It's All Too Much

An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff

By: Peter Walsh

Narrated by: Peter Walsh

Whether it’s tidying up or tiny-house living, the decluttering revolution is taking America by storm. In It’s All Too Much organizational expert Peter Walsh reveals the tools for taking control of your physical—and emotional—clutter in order to reclaim your life.

Are you surrounded by papers? Overstuffed closets? Are you stepping over toys or searching under piles, and leaving boxes of mementos unopened for years? Do you feel under siege by your belongings? Peter Walsh, the organizational guru from TLC's hit show Clean Sweep, understands.

It's All Too Much is Peter’s proven system for anyone who wants to let go and escape the suffocating clutter in their lives. With his good humor and reassuring advice, Peter shows you how to face the really big question: What is the vision for the life you want to live? Through simple techniques and step-by-step plans, you can assess the state of your home, prioritize your possessions, and let go of the clutter you have been holding on to that has kept you from living the life you imagine. Going way beyond color-coded boxes and storage bin solutions, It's All Too Much shows you how to honestly determine what adds to your quality of life and what's keeping you from living the life of your dreams. The result is freed-up space, less stress, and more energy for living a happier, richer life every day.©2007 Peter Walsh. All rights reserved; (P)2007 Simon and Schuster Inc. All rights reserved.

It works

If you've ever seen Peter on TV and thought, "I need him to come to my house", this is your chance. The audio version is perfect, you can start tossing your clutter while you're listening. Get a big box of trash bags and a few tissues handy as he takes you step by step through every room of your home.

An approach that makes sense. Goodbye cluddah.

Liked it. Am cautiously optimistic Walsh's approach might do the trick for me.
The book is not much about getting organized. The focus is squarely on the how, what and why of getting rid of stuff.
Since listening I've gotten rid of considerably more stuff than I've taken in...without regret. So far, so good.
Overall this is a very good listen with only minor cons:
Walsh comes around and repeats himself a bit. Also,
Usually I don't mind and sometimes even prefer a reader's British (or in this case Aussie) accent, but the accent makes the word "clutter" come out "cluddah". You hear the word pronounced like that 500 times and it might get annoying. But maybe that's not so bad though cause now when I see clutter I hear cluddah cluddah cluddah in my head, which annoys me and maybe helps me want to get rid of the stuff.
I think Walsh is on point and he definitely deserves a listen.

Baby Steps

Where does It's All Too Much rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It was an easy listen and definitely gave me a lot to think about as I try to organize my house.

What does Peter Walsh bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He is realistic- he knows that people cannot change overnight and that taking on too much at once leads to failure.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

The idea I took is that change is gradual and small steps can lead to big changes. I feel like this book really helped me realize that I don't have to change everything all at once.

loved it!

I'm decluttering and love listening to Peter while I do. He keeps me motivated.

Motivating!

Good reminders for old tips with lots of new stuff as well. motivating. Thank you