 Organizing
from the Inside Out,
2nd Edition
Veteran professional organizer Julie Morgenstern offers a fresh,
insightful approach to the organizing process- by sharing the secrets
and techniques she has used for nearly a decade with clients nationwide.
Organizing from the inside out - designing a system based on your
life goals, natural habits and psychological needs - ensures, once
and for all, a system that won't break down.
In Parts One and Two, Morgenstern demystifies the process of getting
organized by showing you just what has been holding you back. She
explains the basic steps - analyze, strategize, attack - to use
on every organizing project, no matter how big or small, and shares
tricks of the trade for avoiding common pitfalls. In Parts Three
and Four, Morgenstern shows how to apply these steps to every area
of your life and work including offices, home offices, mobile offices,
bathrooms, closets, kitchens, kid's rooms, garages, schedules and
technology.
Other books on the subject tend to focus solely on tips and gloss
over the psychological issues and practical challenges we all face
in our efforts to conquer chaos. Organizing from the Inside Out
goes straight to the heart of the matter and teaches you how to
work with your personality rather than against it to achieve the
results you are looking for. Morgenstern believes organizing is
a completely learnable skill, and offers the reader a total reeducation
of the organizing process. Designed as a permanent reference book
for the 21st century, you can read and re-read its pages to master
the fundamental principals of organizing anything in a practical,
effective and long lasting way.
Organizing from the Inside Out will be a welcome handbook for corporate
executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, working parents, secretaries,
teachers, students, senior citizens, homeowners, and apartment dwellers
- anyone facing an overwhelming amount of clutter, who doesn't know
where to start.
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Voted #1 Organizing Book in 2006” by the NAPO-Los Angeles
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| "Just to let you know I purchased your CD,
'Organizing from the Inside Out.' I must have listened
to the CD 6 or 7 times before I began. Following your guidelines,
I took
on a realitively small but critical project that has a impact
on my daily lifestyle. I organized my truck. The inside of
my truck was full of clutter; from school books to brief cases,
CDs, coffee cups, water bottles, cell phones. I needed a system
in which I could access the things I needed while driving and
store and retreve things when parked. I also could not have
passingers in my truck without throwing every thing in the
back seat. Thanks to you my truck can now sit 5 people comfortably
as it was designed to and I have access to things I need and
containers for things I store. Next project is my wardrobe." |
~ Willard Williams |
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| "This is a valuable, much-needed book. It's immensely
readable and empowering… making a wonderful gift for
those who need to improve their organizational skills at home
or at work." |
~ Linda Sapadin, Ph.D.
Author of It’s About Time and The Six Styles of Procrastination |
| “Organizing from the Inside Out is destined to become
a benchmark book for the organizing industry as well as the
general public. I will be recommending this book as a must read
to my clients and colleagues.” |
~ Gloria Ritter,
President, National Association of Professional Organizers |
| “I heard you interviewed on NPR a few months ago
and ran out and bought your book. I have a whole collection
of "organizing" books but yours is the first that
actually helped. I think your idea of thinking before doing
is the real trick. At any rate, my life is beginning to change
as I get more control of my environment. I wanted to write to
thank you for writing your book.” |
| ~ Jeanne Geiger Brown |
| “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Organizing
from the Inside Out has not only helped my organize my physical
space, it's changed the whole way I look at myself. All those
years I thought I was a hopeless slob and the queen of clutter,
I was really a basically neat person struggling with a series
of systems that just didn't work FOR ME. 50 years of chaos is
taking some time to work my way through, but now that I'm doing
it with myself instead of working against my inclinations, I
find that all things are possible. I'm beginning to wonder what
other things I 'always knew' about my own limitations are wrong,
as well. VERY liberating, if a little bit scary at times. A
million thanks.” |
| ~ Sarah Goodman |
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