The Complete Guide to Getting and Staying Organized: *Manage Your Time *Eliminate Clutter and Experience Order *Keep Your Family First

by Karen Ehman

The key to good organization is not a one-size-fits-all method. It is a unique plan that considers personality type, lifestyle, income level, and family schedule. Author and speaker, Karen Ehman believes that with her simple step by step process moms can recognize their own personal style of managing their households successfully and develop a unique plan that gives them the freedom Getting and staying organized means more time for the important things in family life—concentrating on cultivating a close, personal relationship with the Creator, drawing His word into every aspect of living, and ultimately tying their children's heartstrings to God.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Christian Non Fiction, Christian Living

250 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Karen Ehman is a speaker, a New York Times bestselling author, a contributing writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries Encouragement for Today online devotions and a teacher in the First 5 Bible study app. She has written 21 books and Bible studies including Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All and the 2020 ECPA devotional book of the year Settle My Soul. She is a graduate of Spring Arbor University and serves as President-Elect of their Alumni Board of Directors. She has been featured on TODAY Parenting, Redbook.com, Foxnews.com, Crosswalk.com, YouVersion.com, and is a monthly columnist for HomeLife Magazine. Her passion is to help women live their priorities as they reflect the gospel to a watching world. Karen is married to her college sweetheart, Todd, and is the mother of six children: three biological and three in-laws by marriage—although she forgets which ones are which. She enjoys collecting vintage Pyrex kitchenware, cheering for the Detroit Tigers, and spending her days feeding the many people who gather around her mid-century dining table to process life and enjoy her county fair blue-ribbon winning cooking.

Reviews

[Jenben8426 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great tool for organizing your life. Although I have finished reading it, I am far from finishing all the things she has outlined in it. I was actually supposed to read through it slowly implementing as I went, but I can't read like that. So I finished it, loved it, and am going through again slowly this time actually doing the exercises and working through step by step. I really feel motivated and encouraged instead of just despair over my unorganized behaviors.

[Amy Chapman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent book. Had some good advice. Nothing too earth shattering.

[Blue · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has a ton of great ideas and information! I mostly loved that there wasn't one set plan you had to follow, but instead suggestions of different ways to do it and even moms who wrote what works for them. It's definitely a book I'd refer back to whenever we get a clutter slump or if we were to move and end up with different challenges in a new home. The questions were all great and really let you work out a plan for yourself, so you can try it and see what works for you. I like that it is separated by sections, starting with what you are looking for and your whole home. Then it breaks it down into sections like grocery/kitchen, paper clutter, as well as chores and daily tasks. At the back of the book are some great recipes (a few of which I am planning on trying soon), and some examples of task and grocery lists to help you make your own. I got a lot out of the book and will keep it in mind to recommend to anyone who needs a to put together a plan that will work for them.

For those of you who are not religious just a note that the author is so there is much mention of putting time aside for God, doing what God calls you to do, etc, but since I am not religious I just skipped those sections and didn't mind.

[Norma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well organized book, helpful suggestions. Enjoyed this book...now just to consistently implement what I learned! (My fault, not the author's!)

[Julia De Ruiter]

I got a call from my local bookstore to say that this book is ready to pick up...can't wait to get started on it on my lunch break :)

[Elizabeth Grey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't remember any tips from this book so it must not be good.