The New Messies Manual

by Felton, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780800757267
• ISBN10: 0800757262
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co

Table of Contents

Introducing the Messie (As If You Need It!)	11	(2)
How to Use This Book	13	(4)
Part 1 Help! House out of Control!
Messies Classified	17	(6)
Confessions of a Reformed Messie	23	(3)
A ``Messies'' Quiz	26	(9)
Outlooks That Hinder	35	(6)
There Is a Reason---It Is Not Laziness	41	(7)
Reasons for the Reason	48	(13)
Part 2 Turning Things Around
Developing Organizing Attitudes	61	(14)
Cleanies I Have Known	75	(7)
You Don't Really Want to Be a 10	82	(4)
Goal Setting: He Who Aims at Nothing Is Likely to Hit It	86	(10)
Five Pitfalls for the Wanderer in Messieland	96	(11)
Part 3 The System
The Mount Vernon Method: How I Took Command	107	(7)
Simplify, Sort, and Store: The Heart of Organizing	114	(10)
The Flipper Keeps It in Order	124	(9)
The Mount Vesuvius Method	133	(7)
Keeping Up with the Info Flow	140	(20)
Closets	160	(6)
The Kitchen	166	(11)
Part 4 Helping the System Help You
On Procrastination	177	(10)
On Making and Saving Time	187	(12)
Getting the Family to Cooperate	199	(13)
More Tips on Organizing	212	(8)
Energy: The Spark Plug of Housekeeping	220	(6)
MA ClutterBuddies	226	(9)
Part 5 The Payoff
Painting on Your Clean Canvas	235	(7)
The Real Beginning for You	242	(2)
Appendix: Ideas That Work	244	(5)
Resources	249