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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, are prevalent in society today, afflicting about 4.4% of the adult population, which is over 13 million Americans. Four out of every five adults do not even know they are ADD, and while it is often difficult to differentiate adults with true ADD from adults who are merely forgetful and disorganized, Organizing Solutions for People with ADD outlines new organizing strategies that will be of value to anyone who wants to improve their organizational, or lack of, skills in their life. The chapters consist of practical organizing solutions for ADD at Work; prioritizing, time management, and organizing documents, ADD at Home; paying bills on time, de-cluttering your house, scheduling and keeping appointments, ADD with Kids; driving them to various activities, grocery shopping and meals, laundry, babysitters, organizing drawers and closets, and ADD and You; organizing time for your social life, gym, and various other hobbies and activities. Color photographs that capture the short attention span of the reader are featured throughout, as well as sidebars and testimonials from adults with ADD, providing numerous organizational tips, such as, the importance of dividing time into minutes or moments, task completion, how to avoid procrastination, asking for help, and how not to be a packrat. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Susan C Pinsky | | Paperback: | 192 pages | | Publisher: | Fair Winds Press | | Publication Date: | December 01, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 159233234X | | Product Length: | 10.09 inches | | Product Width: | 7.99 inches | | Product Height: | 0.6 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.47 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.9 inches | | Package Width: | 8.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 41 reviews |
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107 of 108 found the following review helpful:
 ADDer's Organizing Bible!!! I wish I could give it 10 stars!!!!! Aug 05, 2007
By Wendy Cooper
"Mrs. Cooper"
I can't speak for the poor reviewers of this book, don't understand their reviews either??? However, I am so thankful that I didn't listen to them! I browsed through the pages that Amazon allowed me to preview, and I immediately ordered it. I gained many tips just from browsing the pages alone.
You really should browse the pages, you can get a general idea of the book this way. I am only on page 87 of the book, and I have just decluttered and organized my entire kitchen from the one sitting of reading the book! I had so much stuff that I never used taking up valuable space, it was unreal the massive amounts of dishes, unused food in the pantry, etc.
I even decluttered the china cabinet in my dining room today, to make use for the items that I do use regularly, now I have more open space in my kitchen.
I have bought so many books on organizing and cleaning, to many to even count if I still had them all! I tried them, and had a pretty good feeling at first with most of them, less so with most though. Not with this gem! Organizing Solutiions has only ideas & solutions that will work for me, an enormous ADDer! I can't believe the huge relief of finally getting my hands on the RIGHT ONE, (organizing material).
I have a ton of ideas to put to use in my bedroom, my bathroom and even my kids rooms, & I haven't even gotten to the kid's rooms section yet.
If you truely suffer with keeping your home clean and organized due to your ADD, you have got to get this manual! Even the layout is ADD friendly. And the pages are made of a nice thick quality paper that has a sheen to it.
You will not be sorry if you get this book, you will sadly still keep seaching however if you do not :(
I absolutely love, love, love this book. I am excited about cleaning, that is unheard of, lol!
Good luck on your journey.... off to finish the book....
50 of 51 found the following review helpful:
Easy to navigate; Helpful photos Jan 27, 2007
By Barbara Bachner
Although nobody in my household has ADD, with just a tiny bit of tweaking, these ideas work for us, and Susan's treatment of the subject of ADD gives me a better understanding of it.
This book is so skillfully arranged, you can find the chapter on a particular area of the house quickly, and the second you find the page, the solution is right there on a sticky note for you.
Susan is all over the house with solutions for your cluttered dining table, kitchen garbage, family calendar, spice rack, and sock drawer, to name just a few, and with every step she's recommending what she calls he Brutal Purge. Too much 'stuff' is the enemy of all family members, not just those of us who do most of the cleaning, and the Brutal Purge is our ticket to freedom.
Maybe you'll skip the part about children's bedrooms if you don't have children, but you'll linger over several good solutions for something we all have ... paper clutter ... bills, magazines, recipes, invitations, to-do lists, etc., and you'll love the implementation of 'staging areas', and the concept that you don't have to feel guilty about getting rid of things.
91 of 102 found the following review helpful:
 Throws in the towel a little too much Jun 08, 2007
By Todd O'Bryan
Pinsky is the mother of an ADD child and, if I were the parent of a child with ADD, I'd probably give the book 5 stars. If you're a frustrated, non-ADD spouse or parent dealing with an ADD significant other who's driving you crazy, buy the book. It has some good ideas that you may be able to implement that may increase the harmony in your house without being too big a pain.
As an ADD adult, however, I found some of the suggestions completely unrealistic. I'll admit that my sock drawer is a mass of confusion, but Pinsky's solution (Throw out all your socks. Buy a bunch of white ones, all the same style, and a bunch of black ones, all the same style.) is completely unrealistic. As a teacher, I have to look at least a little professional; white or black socks with khaki pants just doesn't cut it.
