How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind

Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

By: Dana K. White

Narrated by: Dana K. White

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's summary

Bring your home out of the mess it’s in—and learn how to keep it under control! Housekeeping expert Dana K. White shares reality-based cleaning and organizing techniques that will help you learn what really works.

Do you experience heart palpitations at the sound of an unexpected doorbell? Do you stare in bewilderment at your messy home, wondering how in the world it got this way again? You’re not alone. But there is hope for you and your home.

Managing your home isn’t an all-or-nothing approach, and Dana has broken down the most critical things that you'll need to do to keep up with the housework. With understanding, honesty, and her trademark humor, Dana shares her field-tested strategies including:

• Exactly where to start to tame the chaos
• Which habits deserve your focus and will make the most impact
• How to gain traction in your quest for a manageable home
• Practical tips you can implement and immediately to declutter huge amount of stuff with minimal emotional drama

Cleaning your house is not a one-time project—it’s a series of ongoing and daily decisions. Start learning Dana’s reality-based cleaning and organizing techniques—and see how they really work!

Get ready to say goodbye to the stacks of dirty dishes crowding your kitchen counters, conquer the never-ending piles of laundry, and stop tripping over clutter on your living room floor as Dana helps you discover what works for you, for your unique personality, and in your unique home.

A 28-day guide to help you start getting your home under control is available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2016 Dana White (P)2016 Thomas Nelson Publishers

The 5 minute Pick Up, Life Saver

I have two books from this author on sale, and the best one is decluttering at the speed of life. It is for those recovering hoard – a Holick’s who want to maintain the gains they have in life. This book is great for those people who cannot seem to empty the dishwasher and keep that a priority. I have friends who are in this category.
For me the five minute pick up was the best thing I learned from this book and it was great!!
Now my house is open house ready, thank you
Were my comments of help?

Loved it!

I've listened maybe three times now. Very enjoyable read. Superbly narrated by the author. The author's perspective and approach have been illuminating and applying her approach has been doable and impacrful in my home. I find myself just doing the things I need to do to keep our home so much more under control. And that generates a lot of HOPE!

It may sound cliche...but truthfully life saving!

I really needed to listen to this book right now. It truly gave me hope for my home. I knew that living in a messy home was overwhelming me to the point of feeling debilitating. Living in messy home is a main depression trigger for me. I would highly recommend this book if you suffer with depression and feel like you can't ever get on top of the house. Or even if you don't have depression...if you just feel completely overwhelmed with your house to the point that you feel like it's not worth trying anymore to keep a clean house. This book gave me so much hope! And hope is vital! Thank you Dana for your hopeful,realistic,validating,and humor filled book!

Much better than KonMari or maybe pre-KonMari?

This book has changed the way I "keep house".
Basically I wasn't keeping up with the house at all before this book. Everything was so overwhelming.
By chapter 3 I was like what IS with this chick and dishes?! But by 6 I was cleaning the dishes nightly and I was "ah... thats why!"
My house is getting cleaner and easier to maintain from the kitchen out!
My dishes have been significantly decluttered and I only have what we really need now. And it makes the dishes SO MUCH EASIER!
And getting to them is a lot easier too.
My floor is clean and my kids are helping way more than before. They know what the 5 minute clean up is and actually get excited to clean because they know that in 5 minutes mom wont make them continue. Even though they tend to keep going as long as I am (usually about 10 minutes) but when the timer buzzes they know mom won't make them continue.
I am excited to tackle the rest of the house and I'm listening to her podcast weekly to keep up my motivation!
Love this book and recommend it to everyone!

Needs Chapter Breaks!

I absolutely love this book and the way the author shares her feelings normally lost without all the vocal inflections! However, there are no chapter stops. So, if I accidentally let the book go, because I'm trying to tackle Mount Wash-more, I have no way to get back to where I was, except listening at 3.5x speed. Bummer!

Deslobification

Love how Dana tells her story without trying to downplay her struggles in keeping her house clean!

Clear directives!

Great book! I loved that it is simple to apply and provided clear directives. Excellent book! I will definitely listen to it a few more times.

loved it!

This book was so helpful to me I know I will be listening to it multiple times it helped me get out of a constantly messy home and develop some great habits to keeping it clean. Would highly recommend.

Looking forward to putting this to practice.

I know it won't be easy to make these changes, but with the inspiration found in this book and with a little dedication at least now I feel like it's possible. I feel like I have hope for my home.

Very helpful, and practical..

this book gives me hope! I can so relate to her. .
I'm can't wait to put in to practice I I have learned.