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Published April 26, 2022 by Blackstone Pub.
How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles that will revolutionize the way you approach home care—without endless to-do lists. Presented in 31 daily thoughts, this compassionate guide will help you begin to get free of the shame and anxiety you feel over home care.
Inside you will learn: · How to shift your perspective of care tasks from moral to functional · How to stop negative self-talk and shame around care tasks · How to give yourself permission to rest, even when things aren’t finished · How to motivate yourself to care for your space
This book is far less about helpful tips for actually doing the cleaning, and more about giving yourself permission not to be perfect. I cleared that hurdle long ago. I am sure there are many people who will gain a lot from this book, but I wasn't one of them.
An interesting book. The author stresses gentleness and flexibility, things I don't think I've heard from other people in this space. She also goes beyond just "cleaning," but touches on other areas of care in one's life.
A helpful guide to approaching housework from a functional rather than moral perspective. It's short enough to blitz through quickly or dip into briefly over time, making it very accessible. As a result it might not have the heft of other stuff help books but this is more of a manifesto to get you thinking about housework more helpfully. This style is partly to make the book accessible to neurodiverse readers and it's interesting to find a book written with that clearly in mind. If you've ever struggled to keep on top of the chaos, this may well be the book that helps reset your expectations and figure out how to make your space work for you.
