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How to Cheat at Organizing
Here’s the reason most of us aren’t more organized: Usually the cure (an excruciatingly involved system) seems worse than the disease (an unkempt life). If you’re told to alphabetize your spices, sort your socks by color, and keep a file folder for every utility that sends a bill—well, you’re going to decide that your slovenly old ways aren’t so bad after all, right?
There’s a disconnect between the ideals set out for us and the real needs of everyday folks. How to Cheat at Organizing is a life-changing book for the non-perfectionist. This is the organizing book “for the rest of us”—everyday folks who don’t care about prissy precision. We just want an environment that operates reasonably smoothly, allows obligations to be met efficiently, and creates a presentable home (even if not it’s not House Beautiful-approved).
As with How to Cheat at Cleaning, this book is a liberating lifestyle manifesto. What do we need to be liberated from? The hyper-drive consumerism that fills our homes with stuff we don’t need. Unreasonable expectations fueled by the “perfect” homes we see in movies, television, and magazine spreads. And the impossible-to-meet Superwoman and Superman demands we impose on ourselves.
Can you really cheat at organizing? Sure thing. You’ll discover why the simplest organizing systems are often the best. You’ll learn to embrace innovative products that save you time, energy, and money. You’ll learn to stop clutter before it even crosses your doorstep. You’ll learn innovative techniques for quickly organizing any storage space. And you’ll also find out how to get other people to pitch in on your organizing efforts.
That’s not all! In How to Cheat at Organizing you’ll also learn:
- How to lose weight with the world’s easiest diet.
- How to organize a purse in less than a minute.
- How to slash your grocery shopping time.
- How to organize those 25 spice bottles—in half the space.
- How to get the best use out of your garage.
- How to organize that mountain of paper.
- How to avoid credit card late fees—forever.
- How travel professionals pack.
- How to use scads of clever gizmos that will revolutionize your life.
- And hundreds of other tips for radically simplifying your life.
You also will never find an organizing book that’s this much fun to read. Learn about the guy who gets a free side dish every time he eats Mexican food—from the salsa bar. Clip out and laminate your very own “License to Cheat.” Read about the company that sends condiments into space. And learn the sure cure for the Unwanted Gift Headache (also known as UGH).
Don’t put it off any longer. Start cheating now so you can enjoy your new, organized-just-enough life—guilt free!
How to Cheat at Organizing
Published January 1, 2008, by The Taunton Press (Order at Amazon)