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Tidy Up Your Life

Tidy Up Your Life

Make Space for What Matters Most

Summary

Bring order to your home and focus to your busy life.

This is the step-by-step method from the social media sensation Tidy Dad.

A father of three with a stressful job, Tyler Moore felt his life resembled an overstuffed closet: disorganized and overly busy behind the tidy, closed doors. When it all became too much for their 750-square-foot apartment and his nerves, he set out to unpack the physical and emotional mess around him.

He learned that tidying is about so much more than the decluttering of a physical space. When he analyzed what was 'just enough', he was able to devise systems and hacks that brought order to his whole life.


  • How to identify what really matters both emotionally and physically to you and the people who share your space.
  • The goal is not 'always tidy' but 'easily tidied' and other principles for lifting some of the mental and physical burdens we feel when managing our homes.
  • Tips for making a 'one-area-a-weekday' cleaning schedule and other simple routines that complement household rhythms and eliminate intensive weekend cleaning.
A vital book for the overwhelmed, overworked and stressed-out.

About the author

Tyler Moore

Tyler Moore is the creator of the hugely popular “Tidy Dad” Instagram, TikTok, and website. A school teacher in New York City, husband, and father of three young daughters, he has been featured on Good Morning America and in The Washington Post, The New York Times, New York Post, Better Homes & Gardens Secrets of Getting Organized magazine, Apartment Therapy, and many podcasts including HGTV and Minimalist Moms. During the school year, he lives with his wife, Emily, a pediatric occupational therapist, and daughters in Queens, New York.
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