I love self-help books. I feel like a self-help book junkie for sure for the past 15 years I have been

kind of addicted. But that being said, I have to say there's a huge problem with self-help books.

Hey, clutter bugs and welcome back to the clutter bug podcast. Today I wanted to talk about

self-help books because I mean you listen to podcasts, you watch podcasts, you're definitely

someone who wants to better themselves. That's what this is all about. It's about learning and having

that motivation from other people, getting wisdom from other people so that you can either get

stuff done, find that motivation, or learn something new. And that for me is definitely the number one

reason why I am so drawn to self-help books. I know for a fact, I know that they have improved my

life substantially, but there's definitely a misconception. They're not perfect. And the problem

with self-help books is the assumption that reading a book or even listening to a book or

somehow like hearing wisdom is going to completely overnight fix your life. It's a huge problem

because especially for like people just getting into these things, you spend, I don't know,

$30 books are expensive. On a book, you feel really motivated reading it. And a week later,

you feel like you're right back where you were before you started reading the book. And that can

feel very defeating. And I think some of these books come with this promise of this life changing

thing, like somehow, you know, reading the book is going to transplant our brain and we're suddenly

going to become a person who gets up at 5 a.m. I actually read that book. I did not ever even once

get up at 5 a.m. Did I want to? Sure. I felt motivated to do it, never actually did it. But I'm still

glad I read the book. And that's what I'm hoping when you're listening to this podcast today.

First of all, I hope you're going to tackle something in your home. I hope while listening to this,

you're going to get up, not just passively listen, and we're going to take action on something you've

been putting off today, something you've been procrastinating today, whether you're doing the dishes,

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