The Organizing Sourcebook : Nine Strategies for Simplifying Your Life
Author: Kathy Waddill
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ISBN: 0737304243
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books (18 July, 2001)
Sales Rank: 3,127
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
9 Strategies To Change Your Life for Ever
I've tried many books on house cleaning and organizing in the past 25 years of being a wife and also a mother to our 6 kids. The systems were either too rigid for my fun-loving personality, or didn't help me see what was causing the MESS in the first place, so it would eventually reappear. I heard Kathy Waddill being interviewed on a radio station and ordered the book from Amazon.com that very morning. Although still reading through the introduction, I have already decluttered and reorganized my desk drawers, dresser, and closet. The Organizing Sourcebook meets you inside your own front door, helps figure out your own #1 source of irritation, and then gives ways to resolve it (mail and other things piling up on my kitchen table ARRGGGHHH!!!). This book gives 9 strategies to create your own workable plan. Check out the 22 pages that are previewed and get a glimpse of what The Organizing Sourcebook can do for you.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Best organizing tool I've ever used in my home!
I've read this wonderful organizing tool from beginning to end and have been using it ever since as I organize a room at a time in my home. Kathy Waddill has put down the right words to describe the nine steps to making a clutter free environment. What I best like about her book is the recognition that each one of us, individually or as a family, will go through different stages in our lives - stages that reveal the reasons why messes begin happening in our lives and our homes. No matter what the circumstances, if we become aware of where we stand, we will see an opening for change; it is this opening that is needed to start the process toward a reasonable, organized life! I have recommended this book to several colleagues & clients because it offers abundant personal stories. Most people change when they see their own life reflected in another's. When people see themselves in another's shoes they feel not alone, and not like the only one with such messiness at home or in the office. Such affirmations give people the hope that they too can change! I've tried other organizing books, but it is only this one that has really helped me start changing my messy home into an organized one. Thank you Kathy!!
Rating: 1 out of 5
HARD TO READ
THIS BOOK WAS VERY BORING AND HARD TO READ!! I WANTED SOMETHING THAT WAS QUICK AND EASY TO DO IN BETWEEN FAMILY DEMANDS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THIS BOOK. IF YOU HAVE LOADS OF TIME, THEN YOU CAN USE THIS BOOK. I DON'T Similar Products
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