by Angela V 
I recently had a chance to read the book ‘Good Riddance: Showing Clutter the Door‘ by professional organizers Heather Knittel and Susan Borax and I must say I was surprised to find myself really enjoying a book about organizing!
Heather and Susan are both moms and they wrote Good Riddance to help people like us get organized.
The book is about tossing things you don’t need, recycling, re-using and dealing with any attachment to items you may have while getting rid of CRUD (completely ridiculous unworthy debris). Perfect for this time of the year and Spring cleaning.
Do you have a garage filled with stuff and boxes you have not opened in years? Does your little one have a huge box of toys that he/she doesn’t play with anymore? Do you keep things you never use “just in case” ? Then this is the book for you!
I love the book because it uses humour to tackle the not so fun things to do. It is also divided into structured chapters going room by room to help you with tips and ideas on how to organize and declutter each room. It means it is easy to follow and get into action to start getting organized.
I used Chapter 10 “Bedlam” to help me organize my own room and I found it very helpful when deciding what to keep and what to toss. I am a purse-aholic so I needed to read the tips about thinning my collection (difficult but totally doable).
I love reading books that inspire me to make my home better and to get rid of what I don’t need. I really recommend you get a copy of ‘Good Riddance: Showing Clutter the Door’ to get the extra motivation you need to get each room in your home organized and get your Spring cleaning started.
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Disclosure: I received a sample of a product to facilitate my review. No other compensation was provided and all views and all opinions stated on this post are 100% my own.
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52 Comments on “Good Riddance: Showing Clutter the Door – Spring Cleaning {Giveaway}”
Ummmm with 2 small kids — all the time and it never ends
Not enough…too much stuff & dont know where to start…
Everyday too! I have to with 3 messy little ones.
There is no way I can clean my house, top to bottom, every week. But I pick one major task a week and tackle that in addition to the regular maintenance (vacuuming, dusting, laundry, etc.). Thanks!
I’m pretty much constantly cleaning my house. I usually do a big massive cleaning anytime I am expecting overnight guests.
It’s a never-ending story! There is always something to do. So, I shall say….EVERYDAY!!!
Thanks.
Everyday…then a big clean once a week!
Everyday…but I try to make sure I do a more thorough cleaning once a week (doesn’t always happen, though)
I try to clean everyday but I think I do deep cleaning every 2 months or so. With a 7 month old I barely get to make sure things are in the right room, I’m lucky if laundry, dishes and cooking are done day to day…
I’m OCD when it comes to organizing, although having a baby has put that disorder aside, lol.
I clean all the time I have two teenage boys and they bring home their friends all the time:)
I try to clean something every day & do a general vacuum etc once a week. This way I never have a totally messy home.
I do a big clean every week.
De-cluttering is a never-ending job for me! Would love some advice on doing it better.
C;lean? Uhhhhhhh, a few times a year maybe.
It never ends…. I feel like I will never conquer the clutter.
That depends on what you mean by clean – a complete and thorough clean once a year . I try to clean something everyday but it never ends and the clutter is insane!
We “clean up” the house every day. We don’t clean the house very often although bleach and I are best friends.
I do a quick clean up weekly but nowhere as thoroughly as I did years ago. I will not be a slave to my home. I admit it is often untidy – I am not house proud.
Not enough
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Every two weeks we do a thorough cleaning and touch-ups between.
not enough – there’s just never time!
Every Wednesday
I am constantly doing dishes, laundry etc but never getting on top of the bigger picture. I have 4 boys age 5 months-7.5 yrs and my house is a complete disaster.
I tidy my house daily {with 3 kids in 3 yrs} but cleaning?!?! That’s a different story. Maybe 2 times a week! I’m talking actual clean the floors and dust the shelves here. It’s really tough with the kids around but I do my best and have them participate too! My husband is awesome when he is home on the weekends!
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I clean my house about once to two times a week. Its all I have time for.
I have a small job to do everyday and about once a month we do a deep clean, that way the house is always “clean” and it gets organized fairly regularly. It’s definitely a little harder with a baby at home now. 🙂
I clean my apartment weekly.
I do a general cleaning once a week and full cleaning once every six month
We do a good cleaning once a week, but I generally tackle a room at the very least every other day
I have set days for certain things.
Not enough sadly 🙁
I clean my house everyday. I usually do more on the weekends then during the week.
It’s a continuous thing. Every day I do 2 or 3 things so that I don’t have to spend an entire day doing the whole house. Every once in a while I get into an organization kick and spend a day or 2 re-organizing everything though.
I pick up everyday, but to Really Clean the house…. maybe once a year…. 🙁 Hard to
April 9–I do some cleaning two or three days a week and houseclean maybe twice a year but not everythingel03ro
I do some cleaning every day — and it never looks all that clean!
I just give away what I don’t need to charities.
once a week
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Clutter-wise not often enough! I’ve still got boxes in the basement that were packed when I left my parents’ house for University and still haven’t gone through. Obviously I don’t need anything in them since it’s been more than 10 years! 🙂
We clean when we get a chance. Laundry and dishes are constant. Vacuuming…a few times a month I hope! The Braxton Hicks and 1 1/2 year-old don’t let me get my own ‘do list’ very far 🙂
Constantly cleaning something
We clean all the time – little things everyday – my hubby actually does the hard labour cleaning which is a blessing for me – he keeps the house spic n span.
I definitely don’t clean enough!!
I try to do a little every day.
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I wish I had the time to clean more, it really bugs when me rooms are messy. I think the tip I need is how to keep the rooms clean once I have cleaned them.
Every day and it’s still always messy!
When I start sticking to the floors or if there are people coming. 🙂
It feels like I’m always cleaning something, but it never actually seems clean in this house…
Feels like all day every day – if I were home I’m sure that’s what it would be!! 2 kids, 2 & 5, whether it’s crumbs or spills, or laundry, or bathrooms, or toys or….you get the picture! 🙂
We clean about once a week.
This book could be really useful for a lot of people I know!