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Drowning in a pile of bills, receipts and bank statements and don't know how to swim to the top? Organize Your Personal Finances In No Time will be your lifesaver. Written by a professional organizer and coach for the chronically disorganized, this do-it-yourself guide will show you how to create a fool-proof, easy-to-maintain financial system in a single day. Written in a unique step-by-step, to-do list approach, you will master skills such as tracking income and expenses, bill paying, creating a file system and shopping with efficiency. Then, learn to take all of your new skills and apply them to creating a savings plan, a budget and graphs to illustrate spending habits and debt details. When it comes to your finances, if the choice becomes sink or swim, let Organize Your Personal Finances In No Time help you swim.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #95682 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 184 pages

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According to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) only 46% of Americans have a budget or financial plan, though 78% of those surveyed intend to update or create a plan in the coming year. A common reason cited by consumers for the lack of budgeting or financial planning is that it takes too much time to get organized. In addition the CFA reports that the number of Americans worried about their personal finances has increased dramatically over the past year, as much as 17% depending on age and income bracket. CFA Press Release 5/13/03.For many people lack of information on their personal financial situation leads to increased worry and bad decision making - it is hard to find your way around in the dark. Debbie Stanley, a professional organizer, has written Organize Your Personal Finances In No Time as a step-by-step guide to turning the spotlight on your finances. By following the book's to-do lists and practical organization advice anyone can take a cluttered, messy pile of receipts, bank statements, bills, insurance policies, and tax papers and turn it into a foolproof, easy-to-maintain financial system in a single day. After mastering skills like tracking income and expenses, balancing accounts, bill paying, taming the incoming mail pile, creating a file system, learning how to shop faster and better, the reader will be able to graph valuable information like spending habits, debt details, net worth as well as create a savings plan and budget.

From the Publisher
Unclutter your pile of bills in a day!

Can you imagine your desk completely clear of stacks of bills and receipts? Would you like to know that your checking account balance is correct? Are you interested in avoiding $15, $25 and $35 late fees that are applied when you’re just one day late with payments?

Organize Your Personal Finances In No Time offers today’s time-crunched individuals easy, practical solutions to accomplish financial organization. Author Debbie Stanley, National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) member and conference speaker, makes a career of managing chronically disorganized clients, leading them into organizational bliss. The book takes a project-based approach to breaking apart the steps needed to achieve order in your personal finances and teaches you multiple options to managing finances including online, electronic, and paper-based systems.

With quick, easy projects, you’ll discover many ways to manage your personal finances including:

How to set up a foolproof system for collecting receipts and ATM slips.
How to set up a bill paying system and avoid late fees and overdrafts.
Learning the "ruthless rules" for managing mail.
Choosing your paper organization method - even going paperless.
Shopping smart.
Advanced number crunching techniques - measuring your net worth, P&L, savings and more.
No time to figure it all out? Let Organize Your Personal Finances In No Time be your first step to getting it all together.

About the Author

Debbie Stanley transitioned from a successful career in journalism and reference publishing to the highly rewarding role of professional organizer and coach for chronically disorganized clients. The owner of Red Letter Day Professional Organizers (http://www.RLDPO.com), Stanley's work is informed by a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's in industrial/organizational psychology. Stanley contributes to the growth of her industry as a trainer to fellow organizers and as a speaker to groups, including Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). She is the chair of the National Association of Professional Organizers' Publications Committee and president of NAPO's Southeast Michigan chapter. Stanley is also a past board member of and active participant in the National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization (NSGCD) and has earned the NSGCD's Chronic Disorganization Specialist certificate.

Customer Reviews

Finally - a solution to my neverending chaos.
I have read many, many books on organizing my papers and my finances and considered the complexities and upkeep of many, many systems. However, this book gave me the ideal -- simple to set up, easy to maintain, and logical in approach. This is the one I am using, and it has brought order to the chaos. It is not for perfectionists but rather people who want a straightforward, not-too-complex, "good enough" system for keeping track of those important pieces of paper, warranty books, receipts, and other miscellaneous papers that jam up our lives. Easy to understand, well-illustrated, and practical. Highly recommended.

Getting finances in order used to be a struggle
This book was very helpful. If you take it step by step as in the book you will be organized in no time at all. I love how it is written step by step. Worked great for me. Now I am ready to face 2007 financially organized.

Here is the help you need in getting your finances organized.
Whether you have been managing your personal finances for years, or you have just left home and have no idea where to start when it comes to managing your finances, you will benefit from this book. Stanley's approach to teaching the reader how to manage their finances is fun, exciting and motivating. The ideas in this book are practical and easy to implement. They are easy-to-follow and are adaptable to various situations and varous personalities.