Sorting It Out: One Disorganized Woman Solves the Problem of Too Much Stuff - Softcover

Friedlob, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1411693116 ISBN 13: 9781411693111

Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc., 2006

Synopsis

Does your heart race and your head ache when you look around your overcrowded home? That's a Stuff Attack! Do you feel overwhelmed by your possessions the minute you enter your front door? That's Stuff Overload! Does the standard advice from all those so-called organizing experts just make you want to crawl back under the bedcovers? Don't give up! Author Cynthia Friedlob tackles the issue of too much stuff head-on from a fresh, funny, and totally sympathetic point of view. A self-confessed Stuff Sufferer, she recounts stories of her own frustrating battles with too many possessions and offers some down-to-earth advice to set you on the road to Stuff Freedom. So don’t despair! Help, and humor, are finally on the way from a woman who’s been there, organized that, and lived to tell the tale!

About this title

Review

All of us pack-rats, collect-its, save-it-just-in-casers,
can't-bear-to-toss-it-outers, and sentimental savers should enjoy this
humorous, on target memoir and guide.
-- Roundtable Reviews, August 2006

Behind the humor is some sound advice. Without getting preachy, Friedlob
shows us what to keep and what can go. -- Reader Views, July, 2006

From the Author

Years ago I attended my first glamorous party at the lavishly furnished
Beverly Hills home of a Hollywood icon. His long career had provided lots
of awards, mementos, photos with other famous people, and an income that
allowed him to purchase whatever elegant accessories caught his fancy. The
party was a thrill, but the house was positively claustrophobic! Furniture
crammed tightly into each room. Every flat surface covered with
collectibles, photos, decorations. Walls smothered with paintings and more
photos. That was when I realized how easily even expensive, beautiful and
sentimental possessions can turn into plain old clutter.

Yes, you can suffer from having too much stuff even if your home isn't in
such a catastrophic state that you'd qualify for one of those reality
television clean-up and makeover shows. Your suffering is based on your
response to your environment. Maybe that Hollywood icon was comfortable
with his crowded surroundings. Are you comfortable in your environment?

My tastes lean toward simplicity, so it takes very little for me to feel
overwhelmed by my possessions. That doesn't mean I've avoided serious
battles with clutter; it just means that I'm easily driven crazy by it. So,
eventually, something had to give. That something was giving up holding
onto unnecessary things.

So, if you're ready to dive in and don't know where to start, or if you're
paralyzed by the mere thought of tackling all of your stuff, I understand.
Maybe what you need is a little lighthearted sympathy and gentle
encouragement from a comrade-in-stuff. Well, you've come to the right
place. Good luck and let me know how you're doing!

Edition details

• Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1411693116
• ISBN 13: 9781411693111
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172