How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

by Dana K. White

Solve your chosen problem today. Then, and this is the key, solve it again tomorrow, before it’s a problem again. Solve it when “solving” only involves a little straightening or a little shifting or one quick wipe with a cloth. Solve the same problem every day for seven days. After seven days, you’ll have tried multiple solutions, and one of them will work. That’s all that matters: finding what works in your home for your unique family.

Because a decision would go like this: That’s not enough to fill the dishwasher. I should wait until tomorrow. But a pre-made decision goes like this: I don’t have a choice. I have to run the dishwasher. Because I have to run it, I have to put those dishes in it. Oh. There were more dishes than I thought. It’s almost full.

completely full, but I have to run it. That’s