Messie No More

by Sandra Felton

Book Overview

Provides steps that help women get their house under control and overcome the stress that results from disorganization. This book contains information on attention deficit disorder and two chapters... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080075302X
• ISBN13: 9780800753023
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Chosen Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 15 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 10

Customer Reviews

Good Reading & Help in organizing

I found this book very insightful in why I tend to lead a disorganized life. It has helpful suggestions for becoming more organized. Sandra's books do not condem you for being messy, they help you understand why you tend to be messy & help you take baby steps towards a more organized life.

Revealing the TRUE Messie

If you are a "Cleanie" looking for organizational how-to's, this book is NOT for you. If you are a 'Messie' desperate for in-depth answers to help understand your paralyzing and embarrassing problem, EUREKA!! Sandra Felton, a former Messie, clearly identifies the psychological characteristics of Messies and why we fail in our efforts to organize our lives. Understanding what drives our ineffective thought patterns is a huge step toward overcoming them. For me, this book -- which answers 'why' -- combined with "The New Messies Manual" (also by Sandra Felton) -- which contains a detailed 'how-to' -- give a Messie a real chance to transform our world.

Not What I Expected, But What I Needed

If you're looking for a "how to" guide, this is not the book. Instead of handing out helpful hints, Ms. Felton gets to the root of the problem of being a Messie. My line has always been "I have every book on organization, I just don't know where they are!" Throughout the book, I felt that Ms. Felton lived my life with me. I learned a lot about myself. Most importantly, I learned that I am not disorganized, but that I am a Messie who needs to change my way of thinking in order to overcome my messiness. This book is amazing and I highly recommend it.

"It Was Clean Last Week! . . . You Should Have Come Then."

This is not the book you want to pick up if you're looking for 101 helpful hints to housekeeping. This is the book you read when none of those hints, tips, and everyday wisdom books have helped. When those same tips work for others but not for you. When you can envision an organized home in your head, but just can't seem to make it happen. When you can clean the homes of others, but yours lies a shambles. When the closet you organized last week is now worse than ever. When threats come from family members to leave you or depression sets in because of your lack of ability to keep things tidy. (by the way, critics, those practical housekeeping tips are in chapter 16)