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Summary: Scatterbrains Rejoice!
Review: As a recovering scatterbrain, I often wished that I could get my space and my life into some kind of order, but could never get organized in a way that lasts. I figured it was just the way I am - after all, I've been Miss Disorganization since elementary school, when I would lose my homework on an almost daily basis. And how can you overcome years of not knowing how to get your [stuff] together? Where do you even start? Julie Morgenstern provides all the helpful information and advice to help even the most dire of messy rooms or offices become neat, organized, and usable. I love her friendly writing style and her philosophy that the way you arrange your space needs to be arranged around YOUR needs. I highly recommend this book to anyone!
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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: Ignore the hype. This book is terrible, and certainly not for the really organizationally-challenged. This book did not change my life, it just became another dust-collecting waste of money. Also, it's a cheap quality book with thin paper and hard-to-read type. I was totally disappointed.
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Summary: Believe the Hype
Review: If you're like me, you've collected quite a few books on clutter, as well as all that clutter than you live with. I've drawn some useful information from all of them, but none have been as useful as Organizing from the Inside Out. Morgenstern's book encourages you to rethink your clutter problem in terms of a program that is tailored to suit the clutterer as an individual, whose desire for organization can be realised through some clear guidelines and inspiring suggestions.
Morgernstern's book suggests that clutter problems can be diagnosed and remedied by a careful reappraisal of what it is about you that makes you have a problem with organization. Morgernstern doesn't confuse antiseptic environemnts with organization, and she doesn't lose sight of the pleasure many of us have in finding ourselves in "busy" environments. What she does give is a compelling account of how organizational problems occur, and some clear-headed advice for dealing with them. It's striking that though her approach feels quite sensitive to individual differences, she formulates solutions that are simple, logical, and stick in your mind.Unlike most other clutter books I have read, nothing here made me cringe, or think that Morgernstern didn't understand why people love things. Her style is chatty but precise. If you're thinking of buying just one book to sort out organizational problems in the home, I recommend this one.
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Summary: Morgenstern gives great advice
Review: While the approaches Julie Morgenstern offers in this book may seem simple and obvious, there are many of us who need a book like this as a kick in the behind to get started. Morgenstern offers practical advice and doesn't try to force you to change yourself to fit into her idea of how organization should work. She tells you to observe your home/office and figure out how to make organization work WITH you. The advice offered in this book has helped me on my way to living in harmony with my home and habits. I find that I can keep things cleaner and I don't freak out when company stops by unexpectedly. Everything has its place and returns to its place after use. I actually know what I own now! No more messy cabinets with three or four duplicate bottles of lotion because I couldn't find the last bottle when I needed it.
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Summary: The BEST organization book ever!!!
Review: I loved this book. Julie Morgenstern really know what she is talking about. She puts getting organized into such basic steps that anyone can get their stuff in order.
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Summary: excellent book on organizing
Review: Very good book. Its the right length, developing its points fully enough to be grasped thoroughly enough to allow you to really change your behavior. If you are disorganized and don't know how to get started this book will get you on the right track.
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Summary: Logical book with helpful hints
Review: This book is helpful for those of us who are chronically unorganized. Essentially, she says you need to organize according to your habits, have a plan before you start, label, and tackle one area at a time. She also gives example of problem organizers, so that the reader can identity themselves and where their problem may lie (do you have too much stuff, are you putting something too far away from your activity, do you have a "home" for everything?) Some readers may think the information is somewhat obvious, but for chronically messy people who really need a way to proceed and have failed organizing things in the past, this is a great book.
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Summary: At least I can get a start on getting organized now
Review: This book gives step by step instructions for how to get organized. Some areas didn't apply to me and I wish she had a resource list but other than that, it was great.
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Summary: Not the easy solution, but the one that works
Review: For years, I've thought I was disorganized. I never carried a datebook, calendar, and cringe at the thought of a PDA. Even though previous 'organizing' titles have stressed the importance of this, and 'systems' in your home and workplace, for some reason, I never could keep them up. Strangely enough, I never missed an appointment, or lost a phone number, though, and bills never got paid late. Still, the stacks around me clamored to be 'organized'... I had a huge breakthrough while reading this -- I wasn't disorganized, I was just *messy*. I knew exactly where everything was, even though it seemed totally random to everyone else. So, trying to make myself stick to artificial systems was simply going to fail. What I needed to do was clean up. And strangely, after I realized I wasn't really disorganized, the cleaning part was easy. This book is more about *thinking* about how you handle things, and insight into possible reasons for your behavior. Don't expect a reminder to clean your bathroom sink every morning, or to lay out your clothes for the next day (frankly, if you really require that, what you probably need is Intensive Remedial Housekeeping 101) -- but it will help you think things through.
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Summary: Helped even me
Review: This book goes into the psyche of the disorganized person. There are many types and I identifed my issues and now know how to work around them.
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