Organizing from the Inside Out with Julie Morgenstern

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Summary: Very good practical tips
Review: Morgenstern gives excellent advice and tips in this video on how to organize your home and office. Not just theory and fluff, but step by step here's how to do it advice. And she explains why the steps work and why you shouldn't skip any. I found it very helpful and have recommended it to my friends and family. The first time through, I just watched and listened. Then I rewound the tape and watched again, pausing it to take notes. I've made an Organizing Notebook with Morgenstern's tips in the front, and specific plans of action for my organizing projects within. You will know in short order whether your initial implementation worked or whether you need to adjust it. But after watching this, you will know HOW. Great video!!

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Summary: Bravo. If you were as unorganized as me - BUY THIS!
Review: My brother said he had seen an "organizing your home and office" show on the local PBS station and came away with some great pointers. He was actually quoting parts of the show to me!

After much digging through the piles of papers and trash in my apartment, I finally found the TV Guide but sadly, the show was only on once. I started searching and eventually found that the exact show that aired on PBS was going to be on home video. I ordered it from Amazon immediately and two days after it was released, it was in my mailbox.

The video's easy-to-understand common sense information that will have you saying to yourself, "Why didn't I think of that?". This tape is definitely a must for you or any unorganized person in your life. If you follow the simple instructions, your home, apartment or office space will be noticably neater and more organized in less than one day after viewing this tape.

The only drawback is that it plays too much like an infomercial with audience members laughing and applauding at everything the hostess says like it's the funniest or most interesting thing they've ever heard. But stick with it and you will learn why you are so messy and -- most importantly -- how to fix it.

Is it really that easy to "come clean"?

My apartment is much neater now solely because of this tape. I recommend it highly.

Rating:
Summary: Bravo. If you were as unorganized as me - BUY THIS!
Review: My brother said he had seen an "organizing your home and office" show on the local PBS station and came away with some great pointers. He was actually quoting parts of the show to me!

After much digging through the piles of papers and trash in my apartment, I finally found the TV Guide but sadly, the show was only on once. I started searching and eventually found that the exact show that aired on PBS was going to be on home video. I ordered it from Amazon immediately and two days after it was released, it was in my mailbox.

The video's easy-to-understand common sense information that will have you saying to yourself, "Why didn't I think of that?". This tape is definitely a must for you or any unorganized person in your life. If you follow the simple instructions, your home, apartment or office space will be noticably neater and more organized in less than one day after viewing this tape.

The only drawback is that it plays too much like an infomercial with audience members laughing and applauding at everything the hostess says like it's the funniest or most interesting thing they've ever heard. But stick with it and you will learn why you are so messy and -- most importantly -- how to fix it.

Is it really that easy to "come clean"?

My apartment is much neater now solely because of this tape. I recommend it highly.

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Summary: Video summarizes very well a practical method for organizing
Review: This video is a very enjoyable and effective summary of the method to organize described in the corresponding book. It does a far better job at that than the book because the book has the method burried in 250 pages of advices that are not as essential as the method. The author herslef is the host in a studio using before/after pictures and videos of places she organized. The method consists of A)Analyze; B) Strategize; C)Attack. To Analyze one must ask what is causing the clutter, what is working, what is not working, what items are most essential. To strategize one must devide the room into activity zones and store items at the point of use. Finally one must attack the SPACE by Sorting, Purging, Assigning a home for objects, Containerizing and Equalizing.
Before you tackle a major organization project it is better to spend the 1 hour or so watching this video than reading the book. You will be immediately ready to organize instead of being paralyzed with so much written advice.