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Less Mess, Less Stress

The No-Shame Guide to a Cleaner Home

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Less Mess, Less Stress

By: Rachel Hoffman
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Patricia Rodriguez
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About this listen

Looking for a cleaner home without the upkeep taking over your whole life?

Those of us living in the real world know that it can be challenging to keep a clean and tidy home. Busy lifestyles, shared housing, physical limitations or mental health issues can all contribute to making a once calm environment feel daunting and stressful.

The Unf*ck Your Habitat system in Less Mess, Less Stress works with you, not against you, and shows how just thirty minutes (including a ten minute break!) can transform any space. With low-effort, high-reward tricks, tips, lists and challenges, Rachel Hoffman's reassuring guide is full of no-nonsense advice and practical help on things you can do today for a less messy tomorrow.

While this book won’t wash your dishes or fold your laundry, it will give you all the tools you’ll need to stay on top because everyone deserves – and can have – a home with less mess and less stress.

Previously published as Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better than Your Mess

 Cleaning & Organizing House & Home Personal Development Personal Success Stress Management

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Critic reviews

Hoffman's approach to tidying up is blunt, utilitarian, and . . . the epitome of a moderation diet: Do what you can, when you can, and stop beating yourself up about it. (Elle)
As much about self-empowerment as it is about taking care of your home. (Business Insider)
The perfect housekeeping guide for somebody who is overwhelmed with their mess and can't figure out how to start – or somebody who is always starting marathon cleaning projects only to watch everything go to hell again. (Lifehacker)
Rachel Hoffman bursts into the genre like a cursing, #realtalk-spewing big sister determined to help us get our acts together . . . a rehab manual for anyone taught to feel like our clutter defines us. It's for anyone who breaks out in a cold sweat at the thought of a surprise houseguest. (LA Review of Books)
The cleaning guide that you've always needed. It sets totally doable goals while keeping in mind that you have a life. (Popsugar)
Has the potential to change your life and to improve your mental outlook in truly beautiful ways. So don't let the hilarious and sometimes obscene advice fool you – this book is important and it is a good, good thing to have in the world. (Sara Benincasa, author of Real Artists Have Day Jobs)
Hoffman's lessons and tips stay with me. I'm trying to put things back. I'm using a lot of vinegar . . . I'll start applying all the other lessons laid out in her book, too, just as soon as I find it, under all this stuff. (The Times)
A must-read for people who are terrified by Marie Kondo but intrigued at being able to see their floors again. (Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother)
I will forever sing the praises of Rachel Hoffman's unfussy, no bullsh*t advice. (Kelly Sue DeConnick, author of Bitch Planet)
No sweat if you've got the stamina for a marathon pick-up, but for the rest of us, there's Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess, a refreshingly realistic guide to spring (or anytime) cleaning that's simple, flexible, and adaptable to pretty much any lifestyle. (Well+Good)
Hoffman is a compassionate realist. She admits that cleaning is not fun and . . . she expects you might backslide into messy ways, because forming the new habits needed to keep your home in decent shape is hard. (Unclutterer)
I've read countless books and websites over the years to help me get more organized, declutter, tidy up, whatever . . . But it's Rachel Hoffman's Unf*ck Your Habitat approach that speaks to me most, and not just because she likes swearing as much as I do. (Ravishly)
This is the only system that has ever worked for me because it feels doable and practical, and like she is appealing to me right where I am. It actually changed my life and my home; I'm serious. (Book Riot)
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