{"id":3732,"date":"2015-07-09T17:20:28","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T17:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2015-06-29T17:24:54","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T17:24:54","slug":"clutterfree-with-kids-by-joshua-becker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3732","title":{"rendered":"Clutterfree with Kids by Joshua Becker"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3817\" style=\"width: 129px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1599378\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3817\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Clutterfree-with-Kids-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Clutterfree with Kids\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Clutterfree-with-Kids-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Clutterfree-with-Kids.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The complete title of this book is actually <em>Clutterfree with Kids: Change your thinking. \u00a0Discover new habits.\u00a0 Free your home.<\/em>\u00a0 Since that was such a mouthful, though, I decided to go the extra mile and even de-clutter the title of this post!\u00a0\u00a0I have to admit that I didn&#8217;t really know what to expect when I checked out this book.\u00a0\u00a0As many of you are probably doing right now, I read the title and assumed that it would be a collection of tips and tricks on how to organize your home better so that you can eliminate clutter.\u00a0 I was pleasantly surprised to find\u00a0that it was less <em><a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/secrets-of-an-organized-mom-by-barbara-reich\/\" target=\"_blank\">Secrets of an Organized Mom<\/a><\/em> and more <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/say-goodbye-to-survival-mode-9-simple-strategies-to-stress-less-sleep-more-and-restore-your-passion-for-life-by-crystal-paine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Say Goodbye to Survival Mode<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Rather than tips and tricks for being better organized, I found inspiration to live more simply.\u00a0\u00a0Becker gets to the root of the problem and acknowledges that people who desire a less cluttered home, and who want to spend less of their time cleaning up and organizing their stuff, should work on owning fewer things.\u00a0 While some people take minimalism way too far for my comfort, I thought Becker&#8217;s approach was perfectly reasonable.\u00a0 And though I could probably go on and on about different things that resonated with me, I think the perfect summary can be found on Becker&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.becomingminimalist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Becoming Minimalist<\/a> website &#8212; &#8220;Never underestimate the importance of abandoning crap you don\u2019t need.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complete title of this book is actually Clutterfree with Kids: Change your thinking. \u00a0Discover new habits.\u00a0 Free your home.\u00a0 Since that was such a mouthful, though, I decided to go the extra mile and even de-clutter the title of this post!\u00a0\u00a0I have to admit that I didn&#8217;t really know what to expect when I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=3732\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Clutterfree with Kids by Joshua Becker<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-nonfiction","category-reviewed-by-chrissie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}