Absolutely Organized: A Mom’s Guide to a No-Stress Schedule and Clutter-Free Home
Absolutely Organized: A Mom’s Guide to a No-Stress Schedule and Clutter-Free Home
“There is a place for everything, and when everything is in its place, life runs a lot smoother.”
–Debbie Lillard, professional organizer and mother of three
Do you run non-stop but never feel like you accomplish anything? Feel stressed out at home? Dream about doing things that you never get around to doing? Wish you had extra hours in your day? Well, here’s something even better!
Absolutely Organized is “a book full of tips and hope” for overworked, time-crunched, clutter-crushed moms. It’s brimming with practical, proven and, in many cases, very simple solutions for keeping order in every corner of your life, from your refrigerator to your file drawers, from keeping a newborn on a set schedule to getting kids to willingly pitch in on household chores.
Debbie Lillard, professional organizer and mother of three, shares her easy-to-use “Absolutes of Organizing” tips to help you gain and maintain order in the three key areas of your family’s life:
YOUR TIME: Learn the tricks for streamlining cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping and other everyday duties. Get more done and have more time left over to spend on your kids, your spouse, projects around the house, and even yourself!
YOUR BELONGINGS: Use Debbie’s simple but effective C.P.R. method (Categorize, Purge and Rearrange) to organize paperwork, photos, collections, toys, clothes, children’s artwork and more.
YOUR HOME: Take it room by room–home office, kitchen, bathroom, family room and even (gulp!) the kids’ rooms. Rid your house of clutter, make the most of your space, and make home feel more comfortable, functional and relaxing.
Follow Absolutely Organized from start to finish for a complete, full-life makeover. Or dip in here and there for help on one problem area at a time, such as that ever-growing mountain of paperwork, your collection of children’s memorabilia, or that disaster area called a closet. Tried-and-true advice for every mom, Absolutely Organized will help you simplify your life so you can enjoy more and stress less.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars great ideas
I thought this book had some great ideas. First off I should say that I don’t have any kids, but plan to in the not too distant future and want to be prepared and organized. I loved the first chapter about keeping babies on a schedule as well as how to use a moms time to best most productive. The schedule sounds great and I’d love to try it.
The book goes through different rooms in your house as well as types of items like photographs. I found ideas most chapters that I thought were helpful. Somethings that I can start to do now and others that I know I can refer back to when i have kids. It’s a quick read.
5 Stars A Must Have
I love this book I read it all the first day I got it and by that evening I was putting the things I learned into practice. I love this book so much I’m ordering it for both my daughters!
5 Stars Relief for new moms!
I am loving this book! As a pretty organized person myself I am always looking for tips and tricks to make things even easier. Debbie’s tips are simple and make a big difference in the way I now schedule and prioritize my day, keep my home clean and organized, and prepare for holidays! Thank you Debbie for helping me become a more organized individual and giving me some free time!
5 Stars Learned so much in the span of a few hours reading this.
This book is wonderful, I now have an action plan for clearing up the big stuff, a schedule for organizing the everyday and process for handling the never stopping incoming mail!
2 Stars What is a working mother to do?
Debbie Lillard has captured in a magazine like book that is an easy read the best way to do everything. Debbie begins by telling us that nothing is good or bad just works or doesn’t work. The ultimate utilitarian, however, dedicates one paragraph to the working mother (even though she is one herself). She jokes that if you work you should hire a cleaning service. I agree, that is organized. But I disagree that it would work for people who don’t make enough money to do that. In addition, she gives advice that would be helpful if you were a complete mess. But the advice she gives is not prolific or supportive enough to help a complete mess of a person whose house is a disaster area.
I will say that I feel more organized after reading it–It helped me understand that I am as organized as a working mother who can’t afford a cleaning service will be. At least according to Debbie Lillard.
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