The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decluttering


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Whether you live in a 20-room mansion or a one room apartment, drive an SUV or a MiniCooper - the stuff we have builds up into an endless stream of clutter. Most people just live with it, pushing it aside in closets or in garages and letting it pile up. But what happens when it gets so bad that it takes over your living space and there's no room for the stuff you really want? Renowned organizing expert and author Regina Leeds has the solution in her amazing new The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decluttering. Drawing on her nearly two decades of experience organizing living and work spaces, she gives us the quick and easy steps to conquer this problem- How to evaluate the extent of the clutter. How to create a plan to declutter - quickly and concisely. How to declutter each living space in your home from bathroom to bedroom, great room to kitchen. How to declutter other important spaces such as your office, your home gym, your attic, your garage, your basement - even your car. How to stay clutter-free for the rest of life!




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decluttering


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Do you own your stuff—or does it own you? Whether someone lives in a mansion or a studio, drives an SUV or a Mini Cooper—stuff often builds up into an endless stream of clutter, taking over living spaces and complicating lives. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience organizing living and work spaces, renowned organizing expert Regina Leeds has the solution for conquering clutter in every room of one’s house, along with in one’s office, car, and garage. - Short, easy-to-use format. - Quick and easy steps for evaluating and organizing your possessions. - Unique room-by-room approach. - Tips on maintaining a clutter-free space—forever. - Includes a complete list of resources.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Organizing Your Life, 5th Edition


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The popular guide that makes organizing a breeze. In today's fast-paced, complex society, it's crucial to find ways to increase productivity, simplify, and stay sane. The fifth edition of this highly successful guide emphasizes how organization helps people survive tough times, assists them with life's challenges, and can lead to a happier, more peaceful life. New in this edition are: green organizing; getting things done in the electronic age; and loads of new products that help people organize. - Offers up-to-date information, a reading appendix, and new resources - Fifth edition with an expanded focus on simple living, a popular topic even before the recession, plus green organizing and organizing in the electronic age - Timeless themes of saving money and reducing stress - Download a sample chapter




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Staging Your Home to Sell


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It's show time! Home staging transforms rooms from that everyday lived-in look to ready-to-be sold for top dollar. This step-by-step guide offers the tactics used by home stagers - from de-cluttering and cleaning up to arranging and remodeling - that will often yield a quicker sale and higher selling price. --Decorating tips to make a house appeal to the widest range of buyers --Cost-effective techniques to highlight the home's selling points, whether it's the floor plan, the high ceilings, or a newly renovated bathroom --Suggestions on how to downplay or eliminate features that might be considered negatives. such as smaller rooms, minimal storage space, or ghastly wall colors




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Cleaning, 2nd Edition


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Become a green cleaning machine. Fully updated and revised to focus on cleaning the "green" way-naturally, with no chemicals-this guide takes readers room-by- room, teaching them how to clean thoroughly, efficiently, and in an environmentally sound way. New and expanded coverage includes info on making small changes that have a huge impact on cleaning difficult areas, green-ifying personal care products, and more. *Provides specific cleaning hints and teaches how to clean quickly and efficiently *Uses only common ingredients, but also provides suggestions for alternatives that readers might like better




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Overcoming Procrastination, 2E


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Everyone procrastinates from time to time. But when putting things off becomes a habit, it can be debilitating and have devastating effects. Clear, concise, and highly usable, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Overcoming Procrastination, Second Edition, will help anyone who has a hard time getting things done - from the occassional procrastinator to the worst of the worst. This new edition is more streamlined and written to give readers strategies they can apply right away. Part 1 starts with key insights on why we procrastinate, how our surroundings (and our brains) affect our tendency to put things off, and how simply changing our thinking can be key to changing our bad habits. Part 2 gets more into the nitty gritty of how we can begin to change our behaviors, and gives clear, simple steps so they can quickly banish the clutter, get organized, and get things done. Part 3 moves into more strategic thinking with specialized strategies for overcoming procrastination at work, in school, in relationships, and with everyday matters (even in a reader's digital life).




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Simple Living


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Provides suggestions to help prioritize and streamline activities, including work, home, and relationships, in a time-saving manner.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Zen Living


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Explains what Zen is and how it came to America, how to practice Zen and incorporate it into daily living, and the Zen approach to the world.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adult ADHD


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A thorough examination of a misunderstood condition Though it's traditionally thought of as a childhood disorder, a growing body of research is bringing awareness to the fact that ADHD often contin­ues into adulthood, though its symptoms often take on a different form and make the disorder more difficult to diagnose. • Covers what ADHD looks like in adults, how symptoms can vary greatly from one person to the next, and how it often gets misdiagnosed • Includes information on related conditions that often coexist with adult ADHD, including depression and anxiety • Discusses various treatment options-pharmaceutical, behavioral, lifestyle, and alternative approaches




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting Organized


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Easy, accessible, and to the point, this guide gets you up to speed quickly on the essential strategies and techniques you need to sort your stuff, manage your messes, and get your schedule in shape.