Welcome to Litsy!

Right book for the state of mind I'm in. As someone who lives by myself and has a full time job and hobbies to keep me busy, I find it hard to find the energy to keep my place sparkling clean all of the time. I compare myself to others and feel like I'm doing something wrong by not being a minimalistic neat freak 🙈 This book wasn't life changing but had some good tips. More about changing your mindset about your mess than a how-to guide.

Loved it! Already putting some of the practices in place.

I finished this one a few hours before #readathon started. I‘m so happy to have finished this. I put it on my TBR 4 years ago. A friend of mine invited me to a neurodivergent cleaning group on Facebook the other day and it was like no community I‘ve ever seen. 💚 It reminded me of what little I had read of this book and I was finally motivated to finish. If more mainstream decluttering books give you guilt, try this one. #BookSpinBingo

#selfcarebingo

I‘ve been watching the Simpsons
Adulting: spring cleaning
I vented to my best friend about stupid shit at home
Playing Angry Birds and a new family island game
Made a vision board with my SO daughter yesterday

#bookspinbingo #free

Great guide to getting started with lots of good tips.

This book had a lot of the standard "how to clean up your stuff" advice, but I love how the author shows a lot of grace for folks who struggle for whatever reason. (BTW, she's an awesome follow on Twitter!)

#TeamReadNosedReindeer @StayCurious

My life in summary

One of my favorite things that gives me tranquility is taking notes on a book. This is one I‘ve been wanting to do for a while and it‘s due back to the library tomorrow ? leave it to me to procrastinate. (Also fits for #springbreak BC spring cleaning is what we will do during the fiancés) #marchmadness #magnificentmarch #tuesdaytranquility

✔️ #popsugarreadingchallenge : Title caught attention

Here's my #WeeklyForecast I have started all of these at some point. Hopefully this is the week I finish them! @Cinfhen #NFNov #NetGalleyNovember @rsteve388 @Clwojick

Super great book (: I'm going to get a physical copy to remind myself of all her tips. I feel so much better being able to remind myself that my mess doesn't define me, I can always get around to cleaning it up, and that take breaks and asking for help is -fine-. My anxiety and depression when it comes to cleaning happens to a lot of people and that's okay! Take it in small chunks. Work around what gives me trouble.
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Listening to the currently tagged. I completed my monthly goal on #Bookly in just half the month 😂 so I set up another one!

Somewhat helpful. Fit in with my self help books with curse words fascination. #audiobook

A good reminder to clean in small bits of time and no judgement!

Since Litsy isn‘t working, I suppose I‘ll clean my house for a bit and come back later. Planning on working on bedrooms (mine and the kids‘ today). They are always the most neglected

#PleasureAndPain #MarchIntoOz

Nothing earth shattering, but I think there is some great, helpful info, and I don‘t feel judged!

“You just want to get your home to the point where a drop-in guest doesn‘t send you into a tailspin of panic, and where you can live your everyday life without being disgusted or depressed by your surroundings.”

FAVOURITE NON-FICTION OF 2017 (5/5)
While I love losing myself in fictional worlds, sometimes it‘s just as fulfilling to learn more about the world I‘m in.

My absolute fav non-fiction book of 2017 says a lot about me as a person. This book was huge in helping me overcome my anxiety about mess. And in improving my home environment, that also helped my anxiety. It‘s got simple, practical solutions I continue to use. I love it!
#favouritebooks2017

AMEN, SISTER. I will be buying a paper copy of this book and assigning it to my husband to read! I just bought it on Nook with price-fixing settlement money. 😊💰

I find the UFYH app useful when I need a little motivation. The audiobook offers practical advice for just about every living situation. Borrow the book and if you like it, buy the app. You‘ll only need the book once, but the app can kickstart your cleaning for years.

One of the most helpful books on cleaning and organizing I've ever read (and I've read quite a few). What I love about Hoffman is that she has filled the book with practical tips and techniques that pretty much anyone can use. She purposefully wrote the book with people in mind who deal with physical limitations, mental illness, or chronic pain. As someone who suffers depression and anxiety, this really won me over.

My flight has been delayed so time to catch up on some reading. Today I learned about a thing called a floordrobe and that I have one of my own at home. Defeat the floordrobe! Hahaha #booksmakemyday

I started a few of the little mini challenges last night when I got home from work. It was late and I hated how messy my house was but I was also so fricken tired! But I liked the 20/10 method and the 'just pick up 5 things and that's it' method. It made tidying seem pretty simple. I ended up getting a lot done. Which is freakin awesome for my mental health 😋

I have become far too accustomed to living in squalor, and even my poor bookshelves have fallen victim to my laziness. So spent yesterday afternoon tidying them up and now I can't stop staring at them 👀📚👀

Some Sunday Motivation. #openinglines

That blurb tho ?
Possibly the only question that weighs heavier in the grey matter during Summer Break other than "where is my floor" is #whereismymind? #90sinjuly

I organize some things on #goodreads shelves so I can find them more easily later, but I don't always keep up with shelving cuz I'm laaazy. I wish I was more organized!

https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/627770-rachel

@dariazeoli

This book is changing our house. Library find ever! I was a bit skeptical at first because it seems kind of obvious but it has some great tips about storage and cleaning and that sort of thing. It's a really relaxing read full of challenges!

