One Year to an Organized Life: From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week-by-Week Guide to Getting Completely...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
• Published by: Da Capo Press December 31, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1600940560
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1600940569
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Review
From professional organizer and author Leeds (The Zen of Organizing) comes the perfect book for anyone wanting to find important papers instantly or have a navigable closet. The author divides getting organized into 12 monthly sections with four weekly tasks. The first week of every month is devoted to journaling and understanding the psychology of disorganization. The remaining three weeks of every month are for tasks like creating a bedroom sanctuary, packing wisely for trips, and creating a festive holiday atmosphere. Full of useful information for everyone, from the human being who requirements simply to clean a messy desk to the human being requiring a whole new approach to life; highly recommended for all libraries. -- Deborah Bigelow, Library Journal

Product Review
Women’s Health
“This easy-to-use, week-by-week domicile detox program will help you tackle every inch of your life.”

Reader Reviews
On page 24, Regina Leeds says just about everything that needs to be said on the subject: "Everything you do needs to be scheduled". This happens to be the same message David Allen delivers much more effectively in his "Getting Things Done". Of course, saying it is a lot easier than doing it, which is why people like Leeds and Allen can count on their books selling year after year. Leeds takes the approach of teaching you how to organize your life over the course of a year, with new projects every month. For me, the approach simply doesn't work. Too much territory is covered. For example, I'm not going to be moving into a new home, so that chapter - and the month's project - is wasted on me. Also, Leeds is a bit too "New Age" for my personal taste. Tidbits like an "affirmation" for the month strike me as treacly. August, for instance, tells you: "I am guided with ease to my new home. I embrace the life waiting for me. I also bless and thank my current home. I release it to the new occupants. I am thankful for all the participants in this transition." Regina Leeds has quite a following, apparently, but I don't think I'll be joining it. Jerry