Organizing Solutions For People With Adhd Tips And Tools To Help You Take Charge Of Your Life And Get Organized

Checked this out from the library to evaluate it for a friend with ADHD. I've watched her for years trying to get organized and failing, and it's so painful to watch. This book is very direct and straight-forward and emphasizes efficiency and ease of tidying over aesthetics ... and overall emphasizes getting rid of clutter! It seem clear and easy to follow.

Although I'm not ADHD myself (or at least, haven't ever been diagnosed as such) I actually found that I already do most of the suggestions in the book, as they're simply the best way I've found of keeping things tidy with minimal effort. Some suggestions she recommends, which I already find useful, include:

- get rid of junk, and resist acquiring it
- don't stockpile extra supplies/food/etc - the grocery store is just 5 minutes away
- keep redundant supplies in each room that needs them (e.g. toilet brush, cleaning wipes, spare toilet paper in every bathroom, not in one central place)
- just buy a bunch of matching socks and throw them in a drawer, instead of having to sort out pairs
- one drawer/shelf/place for each type of thing makes it simple to find and put away
- store things where they're used, in the same room and preferably right beside the thing
- resist specialty crockery/kitchen appliances/tools, have a smaller number of more multi-purpose things
- buy food containers that can double as serving dishes (e.g. pretty enameled crock pots you can cook then serve in, or I use large glass Rubbermaid containers that can be used as serving bowls, then just put a lid on the leftovers)

etc etc ... worth checking out if you struggle to organize and tidy your house all the time but are getting nowhere and are constantly distracted. After reading through this, I'm going to pick up a copy to give to my friend.