Unf*ck Your Habitat

You're Better Than Your Mess

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Emily Woo Zeller, Rachel Hoffman: Unf*ck Your Habitat (AudiobookFormat, 2017, Tantor Audio)

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Published Jan. 3, 2017 by Tantor Audio.

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978-1-5159-1218-7
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4 stars (1 review)

Finally, a housekeeping and organizational system developed for those of us who'd describe our current living situation as a “fcking mess” that we're desperate to fix. Unfck Your Habitat is for anyone who has been left behind by traditional aspirational systems: The ones that ignore single people with full-time jobs; people without kids but living with roommates; and people with mental illnesses or physical limitations, and many others. Most organizational books are aimed at traditional homemakers, DIYers, and people who seem to have unimaginable amounts of free time. They assume we all iron our sheets, have linen napkins to match our table runners, and can keep plants alive for longer than a week. Basically, they ignore most of us living here in the real world.

Interspersed with lists and challenges, this practical, no-nonsense advice relies on a 20/10 system (20 minutes of cleaning followed by a 10-minute break; …

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4 stars

I finished this book a couple months ago, but I have been a bit too busy with other things to write a review… which may be why I wanted to read this book in the first place.

"[Traditional housekeeping and organizational systems] assume that everyone is married with kids, with one spouse at home with a lot of time to devote to housekeeping. They tend to ignore single people, or people without kids, or students, or people with pets, or people with roommates, or people with full-time jobs or classes or other shit going on. They ignore people with physical or mental illnesses or other limitations that don't allow for complicated, involved housekeeping on an inflexible schedule. They forget about people who live in apartments, or rented rooms, or a small space in someone else's home. They forget that people live at home with their parents, or in dorm rooms …