Cleaning and the Meaning of Life by Paula Jhung

Title: Cleaning and the Meaning of Life
Author: Paula Jhung
Publisher: HCI
Publication Date: April 2005
ISBN: 0757302408
Format: Paperback

About Paula Jhung and The Life Method

Paula Jhung is an interior designer who specializes in low maintenance design without sacrificing comfort. Her LIFE method illustrates a plan to simplify the cleaning, organizing, and maintenance aspects of your home. She offers not only insightful reasons to modify your surroundings, but practical tips on how to accomplish the home you want to have. Paula Jhung includes real life case studies in clutter and cleaning that will ring true with every reader. The tips and motivations she offers will give readers the chance to make small but significant changes in the quality of their life.

Chapters That Resonate

My favorite chapter in the book is about creating a meditative space in your home. So often we take care of surface clutter, dirt, and dust without taking care of ourselves. Paula instructs readers not only on why we need our own relaxing space, but also on how to set one up easily and inexpensively. She goes one step further when she gives insightful tips on how to meditate.

Shopping Addicts Rejoice

Cleaning and the Meaning of Life has a section devoted to you. Get tips on how to curb the shopping urge that are actually effective and realistic. Even though I'm not a shop-a-holic, Paula's tips on Pre-Shopping strategies and her 10 Commandments of Clutter Free Shopping hit a home run with me, a more hurried shopper. Putting these tips into practice will make you a more efficient shopper and protect your home from unwise and impulse purchases.

Paula's Heavenly Chore Cheaters

This chapter will really save you cleaning time and allow you to cheat on your chores. The author reveals great tips on how to prevent dirt and gives advice on tools that will really help you clean up. Paula proves that chore cheaters can prosper.

New Wisdom for Cleaning

With the boom of Feng Shui, Paula introduces the concepts of Fun's Way, a new offshoot with more simplicity and a lot of fun. Find out how to achieve Good Chi, choose furnishings that will make you and your guest more comfortable, and get a good night's sleep. In addition, Paula Jhung offers insight into our Astrological Cleaning Signs. Our position in the Zodiac may or may not impact our cleaning style and organizational abilities, but at the very least it's fun to read.

Heart and Soul for the Home

Paul Jhung's Cleaning and the Meaning of Life is written in an engaging and interactive style that readers will appreciate. The book draws you in with the promise of changing your life, and it delivers. The tips resonate with experience and sensitivity for the issues faced by real people trying to make their homes places they want to be. While you may not find every chapter to fit your needs and style, most will offer you practical and insightful ways to make your home your haven.