Tidy the F*ck Up: The American Art of Organizing Your Sh*t
Messie Condo
Simon and Schuster
Nonficton, Humor/Organization
****+ (Good/Great)
DESCRIPTION: Let's be honest: your home is probably a mess. It's nothing to be ashamed about; messes happen to the best of us. Between work and family and a culture that trains us that buying shiny new things is the only way to happiness, everyone faces a rising tide of stuff, which must somehow fit into a finite amount of space. But whenever we look for help, we see self-appointed tidiness gurus whose solutions involve impossible lifestyle changes and/or infinite time or money to invest in proprietary organization systems. Here, at last, is a practical approach to actually getting a handle on the clutter creep and reclaiming a little living space.
REVIEW: This quick-reading title is both a jab at popular organization fads and franchises and a practical, down-to-earth way to declutter and organize one's life. Emphasizing that everybody needs to decide for themselves what they consider their ideal habitat and that organizing should involve using what one already has before shelling out money on baskets and boxes and totes, the author offers tips and tricks as well as a good, often humor-laced explanation for why everyone really should put in a little time and effort to tidy up. It's as much about psychology as it is about practicality, and it often takes a little psychology to convince ourselves that, yes, we really can let go of those movies we never watch or the clothes we never wear or that ceramic clown figurine collection left to us by Great-Aunt Maude that we can't stand but we feel guilty about even considering parting with. The lessons here can apply to pretty much anyone.
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