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Aiming to help readers keep their lives together, this work includes tips for getting organized for the millennium.

Table of Contents:
I. WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'ORGANIZED' ? 1. The Big Picture: Setting Goals. Your Mothers Cupboard Isnt Yours. You Can Have Everything. How Organized Are You? A Self-Test. How Would You Change Your Life? Setting Your Organization Goals. Wishcraft. Commit or Fail. The Master Plan: Keep It Flexible. You Deserve a Break Today. Putting the Resolve in This Years Resolutions. 2. Its All About 'Stuff' and 'Time' . How Did You Get All This Stuff? Buy! Buy! Buy! Less Stuff, More Time. The Ten Basic Laws of Stuff. The Ten Basic Laws of Time. 3. Excuses! Excuses! How Habits Help or Hinder. Excuses for Stuff. The Big Put-Off. Pulverizing Procrastination. Making Time. But I Dont Have the Money to Get Organized! So, Stop Making Excuses and Go! 4. When Stuff Rules Your Life. Hoarders Disorder and a Case of the Messies. Are You a Compulsive Clutterer? Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD. Shopping When You Dont Need More Stuff. Other Disorders and Conditions. Never Fear - Help Is on the Way! Finding a Local Group. Going Online. II. STUFF SIMPLIFIED. 5. Utterly Uncluttered Space. Getting Started. Step One: Use It or Lose It. Step Two: Put It Away. Step Three: Give It Away (Now). Step Four: Take Just 15 Minutes. Step Five: Group Like Things Together. Step Six: Consolidate and Compress. Step Seven: Alphabetize. Step Eight: Label It. Step Nine: Go for Quality, Not Quantity. Step Ten: Think Multipurpose. And Now What? 6. Mastering the Paper Monster. Paper - Weve All Got It! Idea One: Stop It! Idea Two: Decide Now. Idea Three: Handle It Less. Idea Four: Move It Along. Idea Five: Dont Open It! Idea Six: Distinguish Between Short and Long Term. Idea Seven: File So You Can Find It. Idea Eight: Keep It Where You Need It. Idea Nine: Tailor Systems to Special Needs. Idea Ten: Use Computers to Cut Paper, Not Make It. Get It Online. Put Paper in Its Place. III. SYSTEMS FOR GETTING STUFF DONE. 7. Creating a Command Center. A Room All Your Own. Stocking Up: Basic Life Management Supplies. Youve Got Mail (or Other Messages). This Is the Captain Speaking! Schedules, Lists, and Time Management Systems. Personal Management for Road Warriors. Make It So! 8. People Who Need People: Interpersonal Systems. Take Good Care of Yourself First. 'Unstuff' Your Relationships. You Remembered! Letters! We Get Letters! To E-Mail or not to E-Mail? Putting People in Their Place. Scrapbooks and Other Memory Devices. Spontaneity Has Its Time and Place. People Time, Quiet Time. If You Cant Have Fun, Why Get Organized? 9. Work Systems: Getting Ahead Without Getting a Headache. Goal-Setting Fine-Tuned. Unstuffing: Work Version. Your Files Arent Another Trash Can! And Speaking of Paper. Back Up or Else! Life Management Center: Work Version. Designing Your Work Environment. People Power. Shortcuts. Ring Around the Workplace: Phone Control. Business Correspondence Made Easy. Make Your Daily Commute Count. Taking It on the Road. When Home Is Your Office. On the Lookout for Your Next Job. 10. Food Systems: Getting Your Daily Bread. You Are What You Eat. Unstuff Your Kitchen. Make Your Kitchen Do the Work. Shop but Dont Drop. Crafty Cooking Strategies. Freezer Science and 'Refrigology' . Food Storage for Emergencies. Handy Recipe Rationale. 11. Clothing Systems: Easy Ways to Wash and Wear. Whats Your Clothing Style? Clothes, Clothes Everywhere and Not a Thing to Wear! The Great Hang-Up: Closet Design Basics. It All Comes Out in the Wash. Stain-Busters. Ironing, Mending, and Other Unfamiliar Subjects. Dry Cleaning Made Simple. 12. Shelter Systems: Giving Your Nest the Best. Taking Stock So You Can Streamline. Instant Unstuff: Have a Yard Sale! Clean with the Pros. Cleaning on Schedule. Organize the Stuff You Clean With. Lovely Linens. Do You Feng Shui? Clearing the Decks for Safety. Preparing for the Worst: Creating a Disaster Plan. IV. MONEY AND ALL THAT STUFF. 