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  • The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All over the Place

  • The Art of Being Messy
  • By: Jennifer McCartney
  • Narrated by: Erin Yuen
  • Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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The Joy of Leaving Your Sh*t All over the Place

By: Jennifer McCartney
Narrated by: Erin Yuen
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Publisher's summary

The anti-clutter movement is having a moment. You may have heard about a book - an entire book - written on the topic of tidiness and how magical and life-changing it is to neaten up and throw away your belongings. Yes, you read that correctly.

It's time to fight that ridiculousness and to start buying even more stuff and leaving it any place you want. Guess what, neatniks? Science shows that messy people are more creative.* Being a slob is an art, and there's a fine line between being a consumer and being a hoarder. Don't cross that line.

This book tells you how to clutter mindfully and with great joy. The results are mind-blowing. Your plants will stop dying. Your whiskey bottle will never run dry. Your drugstore points will finally add up to a free jar of salsa and some nice shampoo. You'll go shopping and discover that you've lost weight.... It's time to take back your life from the anti-clutter movement.

*As well as smarter and more attractive.

©2016 Jennifer McCartney (P)2018 Dreamscape Media, LLC
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Life lessons sprinkled with laughs

It has explicit language and content at times, but I enjoyed it. If your house isn’t full of mold, human waste (diapers), rotten food, or actual trash, take a deep breath and listen to this book. I think we’ve all felt the pressure to have a perfect millennial grey and white, spotless, well organized home. And this book shows you the reality of that “dream.” It definitely helped me be more realistic about my personal expectations.

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Funny with real wisdom nested in there

Yes, there is cussing. But they made a distinction between messiness and hoarding. And put our messiness in perspective. Truth is, if you have kids five and under, it's a lost battle you shouldn't be feeling guilty about anyways (as they also point out). The point is life is messy for everyone! So what did you think your home was going to look like? We are already too self-critical as a society and that is unhealthy. This book helped me lighten a little bit of that load and helped me give myself some self-compassion, which we all need. I loved this book so much that I plan on listening to it again.

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