I really enjoyed this book, it gave me a huge motivation to start decluttering!! I like how the book breaks it into different rooms and also has a section for other peoples clutter. I highly recommend this book to someone who wants to clear their clutter but doesn't quite know where to start. This book is a very practical book it doesn't sugar coat anything and you need to be ready to clear YOUR clutter; not your partners.

Even as someone who does not have a problem with clutter, this book was very insightful. While I've always lived by the container and one-in-one-out rules, her two simple questions were very helpful. Just last week I moved some buttons from my bathroom drawer to the back hall drawer, neither place I would first look for them if I even remembered I had those buttons. They need to be in my sewing box. Duh! Why didn't I just put them there in the first place? Now I will be able to give a more critical eye to my belongings and where they should live.

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You know, when I requested this book through NetGalley I thought it would be a fun read, I didn't expect it to impact my life. But this very personable, well written book made me want to get rid of so much stuff. After the first few chapters I had to put I down and start sorting through things to get rid of some. I think before the first 25% of the book was completely read, I had gotten rid of several bags of stuff and at least two large trash bags. I didn't realize that I had that much extra stuff, but wow! This book holds no grudges and doesn't command you to do anything, but by example it is a very powerful book!!

I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley and Dana K. White for allowing me to read and review Decluttering at the Speed of Life
Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff. This book had some great tips that I'm looking forward to implementing this coming weekend. Thank you!

3.5 stars

If you live with clutter that you want to get rid of, then this is the book for you.

The author has written a book that breaks down the overwhelming task of decluttering into a few simple steps: toss it, donate it, or find a “home” for it. Using personal stories, she goes on to explain the process in a way that is easy to understand and apply. The strategies worked for her, and she believes they can work for others, too. (I haven’t tried applying them yet, but I will in the near future.) Along with the practical tips (which aren’t anything new or earth-shattering, just common-sense advice), humor is thrown in, making the tasks seems less painful or anxiety-inducing. The author helps the reader look at the clutter in a new way and break some of the emotional ties holding them back from moving forward in the “deslobification” process. Just to note, this is not an organizational book.

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy from NetGalley, but I wasn’t required to leave a positive review.

I am a sentimental person. Overly... and I know it... Oh but so and so wore that before they died I can't throw it out... go ahead laugh shake your head whatever... but I am... This book is pretty good now I need a book on what to do to get over "non-sentimental sentimental" objects

As I read this book, I kept thinking to myself, "She is my Spirit Animal!" I've never been tidy, and Dana is the first person to help me make sense of everything, and give me useful tools for managing and improving my tendencies. The book is very practical, filled with, "Do this. Then do that." While the things she writes are probably pedestrian for organized people, to the people with "slob brain," her methods are sanity-saving. And she's right-it's amazing how freeing it is to be under the control of less stuff. Since I began the book, I've probably cleared 40 boxes and bags of "stuff" out of my home. I have a long way to go, but this book has given me a battle plan I feel like I can maintain. Thank you!

I like the book. I love the topic. I'm used to lists and those types of organization. In this book she explains that we do not need lists. We just need to clear out those items we have not used in a month or 6 months or a year. You decide. Then follow through with removing those unused items. I have a long way to go with this but this book helped me realize it truly is quite simple.

Very practical book with realistic tips on removing clutter from your home. The author also provides tips for removing clutter from other people’s homes. Not an organizational book, it’s focused wholly on the steps to getting clutter out of each room in your home with a chapter on each of the main rooms of a house. I’ve read the author’s first book and found it very useful. This book makes a good companion to that book, which emphasizes cleaning as well as decluttering. I received an advance copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion.

Decluttering at the Speed of Life by Dana White is not your typical decluttering book. Several of her concepts have caught my attention and I am very glad I read it.
Two of my favorite points from the book that hit home for me.
1 – this is not about organizing. It is about de-cluttering
2 – ask the question where would you LOOK for it. Not where should it belong.

