She is the only person I have come across who acknowledges the terro r I feel when the doorbell rings and I haven’t put stuff away and hoovered up.

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Decluttering at the speed of life involves a systematic approach that breaks down the overwhelming task of organizing your space into manageable steps. Not only does Dana provide strategies, but she dives deep into how to implement them, no matter the reader's clutter level or emotional resistance to decluttering. I couldn’t go on living the way I’d been living, with stuff (quite literally) spilling out of every cabinet door, covering every surface, and taking up every last available space in my home. My advice is to go through the steps, focusing first on all visible clutter in the room, working on floors and surfaces and open shelves. Keep only essential items, use furniture with built-in storage for convenience, and keep surfaces as clear as possible.

I enjoyed reading this in snippets and I already can see through the haze

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It’s also a book for people who don’t have a "lifetime" worth of stuff, but want to declutter, make every space look bigger, and be easier to pick up. The only supplies you need to start decluttering are a black trash bag (black, so people living in your house won't be able to see what's inside and suddenly remember why they totally need it), a donatable Donate Box (the box itself has to leave the house along with the stuff inside), and your feet (in most cases, attached to the ends of your legs).I’m telling you my story because I know how hard it is to completely change your thinking about stuff.