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It's All Too Much Workbook: The Tools You Need to Conquer Clutter and Create the Life You Want
The perfect companion to the New York Times bestselling book by organizing icon Peter Walsh, the It’s All Too Much Workbook delves deeper than the original book to help readers let go of the physical and mental clutter that is holding them back from a happier, more fulfilled life.
In his bestselling book, It’s All Too Much , Peter Walsh helped tens of thousands of people clear the clutter from their homes and lives. Now, due to many of those same readers’ requests, Peter has put together the It’s All Too Much Workbook. Designed with clear strategies and proven techniques for clearing out each room in your house and a plan for keeping your home clutter-free and organized, this workbook is the perfect next step in a lifetime commitment to creating your ideal life.
Starting from the outside of your home and then working through it room by room, Peter asks hard questions and presents challenging exercises that will help you to understand why you live the way you do and how to move from the clutter to an organized space that reflects the life you imagine for yourself. From an assessment of your living spaces, a quick purge of each room, and the creation of your “dream spaces” to effective decluttering techniques, great organizational tips, and clear maintenance plans, Peter provides the step-by-step help to make your home work for you, now.
With quizzes, detailed step-by-step plans, a room-by-room assessment tool, and a special area for journaling, this workbook will help you break free of the clutter once and for all.
In his bestselling book, It’s All Too Much , Peter Walsh helped tens of thousands of people clear the clutter from their homes and lives. Now, due to many of those same readers’ requests, Peter has put together the It’s All Too Much Workbook. Designed with clear strategies and proven techniques for clearing out each room in your house and a plan for keeping your home clutter-free and organized, this workbook is the perfect next step in a lifetime commitment to creating your ideal life.
Starting from the outside of your home and then working through it room by room, Peter asks hard questions and presents challenging exercises that will help you to understand why you live the way you do and how to move from the clutter to an organized space that reflects the life you imagine for yourself. From an assessment of your living spaces, a quick purge of each room, and the creation of your “dream spaces” to effective decluttering techniques, great organizational tips, and clear maintenance plans, Peter provides the step-by-step help to make your home work for you, now.
With quizzes, detailed step-by-step plans, a room-by-room assessment tool, and a special area for journaling, this workbook will help you break free of the clutter once and for all.
304 pages, Paperback
First published April 21, 2009
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About the author
Peter Walsh
37 books179 followersBorn and raised in Australia, Peter moved to Los Angeles in 1994 to launch a corporation to help organizations improve employee’s job satisfaction and effectiveness. He considers himself to be part-contractor, part-therapist in his approach to helping individuals attain their goals.
When not wading through clutter and large-scale disorganization, Peter divides his time between his work in Los Angeles and visiting Australia as frequently as possible. Peter’s passions include mid-century architecture and design, home renovation and transforming chaos into order.
When not wading through clutter and large-scale disorganization, Peter divides his time between his work in Los Angeles and visiting Australia as frequently as possible. Peter’s passions include mid-century architecture and design, home renovation and transforming chaos into order.
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January 6, 2015
The same organizing client who gave me Let Go of Clutter also gave me this workbook. Oddly enough, she didn't have the companion book that goes with it, so maybe it would be more useful in a pair. On its own, though, this is one of the least useful organizing tools I have ever come across! Really, Peter Walsh? I have seen you in action on Clean Sweep. You can do better than this.
This workbook is divided into sections by room, with little-to-no variation between sections. I feel that each room, or at the very least specialized rooms like kitchens and bathrooms, should have had more thoroughly thought out plans of action for specialized equipment that would only be found in those rooms. You would go through kitchen utensils differently than you would go through Christmas ornaments, after all.
Assuming that there is different or perhaps more thorough information in the companion book, I am confused as to why that and the workbook are not combined. Let's face it: many of the people who need organizing help (aka people like my client) are likely to lose one of the books!
This workbook is divided into sections by room, with little-to-no variation between sections. I feel that each room, or at the very least specialized rooms like kitchens and bathrooms, should have had more thoroughly thought out plans of action for specialized equipment that would only be found in those rooms. You would go through kitchen utensils differently than you would go through Christmas ornaments, after all.
Assuming that there is different or perhaps more thorough information in the companion book, I am confused as to why that and the workbook are not combined. Let's face it: many of the people who need organizing help (aka people like my client) are likely to lose one of the books!
June 22, 2014
I gave it away. The actual book is much better; this workbook version is redundant.
December 14, 2018
Mr. Walsh can motivate you to get organized with his “It’s All Too Much Workbook.” He emphasizes the holistic benefits of decluttering while providing well-constructed tools for the effort. His most valuable insights stem from his acknowledgement that structuring a home is (1) often a process with a goal of satisfying the needs of several people and (2) therefore often a family, collaborative, effort.
Lauren Williams, Owner, Casual Uncluttering LLC, Woodinville, WA USA
Lauren Williams, Owner, Casual Uncluttering LLC, Woodinville, WA USA
July 22, 2018
Peter thinks his is the only way to do things!
April 2, 2011
There are a lot of questions in this workbook. I hadn't thought about my house this way before. Can't say I agree completely with Peter Walsh's assertions about what a room ought to be and the functions it needs to perform. However, he makes several good points about what we do and don't need with the things around us.
April 20, 2013
OK book, but didn't manage to clean my hoard all by itself. I need brawn more then i need advice. Gave me some motivation, but the hoard is still there.
September 30, 2015
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