Stop Clutter from Stealing Your Life: Discover Why You Clutter and How You Can Stop

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Summary: Most Useful Book I Ever Read!
Review: I already was trying to declutter my life and this book was just what I needed. It answers the "why?" as well as the "how?" My clutter is not obvious to others, but 25 years of packratted stuff from a bygone marriage lurks in hidden places and I spend way too much time trying to find things.... I also found dozens of small things I had fruitlessly searched for in the past. But the greatest benefit is the good feeling I get when I shove things into the trash or yard sale boxes and then stand there enjoying my nice tidy space. Nelson has provided self-talk which has me questioning why I am holding on to things that I neither need nor like. Magically, similar things start gravitating toward each other in a process of organization. I still have places to unclutter, but I now look forward to what I'm going to rediscover and a feel-good opportunity. Some day I may write my own sequel to this book.

Rating:
Summary: Most Useful Book I Ever Read!
Review: I already was trying to declutter my life and this book was just what I needed. It answers the "why?" as well as the "how?" My clutter is not obvious to others, but 25 years of packratted stuff from a bygone marriage lurks in hidden places and I spend way too much time trying to find things.... I also found dozens of small things I had fruitlessly searched for in the past. But the greatest benefit is the good feeling I get when I shove things into the trash or yard sale boxes and then stand there enjoying my nice tidy space. Nelson has provided self-talk which has me questioning why I am holding on to things that I neither need nor like. Magically, similar things start gravitating toward each other in a process of organization. I still have places to unclutter, but I now look forward to what I'm going to rediscover and a feel-good opportunity. Some day I may write my own sequel to this book.

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Summary: Where's the beef?
Review: I read this book, and there just wasn't enough practical information in it. There were too many stories about other folks, and not enough practical information about clearing up clutter. If you need a spiritual boost and want to read about others battling clutter than this book is OK. NOT OK if you're wanting some info on methods of clearing up your stuff.

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Summary: Where's the beef?
Review: I read this book, and there just wasn't enough practical information in it. There were too many stories about other folks, and not enough practical information about clearing up clutter. If you need a spiritual boost and want to read about others battling clutter than this book is OK. NOT OK if you're wanting some info on methods of clearing up your stuff.

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Summary: Doesnt' deliver on its promise
Review: I was very disappointed with this book. It began well, with humorous antedotes of cross-country travels with spare-parts-cars. However, the actual clutter-cleaning content is minimal at best, the bulk of the book is a recommendation for clutters annoymous, with memoirs from reformed clutters. I learned there is a DSMV diagonsis of "hoarding." And that's the sum total of the value afforded my reading investment. There was no substantive information to be gained on how to avoid and/or clear clutter. A look on ehow.com for how to clean a closet gave me more valuable information than did this book. PS Dear Amazon: This one will be coming back.

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Summary: A Solid Effort!
Review: Many books have been written about how to organize your life, your workspace and your home, some good, some bad. We gravitate toward authors that provide practical systems for bringing order to debilitating chaos. This is not one of those books. Mike Nelson instead writes of the psychological reasons that some people allow clutter to overtake their lives. If you're looking for an explanation about why you can't find that important file, start reading. If you're looking for some way to prevent you from making similar mistakes in the future, we [...] advise you to look elsewhere.

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Summary: Good reminders, fresh insights
Review: Mike Nelson does an effective job of giving "recovering clutterers" some practical information and (perhaps as important) motivation to get victory over the problems of a cluttered environment. The chapter on computer de-cluttering is showing it's age. (...)

Rating:
Summary: Good reminders, fresh insights
Review: Mike Nelson does an effective job of giving "recovering clutterers" some practical information and (perhaps as important) motivation to get victory over the problems of a cluttered environment. The chapter on computer de-cluttering is showing it's age. (...)

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Summary: Hope for Clutterers -- even if you have 27 refrigerators!
Review: Mr. Nelson "gets it." This book is the first book written by a clutterer for clutterers. I own every organizing book on the market and not one spoke to me the way this one does.

Cluttering is not just a problem with having a messy kitchen or closet. For those of us who are clutterers and hoarders, it is a psychological and spiritual blockage that limits our lives and even destroys relationships. Yet, while he treats the subject seriously, his humor shines through like the sunlight of the spirit. The stories of clutters are honest and touching, but you have to laugh at the one who has 27 refrigerators in his yard!

The medical and psychological information, full of quotes from experts in the field, (family counseling and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders) is well-written and understandable to a layman. Where the book really shines is in the practical, yet spiritual approach to deluttering our lives and then our living spaces.

Mr. Nelson's practical advice for dealing with debt and bill collectors (which often accompanies cluttering) is priceless. His family relationship chapter will help so many non-clutterers understand how to save their marriages.

Our nonprofit organization, Clutterless Recovery Groups, has recommended this book to all of our members and adopted it as our "Big Book." Kudos, Mr. Nelson, and thank you. You will touch the lives of millions with this book.

Rating:
Summary: Hope for Clutterers -- even if you have 27 refrigerators!
Review: Mr. Nelson "gets it." This book is the first book written by a clutterer for clutterers. I own every organizing book on the market and not one spoke to me the way this one does.

Cluttering is not just a problem with having a messy kitchen or closet. For those of us who are clutterers and hoarders, it is a psychological and spiritual blockage that limits our lives and even destroys relationships. Yet, while he treats the subject seriously, his humor shines through like the sunlight of the spirit. The stories of clutters are honest and touching, but you have to laugh at the one who has 27 refrigerators in his yard!

The medical and psychological information, full of quotes from experts in the field, (family counseling and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders) is well-written and understandable to a layman. Where the book really shines is in the practical, yet spiritual approach to deluttering our lives and then our living spaces.

Mr. Nelson's practical advice for dealing with debt and bill collectors (which often accompanies cluttering) is priceless. His family relationship chapter will help so many non-clutterers understand how to save their marriages.

Our nonprofit organization, Clutterless Recovery Groups, has recommended this book to all of our members and adopted it as our "Big Book." Kudos, Mr. Nelson, and thank you. You will touch the lives of millions with this book.

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