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Year of No Clutter

By: Eve O. Schaub
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
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Summary

Eve has a problem with clutter. Too much stuff and too easily acquired, it confronts her in every corner and on every surface in her house. When she pledges to tackle the worst offender, her horror of a "hell room", she anticipates finally being able to throw away all of the unnecessary things she can't bring herself to part with: her fifth-grade report card, dried-up art supplies, an old vinyl raincoat. But what Eve discovers isn't just old CDs and outdated clothing, but a fierce desire within herself to hold on to her identity. Our things represent our memories, our history, a million tiny reference points in our lives. If we throw our stuff in the trash, where does that leave us? And if we don't...how do we know what's really important? Everyone has their own hell room, and Eve's battle with her clutter, along with her eventual self-clarity, encourages everyone to dig into their past to declutter their future. Year of No Clutter is a deeply inspiring - and frequently hilarious - examination of why we keep stuff in the first place, and how to let it all go.

©2017 Eve O. Schaub (P)2017 Tantor

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Funny, disturbing and enlightening

This author has a great sense of humor and the narrator really knows how to deliver it! The story made me laugh out loud, shake my head in disbelief, cringe, feel the pain, feel the joy, it took me for a heck of a ride. Looking inside the brain of a (boarder line?) hoarder was at times disturbing, and I would not have been able to listen to the whole story if it hadn’t been told just the way it was. Remarkable insight and a clever writing style, thank you for this crazy round trip!

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Great listen whilst decluttering

This is a memoir, so don't expect instructions on how to declutter. It's just one person's story of how their clutter affected them and their ruminations on the topic. Really enjoyed listening whilst sorting through my own stuff!

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Understand the hoarder

This book had strong impact on me. It made me feel very anxious and sick. I finished the book with dreadful doom feeling. Im feeling like I've spend one day in Eve's head and I wanna run run runaway from her. It gave me very good understanding of sick mind or obsessive compulsive disorder first hand. It must be really hard to be so anxious about every single item in her life. Well, my advice would be to take antianxiety medication for sure. the main issue is her anxiety not depression really so I'm not having the feeling she has this medically under control. I've seen the room on YouTube and I'm still feeling suffocated even after clear out. if she discards another two thirds of what's left only then the room will be comfortable to craft in. she's very fixated on objects like her life depends on it. I believe her value as human is not dependent on how much she owns. the most valuable stuff in the house is her and her family but all this clutter over power and shadows their souls. I'd say house makes no service to people if the most visible in the house is stuff rather than its radiant occupants. It really surprised she actually read and applied the life saving konmari method but excused herself why she doesn't want to live such extreme. I'd advice her to rent storage and make the complete konmari method, live like that for one year, realise if she miss it or not and then move the stuff back in the house, unpack it and live with it againI think this experiment would opened her eyes wide and clear in just few days.

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Give it a go

I used this one like a long podcast on in the background and it did keep my attention… I wasn’t sure at first, but there are some ideas in here you may relate to if you wrestle with ‘stuff’ … from her personal viewpoint - the book tries to get under the skin of why people keep/ hoard and then helps with the how to do something about it … also helpful that the author acknowledges what a first world problem this is and is conscientious regarding disposal of stuff. I did learn a thing or two.

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One of many

Had its good parts, but was tedious and over-told in many places, like listing the history of different items that the author found hard to give up. This long list was NOT interesting. Also, the declutterring efforts of the author was limited to one just room in her house. Lots of family history that was neither fascinating nor relevant. There are a number of these books on the market as of late, so we don’t need any more.

But I did find her own mental health history quite interesting in that the hoarder problem had arisen from suppressing other phobias and anxieties. So I finished listening and in the end it motivated me to clear away a bit of clutter. I very much subscribe to the idea that having a more minimalist lifestyle also clears the mind of clutter and liberates one to do things that does not require amassing stuff.

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Awesome!

Very down to earth and relatable! It doesn’t sound like a righteous person preaching how to do things. This is how other decluttering books should be told. Well done to the author!

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I enjoyed this book

A big thank you to Eve for sharing her life so candidly. I can’t imagine it would have been easy to shine the light on a subject matter than from the outside might seem relatively trivial, but from the inside can feel so shame-inducing and oppressive.

The book was well written, funny and easy to listen to. Will definitely recommend to those in my life with a more complex relationship with stuff!

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Great book

I enjoyed listening to this audio book. I listened non stop till it was all done. Thank you 😊

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I loved it all

This book is so entertaining. I loved it from start to finish. I couldn’t help laughing out loud when I heard things I could relate to. I actually feel like filling a box of stuff for the charity shop and lightening up my life.

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