Instead of doing any of the cleaning my place desperately needs, I'm lazing around with #littenkitten the elder and my coffee, reading about it. It is Sunday morning, after all.

#catsoflitsy

My boyfriend is going to be so pleased that I bought this book before moving in with him 😂😂

Seriously though this book is designed for people with chronic or mental illnesses which I really appreciate - practical things like this can be really difficult some days.

This was really great. I'm pretty perfectionist / OCD and keep my place fairly clean, but also when I get depressed it kind of piles up. I really liked how the author talks about mental and physician illness and disability and how they place limitations, as well as how anti-shame she is. Not much new for me, but still a great read.

I enjoy self help books and organization books, but I've always avoided the ones with a crass title since it always seemed gimmicky to me. I'm very glad I didn't pass on this one because it has some of the best cleaning and organizational tips I've ever heard. I would recommend this to anyone who struggles to keep their home under control.

I am really trying to get through this book, but the author seems to go on and on over simple things, like she thinks she needs to say more words in order to get her point across. If she keeps it up, I'm not sure I'll be able to finish this.

I need this.

Did a marathon cleaning before the realtor came over to take pictures. Spect the weekend purging linens, wall hangings, holidays decorations and dishes/serving utensils. This book is helping me put my life in perspective. Reading it aloud in bed makes sexy pillow talk.

I really loved this book and I would recommend it to anyone. What I love most about this book is it takes into mental and physical disabilities and provides encouragement for people, such as myself, who may not and cannot have the energy for marathon cleaning.

There will be sections of this book that may not apply to you but the information contained in this book is wide and what might not apply to you today may in the future. Buy it and keep it.

So far I'm very much enjoying this book. I'm not a clean freak and my depression makes it very hard to motivate myself to clean but I followed one of the ideas discussed in the first couple chapters (20/10) and my bedroom is almost completely clean! Better than it's been in a long time. If your looking for a book to help motivate you to clean I highly recommend this one and I'm not even half way through!

The UFYH method says if you spend a few minutes a day on chores, you'll save time, reduce anxiety, and build lifelong habits. Little things done consistently can make a big difference and add up to a better quality of life. UFYH will be most useful for people who are complete beginners at cleaning, but there are helpful tips for everyone. If you need a supportive, no-nonsense voice to encourage you to get started, this is the book for you.

A good, solid "kick in the pants to stop procrastinating and take care of your mess" book. It isn't over-prescriptive or unrealistic (you are not expected to hold each object to see if it brings you happiness). There's a lot of acknowledgement that real people are busy, or have messy cats, roommates, or family members, or trouble with mobility or pain, or mental illness that wreaks havoc on ones ability to even get out of bed much less make it.

Loved!!

As a kid I never got into the habit of making my bed, no matter how much my mom complained. Do you want to know why I finally converted to the "make your bed in the morning camp"? I got cats. And while I can deal with them leaving their fur all over the furniture and carpets I was not cool with them leaving fur inside my sheets. Yuck. And now it is part of being awake - if the bed is made, I'm not tempted to get back into it. ?

Picked this up bc Valerie was really liking it. And I admit it is useful already. I finished part 1 (p53), got my butt out of my chair, moved the shredder out of my office to out by the recycling tote, shredded the junk mail pile accumulated on my desk chair, then made myself STOP like the book said to rather than keep right on trucking (bc I'd totally turn it into a marathon given the chance).

Drat, she's got my number. (I guess this is motivation to move the shredder out of my office to closer to the entryway/dining table so I don't have the excuse of not wanting to walk into my office and look under the desk for why I have piles of junk mail to shred...)

Dropping truth bombs everywhere, not just page 18.

I rarely read non-fiction, but this caught my eye. Hopefully I'll pick up a few tips!

#currently #reading #currentlyreading #selfhelp #nonfiction

First book of the year and my #LetterU for #LitsyAtoZ!

If you're already a reasonably clean/neat person, this book isn't gonna tell you anything new. If you're like me and easily find yourself getting anxious and overwhelmed and self-flagellating about the state of your living space---and I suppose if you like the word fuck---this is a useful tool and has lots of practical advice. (Longer review over on Goodreads.)