How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

Dana K. White

Nov 2016 · Sold by Thomas Nelson

About this ebook

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!

Praise from Readers:

“This book lays out the hard truths of a clean house but in a way that doesn’t make me feel silly for not having embraced them before.”

“Dana leads you step-by-step with the heart of a woman who has been there and struggled with the same issues you are currently struggling with. Really, this is a must read for anyone who wants to learn the secrets that all those organized types seem to know.”

“I felt like a failure already. Did I really need to read yet another book full of tips and tricks that would leave me feeling worse? From the first page, I was put at ease.”

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.

Ratings and reviews

This book was unbelievably helpful. Although things in the book may obvious to some, it always escaped me how to keep things clean. I would think I cleaned one time and it should last a month with no further effort on my own part. Reading this helped me rewire my brain to see what should be done to keep things running smoothly. As a mom with 2 toddlers and a part time job I was frustrated and tired of coming home to a disaster, a disaster I'd never let friends and family see. For someone like me with a flighty and easily distracted brain this book has been simply life changing.

This book helped me get my home on track! The author, Dana White, shared personal experiences that were so similar to mine, that it was easy to relate to this book. Her strategies really work and her sense of humor make reading about decluttering and cleaning very enjoyable. This book really helped me manage my home without losing my mind!

I've seen more change around my house in one week from reading this book, than what I've seen in a year of watching 'minimalism' videos! Awesome advice!

About the author

Dana K. White is the creator of the No Mess Decluttering Method and (much to her own surprise) a Decluttering Expert. Dana shares realistic home management strategies and a message of hope for the hopelessly messy in her books: Organizing for the Rest of Us, Decluttering at the Speed of Life (a Wall Street Journal bestseller), and How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind. Dana teaches her strategies through her blog, podcast, and videos at ASlobComesClean.com and trains coaches in her unique decluttering process at DeclutteringCoaches.com.