Sorted!: The Ultimate Guide to Organising Your Life Once and for All

by Lissanne Oliver

Using more than 40 recipes and illustrating each point with full-color photography, this how-to guide teaches any reader to get organized and live more efficiently and effectively. Understanding that organization is an accumulation of small, individual decisions, sections include the cleaning up of a number of locations, such as work, on the go, paper, living spaces, kitchen, and kids rooms. Organization is a skill that can be learned, and is crucial to personal and professional success; from finding shoes that match to ending the cycle of late payment fees, readers can use this book to simplify and better their life.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Personal Development

206 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Shellie G · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am the constant organizer that never is organized. That being said, I have read a lot of books about getting organized and this had some new ideas. i liked the way it was presented and I felt like it was very easy to follow her suggestion.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’ve had this book for over a decade. Thought I’d re-read it and see why it hasn’t helped me organise my life “once and for all” as it says on the cover. There’s some good tips, which I will follow up on, but many are outdated with the move to digital bill paying. Also some tips are rather simplistic. (Wish we could give half stars ‘cause I’d give this two and a half.)

[Relyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn't a bad book, not at all. But, it definitely wasn't a particularly good or creative one either. Over and over, on every organizing project she mentioned, she used the exact same four steps, plus maybe one or two others.

I did find a few neat things. For example, she breaks goal setting down into easy steps. SMART = specific, measurable, achievable, reliable, timed. Good, hunh?

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love how this book is organized into bite size projects as a way to get organized.

[MsEleanorMae · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is almost the only book you need to get on with decluttering your environment. The author utilises no nonsense and non irritating language. Content that challenges you to change.

[B Shelton · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick easy read to get organized and stay that way. Perfect read for the start of the New Year.

[Muhammad Alfian Wahyu Gumelar]

English text follows
Wajar kan kamar kos laki-laki berantakan? Tetapi tampaknya orang tua saya tidak setuju dengan anggapan tersebut. Kelihatannya saya perlu berbenah. Dari buku kecil ini, saya belajar teknik-teknik praktis dalam menata barang apa saja di ruangan saya: buku, surat, hingga data digital. Dan dari buku ini pula saya dapat memahami keindahan filosofi orang-orang yang minimalis. Ngomong-ngomong, saya punya banyak sekali barang yang tak saya butuhkan namun masih layak pakai di kos saya; jika mau, saya bisa berikan barang itu.

From this small book, I have learnt some quick techniques to organize everything in my room: books, letters, accessories, and even digital files. Well, I just realized that being minimalist is wonderful!

[Martina · Rating 2 out of 5]

maunya sih terorganized, tapi kok baca tips-nya ribet banget ye, tidak cocok buat orang simpel kayak gue.. trus ini buku jadi beriklan-iklan merek pulpen yang bagus, selotip apa yang bagus, dll.

nih salah satu contohnya:

Notes Berperekat
Pilihan terbaik adalah 3M Post-it Notes. Asli dan terbaik. Merek dengan harga murah meninggalkan bekas rekatan pada lembar selanjutnya sehingga ana akan sulit menulis di atasnya. Belilah 3 macam ukuran: kecil - sedang dan besar.

Birthday Reminder
Letakkan kalender ulang tahun di dinding pusat lokasi. Tanggal dan tahun kelahiran berada di bawah judul tiap bulan dan saya pindahkan tangga-tanggal tersebut ke catatan saya tiap 3 bulan. Pastikan mengirim kado/kartu ucapan 10 hari lebih cepat.

jiahhh..

[Schnaucl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty good book about how to get all your stuff organized. The first part of the book covers her general philosophy of organization and bulk of the book is made up of what she calls recipes for putting certain things/rooms in order.

It's written for a British audience so occasionally a little translation is needed.

My takeaway from the book is that the question you should ask yourself when trying to decide what to get rid of is this: would I pay to replace it? If not, throw it out.

Now, to try and put it into practice...

[Frangipani · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has more wonderful ideas than you can poke a stick at. But particularly I like the project for organizing those receipts you have to keep for tax or expense claims or whatnot. If you have lots of "stuff" you need to keep and your systems aren't working for you, (or you don't have any method to your madness!) this book has some revolutionary ideas for controlling and managing things so you can find them again easily.

[Zsor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good points and tips. Very clearly laid out and not too much waffle. A couple of good products mentioned. I suppose I already do the organised things mentioned in this book and I thought the rest of it was irrelevant, but nicely spaced and laid out. Overall, fairly lightweight, but good if you have no idea where to start. This is a book for slightly disorganised people, not hoarders.

[Anne Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book that uses 'recipes' to help you, which is quite well done.

[Eileen · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very good book if you need help getting organized, but I realized I am organized. I need help in purging items.

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great tips!

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

216th - 2011

[Trina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Easy/quick read. A fair bit of common sense. I didn't find too many NEW ideas.

[Faith Fielder]

I hope this works.

[Bismi · Rating 3 out of 5]

bagus