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Teach Yourself Decluttering
Bernice Walmsley

Paperback
RRP: £8.99
ISBN: 9780340913482
ISBN-10: 0340913487

Published: 30/12/2005
Extent: 224 pages
Illustrations: 15

Series: Teach Yourself General

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Summary:
Do you feel like you are drowning in a sea of junk? Do you spend a huge amount of time moving toys, books, shoes and sports kit from one space to the next? Have you run out of storage space for essential items? If the answer to any of these questions is yes then you definitely need to declutter your life!

teach yourself Decluttering is a practical, no-nonsense guide to decluttering your home and your life. It begins by asking what exactly clutter is and why we have it and forces the reader to consider the physical and emotional effects of clutter. It then encourages the reader to set a realistic action plan that will ensure that all aspects of his/her life can be decluttered in a stress-free and energising way. The author then guides the reader step-by-step around each room in the home, giving inspirational storage advice and forcing the reader to address every corner of his/her living space! Throughout the book the author will also consider particular situations that demand decluttering, these include bereavement, retirement, moving house and marriage.

  • Straightforward advice on how to declutter one's life
  • Offers a realistic and practical action plan to tackle both the emotional and physical challenge of decluttering
  • Confronts the emotional issues involved in hoarding after divorce, bereavement or moving
  • Covers decluttering at work and electronically via email etc
  • Takes the reader through the entire house room by room

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1 Getting started
Chapter 2 Bedroom bedlam and wardrobe jumble
Chapter 3 Living spaces
Chapter 4 Kitchen confusion
Chapter 5 Bathroom bliss
Chapter 6 Reducing paperwork and tidying up your computer
Chapter 7 Children's mess
Chapter 8 Clearing out the spare room, loft or cellar
Chapter 9 Crafy clutter
Chapter 10 Collections and treasures
Chapter 11 Outside disorder
Chapter 12 For the bereaved, newly divorced and 'empty nesters'
Chapter 13 Danger areas
Chapter 14 Life after decluttering
Taking it further

About the Author(s):
Bernice Walmsley is a freelance writer specialising in self-help, business and educational writing. She has a degree in Psychology, and serves regularly as a consultant for individuals and business alike, and has unique experience of decluttering in both the personal and professional environments. She is the author of teach yourself training and Succeed at Psychometric Testing.

Readership:
Those interested in magic and want to learn basic magic skills or want to develop their magic skills further and become part-time magicians.

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