The following is a guest post from regular contributor, Angie at Echoes of Laughter.
Hi there! It’s so nice to be back here with you again today! I have been busy doing some cleaning and de-cluttering around my house during these last 2 weeks and I dropped off 2 large bags and 2 small bags of items to Goodwill this week. De-cluttering is a job that never ends and I am always surprised when I start organizing at how quickly I can make a pile of things that aren’t being used and need to find a new home.
This book, Organized Simplicity, was released in 2010 by Tsh Oxenreider who used to write a blog called Simplemom.net and now writes at The Art of Simple. I love her philosophy of keeping things simple. She writes about how time is valuable and when you live a simple life, you give yourself the gift of time by not having to be a slave to many possessions and large homes. For instance, if you want to spend less time washing & folding clothes, then reduce your family’s wardrobe to the essentials and get rid of any excess. I never get tired of reading this book and I visit this book often to remind myself of why simple is best. This book is well worth a trip to the library!
Another of my personal favourites is Clutter Rehab by the founder of “I’m An Organizing Junkie” herself, Laura Wittmann. If you think you could never read a whole book on organizing, then this is the book for you because it features 101 tips in an easy to read format There are many, many practical tips in this book and all of them are simple & easy to implement. And I think Laura has done an amazing job of keeping the busy mom in mind because Laura talks about being organized ‘just enough’ so that your home works for your family, without being more complicated than it needs to be.
As life-long managers and care-takers of our homes, it’s nice to own a few ‘tried and trues’ to help keep us motivated and on track. And these books are my ‘tried and trues’. I could gladly get rid of all my other organizing books, but these 4 books are the books that I would never part with.
Linking up: House of Rose, Design Dining and Diapers. 36th Avenue, Six Sisters Stuff, Your Homebased Mom, A Bowl Full of Lemons
Sabrina says
Great list of books! I never heard of these books.
Pam says
I love all of these and need to sit down for a spell and enjoy them again when I have time. I also really have used David Allen’s Getting Things Done… it has really strem lined my organization and productivity kind of naturally.
Love the list and will share with my gal pals, we meed once a month to talk about organizing. lol
Donna Smallin says
What a nice surprise to see that one of my books made your short list of favorites! Thank you for sharing!
Carol Gordon Ekster says
I love that you help people organize. It is such an important life skill. I taught elementary school for 35 years and it was a skill I worked on consistently with my students and their families. When I started to write children’s books, this is something I wanted to deal with. If you would consider adding my picture book, Ruth the Sleuth and the Messy Room, to your Pinterest board, I’d appreciate it. It comes complete with a guide for parents at the back of the book to raise organized kids. You can’t be happy and calm unless you are organized! I say, let’s start them early! Thanks for what you are doing.
Christina Hidek says
I really love any book by Peter Walsh when it comes to organizing. He is so motivating!
Marcia Francois says
My favourite book about organising is not my own 🙂 but is Denise Schofield’s Confessions of an Organized Homemaker. I learnt tricks in that book about 10 years ago (if not longer) that I still use today. Such a practical book.