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The Organised Mum Method by Gemma Bray

Added: March 12, 2024
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The cover of The Organised Mum Method

I go through short-lived periods where I become fixated on one idea, and spend all my free time reading and/or watching videos about it.

Recently I was convinced that I need to get serious about cleaning the house properly. I got this book while obsessing over the finding the perfect routine to turn me in to a domestic goddess.

The routine is efficient compared to others, but it still requires dedicating 30 minutes every weekday to cleaning, on top of all the shit you already have to do (dishes, laundry, cleaning up the mess created by kids). That is 2.5 hours a week I do not wish to spend on just cleaning the house.

The cleaning routine itself is a small part of the book, and then there are other general home-life organising tips that I already do and just seem obvious. Things like meal planning, online grocery shopping and batching tasks. I guess I’m an organised mum1?

Footnotes

  1. in a dirty house. ↩

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Comments

  • Amy

    March 12, 2024 at 11:34 AM

    I fall for these books sometimes. I DID find one that helped though. It's very old and a bit dated, but The Sidetracked Home Executive has ideas that I keep coming back to.

    The whole whacky Flylady system is based off of this book, but no annoying emails.

  • Dave Rupert

    March 19, 2024 at 3:19 AM

    I too am on a quest to become a domestic goddess! I feel like I'm reaching the 30 minutes a weekday thing with my routine but that covers picking up dirty clothes, sweeping crumbs, and doing dishes. Nothing "feels" clean unless I spend an enormous chunk of time.

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