The proven way to get organized once and for all
This is the highly anticipated new edition of a very successful organizing book that has sold over half a million copies to date, now updated with the latest on e-mail, PDAs, and other contemporary organizing topics and tools. Organize Yourself! provides readers with essential rules for better time, money, space, and paper management. It also addresses major events, from preparing for a move to planning a party or vacation. It reveals a professional organizer’s proven techniques for streamlining daily life and provides fast, effective relief for common clutter and help with overcoming procrastination and every other organizational ailment.
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Introduction.
PART I: GETTING CONTROL OF YOUR TIME.
1. Procrastination.
2. Managing Interruptions.
3. The Telephone.
4. Getting Out of the House on Time.
5. Preserving Personal Time.
6. Twenty-two Time Wasters to Avoid.
7. How to Use a Kitchen Timer to Manage Time.
PART II: PAPERWORK.
8. Books.
9. Calendars.
10. The Family Computer.
11. Desk Organization.
12. Filing Systems.
13. Health Records.
14. Mail, E-Mail, and Faxes.
15. Resource File.
PART III: FINANCIAL RECORDS.
16. Banking.
17. Bill Paying.
18. Budgeting.
19. Financial Master List.
20. Medical Payments and Insurance Reimbursements.
21. Personal Property Inventory.
22. Safe-Deposit Box and Strongbox.
23. Income Taxes.
PART IV: HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
24. In Case of Emergency.
25. General Household.
26. Closets.
27. The Kitchen.
28. The Refrigerator.
29. Supermarket Shopping and Inventory Control.
30. The Laundry.
31. The Medicine Chest.
32. Hiring Household Help.
PART V: MAIN EVENTS.
33. Yard Sales.
34. Moving.
35. Party Planning.
36. Travel Planning.
37. Travel Packing.
PART VI: PERSONAL AGENDA.
38. Beauty Routine.
39. Dates to Remember.
40. Errands.
41. Gift Shopping.
42. Handbag.
43. Briefcase.
44. How to Stop Losing Things.
45. Organizing Your Spouse.
46. Wardrobe Shopping for Women.
47. Wardrobe Shopping for Men.
PART VII: CHIDREN.
48. Postpregnancy: Organization after the Baby Is Born.
49. Children’s Rooms.
50. Teaching Children About Organization.
51. Traveling with Children.
52. When Travel Means Leaving the Kids Behind.
Index.
Giới thiệu về tác giả
RONNI EISENBERG is a nationally recognized time management and organizational expert.
KATE KELLY is a professional writer.