Confession time: I stayed up way too late last night reading books I downloaded as part of The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle. There is so much good stuff in this bundle — and I wanted to highlight 5 of the books that are my favorites so far.
{By the way, this sale ends tonight at midnight so today is your last chance to get all 99 of these resources for just $29.97! Go here to read more about The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle and why I’m highly recommending it!}
How to Blog for Profit Without Selling Your Soul is written by my friend, Ruth Soukup, who I think is positively brilliant — a term I don’t use lightly. The way she thinks and processes just blows up my brain.
She’s always experimenting, testing, tweaking, and strategizing. And she’s freely shared the resulting lessons and light bulb moments with me.
All I can say is “wow!” Because what she’s figured out really works. Case in point: by implementing the Pinterest strategies Ruth has shared with me, I have increased my site traffic by over 500,000 unique visitors per month!
Yes, I told you she’s brilliant! 🙂
Her ebook, How to Blog for Profit Without Selling Your Soul, is hands down the BEST blogging book I’ve ever read. It’s comprehensive, but not overwhelming, and packed with amazing information.
I love, love, love Tsh and her blog. She’s a huge inspiration to me in so many areas.
And her ebook, One Bite at a Time: 52 Projects for Making Life Simpler, is fabulous. I read it over the course of a week and a half as I was doing my warm-up and cool down on the treadmill before my morning run. I enjoyed the book so much that I had trouble getting off the treadmill every day because I just wanted to keep reading. I guess that’s not a bad problem. 
As you probably well know, I love the concept of breaking things down into bite-sized manageable pieces. And Tsh’s ebook does just that. It gives you 52 bite-sized steps you can take to become more efficient, streamlined, and organized.
You know those things you always say you want to do someday? Like planting a garden, switching to natural cleaners, composting, setting up a system for paper clutter, organize your photo collection, learning to cook from scratch, setting up menu plans, planning regular date nights, or regularly turning off technology? Tsh gives you the tools, motivation, and encouragement you need to slowly make those positive changes you’ve hoped to make. And she makes it simple and doable.
Now I have to tell you: Tsh suggests that you pick one project per week for a year–thus the 52 projects. However, I’d suggest to maybe slow the pace down a bit and just pick one project every other week or once a month. That way, you can really take your time and let the changes really sink in before moving onto something else.
If you are struggling with balancing work and family, I think you’ll find this book by my friend, Anne Bogel, very insightful! From the Amazon description:
In How She Does It, author Anne Bogel unpacks these trends in family & work culture, and gets to the core of HOW you can make your work goals fit into your unique family situation.
Inside, you’ll find the personal success stories of 30 women who found – by playing to their unique strengths– solutions that really work for their families.
How She Does It will show you how to:
• Explore options for the shape of your work life, and plan ahead even before there’s a husband or kids in the picture.
• Abandon old limitations on home life demands leftover from previous generations.
• Embrace this changing landscape where it’s easier than ever to find time to work and be there for your family.
• Squeeze in more work hours without increasing childcare.
• Overcome common barriers like a tentative husband or a seemingly inflexible boss.
• Set priorities for your personal, budgetary, and family goals.
• Create a plan for your unique family situation.
• Adapt your work and family rhythms to the changing seasons of life.
• Meet other women like you who have walked the path of blending work and family–and succeeded.How She Does It is the roadmap you’ve been looking for – packed to the brim with the creative solutions, encouragement, and resources you need to make a plan that works in the actual, every day life of your family.
Project Organize Your Entire Life: The Quick Start Guide is packed with step-by-step encouragement to simplify and organize almost all areas of your home and family.
Stephanie is encouraging, realistic, and down-to-earth. Plus, she gives you ideas that you can tweak and adapt for your own family’s situation. There are also links to printable forms and lots of helpful articles and resources at the end of each chapter.
Okay, so this isn’t a book, but I still wanted to highlight it since it’s out product and all! 🙂
Grocery University is a 2 hour, 19 minute audio course that will teach you everything you need to know about making the most of your grocery budget, regardless of whether you’re new to bargain shopping or have been a super-shopper for years.
This original, in-depth course goes deeper than anything you’ve ever seen before and will have you stretching your grocery budget further than you ever thought possible! It’s produced by my good friend, Carrie Isaac, a mom of five and owner of Springs Bargains.
In this course, Carrie has taken her years of experience teaching live seminars and developed a comprehensive strategy that’s proven to reduce your grocery budget. Carrie produced this course in 2010 and sold it successfully to thousands of people. This past year, we bought the rights to the course from her, updated some of it, and are offering it as one of our products.
10 other books I read and found very helpful, too:
- Controlling the Spin Within – short, but highly motivational.
- Your Simple Home Handbook – I loved this step-by-step guide to simplifying your home.
- 12 Days of Christmas for the Hurting – so uplifting for those struggling.
- DIY Breakfast Station – such a fantastic idea. I want to try this ASAP!
- Drowning in Clutter? Don’t Grab a Floatie…Drain the Ocean – excellent advice for cutting clutter.
- 50 Frugal Dates – lots of great ideas.
- On the Road to Joyful Motherhood – great encouragement for weary moms.
- 10 Things You NEED to Know About Essential Oils Before You Buy – well-written & educational.
- How Do I Get It All Done?…and Still Have Time to Enjoy It? – motivational and inspiring.
- Simply Dressed: Inspiration to Dress for the Everyday Ordinary Days – great advice for simplifying & beautifying your wardrobe and for getting dressed in something other than yoga pants every day!
Grab all of these ebooks + 84 more ebooks, printables, and resources for just $29.97! This offer is only valid until midnight tonight.
Go get your copy of The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle here.
Hi Crystal! Okay I know this bundle sale is done but I just had to say that I purchased this last minute because of your recommendations and already it paid for itself with a few of the ebooks you recommended! I love the One Bite at a Time ebook and I am doing each step weekly. I have loved the controlling the spin within and the meal plans and have read a few of the marriage ebooks so far. I think that the ecourse 14 days to a better neck though has been #1 so far!! I have had a shoulder and neck problem for a few months and it is pretty much gone in only the first 4 lessons! Saved me a bunch of money for the chiropractor. Thanks for posting about the bundle! This was an unexpected benefit 🙂
Yay! I’m so very grateful!
I bought the bundle on Sunday and still have the excitement jitters from all of the info it is packed with! 😀 I will make sure to check out your “picks.”