She has a very tactical and practical approach to tackling the clutter. You can tell she is talking from experience. And her examples are like she is looking into your bedroom, or closet or kitchen.
I also have the need to be prepared for anything. Which leads to The decluttering regret –we will survive it. It is not the end of the world and it is much better than having a house so full you cannot find anything.
She recommends decluttering the most visible spaces first so that you can see progress and you can have people in your home.
She introduces the container concept which to me was new to decluttering. I was organizing and buying new organizers. For examples if scarves have a drawer. You fill it with your favorite scarves and the ones that don’t fit, get donated.
She strongly recommends donating versus thinking we will eventually sell it. Oh my… did I mention I think she is in my house and my head.
I definitely would recommend this book. Good, practical advice from someone who has been there and encourages you. She knows the reasons you have convinced yourself to keep it because she has been there.

If you have been looking for help to get some of the clutter out of your home this book is a good place to start. You will learn it’s possible to get rid of things and survive even though you feel you cant bear to be parted from them. Written in a down to earth style and filled with experience-based tips this might be the book to make you see there is hope after clutter.
I found this book a little repetitive after a while which isnt necessarily a bad thing. Even though you may know these things (and/or ignoring them??) it doesnt hurt to be reminded now and again. The repetition may help reinforce action for some clutterers and get them through to action!
Two tips have stayed with me. One is to purge the easy stuff eg what visitors would see if they walked in and the other is to put away items where you would expect to look for it. Over time I have even surprised myself by having a bigger clean up than I would normally do.
PS Yes, I confess to hanging on to items for exactly the same reasons as the author. I dont want to become one of those old people who make their home a fire hazard!
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a free digital copy of this book in return for an honest review.

I'm no stranger to these types of books, but this one was HIGHLY readable and I nodded along with her suggestions and tips the whole time. Highly recommend if you are looking to make some realistic changes to your living space and finally CLEAR the clutter (and keep it away!) for good!

I read this book on holiday and came home all fired up to declutter, which I duly did! I like the concept that it's not about organising and buying dinky drawer-dividers etc. It's about cutting your coat according to your cloth; defining how much storage space you have and then pruning and pruning till your stuff fits - also deciding what a room is for, so that space doesn't become a dumping ground. Very innovative. If only I could get my husband to comply....As always, it's the people who really need it who won't read it, sadly.

I really enjoyed this one (surprisingly for me). It was full of really good and EASY tips for getting clutter under control and out of your life. I wish I had read this before I moved, because I feel like I would have moved so much less stuff. I found myself taking screenshots of pages I wanted to remember (egalley from Netgalley) and actually practicing some of the tips. One of the ones I liked best was the the process of picking something up and doing ONLY one of three things: putting it away, donating it, or discarding it. I did that immediately with a box that was waiting for me to unpack and was able to 'get rid' of most of the box. I like how it's a slow process and not a chirpy 'does this bring you joy' thing as well. The recommendation to start at the beginning every single time and slowly add more to the process makes a lot of sense to me as well. I hope to get an actual copy of this at some point (ebook, lol) because I feel like this is one I would go back to over and over.

Author Dana White gives you advice in a down-to-earth, girlfriend-chat-over-coffee manner which helps. Because if you're reading Decluttering At The Speed Of Life, it's probably because your life-your home, your car, your closets (!) are probably a mess. Like mine are. I did not want to hear her helpful tips, honestly. Because I knew I'd have to act after reading her book. It was a bit painful reading how I needed to get rid of things. But it's tough love and medicine down with a spoonful of sugar.

And she gets it. Because she's a recovering clutterer too. So it's nice to get the message, not from a no-nonsense expert on organization with a just-the-facts tone and a thing for listicles, but from someone who understands how hard it can be to get rid of stuff you've accumulated through the years, and gives it to you by way of a long, friendly conversation.

A must-read if you (or your friend) needs a nice talking-to about her cultured bookshelves or impossible closets or stacks of laundry everywhere.

