Organize As You Go: Successful Skills for Busy Lifestyles

by Marie Calder Ricks

Have time to smell the roses again. Bring greater organization to your busy life! It is often the small, but important changes you make in the way you think, what you do, and how you respond to your daily stresses that makes all the difference in your capacity to have an ordered, more productive life. Are you seeking for answers and wanting to implement major changes? If so, this book is for you. Learn about "organizing as you go" personal, family, and home organization principles to change your life for the better, beginning today!

173 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not what I thought it would be. She did have some good life suggestions and lots of types of lists.

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great ideas to get you motivated to get organized. Short chapters, each with helpful ideas and suggestions.

My favorite suggestions:
* The slinky principle. Figure out what you need to do to come to a stopping place each day on those never-ending chores.

* Ten minutes in a trouble spot makes a huge difference.

* Ninety-Minute Miracles -- try it, you'll make huge progress in a tough room.

* Do the Worst Job first. I know I'm guilty of procrastinating the jobs I don't like to do (like ironing) until they never get done. Good reminder.

* I laughed at the "Stop before you're tired" principle -- with an infant, I'm always tired! But she makes a good point about pushing too hard is the cause of a lot of extra stress.

* She also gave some great suggestions for summer chores, holiday organization and planning and more.

[Missy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just one of those books where you can take what you want from it and leave the rest. Not everybody organizes the same way or even does it the same year to year or day to day. I did like how she mentioned setting a timer for 90 minutes and tackling one of those projects you just keep putting off or even involving the kids in cleaning the house. Everyone knows you're only going to work for 90 minutes and be done. We would often do that as kids in cleaning up the kitchen. She also mentioned taking time off after a major project or holiday just to recoup. Too often I find myself pushing on to the next thing.

[Mailee Pyper · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't actually get all the way through this book before I had to turn it back into the library. It's hard to read about organization when you are on bedrest, but I found the things I did read awesome and can't wait to check it out again when I can actually implement the material.

[Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much helpful information at all. Also very unpolished. I wonder if the author had an editor, because there are so many typos.

[Danni · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this woman is crazy. I have seen her speak before and she seems to fit 240 hours in a day instead of 24. She had some good ideas, but I don't want to spend that much time organizing.

[Tana Phelps · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and easy to read with some really great suggestions and examples that I am going to try to be more organized.