Summary: Emma Beddington’s book offers 100 simple tips to help organize your life, from managing digital clutter to planning meals. Readers share strategies like preparing clothes the night before and creating reusable holiday checklists. The advice focuses on small, manageable actions to reduce stress and improve daily routines.
Having three of varying discomfort means I am more likely to do the lesser ones as a way to productively procrastinate on the bigger one. (View Highlight)
Take 10 minutes to tackle the inevitable plastic boxes and lids situation in your kitchen. (View Highlight)
Communicate your limits assertively to avoid being pushed into financial commitments that hinder your own goals. (View Highlight)
Always add 10% on to the average journey time when factoring when to set off (View Highlight)
It works best for me on gifts. House-warming: bottle of nice olive oil. Child under 11: book. Child over 11: money. (View Highlight)
Why try to remember what you need from scratch every time? Instead print off the list, cross out what’s not applicable to this trip and then start to gather it all in. (View Highlight)
One colour only per bed, size, room, person (View Highlight)
Always get dressed even if you have no plans, to be ready for whatever the day may bring (View Highlight)
Create single-category boxes
“We have a swimming box – all the costumes, wild swimming gear and snorkels get dumped in there. (View Highlight)
If you have to say no to something (or want to – that’s allowed!), do it immediately. (View Highlight)