How to Keep House While Drowning

audio cd

Published April 26, 2022 by Blackstone Pub.

ISBN:: 978-1-7971-4374-3

(2 reviews)

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

1 edition

sanketh reviewed How to Keep House While Drowning by Kc Davis

A book on shame masquerading as a book on organizing

5 stars

I’ve had many extremely validating moments since realizing I had adhd a little over a year ago. This book was another major milestone where I felt validated in my struggle to keep up with laundry and cleaning and all the chores.

I will have to re-read it to take notes but the general principles of giving myself grace have been wonderful. It’s okay to leave my laundry unfolded, for instance. Oh and one specific tip I’ve found helpful is to do hard chores during bounded time. For example, if you put something in the oven for 20 minutes, this is a nice bounded chunk of time to make progress towards organizing a closet. Relatedly, I should reward any progress towards hard chores than only completion.

Will reviewed How to Keep House While Drowning by Kc Davis

I was not the target audience

3 stars

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.