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Summary: Simple Solutions for My Chronic Disorganization
Review: I bought this book because the title seemed to fit me exactly. I read it and learned that I could get my home organized. Sandra told me what my mother never did, and things have improved greatly.
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Summary: Too much talk, not enough "how to"
Review: I felt that this book spent too much time talking about "why" someone is a Messie. If you're looking for in-depth analysis of why you might have issues with housework, this is the book for you. If you're looking for some fast ideas on how to keep the house tidy, there's better books out there (such as "Sink Reflections" or "Confessions of an Organized Homemaker"). Some of the ideas in this book sound great, but honestly - if a person is finding it hard to tackle the housework, are they going to tackle making a complicated file system for reminding them to do the housework? Probably not. This book could be an addition to housekeeping books but I wouldn't recommend it as the main one.
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Summary: Too much talk, not enough "how to"
Review: I felt that this book spent too much time talking about "why" someone is a Messie. If you're looking for in-depth analysis of why you might have issues with housework, this is the book for you. If you're looking for some fast ideas on how to keep the house tidy, there's better books out there (such as "Sink Reflections" or "Confessions of an Organized Homemaker"). Some of the ideas in this book sound great, but honestly - if a person is finding it hard to tackle the housework, are they going to tackle making a complicated file system for reminding them to do the housework? Probably not. This book could be an addition to housekeeping books but I wouldn't recommend it as the main one.
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Summary: When you are desperate to organize your house humor helps
Review: I have started many self-help books and don't finish them because they are dry and preachy and don't motivate me. The systems are usually so complicated that I don't even want to start. I don't need a book that compounds my problem. The New Messie's Manual made me laugh as I recognized myself and others and got me motivated to change things. Usually I read and don't take action. The style of writing is light humorous and very helpful. It is the best self-help book on organizing and cleaning that I have ever read. It is so good because reading it gets results. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Simple Solutions for My Chronic Disorganization
Review: I highly recommend this book for people who are chronically "messy" homemakers. I have to admit that the book did discuss too much of the "whys" of messiness, but if you can get past the first part of the book, you will be surprised that the second half of the book provides just as much of the "hows". I have read quite a few de-cluttering and organizational books, which have been very helpful, but this one has helped in a way that none of the others have been able to. I have been struggling with a messy house for the last 13 years, and after 3 months, my home is organized! I've tried lists and time schedules and they just don't work for me. However, the "flipper" idea in the book works like a charm! It helped me from getting overwhelmed by distributing small jobs over a period of a month. Cooking and grocery lists are much simpler now also. If you are sick of having a home that you are embarrassed to show your guests, read this book!
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Summary: If I Had Only Known
Review: I passed this book up on several occassions due to the "messies" title....sounded so juvenile. If I had only known what good it would do me to read it!!!! The previous reviewer hit the nail on the head when she said that this book works because the author is a reformed messie herself - her thought processes were exactly the same as mine!!! I felt I'd found a soul sister! She "got it". She understood my confusion and sometimes flat-out inability to complete my housework. I was a stay-home mom for seven years and got absolutely nothing accomplished in the way of housekeeping. Even though I had the whole day, my house was never "put together". How I wish I had read this book way back then!!! Thank you Mrs. Felton for such a well written and insightful book. I HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone with trouble getting it together in their home. Even if you think the term "Messie" is a little juvenile.
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Summary: Too Much Talk
Review: I was really motivated to change my housekeeping habits when I bought this book, but by the time I got to chapter 12 where they actually teach you some techniques I lost interest. I agree with a previous reviewer that there is too much "why" and not enough "how". It analyzes too much about what makes us messies tick, and only about half the book gets into strategies for changing your habits. I think that if you are buying this book you already KNOW you have issues, just get to the point already!
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Summary: A No-Stress Way To Recover from Messiness!
Review: I'm a "cleanie," with a "messie" daughter. (We call her Messie Jessie and she's almost 20-years-old.) But, I wasn't always a cleanie, so even though I bought a copy of this book for my daughter and each of my two messie stepsons-to-be, I read it, too! As a former messie, it took years of beating myself up - cleaning marathons that took days so that I could have company for a few hours - to learn much of what I read in this book. I read it because even now if there's any easier or better way, I want to know about it. Plus, my daughter needs help and I wanted to help her as best I could. Did I learn anything new? You bet I did! Some of what I read I learned the hard way - over years of frustration and experimentation - and I got several great NEW ideas, too. Here's what I highly recommend. Buy this book and READ IT! Read all of it - not just parts. The insights and advice are well-organized, sensible, and priceless - they can give you your life back! Or better yet, you can begin to enjoy a new one - in a stress-free home environment! Thank you, Sandra Felton! (OK, I'll give the book back to my daughter now :-)
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Summary: Great Ideas to Reform the "Messie"
Review: This book is full of good ideas for getting organized, staying organized and still having a life. I am a perfectionist messy and this book has got me motivated to straighten up my act (and my house in the process!) The "flipper" method is new to me, but I'm going out tonight to get the materials to put it into practice. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to break out of the "messie" mode.
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