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Morgenstern's "from the inside out" system begins by laying out the possible reasons for a failure of organization: technical errors (like having a complex organizing system that breaks down), external realities (like not enough space for your belongings), and psychological obstacles (like fear of failure--or success). Then, her Analyze and Strategize steps help create a plan of action based on your needs and goals, and the brief chapter called "Attack: Getting the Job Done" offers basic ideas for making space. The largest section of the book, "Applying What You've Learned," addresses the specifics of organizing workspaces, home offices, living spaces, and storage areas. Each section has a "How Long Will It Take?" box that gives a realistic time estimate, and Morgenstern's "Julie's No-Brainer Toss List" for each area gives the permission and encouragement that most of us have been waiting for to get rid of things we'll never use again. The section at the end, "Tackling Time and Technology," is worth its weight in DayTimers and PalmPilots. Whatever your organizing issues are, you're not a hopeless case, and you don't need special equipment--just a little understanding of the problem and a willingness to plan before diving in. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
If I asked you to describe an organized space, what would you say? Read the first page
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This review is from: Organizing from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life (Paperback)
This is the first and only negative review I've ever written even though I generally order and read more than 15 books each month. (But this is the first get-organized type of books I read.) I'm very disappointed with this book. I bought the book right away after reading the several dozen super-positive reviews about this book. However, the more I finished reading the book, the more I got disappointed and upset. Yes -- UPSET -- because the book contains a lot common sense statments and there are 50+ rewiews claiming that it is the best book they've ever got to save them and I feel being cheated! For example, the writer writes common sense things such as "buy one more hanging rod if your closet runs out of space", "get more shelves if you need more space", "put the cutting board, knives, seasoning, etc, near the area you cut and prepare food", "get a L-shaped or U-shaped desk for an office", "group t-shirts together and group trousers together in the closet"... many many this kind of everyone-should-already-have-known "advices". The author tends to write many general so-called advices without really teaching disorganized people a system to solve the real mess. (I gave the book to my husband to read and he holds the same kind of comments on the book.) I have two questions: (1) Are all those super-positive reviews real or fake? (2) How can someone writes something like this and still sell? In my (humble) opinion, it is a waste of time and money to buy and read this books. Moreover, if you try to get this book after reading those over-positive reviews, like me, you will be even more disappointed and upset with the book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thorough, effective, and therapeutic. One of the best.,
By Shannon "jfaction" (Lafayette, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Organizing from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life (Paperback)
Morgenstern has a different approach than most authors who write books about getting organized. She divides the book into four sections: Laying the Foundation, Secrets of a Professional Organizer, Applying what You've Learned, and Tackling Time & Technology. Sounds ordinary, but the first section is priceless. And, throughout the book she includes textboxes of "insiders tips" and "avoiding common pitfalls." Many of us try hard to be organized and end up cluttering our house with organizing books, baskets, filing cabinets, and other gadgets. We get our house almost organized, yet find there's one room or task we just can't do. Are we sabotaging ourselves? Yes, according to Morgenstern. She quotes, "You can't fix it till you know what's broken" and explains that until you know why you stray toward disorganization, you will never master it. Psychological obstacles are one of three factors in clutter, according to Morgenstern (the other two are errors in your "organizing system" and external realities. But she deals with the psychological aspect in a brisk, energizing chapter that actually motivates you. Her actual organizational tips revolve around three essential steps: 1. Analyze (evaluate your current situation and what's not working.) 2. Strategize (Create plan and realistic estimate of how long it will take.) 3. Attack (Dive into the work.) The Analyze and Strategize sections are actually very useful and are easy to tackle. You will need a notebook, and will go from room to room answering 5 questions: What's working? What's not working? What items are most essential to you? Why do you want to get organized? (i.e., in the kitchen the answer might be - stop wasting money on duplicate purchases), and What's causing the problem. She advocates creating zones in each room. Again, a kitchen example might be: food prep zone (counter space between sink/fridge), daily cooking zone (build around oven and cooktop), daily dishes zone, food serving zone, and food storage zone. You'll learn to store items for each zone near that zone. No sense keeping dishes in cabinets near the food prep zone and corningware near the dishwasher zone. Once you get a solid grasp on the three steps, you can take your notebook through the house and quickly identify what needs to be done, room by room. While this isn't a "organize your house in one hour" kind of book, it also doesn't bog you down. The essentials are basic and what I've listed above, and they help you get the prep work out of the way while setting a solid foundation for you to tackle the clutter. You will see a real transformation of your house - or of whatever rooms you attack. It's not just a matter of "cleaning" them. You will turn them into efficient workcenters.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This review is from: Organizing from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life (Paperback)
I must have a jillion "how to get organized" books and this one works, for the simple reason that it's not a one size fits all method. Instead, each person must tailor the concepts and ideas to suit him or her. In other words, in order for it to work, the person trying to get organized must do some work, too, before digging in and rearranging files and throwing stuff out.Great book!
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