How to Keep House While Drowning : : a Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Home & Garden / Decorating & Organizing / Davis, KC, 648 Da
On Shelf At: Traverwood Branch

Care tasks are morally neutral -- Kindness to future you -- For all the self-help rejects -- Gentle skill building: The five things tidying method -- Gentle self-talk: Mess has no inherent meaning -- Care tasks are functional -- Gentle self-talk: find the compassionate observer -- Organized is not the same as tidy -- Susie with depression -- Gentle skill building: Setting functional priorities -- Women and care tasks -- Gentle skill building: Laundry -- You can't save the rain forest if you're depressed -- Drop the plastic balls -- Gentle skill building: Doing the dishes -- When you don't have kids -- When it's hard to shower -- Caring for your body when you hate it -- Gentle self-talk: "I am allowed to be human" -- Good enough is perfect -- Gentle skill building: Changing bedsheets -- Rest is a right, not a reward -- Division of labor: the rest should be fair -- Gentle skill building: Bathrooms -- Gentle skill building: A system for keeping your car clean -- When your body doesn't cooperate -- Contributing is morally neutral -- Cleaning and parental trauma -- Critical family members -- Rhythms over routines -- Gentle skill building: Maintaining a space -- My favorite ritual: Closing duties -- Skill deficit versus support deficit -- Outsourcing care tasks is morally neutral -- Exercise sucks -- Your weight is morally neutral -- Food is morally neutral -- Getting back into rhythm -- You deserve a beautiful Sunday.
"For anyone tired of staring at the same mess every day but struggling to find the time and willpower to fix it, popular therapist and Tiktok star KC Davis presents a revolutionary method of cleaning to end the stress-mess cycle"-- Provided by publisher.

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Need submitted by Clown81 on July 6, 2022, 2:28am I need this book if it is going to show me how to clean my house.

The best hug I’ve ever gotten from a book about cleaning submitted by mgsobo on July 27, 2022, 6:29pm So many books in this genre give you a giant to-do list , and some add a helping of shame or impracticality. This book gets into the down and dirty of handling basic care tasks in the face of chronic illness, disability, small children, and other obstacles with compassion and clarity about what really matters and what can be let go of until it gets easier or more help becomes available. Real and hopeful.

Potentially a Life Preserver submitted by Meginator on August 1, 2022, 3:40pm This book is very well-intentioned and will resonate deeply with readers who are new to the household organization area of self-help; its simple, short chapters and useful appendices are ideal for anyone who is completely overwhelmed at the idea of maintaining their home space and who simply needs a place to start. I appreciated the author’s gentle approach and her insistence that rules and systems only matter as far as they actually serve the people using them, as well as some very useful lists of ideas and suggestions. The author’s approach may not work for all readers, especially those who have already been looking into the subject, but this will be a big help for a lot of people.

Short and direct submitted by Mtadams on August 10, 2023, 7:49am A short and direct book with practical tips and also looks into what can be happening at a deeper.

Patient and understanding approach submitted by Helengio on August 20, 2023, 6:41pm A really fantastic book with a great, self compassionate approach.

How to Keep House While Drowning submitted by leighsprauer on October 23, 2023, 8:01pm I was hoping this book would have more practical tips, especially for sorting/organizing, which is what I struggle with. Instead, it's more of an affirmation for people who have difficulty keeping up with daily "care" tasks: dishes, laundry, cooking, sweeping & vacuuming. Davis doesn't really give a lot of tips; her main goal is to let people know that it's okay to let things slide and only do the bare minimum. And she does a good job of writing about that and extending grace to people who struggle with that. It's not my particular challenge (although that's only because I've already internalized her advice - undone dishes and laundry don't bother me - not because I get these chores done every day), but I appreciate that she's trying to help those people.

Don’t let the title dissuade you submitted by srakes2425 on April 25, 2024, 6:08pm Approachable and understandable tips for anyone, not just those who are “drowning”. This books provides ways for you to set up an practical organizational structure for yourself; not the structure itself. 5 stars