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Organizing Magic: 40 Days to a Well-Ordered Home and Life |  | Author: Sandra Felton
Publisher: Revell
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 85171
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 208
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 640
ASIN: B001P9O39E
Publication Date: July 1, 2006
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Product Description
Every busy, harried woman wants to be more organized. But actually satisfying that desire is another story. Why does organization have to be so difficult? It doesn't! Not according to The Organizer Lady-. She's back with an all new, forty day plan that will help women achieve a well-ordered home and life. Practical and easy to apply, Organizing Magic shows women how to get control of the clutter, chaos, and disorganization of their homes. Each day they'll learn tried and tested organizing tips such as how to - recognize the time realities of modern life - simplify your solutions - wrestle that e-mail to the ground - handle paperwork - zap hidden hindrances - and more Readers no longer have to settle for mess! With a fun, two-color interior, reader-friendly design, and Sandra's own signature warmth and compassion, Organizing Magic will show women how to create an organizational system to manage their space and time. Organizing doesn't have to be difficult, says Felton. Because an orderly home is never more than forty days away!
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 Clutter be gone! August 27, 2010
madigirl
Really like this book so far. Not quite finished. Full of great hints for getting organized and decluttering(is that a word?). I'm still hoping to have my closet look like the one on the front of the book though :-)
Oh My, I'm not alone! October 7, 2009
D. K. Blackstone (Homestead, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sandra's words are comforting, encouraging, inspiring and right on target when it comes to identifying the Messie! It helps so much to know that I'm not alone. She gives some real practical ideas to use and start right away to overcome some of the struggles being a Messie involves.
Keep Reading March 31, 2009
Lauren Smith (the South)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I think this is a great book. It started out a little dry and I have to admit that I was a little disappointed that it didn't have any pictures or diagrams. She offers very practical tips and it has really motivated me to work on my house and to clean out and de-clutter and even to change my daily habits. I would highly recommend this book. It's easy to read a chapter and then go put it into practice. I'm about 1/2 way through and can't wait to read the remaining chapters.
 No substance December 21, 2007
TheCafeWriter (Chicago, IL USA)
11 out of 18 found this review helpful
As organizing books go, they usually fit into at least one of 3 categories: 1) hints/tips, 2) 'clutter psychology/personality types, or 3) managing (getting rid of/finding storage for).
The author has tried to do all three and ended up doing none. Although the book claims to have one-hour activities, there's really little meaningful substance at all. There's no clear progression where any activity builds on or logically follows another, so the whole thing feels kind of random.
Only a couple of pages are devoted to each day, and these examples are quoted from the book:
* Envision your goals.
* Stick to a system.
* Wear glasses that darken automatically in the sun.
* Serve dinner dishes on the kitchen counter.
* Drop out of a group or club.
* Stop sending Christmas cards.
* Look down the road for trouble.
* Give away unwanted, outgrown, or downright unpleasant items.
That last one is the most disturbing of all. If it's "downright unpleasant," why would you give it to anyone?
If the book didn't have Sandra Felton's name printed right on the cover, I wouldn't have believed she authored it.
If your clutter problem is just annoying, you won't get anything from this book you're not already doing or didn't already know. If you're a serious clutterbug, you won't find anything here that will help you make any major impact on your clutter.
May take more than 40 days, but definitely worth it! August 6, 2007
Tanya Dennis
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
This should actually be "40 STEPS (rather than DAYS) to a Well-Ordered Home and Life." I love the idea of becoming Martha Stewart in less than two months, but, unfortunately, it took me six months to get through the book. (I wanted to implement each chapter before moving on to the next.) And I'm still not Martha Stewart.
This is a great book! The author offers practical and sound advice for behavioral change. It's not a book of "put this here and buy this organizing tool." Rather it is a collection of tiny steps to help people change their behavior toward more organized living. The author doesn't want to give people cleaning schedules; she wants to help people maintain clean and organized homes by encouraging clean and organized habits. The book design is colorful (quite feminine, but I'm a woman, so I didn't mind too much) and easy to read. Sidebars and shoutouts are prevalent. The chapters are short making it perfectly bite-sized reading.
Final Thoughts: Definitely RECOMMENDED.
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