Contents
- Foreword
- Gentle Homemaking
- What Does It Mean to Have a Martha House the Mary Way?
- My Story
- How to Use This Book
- Day 0: Prep Day!
- Day 1: Lifting Life above Mere Existence
- Day 2: Define Your Vision
- Day 3: Rhythm Priorities
- Day 4: Developing a Workable Routine
- Day 5: The Six List: The $25,000 Piece of Advice
- Day 6: Overcoming the Curse
- Day 7: Your Cleaning Style
- Day 8: Making Your Personality Work for You
- Day 9: Tornado Cleaning
- Day 10: Slow and Steady
- Day 11: A Place to Put Your Feet Up
- Day 12: Feeling Overwhelmed
- Day 13: Purge, Baby, Purge
- Day 14: The Toy Situation
- Day 15: Kids and Cleaning
- Day 16: I’d Rather Do Anything but Clean (When the Bones Are Feeling Lazy)
- Day 17: Finding Joy in the Self-Disciplined Life
- Day 18: Grace for Those Days
- Day 19: Fighting Fatigue
- Day 20: Distractions
- Day 21: Limitations (Life Is Hard)
- Day 22: Diligence and Willing Hands
- Day 23: Time
- Day 24: To Hire Help or Not to Hire Help
- Day 25: The Thing We All Have in Common
- Day 26: The High-Low Cycle
- Day 27: Laundry Blues
- Day 28: Who Are You Trying to Please?
- Day 29: What I Would Say to My Younger Self about Cleaning
- Day 30: Contentment in Your Season of Life
- Day 31: Balancing It All
- Is Messiness a Morality Issue?
- A Word about Guilt
- Ten Quick Tips for the Decorating Challenged
- Four Handy Dandy Quick Tips to Help You in Your Cleaning Efforts
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Author