Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD

by Susan C. Pinsky

Genres: Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

Published June 1, 2012

About the author

Susan C. Pinsky is the author of the best-selling Organizing Solutions for People with Attention Deficit Disorder. She is a top professional organizer and member of the National Association of Professional Organizers. She lives in Acton, MA with her husband and three children.

Reviews

[Tara Blais Davison · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.75/5 I rated this self-help book at just over par because most of the solutions the author provided were hacks I had already discovered and or devised for myself in an effort to cope with my day to day existence. I wasn’t professionally diagnosed with Adult ADHD until I was in my mid-fifties. Having spent five decades chastising myself for being disorganized, easily distracted, overwhelmed,—and according to my disapproving mother—slower than molasses, I developed coping mechanisms over time. In order to navigate homework, full-time work, tertiary education, renting, volunteering, homeownership, motherhood and project management, it was absolutely essential to develop coping mechanisms and ways in which to organize myself.
Disappointedly, this book added little to the strategies I had already organically devised out of desperation. About the only tip I hadn’t already contemplated or tried out was the suggestion of only buying myself two different coloured socks!

[Sheri TheHerdkeeper · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book makes a lot of assumptions. Like grab some nails and a hammer and put them in the wall to hang stuff. Ok great. No concept that many adhd people are very visual. It would drive me nuts to have a nail in the wall. It would be too much or a distraction. Much of the open bins would be visually unappealing and a distraction not w help

Donating or trashing what you already have is not helping the environment. It’s already bought and paid for 🤦🏼‍♀️

There was no new information I read that is not in any other organization/ decluttering book

At the one point she suggested having up to 3 dressers, a shoe shel/bench nightstand and a bin of your off season clothes at the end of your bed ! And your jewelry sitting open containers on your sink. Smacks of privilege. Not everyone lives in a McMansion

Then to suggest removing tags on children’s clothes but don’t worry about repairing any holes created. you have other concerns

I found it very disrespectful to ADHD people