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.
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Summary
Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana White is not your typical decluttering book. Several of her concepts have caught my attention and I am very glad I read it.
Two of my favorite points from the book that hit home for me.
1 – this is not about organizing. It is about de-cluttering
2 – ask the question where would you LOOK for it. Not where should it belong.
She has a very tactical and practical approach to tackling the clutter. You can tell she is talking from experience. And her examples are like she is looking into your bedroom, or closet or kitchen.
I also have the need to be prepared for anything. Which leads to The decluttering regret –we will survive it. It is not the end of the world and it is much better than having a house so full you cannot find anything.
She recommends decluttering the most visible spaces first so that you can see progress and you can have people in your home.
She introduces the container concept which to me was new to decluttering. I was organizing and buying new organizers. For examples if scarves have a drawer. You fill it with your favorite scarves and the ones that don’t fit, get donated.
She strongly recommends donating versus thinking we will eventually sell it. Oh my… did I mention I think she is in my house and my head.
I definitely would recommend this book. Good, practical advice from someone who has been there and encourages you. She knows the reasons you have convinced yourself to keep it because she has been there.