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About Donna Smallin Kuper
Donna Smallin Kuper has been on a mission to organize the world for more than a decade. She jokes about sneaking in the back door of the organizing industry when no one was looking. But she definitely found her home there as a bestselling author/organizing expert. In 2006, she was given the Founders Award from the National Association of Professional Organizers for outstanding contributions to the industry. She's also a certified House Cleaning Technician. Her organizing and cleaning tips appear regularly in Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, and other popular magazines. A native upstate New Yorker, she currently lives a life of simple abundance on the road with her husband in their motorhome. They split their time between San Diego, Phoenix, the Pacific Northwest, and the Great Northeast. She blogs at www.unclutter.com/blog.
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So many of us wish we could bring order to our hectic lives—if we only had the time! In The One-Minute Organizer Plain & Simple, organizing expert Donna Smallin offers innovative ideas and effective solutions to our daily battle with clutter in all its forms—both physical and mental.
This easy-to-follow guide includes 500 strategies that will help you make your world a more orderly place so that you can spend more time enjoying the things that really matter. Even if you don’t have time for a top-to-bottom organizational makeover, you can still unclutter your life one short minute at a time!
Imagine clearing the clutter from your home - and getting paid to do it! How to De-clutter and Make Money Now includes everything you need to know to turn your clutter into cash - fast. Learn what sells, where to sell it, and for how much...plus a whole lot more.
Written by a leading organizing expert, this invaluable guide is jam-packed with practical do-it-yourself advice. Originally published in 2012, it is newly revised, updated, and expanded, making it the most comprehensive guide of its kind. Every one of the tips in this book have been successfully proven by the author who has made well over $20,000 over the years selling books, clothing and accessories, bikes, small appliances, furniture, sporting goods, lawn equipment, and more. You name it - she's probably sold it.
Think eBay is the only way to sell things? Think again! Discover the many options for selling your stuff and how to maximize your earnings - some so easy, your items can be sold in a matter of minutes!
This second edition includes a simple system to de-clutter any room (Chapter 1) plus a Marketplace Resale Guide (Chapter 7) with expert advice for selling all that stuff you no longer love or use, including:
Antiques and Collectibles
Books
Cell Phones and Electronic Gadgets
Clothing, Shoes, and Accessories
Diamonds, Jewelry, and Watches
Gift Cards and Daily Deal Certificates
Gold – Jewelry and Coins
Home Goods and Housewares
Ink and Toner Cartridges
Music, Movies, and Games
Musical Instruments
Sports Equipment and Gear
If you've got clutter, you're richer than you think. Grab your copy of this book today and start turning that clutter into cash!
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Get rid of the clutter — and keep it away! Organizing expert Donna Smallin shows you how to enjoy the happy, healthy, and inviting home you long for with hundreds of time-saving, clutter-busting tips. Smallin’s simple and manageable approach helps you focus on the things that will make the biggest difference in the least amount of time. Clear away the clutter once and for all, and discover the peace of mind that has been hiding underneath.
Get 3 Bestselling Organizing Books in One!
Donna Smallin Kuper has done it again in this compilation of candid conversations with leading professional organizers who offer help and hope for even the most disorganized.
Learn the “Secrets” to a Less Cluttered, More Organized, Simpler, and Happier Life!
Reading this book is like having a team of professional organizers come to your home or office to teach you how to get organized once and for all. Get their best strategies, advice and tips PLUS valuable insights gleaned from years of working with all kinds of clients.
Volume 1: Experts Talk About Chronic Disorganization & Hoarding
Volume 2: Experts Talk About Productivity & Work-Life Balance
Volume 3: Experts Talk About Decluttering, Organizing & Simplifying Life
Written in an interview format, Secrets of Professional Organizers was compiled from interviews with some of the most highly certified and well-respected industry practitioners, many of whom are pioneers in the organizing industry. They are award-winning professional organizers, sought-after consultants, organizer coaches and trainers, international speakers, authors, and TV celebrities.
Topics of discussion include:
Overcoming chronic disorganization
Help for people who hoard (and those who love them)
"Rightsizing" and letting go of stuff
Organizing a move
Organizing closets
Home and family organization
Setting up organizing systems
Organizing strategies for creative people
Small space organizing
Obstacles to getting organized
Assessing your values and priorities
Systems for to-do lists, scheduling, and filing
Financial organizing tips and tools
Paper management strategies
...and much more!
Scroll up and click to grab your copy now, pour yourself a cup of coffee – and be prepared to have some “Aha!” moments.
If you’ve ever wished for help to get organized – and stay organized – this book is a wish come true.
Yet another highly rated volume in the bestselling "Secrets" series!
Bestselling author and organizing expert Donna Smallin Kuper invited colleagues to share the advice they give their clients. In candid conversations that were recorded and transcribed, these nine "superstar" professional organizers share their secrets for decluttering, organizing and simplifying life in this third volume of the landmark Secrets of Professional Organizers series.
