A review by angiebayne
Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman

3.0

Basically this is your get organized and clean up book for the lazy couch surfer. Rachel Hoffman offers a gentle approach to getting yourself off the couch and cleaning up your mess. Her big push is a 20/10 rule where you clean for 20 minutes and then take a break for 10. Her suggestions are pretty basic and practical. Like making your bed, doing dishes and laundry without letting them pile up, and putting things away not down. She doesn't advocate for massive purges but stuff to fit your storage. She also doesn't advocate for frantic cleaning sessions, but doing a bit at a time. There is some good advice in here. Not everything is relevant for everyone, but I did like that she addressed everyone including students in dorms, people with families, lazy people living alone and everyone in between. There were a couple of editing mistakes (page number references missing) that made me cringe and the expletives could have been tamped down a bit. Otherwise it was a decent introduction to getting yourself on track.