Messie No More: Understanding and Overcoming the Roadblocks to Being Organized by Sandra Felton

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Messie No More: Understanding and Overcoming the Roadblocks to Being Organized
by Sandra Felton

Paperback: 219 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.58 x 8.50 x 5.56
Publisher: Fleming H Revell Co; 2nd edition (October 2002)
ISBN: 0800758277

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Book Description: Sandra Felton's foolproof strategies can help even the most frazzled reader become Messie No More. With humor and much-needed affirmation, she sheds light on emotional and physical reasons for messiness and shows why most organizational systems don't work for Messies. She then shows readers how to break free from messy behavior by changing their mind-set and arresting the stress that plagues them. Originally published in 1989 and with more than 90,000 copies sold, Messie No More is now thoroughly revised and updated with the latest information on attention deficit disorder and two new chapters dealing with fatigue and depression and their relevance to messiness. Each of the twenty chapters in the book ends with a question-and-answer section called "Assess the Mess," which helps readers take practical steps in applying the book's principles. Messie No More contains the basis for a permanent change in readers who long for an orderly home but aren't sure how to have one. It is a practical guide that is sure to be snatched up by frustrated Messies everywhere.

From the Back Cover: Want a neat and orderly home but donít know how to organize? Need to reduce stress and clutter? Would you like to spend less time cleaningóand still have an inviting house?
You can have all of these things, with the help of Sandra Felton, the Organizer Lady! Her foolproof advice on home organization will show you how to become Messie No More.

Uncover emotional and physical causes of messiness and how to break away from the behavior patterns that keep you from being a ìcleanie.î Arrest the stress that results from disorganization and discover, in this expanded edition, the latest information on messiness-makers such as depression, A.D.D., fatigue, and compulsive perfectionism.

Messie No More abounds with hope for even the most hopeless Messie. Highly practical, encouraging, and humorous, it will bring about a permanent change for anyone who longs for a beautiful, well-organized home.

Sandra Felton founded Messies Anonymous in 1980 and has since helped thousands of people organize themselves and their homes. She is a frequent guest on national radio and television shows and is the author of Neat Mom, Messie Kids and The Messies Manual, which has sold nearly 400,000 copies. Sandra lives in Miami, Florida.

About the Author: Sandra Felton, the Organizer Lady, founded Messies Anonymous in 1980 and has since helped thousands of people organize themselves and their homes. She is a frequent guest on national radio and television shows and is the author of Neat Mom, Messie Kids and The Messies Manual, which has sold nearly 400,000 copies. Felton lives in Miami, Florida.

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