13. Winning the Money Wars: Guerrilla Budgeting. Facing Facts About Finances. Back on Track: Creating a Household Budget. Budget Review. Computer Finance Tactics. Dont Let Santa Blow Your Budget! Credit CPR. How to Avoid Credit Fraud. Frugal Living Is Fun! 14. Tax Tactics and Advanced Money Maneuvers. The Tax Man Cometh. And While Youre at It: More Records to Keep. Get the Most from Your Insurance. Having a Will Gives You a Way. Saving for a Rainy Day. Do You Need a Financial Planner? Do You Need an Accountant? V. GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED. 15. Healing Trends: Organizing for Health and Fitness. A Healthy Dose of Organization. Take Stock of Where You Are. Finding Time to Get Fit. Managing the Medical Morass. Feeding the Soul. 16. Nobody Said This Would Be Easy. If They Dont Know, They Cant Do It. Listen Up! Work Within Your Sphere. What About the Kids? Your Spouse Is Not Your Child - Really! Caution: Work Zone! Roommates and Other Strangers. Dont Take Yourself Too Seriously. If You Organize It, They Will Come. 17. Calling in the Cavalry: Hiring Others. When Do You Hire a Pro? How to Hire Happily and Avoid Getting Ripped Off. Dont Clean for the Cleaning Lady. Maybe You Just Need to Move! Youre Hired, Kid. The Benefits of Bartering. When Do You Need a Professional to Organize You? VI. NOW THAT YOURE ORGANIZED, LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY! 18. Minimum Maintenance. Heres the Bottom Line. Get Regular Tune-Ups for a Smoother Ride. Taking It a Step Further. Lists, Schedules, and Files Revisited. If Things Start Breaking Down. Terminating Time Wasters, Overcoming Organization Ogres. Can Your Computer Keep You Organized? Aesthetics Essentials. You Have a Dream! Let the Seasons Tell the Time. Make Maintenance a Celebration. 19. Organization Styles for Different Lifestyles. All by Yourself. Single-Income, Dual-Parent Families. Dual-Income Couples. Dual-Income Families. Single Parents. The Empty Nest. Caregivers and Extended Families. Blended Families and Dual Custody Arrangements. The Road Warrior. VII. NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF! 20. Road Show: Making the Most of Your Vacation. Travel Agents: Is This Trip Really Necessary? Going It on Your Own. Travel, in General. Pared-Down Packing A Word About Clothing. Casting Your Travel Safety Net. Off the Beaten Track: Specialty Travel. The Family Circus: Traveling with Kids. Going Away Without Leaving Home. Sentimental Journeys Without Silly Souvenirs. 21. Getting It Together in the Great Outdoors. Gourmet Garages: For More than the Car! Unstuff the Place! Storage Shopping List for the Garage. Give Yourself a Shop. Car Care for the Connoisseur. Grow Smart: Setting Up a Garden Center. Be a Sport! I Can Use the Garage for That? 22. Let the Good Times Roll!: Planning the Perfect Party. Planning for Party Success Do-Ahead Entertaining. Short-Order Get-Togethers. Potluck Means More Parties! Presentation Is Everything. All the Right Stuff. Managing Space, Traffic, and Cleanup. Childs Play: Planning Great Parties for Kids. A Few Guests for the Weekend. Do I Need a Caterer? 23. Ready for Prime Time: Planning Weddings and Reunions. The Big Ones. Wedding Bells in Harmony. Assembling the Clan (or Class) Without Chaos. Saving the Memories. 24.Wrap It Up: Holiday Planning Made Easy. Goal-Setting, Holiday Style. Write Yourself a Book: Your Personal Holiday Planner. Making a List and Checking It (at Least) Twice! Finding Time to Get It All Done. Christmas in July (and Other Time-Savers). You Shouldnt Have! Giving Great Gifts. Stellar Strategies for Holiday Entertaining. Finessing the Family Tug-of-War. If You Must Travel. Holiday Storage Snags. Finally, It's All up to You. 25. Methods for Your Morning Madness. Unstuff the Bathroom! Get a Routine. Morning Makeup. Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Rituals. Give Your Handbag a Hand. Beauty Is Happiness and Good Health. 26. Divine Recreation: More Time for Pastimes. Is It a Hobby or Just More Stuff? Crafty Storage Ideas. Multimedia Mogul. When Collectings Your Hobby. Collection or Clutter? Pet Care: Who Owns Whom? Appendices. Appendix A. Resource Guide. Appendix B. Bibliography. Index.

About the Author :
Georgene Lockwood, author of The Complete Idiots Guide to Crafts with Kids, is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Authors Guild. She lives in Prescott, Arizona.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780028633824
  • Publisher: Macmillan General Reference USA
  • Publisher Imprint: Alpha Books
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: The complete idiot's guide
  • Weight: 697 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0028633822
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 1999
  • Binding: Counterpack – filled
  • Height: 230 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 24 mm


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