How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind

Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

De: Dana K. White

Narrado por: Dana K. White

Bring your home out of the mess it’s in—and learn how to keep it under control! Housekeeping expert Dana K. White shares reality-based cleaning and organizing techniques that will help you learn what really works.

Do you experience heart palpitations at the sound of an unexpected doorbell? Do you stare in bewilderment at your messy home, wondering how in the world it got this way again? You’re not alone. But there is hope for you and your home.

Managing your home isn’t an all-or-nothing approach, and Dana has broken down the most critical things that you'll need to do to keep up with the housework. With understanding, honesty, and her trademark humor, Dana shares her field-tested strategies including:

• Exactly where to start to tame the chaos
• Which habits deserve your focus and will make the most impact
• How to gain traction in your quest for a manageable home
• Practical tips you can implement and immediately to declutter huge amount of stuff with minimal emotional drama

Cleaning your house is not a one-time project—it’s a series of ongoing and daily decisions. Start learning Dana’s reality-based cleaning and organizing techniques—and see how they really work!

Get ready to say goodbye to the stacks of dirty dishes crowding your kitchen counters, conquer the never-ending piles of laundry, and stop tripping over clutter on your living room floor as Dana helps you discover what works for you, for your unique personality, and in your unique home.

A 28-day guide to help you start getting your home under control is available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2016 Dana White (P)2016 Thomas Nelson Publishers

I was very skeptical, but it works.

when I first started listening to this book it seemed too simplified and I was so skeptical. I almost stopped listening as I thought it was a waste of my time. But, I have to admit it works.
Timing myself doing chores is something I had never thought of. I was shocked by how much time it took just to do my out of control dishes. My dishes had sat for months in the sink. Every dish in the house was dirty, all the silverware and plates. So, I bought more paper plates and washed a fork or spoon every time I needed one.
When I finally took her advice to do the dishes it took me 111 minutes just to clean off the dishes and get them in the dishwasher. This happened in two full loads over a course of two days. This does not count the cost of the time for the dishes to wash and to put them away. I was shocked at this huge investment in time and realized why subconsciously I avoided this task like the plague. Seeing how much time my procrastination costed me was a huge motivator for me. Time is like money in the bank and by saving little amounts of time by procrastinating on the dishes it cost me a huge investment to actually get it done.
This seems like common sense and it basically is. But, by breaking it down and just starting this book motivated me to complete this monumental task. Once I completed the dishes other projects did not seem so daunting. Its a matter of doing something, anything, is better than nothing. This is a great book for professional procrastinators. I have ADHD and it motivated me because she connected with me on a level that did not overwhelm me.
This book is not for those that create and follow excel sheets on cleaning their home. But, it is for those that would like to have excel sheets and a clean home, but it all just seems like too much work and is too overwhelming. Thank you to the author for writing this book and for connecting with us that are motivated differently than the Type A personality.

The best!!

I have read so many cleaning books over the years and this one hit home for me!

This is the one!

This is the book (and blog and podcast) that really did it for me! Her ideas work, and the approach is flexible, realistic and manageable over the long term. Really. Really really.
Highly highly recommend, especially if you are frustrated, feeling like you have failed at other approaches.

I cried! Best ever real talk book

I had no idea how bad I needed these words! I listened to this book in 2 days and cannot wait to start her other ones. I know the message now, but I love her support without even knowing me.

I love her books!

I felt like she knew me LOL I have already decluttered so much in my house! She repeats the same stories a lot in all of her books, that’s my only complaint, but very helpful regardless!

overall great book

Loved the book and it's content and the author. My only complaint is I could hear every time she swallowed. I couldn't listen with full volume or headphones because of this. just some advice if she ever narrates another book.

I have never related more to a writer!

if I read experts from this book to my family they would swear I had written it. clutter blindness and time issues have ruled my life for 30 years. thanks to this book and her blog and podcast I finally understand myself and feel less overwhelmed and alone!

LOVE IT!

it's the best book I've ever read. Thanks for your transparency Dana! I've read it twice and I've learned new things both times. so worth it!

Loved it!!

I loved this book Sooo much. I loved listening to all the 'proofs'. She and I could be the same person!! It's like she's been to my house and wrote a book about it! My kitchen has been clean for a whole week now and that's never happened before. Listened to it twice already and have to listen again!

love it

I love this book and she's very funny so you want to keep listening to her then after that you want to start cleaning your house.