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Pressed for time? Short on
space? Check out the following resources to help you
in your quest to simplify your life and make the
most of your time.
Table of Contents:
Cut the Clutter and Stow
the Stuff: The Q.U.I.C.K. Way to Bring Lasting Order
to Household Chaos. Baird, Lori (ed.). 2002. DR,
MN, RM 648.8 C97B 2002
Practical solutions to real organizing problems. The
Q.U.I.C.K system (quantifying, unloading, isolating,
containing and keeping it up) can help you control
the clutter that accumulates in your home.
Easy Home Organizer: 15
Minute Step-by-Step Solutions. Payne, Vicki. MN,
RM 640 P293E 2007
Goes area to area throughout your home to help you
contain the clutter and get organized.
Get Organized the Clear
and Simple Way: Reclaim Your Home, Your Office, Your
Life. Dee, Marla. 2008. Audio E-book through
Greater Phoenix Digital Library.
Steps and tips for using the Clear and SIMPLE™
system to restore order to your life.
How Did I Get So Busy?:
The 28-Day Plan to Free Your Time, Reclaim Your
Schedule, and Reconnect With What Matters Most.
Burton, Valorie. 2007. MN, DR, RM 640.43 B957H 2007
Steps to a new lifestyle so you can manage your life
more effectively and live better.
It's Hard to Make a
Difference When You Can't find Your Keys: A
Seven-step Path to Becoming Truly Organized.
Paul, Marilyn. 2003. DR, MN, 640 P281I 2003
If disorganization has become a way of life for you,
Marilyn Paul offers a step-by-step process to a
clutter free life. Identify the cause of chronic
disorganization and the steps involved to make a
positive and lasting change. This book "focuses on
four levels of human experience - physical,
emotional, mental and spiritual."
Life Laundry: How to
Dejunk Your Life. Walters, Dawna. 2004. Audio
E-book through Greater Phoenix Digital Library.
Inspirational guide to fighting clutter and sorting
your space based on bestselling BBC series.
Making a Home. Hallam,
Linda (ed.). 2001. DR, MN, RM 648 M289B 2000
Better Homes and Garden presents a guide to help you
learn how to save time and money by organizing your
home, and as a result, enjoying it more.
One Year to an Organized
Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the
Week-to-Week Guide to Getting Completely Organized
for Good. Leeds, Regina. 2008. MN, DR, RM 640
L517N 2008 (LT at MN & RM 640 L517NB 2008)
Tips and ideas for organizing focusing on large and
small projects, including creating routines,
preparing for holiday guests, and cleaning out
storage spaces.
Organize Your Life: Free
Yourself From Clutter and Find More Personal Time.
Eisenberg, Ronni. 2007. MN, RM 650.11 EI83R 2007
Start by making priorities and then working from
there to “get it done” at home and in the office.
Organizing from the
Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Organizing Your
Home, Your Office, and Your Life. Morgenstern,
Julie. 2004. DR, MN, RM 640 M823F 2004 (Also DVD 640
M823FD 2000)
Years of experience in professional organization
allow the author to identify the fundamental basis
for the principles of organization. Morgenstern
offers a three step system or strategy…analyze,
strategize and attack as tools to help readers
recognize that being organized is a skill and can be
learned if applied and practiced regularly.
Organizing Plain and
Simple. Smallin, Donna. 2002. MN, RM 640 SM18P
2002
Organize room by room with the tips, suggestions,
and practical solutions of Donna Smallin. This
comprehensive "manual" provides readers with insight
and inspiration to conquer the paper piles and move
into a more organized way of life.
The Queen of Clean
Conquers Clutter. Cobb, Linda. 2002. MN DR, 648
C634Q 2002
Brief and informative, Linda Cobb explains how it is
preferable to be a "Peaceful Pauline" instead of a
"Harried Harriet." With her practical advice and
clever solutions, readers will learn how to make the
most of their space and time, and just how
"peaceful" it can be.
