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Title: Organizing Magic: 40 Days to a Well-Ordered Home and Life
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Manufacturer: Revell
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| Organizing Magic: 40 Days to a Well-Ordered Home and Life by Revell No substance | As organizing books go, they usually fit into at least one of 3 categories: 1) hints/tips, 2) 'clutter psychology/personality types, or 3) managing (getting rid of/finding storage for).
The author has tried to do all three and ended up doing none. Although the book claims to have one-hour activities, there's really little meaningful substance at all. There's no clear progression where any activity builds on or logically follows another, so the whole thing feels kind of random.
Only a couple of pages are devoted to each day, and these examples are quoted from the book:
* Envision your goals.
* Stick to a system.
* Wear glasses that darken automatically in the sun.
* Serve dinner dishes on the kitchen counter.
* Drop out of a group or club.
* Stop sending Christmas cards.
* Look down the road for trouble.
* Give away unwanted, outgrown, or downright unpleasant items.
That last one is the most disturbing of all. If it's "downright unpleasant," why would you give it to anyone?
If the book didn't have Sandra Felton's name printed right on the cover, I wouldn't have believed she authored it.
If your clutter problem is just annoying, you won't get anything from this book you're not already doing or didn't already know. If you're a serious clutterbug, you won't find anything here that will help you make any major impact on your clutter. | | Organizing Magic: 40 Days to a Well-Ordered Home and Life by Revell May take more than 40 days, but definitely worth it! | This should actually be "40 STEPS (rather than DAYS) to a Well-Ordered Home and Life." I love the idea of becoming Martha Stewart in less than two months, but, unfortunately, it took me six months to get through the book. (I wanted to implement each chapter before moving on to the next.) And I'm still not Martha Stewart.
This is a great book! The author offers practical and sound advice for behavioral change. It's not a book of "put this here and buy this organizing tool." Rather it is a collection of tiny steps to help people change their behavior toward more organized living. The author doesn't want to give people cleaning schedules; she wants to help people maintain clean and organized homes by encouraging clean and organized habits. The book design is colorful (quite feminine, but I'm a woman, so I didn't mind too much) and easy to read. Sidebars and shoutouts are prevalent. The chapters are short making it perfectly bite-sized reading.
Final Thoughts: Definitely RECOMMENDED.
| | Organizing Magic: 40 Days to a Well-Ordered Home and Life by Revell The Magic is that she was able to write a book at all. | | I was considering purchasing this book (no, I have not read it). After reading one of the book reviews below, I was drawn to visit, the author, Sandra Felton's website. I surfed around her website a little until I came across a Teleclass she hosted on Decluttering Your Life. I could only manage to listen for about 10 minutes because I was getting so agitated and annoyed with her inane and repetitive questions of the interviewee. I don't know how the poor interviewee, Marsha Sims, could make it through the interview without screaming?! Not only did the questions Felton was asking appear idiotic, but the whole Teleclass was disorganized and chaotic. I find it hard to believe that I could learn any organizing methods from someone who is more disorganized than I am. After listening to Sandra Felton for 5 minutes, I decided not to purchase any of her books! Marsha Sims had some really interesting ideas (that she was barely able to get through on the interview) and I have decided to see if she has written any books of her own. | | Organizing Magic: 40 Days to a Well-Ordered Home and Life by Revell waste of money | Nowhere near as good as other organizing books. If you do want to get a book on organizing, get: organizing from the inside out and organizing plain and simple. Those 2 combined give you all the info you need...
| | Organizing Magic: 40 Days to a Well-Ordered Home and Life by Revell Step-by-Step to organization | As usual, Sandra Felton provides a thoughtful, kind, step by step program for getting out of a mess into a clean, organized home. While this book alone will leave you with some questions, buy it in conjunction with almost any of her other books, and you will have a guide to solving your most pressing home organization problems.
Felton provides her suggestions with more than a little bit of insight into how things got to be this much of a mess to begin with. She is a reforming messie person, and doesn't hesitate to share her experiences with you. | | Organizing Magic: 40 Days to a Well-Ordered Home and Life by Revell Product Description | | Every busy, harried woman wants to be more organized. But actually satisfying that desire is another story. Why does organization have to be so difficult? It doesn't! Not according to The Organizer Lady™. She's back with an all new, forty day plan that will help women achieve a well-ordered home and life. Practical and easy to apply, Organizing Magic shows women how to get control of the clutter, chaos, and disorganization of their homes. Each day they'll learn tried and tested organizing tips such as how to - recognize the time realities of modern life - simplify your solutions - wrestle that e-mail to the ground - handle paperwork - zap hidden hindrances - and more Readers no longer have to settle for mess! With a fun, two-color interior, reader-friendly design, and Sandra's own signature warmth and compassion, Organizing Magic will show women how to create an organizational system to manage their space and time. Organizing doesn't have to be difficult, says Felton. Because an orderly home is never more than forty days away! |
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