Absolutely Organize Your Family: Simple Solutions to Control Clutter, Schedules & Spaces

by Debbie Lillard

Managing a family is no easy task. There are school projects to supervise, a constant deluge of laundry and toys to deal with, and after-school activities to drive to every night. It makes you wish you had an instruction manual to help you keep it all together—well, now you do! Absolutely Organize Your Family is full of practical and effective solutions for all of your family's organizational challenges. Debbie Lillard, professional organizer, mother of three and author of the popular book Absolutely Organized , offers all new "Absolutes of Organizing Your Family" tips to help you gain and maintain order in three key areas of your family Schedules, belongings and spaces. Inside you'll Spend less time struggling to keep up and more time savoring everyday moments with your family. Start your family's organizational makeover today.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Parenting, Ebooks

208 pages, Paperback

First published July 16, 2010

Reviews

[Susan B · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to use this book but I couldn't. A good organization book inspires me to action using either great photography or concrete achievable tasks/missions. A GREAT organizational book does both. This one does neither. Instead, the book reads like a collection of unrelated magazine articles.

The binding makes the book hard to read. While the pages are cleanly laid out, the book just wasn't a pleasure to hold and read. Maybe I'm being picky, the book just did not feel right in my hands.

There are some great ideas in here. But it's kind of like looking through the end of season sales rack -- I needed to weed through some shopworn and out-of-date ideas before finding something I wanted to take home.

[S · Rating 5 out of 5]

a bit old but still relevant

I’m assuming this book was written around 2011 as it mentioned mp3 players and most were integrated into phones by then. But there are many important features still so relevant. First that all children are different (especially when dealing with preferences and disabilities) so giving choices even if it is 2 can be overwhelming. Also bringing into perspective that some activities help children with lots of energy is important, like karate and swimming, but for others too many activities and just needing downtime to be kids is also important. As a single parent to a disabled child managing her own messes is a key to a peaceful home because her items are everywhere. I am highly organized and try not to be overly critical or give time to allow her to solve the issue, but there are times I have swooped in and just gotten rid of things so she would have less overwhelm.

[Leanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very good organizing book for families. Even though I don't have young children at home, I definitely found good ideas for garage storage, photo organization and basic home organization. I skimmed large portions of this book that didn't apply to me but I would highly recommend it to families of young children for organizing their rooms, their schoolwork, their book bags and their schedules.

[Sara Westhead · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good ideas for those who are completely challenged in the organization department, otherwise this is common sense for those of us who are even mildly organized. A lot of repetition from chapter to chapter, and even within chapters. Writing is so-so...Some formatting issues in the e-book version.

[Cheryl Spofford · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book thoroughly covered lots of areas of organization for a family. However, I didn't learn anything new, or glean a plan of action. This would be good for a first time mom. Most of these topics are covered in parenting magazines and a felt as though I had read them all before.

[Mandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simlar to, but not as helpful as her other book.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good tips, thoughtful short stories.

[Marcella · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book as it had good ideas on how to actually start to get yourself organized in small easy steps

[Taffy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good ideas for everything from scheduling, car pooling, organizing toys, and getting rid of clutter.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

I honestly could not get into this book. Organization is so boring, I think I would rather live in a chaotic fun house :)

[Goodthelife · Rating 2 out of 5]

common sense stuff but some good reminders

[Cher · Rating 3 out of 5]

good ideas! Now that I have kids starting school this will be great to keep us under control. Will start adding some of these tips and ideas to our routine

[Deyara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, though would be better suited to a family with young children. Nice layout, and some interesting ideas I would definitely try if I had young kids.

[Kaylani · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book had a few good tips. As someone who does not have children it was harder to find as many tips relating to adults. It was okay and gave small ways to break down larger tasks.

[Melony Merten · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! Loved every page!

[Rae · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very, very basic. I consider myself an organized person, but I'm always looking for new tips and tricks. I found none in this book!

[Karen Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty common sense.

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good ideas to organize especially for those with kids.

[Cindy DeLong · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was written for the soccer-mom and didn't help me any.

[Jeani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great tips!

The CPR trick is great. Good advice for every situation! Some handy worksheets, too. I found the beginning chapters most helpful.

[Miriam Reeves · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to read to give ideas of organizing. I loved it.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Part of my "clean up my kindle" phase. Some things I've already done, other ideas I'll implement.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

It had some good ideas. Worth the free borrow from Amazon.