The Purple Guide to Learning Home Organizing in 10 Days
A 10-day starter plan to declutter one room, build a sorting habit, and decide if home organizing is for you
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
Ten days, one small space, zero pressure — a hands-on starter plan to try home organizing and see if it sticks.
About this book
You don't need to become a minimalist or buy a single labeled bin to learn home organizing. This is a 10-day experiment, not a lifestyle conversion. Each day gives you one concrete task — sorting a single drawer, timing yourself for 15 minutes, learning why 'put it in a pile' is actually a real technique — so you can feel what this skill is like without overhauling your entire apartment on day one.
The plan is built for honest beginners: people who have let a junk drawer get out of hand, who buy storage containers and then leave them empty, or who just want a calm corner in a busy home. By day 10, you'll have one visibly organized space, a simple habit you can maintain, and a clear sense of whether organizing is worth your time. No hype, no guilt, no 'just follow your passion' — just a friend walking you through it day by day.
Reader Reviews
Gary Hill
★★★★★I'm not an organized person by nature — my car looks like a recycling bin exploded. But this book had me sorting one single drawer on day one, and that was it. Fifteen minutes, four piles, done. The day-by-day format meant I never felt behind. By day ten I'd done my nightstand and one kitchen shelf, and I actually kept the habit. No pressure, no shame, just a plan that respects your time. Highly recommend for skeptics.
Cynthia Sanchez
★★★★★Pretty good for what it is. The first day chapter made me feel like someone was actually sitting next to me saying 'it's okay, just start with the sock drawer'. I liked the timeline of day 7 vs day 10 vs a month in — that part felt honest. I did wish the gear section compared more budget options, but the 'cardboard box' trick worked fine. Would've paid double for a real app to track my piles, but this got me started.
Anthony Mitchell
★★★★★It's fine. I did the ten days, I ended up with a slightly more organized closet, and I'll give it that. But I felt like the techniques are pretty common sense once you read them — like 'make a donate pile' is not a breakthrough. The instructions are very, very gentle, which is good if you're totally lost, but I was hoping for more advanced methods. It delivered on the 'beginner' promise, so it's not bad — just not for anyone past zero experience.