This may change my life and my home.
I voluntarily read a copy provided by the publisher via Netgalley and I offer my honest opinion in response.