Forgive me if this is a little bit of a grumpy post. I am finally recovering from a stomach bug that I got over Christmas and my laptop computer cord was fried during the Holiday Season. A new one is shipping from Amazon, and so in the mean time, I have to resort to using my husbands desktop. I HATE this keyboard!
But, I will over power this horrible little keyboard that is my enemy, because I feel (and need to get this review) UP and posted.
Before the Holiday's started I picked out my next Blogging for Books review that I was going to do. I changed my categories that I was into to give myself more options. I chose a print book about something I have needed to get a better handle on....CLEANING.
I would love to say that I am a perfect cleaner or tidy, but in all honesty I look around and realize I could easily be on one of those cleaning shows where they put you on TV and you see that the person must have a floor because they are not just floating in the air, but you CANNOT see it because of all the stuff.
As I type this I can look around me and see surfaces covered in Christmas Cards that were never mailed, empty Slim Jim wrappers my husband ate while playing a video game, and just so much CLUTTER!
This book I thought was also perfect for the time because with the Holidays comes gifts! Wonderful to get and give, but now we have gift boxes we want to save to use next year, my son has new toys, I have new books to find a home for on my shelves, and knick knacks that my husband gifted me.
I have been overwhelmed with clutter for a long while. This book is different in the usual approach in that it tells you to clean by item not location. This is helpful because whenever I try to clean by location I start with a simple spot in the room. As I clean I find things that go in other places and I go to put them away and then I get distracted by something, or I find one thing like an old journal and start reading it like its a long lost scroll.
So I took the advice of cleaning by item not location to use during the Pre Holiday Clean up. As I stared at our packed dining room table, I looked at what I could get rid of first. I removed all the clothing. Then all the books. Then I worked on all the paper. Before I knew it, the table was clear and the job was done. NO whining and crying or long drawn out process that I usually have. Best of all, I realized that it took me only 15 mins to do!
This book has many dog eared pages now with tips that I marked, so I will definitely be taking a second look at it and putting things into practice.
Honestly though, I recommend this to ANYONE who wants to declutter!
"I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."
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