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DPL ADULTS: Get Organized & Be Productive Month

Updated 12/2022. Books to help with residential decluttering, organizing and digital organizing. Resources to spark productivity and avoid burnout. Also books to help with life transitions and organizing with brain based conditions like ADHD.

Deschutes Public Library

22 items

  • Decluttering at the Speed of Life

    Winning Your Never-ending Battle With Stuff

    White, Dana (Dana K.)
    Decluttering expert Dana White identifies the emotional challenges that make it difficult to declutter and provides workable solutions to break through and make progress.
    BookNashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2018] — HOME & GARDEN / LIVING WELL / 648.8 WHITE DANA
  • Decluttering Your Home

    Tips, Techniques and Trade Secrets

    Thomas, Geralin
    Thomas, editor of From Hoarding to Hope and host of the A&E television series Hoarders, shares a decade's worth of home organization expertise in this handy guide.
    BookBuffalo, New York : Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc. ; Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books Ltd., 2015. — HOME & GARDEN / LIVING WELL / 648.8 THOMAS GERALIN
  • Outer Order, Inner Calm

    Declutter & Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

    Rubin, Gretchen
    In this easy-to-read but hard-to-put-down book, Gretchen Rubin suggests more than 150 short, concrete clutter-clearing ideas so each reader can choose the ones that resonate most.
    BookNew York : Harmony, [2019] — 158 Rubin
  • The More of Less

    Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

    Becker, Joshua
    Joshua Becker is the founder and editor of Becoming Minimalist, a website that inspires millions around the world to own fewer possessions and find greater fulfillment in life.
    BookColorado Springs, Colorado : WaterBrook Press, 2016. — SPIRITUALITY & BELIEFS / GENERAL / 241.68 BECKER JOSHUA
  • The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up

    the Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

    Kondō, Marie
    This best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing.
    BookBerkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2014] — HOME & GARDEN / LIVING WELL / 648 KONDO MARIE
  • The Home Edit

    a Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals

    Shearer, Clea
    From the stars of the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home Edit (with a serious fan club that includes Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mindy Kaling), here is an accessible, room-by-room guide to establishing new order in your…
    BookNew York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2019] — HOME & GARDEN / LIVING WELL / 648.8 SHEARER CLEA
  • Marie Kondo's Kurashi at Home

    How to Organize Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life

    Kondō, Marie
    From the #1 bestselling sensation and Netflix star comes her guide to designing not just the home-but the life-of your dreams, fully illustrated with more than 200 photographs from inside the Marie Kondo lifestyle.
    BookCalifornia : Ten Speed Press, [2022] — 648 Kondo
  • Toni Hammersley is the bestselling author of The Complete Book of Clean and The Complete Book of Home Organization and the creator of www.abowlfulloflemons.net , an organizing website that inspires thousands of people around the world to…
    BookSan Francisco, CA : Weldon Owen, [2016] — HOME & GARDEN / LIVING WELL / 648 HAMMERSLEY TONI
  • One Year to An Organized Life

    From Your Closets to Your Finances, the Week-by-week Guide to Getting Completely Organized for Good

    Leeds, Regina
    The organized way to get organized: a week-by-week plan to forever streamline all aspects of your life.
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Tantor Audio, 2012. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • Digital Minimalism

    Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

    Newport, Cal
    To rein in our often excessive device usage, Newport promotes a radical redefinition of our relationship with technology by way of digital minimalism, encouraging us to focus on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities…
    BookNew York : Portfolio/Penguin, [2019] — SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / GENERAL / 303.4833 NEWPORT CAL
  • Stolen Focus

    Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

    Hari, Johann
    Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening--and how to get our attention back.
    BookNew York : Crown, an imprint of Random House, [2022] — HEALTH / PSYCHOLOGY / 153.733 HARI JOHANN
  • Declutter Your Photo Life

    Curating, Preserving, Organizing, and Sharing Your Photos

    Pratt, Adam
    Whether you're a professional photographer, a casual shooter, or the designated family historian, Declutter Your Photo Life will help you organize and enjoy your photos once again.
    BookSan Rafael, CA : Rocky Nook, Incorporated, 2022. — ARTS & CRAFTS / PHOTOGRAPHY / 775 PRATT ADAM
  • Building a Second Brain

    a Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential

    Forte, Tiago
    Tiago Forte is one of the world's foremost experts on productivity and has taught thousands of people around the world how timeless principles and the latest technology can revolutionize their productivity, creativity, and personal…
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2022. — SELF-HELP / GENERAL / 153.35 FORTE TIAGO
  • Four Thousand Weeks

    Time Management for Mortals

    Burkeman, Oliver
    A lively philosophical guide to time and time management, setting aside superficial efficiency solutions in favor of reckoning with and finding joy in the finitude of human life.
    Downloadable Audiobook[United States] : Macmillan Audio, 2021. — eAudiobook hoopla
  • Eat That Frog!

    21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

    Tracy, Brian
    Brian Tracy gives the advice of doing the most difficult task first so that you can feel positive about yourself and move on to the other tasks of the day.
    BookSan Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2007] — SELF HELP GENERAL 640.43 TRACY BRIAN
  • Tranquility by Tuesday

    9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters

    Vanderkam, Laura
    Based on a time diary study of over 150 people, Vanderkam shares nine strategies for building opportunities for joy, nourishment, and fulfillment into your week, such as: three times a week is a habit; one big adventure, one little…
    BookNew York : Portfolio / Penguin, [2022] — SELF-HELP / GENERAL / 650.11 VANDERKAM LAURA
  • Getting Things Done

    the Art of Stress-free Productivity

    Allen, David, 1945 December 28-
    "GTD" is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots.
    BookNew York City : Penguin Books, [2015] — SELF-HELP / GENERAL / 646.7 ALLEN DAVID
  • Do Nothing

    How to Break Away From Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving

    Headlee, Celeste Anne, 1969-
    This manifesto helps us break free of our unhealthy devotion to efficiency and shows us how to reclaim our time and humanity with a little more leisure
    BookNew York : Harmony Books, [2020] — SELF-HELP / GENERAL / 158 HEADLEE CELESTE
  • How to Keep House While Drowning

    a Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

    Davis, KC
    KC Davis is a licensed professional therapist, author, and speaker. She is the creator of the mental health platform Struggle Care, where she shares a revolutionary approach to self and home care for those dealing with mental health,…
    BookNew York : Simon Element, 2022. — 648 Davis
  • The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning

    How to Free Yourself and Your Family From a Lifetime of Clutter

    Magnusson, Margareta (Artist)
    A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2018. — HOME & GARDEN / LIVING WELL / 648.5 MAGNUSSON MARGARETA