Five boxes and a timer
Twenty minutes, one drawer, stop when it rings. You do not need to believe you can do the whole house. You need a junk drawer.
Books
Three books: a prepper's atlas for five end-of-the-world scenarios, and the two Without the Overwhelm books, gentle plans for the hard jobs at home.
Every Way Out
A prepper's atlas for five end-of-the-world scenarios, by John Conway, with free printable prep lists for the bag, the car and the cupboard.
Downsize Without the Overwhelm
Out now on Amazon in Kindle and paperback. A gentle, room-by-room plan for letting go of the stuff, keeping the memories, and making room for what comes next.
You are not lazy, and you are not behind. Nobody ever handed you the manual for emptying a full house. This is that manual.
If you have ever walked into a full garage, looked around, and walked right back out, this is the book that finally makes it doable. No dumpsters. No ruthless weekends. No pretending a coat is just a coat. Just five boxes, a kitchen timer, and twenty honest minutes at a time, told through real stories with a small, finishable assignment at the end of every chapter.
Free to read on Kindle Unlimited.
A method small enough to finish.
The NOT TODAY box
The one box that lets you keep moving right past the things that catch in your chest, so you never stall out on a single hard object.
The Keep Test
A single question that tells you in seconds what serves the life ahead, and quietly settles the things that do not.
Rooms, easy feelings first
You start where the feelings are light and leave the garage for last, so your nerve is strong before the heavy lifts.
The hard stuff
Grief objects, heirlooms nobody wants, and how to hear "no thanks" without hearing "I don't love you."
A home you can open up
A table that seats six again, a guest room that works, and a house that is easy to invite people back into.
Dementia Care Without the Overwhelm
Book two of Without the Overwhelm. The first ninety days after a diagnosis: what to do, who to call, and how to keep standing.
