Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

My Book Is Available Today!

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Today is the day, y'all! How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets is out! Happy reading! As you get your copy, or even if you pass one in a bookstore, pretty please take a selfie like the ones in the picture above! If you post to social media, tag me and/or use the hashtag … [Read more...]

Last Chance to Pre-Order!

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Just a quick post to be sure you see that TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO PRE-ORDER!!! The book comes out tomorrow is out!!! For real. And yes, I feel like I'm in a daze! How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets will be around and available for a very long time For those of you in the UK … [Read more...]

How is How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind different from other books in the same genre?

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Most organizing advice is written by naturally organized people, since they’re the ones who, naturally, love to talk about organizing. The problem for me, though, was that my brain works completely differently from the brain of an organized person. I was lost on page three, and always felt skeptical. Whether it was the truth or not, I believed … [Read more...]

Reviews from Pre-Readers of How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind

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One week from today, How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets will officially be out. "They" (whoever they are) say writing a book is like having a baby. The closer I get to November 8th, the more I nod my head in agreement. At this moment, I'm feeling like I did in the last month of a … [Read more...]

What is the difference between cleaning, decluttering and organizing?

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The first time I went to a blogging conference was also the first time I identified myself as a "slob" to real people in real life. That hurt. But even more difficult was the fact that, initially, these real people ONLY knew this one shameful thing about me. Strangely, no one was horrified or even rude about it. Most reacted as if they … [Read more...]