Product Description

Want to learn how to get organized but don't want to slog through a 300 page narrative? Then this book is for you! So many organizing books can be intimidating, but this book is a short, upbeat and cleverly illustrated guide that weaves humorous, true stories in with loads of organizing tips. The concise chapters will help you organize every room in your house, including the basement and garage. Also included are chapters on time management, moving, tag sales, disaster preparedness, and how to prevent a clutter relapse. Perhaps most valuable is guidance on how to get off junk mail and telemarketing lists, and where to dispose of everything from batteries to sport equipment. Reading this book is like getting advice from a trusted friend. Using stories that will make you laugh at yourself, Rosemary will help you: find what you need when you need it; eliminate time wasters and control interruptions; simplify and streamline your life; decide what to keep and what to throw away; break the habits that prevent you from being organized; and identify organizing products that really work.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #193995 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-20
• Binding: Paperback
• 98 pages

About the Author
Rosemary Chieppo has been an organizing guru since 1999. Her business is called "Born to Organize" because she was! Rosemary's lighthearted, down-to-earth approach to organizing is more Rachael Ray than Martha Stewart. "Being organized does not mean your house looks like something out of Architectural Digest. It doesn't mean everything is perfect, just that it works for you, " she says. Rosemary is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and addresses organizations on topics including clutter control and time management. Rosemary lives in Connecticut.

Customer Reviews

Organizing made easy!
As a chronic pack rat and the owner of three other books on organizing, totaling 697 pages, I was delighted to come across this handy little volume. In a mere 88 pages, CLUTTER, CHAOS AND THE CURE cuts right to the chase, telling you all you need to know to make getting organized easy, fun and so rewarding. The author has a great sense of humor, understands the psychology of clutterers, and offers a multitude of valuable, easy to follow hints. Her top five organizing tips, on one and a half pages, are worth buying the book for! I refer back to them constantly. Even the illustrations amuse.
Highly recommended!

RX for the disorganized
This book taught me a lot. Two of the most useful chapters were "Clutter for a Cause," which advises the reader where to donate just about anything, and "It's Baaack!", which addresses relapses. And everyone will recognize themselves in the chapter called "Sound Familiar." All in all, an easy to read and fun book that supplies a spoonful of sugar to make the organizing medicine go down.

A Guy's Opinion
My wife bought this book. I found it lying around the house and picked it up. A real eye opener. The book is witty,useful and to the point. I do a lot of reading in Zen and in a funny, down to earth way it touches on some of the themes of holistic living. A worthwhile read.