The Personal Organizing Workbook: Solutions for a Simpler, Easier Life

by Meryl Starr, Thayer Allyson Gowdy (Photographer)

Thanks to Meryl Starr author of the best-selling Home Organizing Workbook and go-to gal for Real Simple , InStyle , and a host of premier media outlets organizing those buried desks, overstuffed handbags, and mysterious-yet-important papers wedged in the glove box is only a book away. The Personal Organizing Workbook teaches the fundamentals of managing time and clutter, offering tips, quizzes, and checklists to help create a personalized organization system that will really see some use (unlike that pricey PDA now gathering dust). It also outlines skills for sticky situations such as declining a post on the PTA or being honest with a time-hogging friend. Under Meryl's guidance, dreams and priorities finally get their due, old friends are seen more than once a year, and Christmas cards beat Santa to the door. And because being organized means staying organized, there's a special section dedicated to getting back on track. Packed with information, with a chic and practical concealed spiral binding and easy-reference tabbed sections, and brimming with gorgeous photography, The Personal Organizing Workbook will inspire readers to take control of their time, their stuff, and their lives.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Reference

160 pages, Spiral-bound

First published October 5, 2006

Reviews

[Lauren · Rating 1 out of 5]

Save your money on this one, and go get "Organize Now" instead. This book seems like a haphazard collection of tips rather than any sort of cohesive plan.

[Gina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.

[Rebecca Noran · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was kinda all over the place, but I got a few good nuggets.

[Log · Rating 2 out of 5]

major flop of a book and made me rlly miss my mum

[Marta · Rating 5 out of 5]

yes, yes, yes. this book is exactly what i needed. i got it from the library and was more than delighted with it's contents. if you like Real Simple magazine, you'll love the crisp detail of the ideas in this book. it's easy to read, fun to browse with lots of new organizing ideas in bite-sized chapters. i didn't feel to overwhelmed or like i had to give my life an overhaul. i really enjoyed it and know any list lover will be happy to have this book to refer to.

[Sheri Joyce · Rating 2 out of 5]

I agree with other reviewers here. This book felt more like a haphazard magazine article than an action plan. The information or tips were nothing new and it just lacked that spark to inspire motivation for purging and organizing.