How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

"Have you recently uttered the phrase “things will calm down after this week”? Does the thought of tackling your mountain of laundry send you into a deep abyss? This is the kindest, gentlest guide to the Sisyphean tasks of cleaning, grooming and generally keeping oneself alive. Part pep talk, part guidebook, KC Davis’ tips are aloe vera for a burned-out brain. Her take on tidying? There are only five things in any room: trash, dishes, laundry, things that have a place and things that do not have a place. Toss everything into those five piles and you’ve already made this monumental task smaller. Davis digs into the emotional relationship we have with chores – reminding us that mess is not a moral failure."