Introducing… the organizing book that tells it like it is!
This book offers rare insight into the reasons why you may be struggling with organization -- and how to overcome whatever obstacles may be preventing you from achieving what may seem like “the impossible dream” of getting organized. There’s no one right or wrong way – only what’s right for you. In the pages of this book, you will be exposed to multiple perspectives, plus dozens of tried-and-true strategies, tips, and real-life success stories that are guaranteed to give you some “Aha!” moments.
Topics of discussion include:
"Rightsizing" and letting go of stuff
Organizing a senior move
Organizing closets
Home and family organization
Setting up organizing systems
Organizing strategies for creative people
Small space organizing
Obstacles to getting organized
...and much more.
Scroll up and click to grab your copy today.
If you like this book, you may be interested in reading the other two books in the series:
Secrets of Professional Organizers Volume 1: Leading Experts Talk About Chronic Disorganization & Hoarding
Secrets of Professional Organizers Volume 2: Leading Experts Talk About Productivity & Work-Life Balance
Attention Entrepreneurs (Especially You Mom-Preneurs!), Small Business Owners, and Busy Professionals. . .
• Are you juggling multiple priorities at home and work - and live in fear that you will drop the ball on something important?
• Do you long for more time to spend with the people you love and on the things you love?
• Do you feel like you are working hard every day, but are still not getting things done?
• Does your work or home life suffer because of the time and energy you spend on the other?
• Do you often feel overwhelmed by what’s on your to-do list?
• Is stress is taking a toll on your physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual health?
• Are you ready for a change?
NOW. . .Learn the “Secrets” to Be Happier, Destress, and Simplify Your Life by Working Smarter, Not Harder!
Best selling author Donna Smallin Kuper interviewed nine leading organizing and productivity experts who generously share their proven strategies and priceless advice on office productivity and work-life balance.
What you can expect…
• You will be encouraged to assess your values and priorities.
• You’ll learn what kind of systems these experts recommend for to-do lists, scheduling, and filing.
• You’ll get financial organizing tips and tools that you can implement right away as well as guidelines for the management of electronic and paper records.
• You will learn what you need to do to enjoy the benefits of better work-life balance – less stress, better health, and more satisfaction in your personal and work life.
It’s all about working smarter, not harder. Are you ready for that?
This Secrets of Professional Organizers book is the second in a landmark series of three volumes:
Volume 1: Chronic Disorganization & Hoarding
Volume 2: Productivity & Work-Life Balance
Volume 3: Decluttering, Organizing & Simplifying Life (To Be Released May 2013)
Learn How to Overcome Chronic Disorganization and Heal from Hoarding… Yes, You Can!
Bestselling Author Donna Smallin Kuper has done it again in this compilation of candid conversations with leading professional organizers who offer help – and hope.
The seven experts featured in this book include award-winning professional organizers, sought-after consultants, organizer coaches and trainers, international speakers, authors, and a frequent guest consultant on A & E’s Hoarders. They are some of the most highly certified and well-respected industry practitioners, many of whom are pioneers in chronic disorganization and hoarding.
Is this book for you? The answer is YES if any of the following statements are true:
• You have been struggling with disorganization for a long time.
• You keep acquiring things and can’t bear to part with anything.
• Someone you love is struggling with chronic disorganization or hoarding.
• You’ve tried to get organized, but failed time after time.
• You find standard organizing systems (like filing systems) difficult to maintain.
• The tips you read in organizing magazines never seem to work for you.
• You feel like there is some kind of short circuit in your brain when it comes to getting organized.
• You’ve been diagnosed with ADHD, depression, dementia, or other mental challenge.
• You want to have a healthier relationship with your “stuff.”
Whatever your issue, you are not alone. The professional organizers in this book offer helpful and compassionate insights and strategies that can improve your quality of life and mend your self-esteem. Like Geralin Thomas says in Chapter 3, “Being chronically disorganized doesn’t make you a bad person.”
Written in an interview format, Secrets of Professional Organizers was compiled from interviews conducted, recorded, and transcribed between November 2012 and January 2013. This landmark book is the first in a series of three volumes:
Volume 1: Chronic Disorganization & Hoarding
Volume 2: Productivity & Work-Life Balance (To Be Published April 2013)
Volume 3: Decluttering, Organizing & Simplifying Life (To Be Published May 2013)
In reading the pages of this book, you will learn how getting organized isn’t just about clearing clutter or cleaning up. It’s about improving the quality of your life and perhaps even your health and safety. And yes, that’s possible for anyone, including you.
If you’re like most people, you have too much stuff and too little storage space. In this easy-to-use guide, Donna Smallin shows you how to create an efficient and clutter-free life using a common-sense approach to item-by-item storage.
With 500 creative and practical tips to solve all of your vexing storage issues, Smallin offers proven strategies that will not only help you find a place for everything, but easily find everything you’re looking for.