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Organizing from the Inside Out
by Julie Morgenstern

Begin by asking why you want to be organized, and proceed from there. Julie is comprehensive, entertaining, and wise. With a subtitle like "The Foolproof System for Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life", she really has something to live up to: believe me when I tell you she'll really help you get organized.

Julie's 'organizing principle', if you will, is an acronym called 'SPACE'. I'm not completely organized yet but it sure has helped. Here's how it works (notice that you don't toss anything right away)

• Sort -- see what you have
• Purge -- keep only what you use and love
• Assign -- a home for everything
• Containerize -- separate and beautify
• Equalize -- Refine and Maintain

Here's another book I've used to get organized:

• Fodor's How to Pack, recently reissued!

Organize yourself over to www.amazon.com and grab a copy of Organizing from the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern

Reviewed February 2, 2002