I have read tons of books to try to do the same thing this book is saying, except not in this method. I enjoyed this book and its tips and the way she explains things, it just clicked in my brain. I'm sure I'll refer back to this multiple times and it makes sense! I'm not an organizer, or I'm a micro organizer so I end up bringing more stuff in to organize the stuff I already have. This books puts it out there in a way that you look at decluttering in a different way that is not so overwhelming. Oddly enough, I love this book. I've already started putting into practice and that says more than any other book I've read on this.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

DECLUTTERING AT THE SPEED OF LIFE: WINNING YOUR NEVER-ENDING BATTLE WITH STUFF by Dana K. White is an inspiring humorous book for anyone wanting to get rid of clutter. Dana distinguishes between cleaning and decluttering and has clearly identified the simple steps needed to succeed at decluttering, whether it is a closet, room, garage or a whole house filled from floor to ceiling.

The "5-minute tidy up" rule is one that I learned from my mother and practise daily.

This book is very timely with "spring cleaning" just around the corner. The two easy decluttering questions followed by the strategy of treating your bookshelf, closet or room as a 'container' should help you have a clutter-free house making it easy to clean.

Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I will admit that books on home organization don't always appeal to me. I am not easily urged to sort through things based on emotion, or whatever new way folks are telling us we should clear space in our homes. But after reading more about author Dana K. White and her blog, I felt compelled to read this book. Her writing style and voice reads like an honest conversation I would have with friends, so I was curious to learn more about her methods.

Reading Decluttering At The Speed of Life was refreshing for me. I was reading along with someone who had a few of the same issues with clutter that I have, and she was tackling it. She had dealt with much heavier issues than myself and came out from under the clutter to help someone else. Now that is an impressive feat! This made me more inclined to listen to her advice. She doesn't shame you for your clutter either, but she does call you out on your stuff.

Dana K. White offers simple solutions for identifying and getting rid of this clutter that are very helpful. She doesn't reinvent the wheel to do this either. She just gets in your head a little bit and gives you "the real" repeatedly until it starts to sink into your head. And one of the main pieces of advice that I got from her is something that I've always known but don't always practice: If it doesn't serve a purpose, get rid of it.
By the time I finished this book, I had plenty of trash bags full of things to throw away and donate. I made peace with that clutter and was ready to let go. Some things are still a work in progress. I'm learning when I get new things to throw out other things, because everything is not going to fit. In this way, her "Container Concept" was really a gamechanger for me.

Not to be confused with a book on cleaning and organizing, this book can be a real help to anyone looking to declutter their lives and do not have all day every day to do it, continuously. It helps you focus on removing things at the "speed of life" or at a pace that is comfortable for your lifestyle and the others that may be living with you. I highly recommend it to anyone who is open minded about decluttering their home and applying the methods she discusses.

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

5 Stars! I found this book to be extremely useful. It came at just the right time for me. I know that I’m an emotional packrat, and I’m currently trying to get the house that I’ve live in for eighteen years ready to sell. Both of those factors have ratcheted up my stress level the last few months. Dana K White’s book helped me break down what seemed to be an insurmountable task into manageable pieces. It provided tips that helped me move from being paralyzed by all there is to do, to mapping out smaller projects and working room by room.

Her explanation of the emotional issues that sometimes keep us tied to stuff greatly facilitate my process as I started to make decisions about what to keep and what to dispose of. I’m giving this helpful book 5 stars because it is an insightful book that provides tools to deal with the emotional and practical issues of decluttering your personal space.

Thank-you to NetGalley; the book’s author, Dana K White; and the book’s publisher, Thomas Nelson for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The reason books like The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up did not work for me is because it's not written like this book. The author writes as if she is speaking to you as a friend or coach (which makes sense considering she is a successful blogger). But more importantly, she wasn’t born with an innate sense of organization. Her struggles are my struggles! Yes, the book is repetitive, but it does exactly as she intended-- it helps you learn the simple decluttering process. I even read the parts that didn't apply to me, just for the repetitiveness. My only gripe is that I wish there was another technique to staying in the decluttering mindset, since that is my own biggest issue. #DeclutteringAtTheSpeedOfLife #NetGalley