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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:
The 15-Minute Organizer.
Barnes, Emilie. 1991. DR 640.43 B261F
Tips and Hints on how to organize your household,
your time, your schedule and much more!
Confessions of an
Organized Homemaker. Schofield, Deniece. 1994.
DR 640.43 SCH63C 1994
The secrets to un-cluttering your home and taking
control of your life.
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.
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, RM 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."
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.
Order From Chaos: A
Six-step Plan for Organizing Yourself, Your Office,
and Your Life. Davenport, Liz. 2001. DR, RM
658.4093 D275D 2001
Davenport, who is an owner of an organizing
business, identifies time saving ways to eliminate
mental and physical clutter. Learn to manage your
schedule and space while determining what
necessitates your attention and your valuable time.
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 1998
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. DR, RM 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. DR, MN 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!

The 10 Natural Laws of
Successful Time and Life Management: Proven
Strategies for Increased Productivity and Inner
Peace. Smith, Hyrum W. 1994. RM 640.43 SM58T
Who better to consult on time management than the
inventor of the Franklin Planner? Here, Smith
teaches the importance of managing your time by
planning, goal setting, and overcoming negative
behavior traits so that the time that we have is
well spent and less hectic.
The Family Manager's
Everyday Survival Guide. Peel, Kathy. 1998. DR,
MN, RM 640.43 P344M 1998
The author outlines a yearlong planner, to help busy
family managers allocate time, strategize, simplify,
and troubleshoot and suggestions for setting and
attaining goals.
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, MN 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!
Get Your Act Together: A
7-day Get-organized Program for the Overworked,
Overbooked, and Overwhelmed. Young, Pam. 1993.
DR, MN, RM 640 Y86G
If you think that most organization books are
written by people who have always had their "act
together", Young and Jones prove that is not the
case. These two women give practical, simple and
personal advice (have confidence in yourself and
have a buddy system!) because they have been there,
and want to help others that are overworked,
overbooked and overwhelmed.
Never Be Late Again: 7
Cures for the Punctually Challenged. DeLonzor,
Diana. 2003. DR, 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. DR, 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. DR, 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. DR,
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, MN, RM 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.


Sandra G. Rizzo
Revised 8/05; Holdings checked 8/06
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