One Year to an Organized Work Life: From Your Desk to Your Deadlines, the Week-by-Week Guide to Eliminating Office Stress for Good

by Regina Leeds

For many of us, the workplace is our second home...and it’s just as messy. But who would you be if you felt totally in control of your schedule, your workload, and your career? One Year to an Organized Work Life is a unique week-by-week, month-by-month system to streamline your workspace, take the anxiety out of your job, and have more time for what you love.Using her unique “Zen organizing” approach, professional organizer Regina Leeds shows readers the simple steps to get more done in less time—from clearing your desk and organizing your files to dealing with email and making meetings efficient. Regina helps you tackle the sources of stress, disorganization, and time management difficulties so that over time, life becomes easier, not overwhelming.

Whether you’re looking to advance your career, balance your work and family, or just deal with the daily deluge of paperwork, One Year to an Organized Work Life will help you spend less time at the office and go home happy.

Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Self Help, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Ebooks

304 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 2008

About the author

Professional Organizer. New York Times best selling author of 9 books. Speaker.

Reviews

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoy a book that provides you with weekly tasks that help you accomplish a goal. My theme for 2022 was "Organization." This book guided me in organizing my home office (I was pretty well organized at work already) and was essential in helping to prioritize tasks that would help me accomplish my goals.

[Quinn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the technology references are a little dated now, but otherwise this is a very helpful book if you follow it.

[Suezq · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basic, common sense repeated month after month. Disappointing.

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the book.

[Joyce · Rating 2 out of 5]

A few good tips, but overall not many new ideas.

[Molly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well-written but a bit outdated (2.5 stars)

[Karena · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've been on an organization kick since I read the book Getting Things Done by David Allen (which I realled liked...in audio format). I picked this book up to see if she had any good ideas. The format assumes you will follow her directions to an organized life by devoting each week in a year to a theme. I liked some of her themes, and for some people taking an entire year to focus on some things would be great, but for time-pressed people I don't think it would be particularly useful. It was hard to skim and find exactly what I wanted, and as I am already organized in the office and at home (because of the previous book I mentioned) all I found useful was the job-related guides. However, someone else might love it! She *does* get down to how you organize your pencils, however: be warned! ;)

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was more accessible than I expected, but quite corporate in a lot of its office-specific ideas and goals. I liked the chapters for February and March, about Claiming Your Space and Piles to Files. I like the idea of a week for each piece of the larger theme, but a year is a long time to do this. (I know, it didn't get like this overnight and won't be "fixed" overnight either, but still.)

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the great tips put forward by the author for organizing my office space. The book certainly motivated me to take some time to clean off my desk and find a permanent place for every piece of paper. I didn't care for the format that made all these tips accessible over a year. I read the entire book through in only a couple sittings and it can be hard to follow through with the schedule it is written in.

[Dogsandbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Surprisingly good esp in first half. Wasn't able to read while I was working--got stopped on file management section--but helpful after had retired and purged home office. Given pace of technology, technical solutions rapidly out of date, but big ideas definitely not. A more detailed and office oriented version of zenhabits.com

[Lori Gawdyda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really making a difference! Finally

[Marina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Given up!