Pretty Neat : The Buttoned-up Way to Get Organized and Let Go of Perfection
By Alicia RockmoreNegative self-image. Fantasy-induced overspending. Marital tension. A new kind of airbrushed concoction is wreaking havoc on homes and psyches, and Sarah Welch and Alicia Rockmore have a name for it: org porn. ItÂs in magazines, coffee table books, advertisements, and TV shows, promoting a perfect ? and entirely imaginary ? world in which everything is always pristine, serene, and flawlessly organized. Pretty Neat is a handbook that embraces the chaotic reality that lies beneath org pornÂs glossy veneer, offering pithy anecdotes and candid advice from experts and real women alike on tackling organizational inertia. Funny, irreverent, entertaining, and helpful, the book covers all facets of clutter-control, from tried-and-true tips for conquering to-do lists and wrangling family schedules to ideas on excavating inboxes, eliminating excuses, and delegating housework. Most importantly, Pretty Neat insists that women need to stop holding themselves to impossibly high standards, and focus instead on defining their own, realistic organizational goals. Full of engaging examples from everyday women, Pretty Neat offers readers unorthodox, surprisingly simple methods to reduce their org porn?fueled stress, insisting that perfection is impossible ? and unnecessary ? in this messy, unpredictable world called real life.
Book details
- Paperback
- 184 pages
- English
- 1580053092
- 9781580053099
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