Sidetracked Home
Executives: From Pigpen to Paradise. Jones,
Peggy and Young, Pam. 2001. RM 640 Y86S 2001
Do liberation and freedom have anything to do with
organization? Peggy Jones and Pam Young just might
prove that they do! If you are sidetracked,
distracted, disorganized or domestically
impaired…free yourself from old negative habits and
create new positive habits that may produce an
organized new you!
First Things First: To
Live, to Love, to Learn, and to Leave a Legacy.
Covey, Stephen R. 1994. DR, MN, RM 158.1 C838T
In four easy steps, Covey introduces an organizing
technique to help you determine what is important,
not merely urgent, in both your personal and
professional life and how to put "first things
first."
Get More Done in Less
Time. Otto, Donna. 1995. DR 640.43 OT8G 1995
Practical, simple and effective describe Donna
Otto's solutions for becoming organized and in the
process more stress-free! A common sense truth
offered here is that fact that being organized
actually frees up more time with which to enjoy your
family and yourself!
Never Be Late Again: 7
Cures for the Punctually Challenged. DeLonzor,
Diana. 2003. MN, RM 640.43 D383N 2003
Are you always running late? If so, you may be what
Diana DeLonzor terms, "punctually challenged."
DeLonzor identifies what "punctually challenged"
means and ways to overcome it.
The Procrastinators
Handbook: Mastering the Art of Doing it Now.
Emmett, Rita. 2000. MN 155.232 EM64P 2000
Emmett offers tips, techniques and inspiration to
overcome procrastination and identifies the "what,
why and how" to be successful.
Sink Reflections:
FlyLady's Babystep Guide to Overcoming CHAOS.
Cilley, Marla. 2002. MN, RM 640 C489S 2002
Cilley (a.k.a. "the FlyLady) helps readers to
overcome CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) by
encouraging daily and weekly habits to help simplify
and organize your life. After all, no one wants to
suffer from CHAOS!
Take Time for Your Life:
A Personal Coach's Seven-Step Program for Creating
the Life You Want. Cheryl Richardson. 1998. MN 158.1 R393T 1998
Would you like to "live a life you love?" Cheryl
Richardson's goal is to help you achieve well-being
in your spiritual, emotional and financial lives.
Through a seven-step process, Richardson advocates
the necessity of defining your priorities and
refining your schedule to reflect what those are.
Readers will find that Richardson encourages one to
"make the quality of your life your top priority."
Time Management from the
Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Taking Control
of Your Schedule--and Your Life. Julie
Morgenstern. 2000. DR 640.43 M823U 2000
Instead of working for your schedule, let your
schedule work for you. Morgenstern outlines three
simple steps (analyze, strategize and attack) that
will aid readers in managing their time, and as a
consequence, create a schedule suited to individual
needs, goals, activities and values.
Time Management in an
Instant: 60 Ways to Make the Most of Your Day.
Leland, Karen & Keith Bailey. 2008. MN, DR, RM
650.11 L538T 2008
Shows you how to master the art of time planning, go
for your goals, fight distractions, and find your
focus.
Time of Your Life: 3
Steps to Take Control of Your Life. Robbins,
Anthony. 2008. DVD 650.1 T482R 2008
Powerful multimedia program designed to show you how
to manage your life instead of your time, empowering
you to focus on the results you’re after.
Time Power: A Proven
System for Getting More Done In Less Time Than You
Ever Thought Possible. Tracy, Brian. 2007. MN
658.4093 T674T 2007
Deal with time-wasters and get ahead. Section deals
with techniques especially for salespeople.
Upgrade Your Life: The
Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better.
Trapani, Gina. 2008. MN, DR, RM 004.16 T688U
2008
How to simplify and enhance productivity, including
email, organizing data, streamlining common tasks,
searching the web, and managing multiple computers.
Sandra G. Rizzo
Updated 7/09
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