NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Bring order to your home and focus to your busy life with Tidy Dad’s guiding principles and practical routines for organizing, cleaning, and prioritizing—both emotionally and physically. A father of three with a stressful job, Tyler Moore felt his life resembled an overstuffed closet: disorganized and overly busy behind tidy, closed doors. When it all became too much—for his family's 750-square-foot apartment and his mental health—he set out to unpack the physical and emotional mess around him. Chronicling his progress as “Tidy Dad” on Instagram, Moore learned that tidying is about so much more than the aesthetics and decluttering of a physical space. When he stepped back, reflected, and named what was " just enough ," he was able to devise systems and hacks that brought order to his whole life. Drawing on Moore's experience with the everyday highs and lows of parenting, home management, and work-life balance, and filled with his signature warmth and wit, Tidy Up Your Life includes: Tidy Dad’s process for tackling overwhelming tasks —how to identify what really matters both emotionally and physically to you and the people who share your space. - How to arrive at your own definition of "just enough" as well as thought experiments for appreciating what you already have. - 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 reduce the mental load you may be carrying. A vital book for overwhelmed parents as well as overworked, stressed-out professionals, Tidy Up Your Life will help you live a more joyful, tidied-up life. “The personal stories breathe life into the advice, and Moore brings a welcome recognition of how clutter often stems from stress. . . . This will help even the messiest readers bring order to their homes.” — Publishers Weekly “Original, whimsical, and altogether practical.” — Booklist Tyler Moore is the creator of the hugely popular “Tidy Dad” Instagram, TikTok, and website. A public 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. In the summer, they spend as much time as possible in their small but well-organized cottage in the Poconos. 1 Unpack What’s Behind Your Mess (Decluttering 101) Physical clutter is often a manifestation of mental clutter. Whether you’re trying to figure out the next step in your career or trying to figure out how to solve the mess that is your kitchen cabinet, probing what got you into the mess is the first step of the tidying process. It’s difficult to make a path forward until you come to terms with what caused that mess in the first place. Dean of Academics. What a fancy title, especially for a young former classroom teacher. It sounded impressive, particularly in NYC education circles, but don’t be fooled. My job title should have been Dean of Mess, because that’s really what I was. The “dean” title meant I was no longer a classroom teacher, no longer had summers off, and now had a lot of teacher management and student disciplinary responsibilities. That was difficult enough, but we’d also upsized our personal life. We had two kids under the age of two, and I was overwhelmed and exhausted. So how did I get here? Well, for years, everything moved along pretty much as I had planned. I checked off all the boxes on how I thought you’re supposed to transition from your twenties to your thirties. Years earlier Emily and I had announced in Frank Sinatra style, “If I can make it there, I’m gonna make it anywhere. It’s up to you, New York!” We’d made NYC our home, and now I was “successful.” But this was all a façade. The only thing I’d really become successful at was crying in secret. It always started as a burning sensation behind my eyes. Then my breathing became labored. My chin started to quiver as I held back tears. I’d wait until I’d kissed Emily and the girls goodbye and made it a few blocks from home on my two-­mile walk to school. Then, as the tears threatened to spill out, I’d start to repeat a mantra that I’d taught to my former students: “I am kind, I am smart, I am going to have a great day no matter what!” Trouble was, for nearly three school years my days weren’t that great. How bad? I’d characterize them as a dumpster fire. Male elementary school teachers seem to have a shelf life of about five years in the classroom before people begin to ask questions, like “