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How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

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This book strives to reset our mindsets. Society teaches us that to be a “good” person/parent/spouse we should have a neat, clean house. The author suggests that a neat, clean house is not an issue of goodness or badness; it‘s a functional issue. We aren‘t meant to be the servant to house. It is supposed to serve us. With that change in mindset, the goal is no longer perfection but function. On days when parenting, chronic pain, work, etc keeps ⬇️

Texreader us from completing a chore list or just picking or cleaning up, then do just what you need to do to make your house function for you. If you are up to doing more, great! But let go of the moral self-talk that you are not a good person if the stove isn‘t wiped down, or you skip a load of laundry. The author provides numerous suggestions on how to tackle tasks. This is a good book that anyone who keeps home should read for their own wellbeing. 1d

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How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

I really like the last one. Good enough is perfect.

Sparklemn I love this! Thanks for sharing. 2w

Deblovestoread I love “resetting”. I reset a few kitchen cupboards yesterday. 😀 2w

AmyG This is great. 2w

lil1inblue This book is so simple, yet it was a lifesaver when I was dealing with an illness for several years. I cannot recommend it often enough! 2w

GingerAntics I‘m loving “good enough is perfect.” 2w

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How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

All the best laid plans…

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Texreader

How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

Care tasks are morally neutral. Being good or bad at them has nothing to do with being a good person, parent, man, woman, spouse, friend. Literally nothing. You are not a failure because you can‘t keep up with laundry. Laundry is morally neutral.

TheBookHippie So necessary to learn. 2w

dabbe 🎯🩵🎯
Thanks for giving me grace to sit and read rather than thinking as I sit, “I should be doing this ...“ 2w

triplem80 I really appreciated this book...it enabled me to give myself grace, which can be so hard to do! 2w

MommyWantsToReadHerBook Love this! 2w

GingerAntics I‘m seeing a lot of things that for some reason, by some crazy people, have been assigned moral value when they are not moral issues at all. Can we stop that? Who are these people? They are hurting everyone and ruining everything. 2w

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How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

I started this ebook today.

5feet.of.fury This sounds so good 2w

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PuddleJumper

How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Approach to Navigating Autism and ADHD | Jess Joy, Charlotte Mia

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This is a very accessible book for people learning about ADHD and autism. It's casual, there's a lot of Internet speak, anecdotes, and it's very supportive.

It's a validating read if you are struggling with a diagnosis or starting to see you might be neurodivergent.

That's the extent of it. There's nothing new, or actionable. It was affirming.

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Last Call at the Local | Sarah Grunder Ruiz

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4.5/5 ⭐️ Loved this romance set at an Irish Pub. Excellent ADHD and OCD rep too.

I made Irish soda bread and shepherd's pie for St. Patrick's Day. Delicious and comforting! 🇮🇪🍀

#FoodandLit

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Catsandbooks @Texreader Thank you for the st Patrick's day card! So lovely! 💚 1mo

TheBookHippie 🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀☘️🍀 1mo

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WorldsOkayestStepMom

All the Feels: A Novel | Olivia Dade

so-so

Great slow burn romance, but needed an editor. Some parts felt repetitive and clunky.

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How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

I don‘t usually seek out self help books, but this book helped me to start unpacking my belief that clean house = good person. It‘s not nearly that simple or easy.

Unraveling where I learned that also helped start me on a self examination journey that, I hope, has made me a better person.

#SundayFunday Have a wonderful day, and don‘t forget to tag me.

ChaoticMissAdventures I follow her on Tiktok, I really like how she focuses on cleanliness not being a moral issue. You are not a "bad person" if your home isn't spotless, that sort of thing. 2mo

TreenaReads I read a bunch of parenting books when my son was born, Generally, I don‘t get much out of them. 2mo

konlitsy I generally don't feel drawn to self-help books. Even when I attempt to read them, I usually only get through the first two chapters. For self-help, I sometimes listen to the Bhagavad Gita.

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Kerrbearlib Oh wow, I need to read this. Cleaning has always been a struggle for me due to my ADHD & CPTSD. It‘s something I‘ve been deeply ashamed of and it‘s had a negative impact on my self-esteem. I‘m trying to unlearn the negative messages that were drilled into me (“You‘re lazy!” was a common one). Maybe a book like this would help. (edited) 2mo

BookmarkTavern @Kerrbearlib It helped me a lot. I especially loved the audiobook. It felt like sitting down with a friend. 2mo

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Kitta

How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help | Kc Davis

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Just what I needed to help motivate me to make my space work for myself and to help remove the shame around having a “messy” house or not keeping it clean enough 100% of the time, which makes me feel like a failure.

Short and fast paced. Recommended to me by a non-litsy friend.

#catsoflitsy Hazel being my reading buddy

Ruthiella 😻😻😻 3mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3mo

Texreader 29 people on a waiting list for this book from the library! It‘s not just you!! 🤗 3mo

Kitta @Texreader it took months for it to come in on Libby! I returned it early so someone else would get a chance to read it lol. My library has 9 copies and 11 people waiting per copy! (edited) 3mo

Texreader 😳 3mo

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