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The Clutter Diet: The Skinny on Organizing Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life Kindle Edition

by Lorie Marrero (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 160 ratings
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Now a Wall Street Journal bestselling ebook!

Get your house in shape! Applying just an ounce of the advice in this practical guide saves you enough time and money to pay for itself. You will learn:

The actual scientific law of nature that helps you get organized
The cure for procrastination
Ten types of High Calorie Clutter to avoid
Where to start and how to tackle your projects
How to successfully add new habits into your life

Praise for The Clutter Diet:
'As a successful organizing coach, I immediately related with Lorie's motivational concepts in The Clutter Diet. Applying these principles can change your life!' --Dorothy Breininger, President of Delphi Center for Organization, Dr. Phil Show expert and author of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Life Lessons for Organizing and Balancing Your World

'What an exciting book! Getting organized has never been so easy. Lorie provides great real-life tips and advice that anyone can implement. You'll walk away with everything you need to know to get and stay organized.' --Jim Deitzel, Rubbermaid, eMarketing Manager
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Certified Professional Organizer Lorie Marrero is the creator of ClutterDiet.com, an innovative program allowing anyone to get expert help at an affordable price. Her organizing products are sold online and in stores nationwide. Lorie has been a spokesperson for Brother label makers and FedEx Office, and she is a sought-after expert for national media such as CNBC, Family Circle, WGN News and Woman's Day.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001OC6SAY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Reason Press (December 24, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 24, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2269 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 274 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 160 ratings

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Certified Professional Organizer® Lorie Marrero is the bestselling author of The Clutter Diet: The Skinny on Organizing Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life. She is also the creator of ClutterDiet.com, an innovative program allowing anyone to get expert help at an affordable price. Her organizing books and products are sold online and in stores nationwide. Lorie is the spokesperson for Goodwill Industries International, and she is a sought-after expert for national media such as CNBC, Family Circle, WGN News and Woman's Day. She has also served as a spokesperson for many other companies, including Staples, Brother, and Microsoft, and she writes regularly as an organizing expert for Good Housekeeping. She lives in Austin TX with her husband, two human sons, and 30,000 bee daughters in her backyard beehives.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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C. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Clutter and Diet...comparing the two
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2009
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Lorie Marrero is no stranger to clutter. I know this because her blogs and website have helped me sort through four storage units (saving me hundreds of dollars each month!) and most of my condo. Comparing the clutter of our lives with diet makes a lot of sense. Diet...we don't gain weight overnight and we can't lose it overnight. Same goes for clutter. All we need is a plan. Lorie provides us a plan to release this clutter.

There are many excellent books on Clutter and organization. This is one of them. Lorie helps you understand how the clutter is aquired and how to get it out of your life forever. It's not an easy task but this book helps you each step of the way.

The book is broken down in to four main sections, Getting Motivated, Clutter Prevention, Clutter Reduction, and Maintenance. Prevention helped me as much as the actual decluttering sessions. I learned to see "what enough looks like" - sounds simple but I did not know. So my "homes" for my items were overflowing. I am now learning what enough looks like.

The final section in the book breaks it down to suggestions on a room by room basis. She suggest products to help you along the way but you don't need to buy anything (other than the book) to implement Lorie's system.

This book is very easy to read and well organized.
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Ozark mama
4.0 out of 5 stars Taking it One Bite At A Time!
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2015
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I am not all the way through, so much information. I love that she has a workbook that you can download, I wish I could download the book so I could make notes and under line what I REALLY want/need to remember. The workbook has some great questions, you can answer then later go back and see how your doing.
I had to stop for a while, so much info. I needed to absorb. Already cleared out my side of the closet, my pj drawer and 1/2 of my shoes. Found the floor, swept and vacuumed AND I was able to uncover the piano bench.... my husband says he may start playing again!!! CAN YOU SAY BONUS TIME!!!!
Thank you for my new 'Diet', Lorie Morrero!!
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Nan
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read on Decluttering your life.
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2016
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I needed a book on how to declutter my home and myself and this book is it. It is easy to read and gives you the steps you need to start the job of decluttering your life. It does refer to her clients a lot but I guess that is her way of way of marking her business too. She gives you a lot of information on what you need to do and what steps to take to declutter everything in your life. You have to do the exercises if you want to change the bad habits that have gotten you into the mess you are into today. It is not easy to do but it can be done. It is easy to put down the book and not do it but stick with it, your love yourself for it. I received this item at a discount for my honest and unbiased review.
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Anne Smythe
3.0 out of 5 stars Kindle version not recommended
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2009
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I purchased the Kindle edition of this book. The formatting leaves alot to be desired - it added frustration to reading.

This book contains some great ideas and resources. Basic common sense rules. If you are willing to do the exercises, it will work for you.

My main gripe other than the kindle version is the way she hawks her website and services.
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adp124
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Inspiration
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2012
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In my never ending quest to be more organized I purchased The Clutter Diet having come across Lorie's website and videos. It is such an easy read and has so many great ideas that I am putting into place. I downloaded it as an eBook making it 1 less book on my shelf and put it on my husband's iPad which I take to the bath to read :)! I took it with me recently on a weekend away and shared it with my sister-in-law. She read it in less than a weekend and we are now accountability buddies with our projects. The only downside of the book is the underlying hard sell for Lorie's online course which is prevalent through the book but all in all an excellent resource and source of inspiration :).
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P jolly
4.0 out of 5 stars Some helpful advice
Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2014
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Bought this because of a deal on the authors website. It includes some great worksheets to help with clutter. I'm not sure any of the clutter books are written for true clutterers. I think they're written by neat people that think they can fix us clutter bugs. They don't really know us very well.
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BJF
5.0 out of 5 stars Step by Step decluttering
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2010
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I am still working through this book but finding it to be a great help, guiding me in a step by step decluttering process. This is more than just helping you realize why you have become a clutter bug and attitude changes that need to be made. It helps walk you through the rooms of your home learning what to get rid of and how to organize what is worth keeping. I strongly recommend downloading the free workbook that is available on their web site. It has some great charts to help through the process. There is also additional free information available at their site. I would highly recommend this book to those desiring to free themselves from a clutter mentality.
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SlinqueC
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read and gives good resources.
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2014
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This book is a good read for the person who is clutter challenged. Lorie. Marrero gives many insightful ways of conquering the clutter monster while at the same time taking a reasonable approach to de-cluttering. She doesn't "throw the baby out with the bath water" for those who are reluctant to get rid of some things for whatever reasons. What she does is offer strategies for a gradual release in those cases.

Also, Lorie gives very valuable resources for management and in-depth organization.

The book is very thorough and makes a great reference book to keep on hand.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing.
Reviewed in Canada on February 3, 2018
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This book changed my life. Lorie explains how and why to be organized and how to stay organized. It is written in a very clear fashion and she presents convincing arguments on why it's important to be organized. She gives tricks on how to prevent clutter from entering your home in the future. I enjoy her videos on YouTube as well. I highly recommend this book.
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Katie Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice read, not earth-shattering
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2015
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Nice read, no earth-shattering revelations but some good tips and hints to put into practice. I like the point about planning and committing.
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Jenny
5.0 out of 5 stars Great service
Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2019
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Received good book
Great suggestions
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2015
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A book with some good ideas for living life with less stuff.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2015
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Great ideas!
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