Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens The Foolproof System for Organizing Your Room, Your Time, and Your Life

by Morgenstern, Julie; Morgenstern-Colón, Jessi

• ISBN13: 9780805064704
• ISBN10: 0805064702
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-03
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks

Summary

In an increasingly busy world, its not just adults who need help getting their lives in order. As teenagers face unprecedented pressures, they find themselves struggling to balance schoolwork, friends, extracurricular activies, and time. Jessi Morgenstern-Colnknows about the organizational challenges facing her peersand her mother, Julie Morgenstern, knows how to find solutions. Together, they offer an invaluable resource which adapts Julies patented Organizing from the Inside Out method, including the three-step process Analyze-Strategize-Attack tailored for teens and a brand-new time management formula specifically designed for teens. Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens is the only book in the marketplace addressing the crucial subject of organization as it relates to young people. Featuring quizzes, self-tests, anecdotes, advice from other teens, and lively graphics, this guide will prove indispensable to teensand an answer to their parents and teachers prayers.

Author Biography

The author of the New York Times bestseller Organizing from the Inside Out
(0-8050-5649-1) and Time Management from the Inside Out (0-8050-6469-9), Julie Morgenstern makes regular appearances on Oprah and is a contributing editor to O Magazine. Her Web site is www.juliemorgenstern.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Jessi Says: Why Get Organized?	p. xi
The Basics	p. 1
What's Holding You Back?	p. 3
Three Steps to Success: Inside-Out Organizing	p. 22
Organizing Your Space	p. 43
Tools for Organizing Your Space and Stuff	p. 45
The Bedroom	p. 56
School Stuff	p. 82
Photos, Memorabilia, Collections	p. 112
Organizing Your Time	p. 135
Tools for Time Management	p. 137
Studying	p. 154
After-School Activities	p. 176
Social Life	p. 194
Afterword	p. 211
Resources	p. 215
Acknowledgments	p. 217
Index	p. 225
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