The whole book has these kinds of ideas. On the subject of lawn care, her solution is to hire a lawn service. That's a great idea, but most ADD adults have trouble tracking finances, so while Pinsky claims rightly that it's worth spending some money to make organizational problems easier, following all of her suggestions would cost quite a bit.
I'm sure this wasn't her intent, but I found the book a little patronizing. As I said, if you're dealing with an ADD person in your household, get the book. You can make some of the changes and they will make that person's life easier. But if you have ADD, Pinsky's approach may strike you more as "Give up, you'll never be able to get control of your life" than an attempt to give you tools you can use to get the control you want.
22 of 22 found the following review helpful:
A true lifesaver for anyone with ADD...lifechanging! Dec 29, 2007
By Samantha W.
I was diagnosed with adult ADD several years ago. I've struggled to find guidance and direction with tasks that others find easy - keeping the house clean, putting away laundry, keeping track of bills and paperwork. I hired a professional organizer who gave me generic organizing tips, and bought many books on organizing that recommended "pretty baskets and keeping your keys by the front door". Gee, thanks. This kind of unrealistic advice (for someone with ADD) just made me feel more of a failure.
This book was a REVELATION. Cuts through the attractive but unrealistic organizing of Martha Stewart/Real Simple types (no offense) and gives REAL suggestions that work for ADD people and their families. The book is broken down into easy to manage sections, with great examples and photos. This book has changed my approach to managing my ADD and it really, really works. Thank you, Mrs. Pinsky.
27 of 28 found the following review helpful:
incredible coffee table book for people who can't find the coffee table! Mar 11, 2008
By Eddie Landsberg
"My 10th year as a reviewer ! ! !"
In a really well laid out and visually appealing book, Susan Pinsky takes us on a tour of our homes, and suggests ways to make cleaning them up and establishing systems to minimize the chaos and clutter... Turning to many of the pages - - empathizing with virtually ALL of the problems she identified I almost found myself chuckling then wanting to cry... I imagine that most ADD'ers have had "issues" with shame and conflict resulting for difficulty cleaning and getting organized (especially when living with other people.) Here in this book Pinsky offers solutions that center mostly around themes of practicality - - simplification and de-cluttering... A recurrent theme is never to choose an organization system because of how it looks... but rather the steps it minimizes... In the world of ADD the goal is simple and practical, not ideal and perfect... I found this re-currant focus particularly useful because until recently I had no concept of cleaning... cleaning has always been a struggle for me and when I do I tend to over-do it and in the process of "micro-focusing" (as she calls it) get totally lost and get nothing done... only ending up more frustrating... however, one chapter suggests storing washing rags under the sink in a bucket... Immediately, I went to the kitchen, collected up all the rags laying in, on, around, near the sink, on the tables, on the floor even in the closet and did thusly... and have to admit I felt really proud when I actually decided to make an effort to do the dishes and immediately was able to grab the rag like a pro. - - Also, I really appreciate her advice against stacking things when storing them -- as things become hard to find, it becomes particularly problematic to a person with ADD, who instead of being able to add the item to its place, simply will give up and throw it everywhere rather than tear the closet apart...
I do have one serious criticism of the book... I think its serious but I'm still giving it 5 stars because of all the other stuff. A major theme of the book is de-cluttering... For sure, it is great advice, but the author offers advice on de-cluttering children and teenagers room which I feel is intrusive and although a short term solution, may offer more problems in the long term. As an example she suggests to ask the child to pick out toys he wants to give to charity... great advice... then goes on with her evil plan: - -she says to get it over with quickly as all children have closure issues with toys... then when the child is not around simply go in the room and get rid of all other toys he or she seems not to use... (!) - - She herself seems to feel a momentary pang of guil and mentions that as the parent you know best and have to do what's best for the child... I disagree with this: my parents constantly made efforts to organize my room and it only created a lot of resentment and antagonism... I appreciated the room suddenly becoming clean and fresh looking, but had a sense of hate and mistrust due to the intrusion and felt as if I had to hide thing to keep them from being thrown out... and also felt victimized, shamed and angry my personal space was invaded... perhaps this is a serious issue with many ADD'ers and would advice instead that instead of a one time purging perhaps having a special time of the week every week to discuss getting rid of things not needed... and even offering some kind of exchange/reward... (As for going into a teenager's room... woe daddy... let's not get into that!)
In conclusion, I really wish someone had given me this book years ago... what Ritilin can't achieve, Pinsky's advice can... there is hope. As I side note - - there was a picture of a pantry that really cracked me up... the products were the exact same as the ones in my parents house... I strongly suspect that she keeps kosher!
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