Too Much Stuff: De-Cluttering Your Heart and Home

by Kathryn Porter

Book Overview

We love stuff. Clothes. Shoes. Make-up. Jewelry. Books. Pictures. Movies. CDs. Letters. Recipes. Magazines. STUFF! Our consumer-driven society is constantly enticing us to want more, and before we... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0834122561
• ISBN13: 9780834122567
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

THE HELP YOU NEED TO DECLUTTER YOUR LIFE!

If you struggle with holding onto clutter in your home, it can be an act of deep faith to let it go. Kathryn Porter understands a woman's desire to keep "too much stuff." In her inspiring book, she bares her heart to readers with the story of how she grew up in a cluttered home and took these habits into her adult lifestyle. When she reached a point of desperation, she prayed to God for help and enlisted the advice of wise friends. In learning to rid her home of material junk, Katherine began to feel deep spiritual cleansing, uncovering peace and joy. She wants to help YOU do the same. Her book is a powerful tool for today's busy women who need help letting go of things to make room for God. (If you love FlyLady, you'll love this book, and the principles for decluttering come from a Christian perspective.) --Christian Women Online Book Buzz

My favorite decluttering/cleaning book

I have really enjoyed reading this book and putting the principles into action. I related to almost everything she said about her own life, esp. "Having a presentable home seemed like an impossible dream, yet I knew it was possible because other people did it." This sentence gave me the encouragement I needed instead of the defeat I usually feel when I think of other's "perfect" homes. I also loved her friends very practical advice, "You can't keep everything and keep a clean house." And Kathyrn repeats that sentence a lot, which is good for me. I love how she gives an overview plan, but also gives detailed tips (like buying Glad Flex bags and how to do laundry). Her book isn't only about decluttering, it's about cleaning too. Overall, this is a wonderful book...very encouraging and very practical. Thanks Kathryn!

Too Much Stuff is Right!!

Too Much Stuff is a great way to take the first steps toward clearing the mind, heart and house off all the crap we've stored over the years. Porter's "down home" approach to getting rid of the stuff of accumulated years and generations may seem hard to take at first, but anyone who is serious about doing more than "clearing a path" around their home and their heart could really benefit from this book. What really attracted me to this approach was the way I relate to many of the situations described in the book.. My wife and I have boxes of stuff we've saved over the years and our kids are the same.. We have several Christmas and birthday's worth of toys the kids don't play with anymore that could easily be boxed and donated to Goodwill. The lessons in Too Much Stuff need to be acted on, not contemplated.. This book is a great guide to getting started!!

What I needed...

This book gave me the motivation I needed to finally get the decluttering done! She also gets to the root of why we become pack rats and gives us permission to throw things away...yes, even sentimental things. This book is a must read for anyone who struggles with clutter of any kind.

Uncluttered Spaces

Yes, I have too much stuff including a collection of books instructing me in the art of decluttering. That collection offers me pages and pages of practical solutions for the sifting, the sorting, and the removing of all of my crippling clutter. I'm overwhelmed with everyone's decluttering advice! Katerine Porter's book has those practical suggestions too, but I found it to be more helpful that overwhelming. TOO MUCH STUFF, unlike most of those other decluttering books, adds spiritual weapons to it's de-cluttering arsenal. Without getting pretensious or clinical Ms. Porter addresses some of the underlying factors that compel us to collect and clutter. She uses examples from her own life to uncover the reasons we surround ourselves with too much stuff. She asks us to see the problem as a spiritual one, not just as an aberration of consumerism. Porter also forces us to see that there are other types of clutter in our lives besides "things." I have more uncluttered space in my life now because I took Porter's advice to heart.