Author: Karen Kiser
Publisher: Camino Chronicles Press, 2018
Pages: 66
Genre: self-help
Obtained: from author in exchange for an honest review
Summary: This book shows you seven steps to declutter your surroundings and mind and how to stop the habit of re-cluttering, so that you can become "free and clear".
Thoughts: I loved this book! Yes, most of it is advice that I have heard again and again from clutter experts and books on living more simply, but the difference is that this author not only reminds me of all this information, but tells me MORE and in only 66 pages. I felt like she decluttered the decluttering process! Her book is so organized!
First she tells readers that they have a habit that needs to be broken. She describes each of the seven steps of her method to declutter and break the habit of just collecting more things. Then she gives specific examples of how to use these steps when dealing with your surroundings and mind, and goes through each step, with each example, making the process extremely clear. It is just enough information and is an easy, step by step guide to follow. Some people might think going through the process step by step a few times is repetitive, but I felt this was a wonderful way to present her material and a great way to learn the process.
If you're looking for a simple, easy guide to free up space in your home and mind, I highly suggest this book!
Tea: Organic Detox
Obtained: purchased
I purchased the David's Top Twelve Sampler. Today I tried the Organic Detox, which I not only thought went well with decluttering, but I feel a little under the weather and thought a detox tea would do me some good. This is a green tea with a low caffeine content. The ingredients (rooibos, sencha green tea, lemongrass, ginger, juniper berries, ginkgo, and natural lemon flavor) are supposed to have many antioxidants that help to cleanse your body.
I could pick almost everything out in the blend- lots of lemon grass, rooibos leaves, and green tea leaves, a couple of chunks of ginger and I saw only one juniper berry. The scent of the leaves was of sweet herbs and citrus. I put 2 1/2 teaspoons of leaves into my teapot and poured 16 ounces of water, that had been boiled, over the leaves. I let this steep for 3 minutes. The amber liquid had the scent of lemon and herbs. The taste was a lemon and ginger blend in the forefront, but it also tasted woody and medicinal. The lemon and ginger taste was not over powering and blended very nicely with the other herbs. It also had a slight sweetness. This was a fresh, soothing, warming tea. The ingredients were blended so well. It is not something I would drink all the time, but would enjoy drinking it when not feeling great because of its medicinal taste and the comforting feeling I had when drinking it.
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