WEEK OF JANUARY 2 – 8
One Year to an Organized Work Life:
From Your Desk to Your Deadlines, the Week-by-Week Guide to Eliminating Office Stress for Good
by Regina Leeds
Non-Fiction
Da Capo Press
January 2009
Jobs are scarce. Economists predict that the current unemployment rate (6.5%) will max out at 7% or 8% nationwide by the end of 2009, according to Donna Rosato of Money Magazine.
Jobs are competitive. Today, it’s not enough to work harder … job security comes with working smarter. Take charge of your career in 2009. Clean up your act with Zen organizing. What is Zen organizing? According to Regina Leeds, author of “One Year to an Organized Life,” it’s you creating the life you were born to live.
Leeds, known as the Zen organizer and founder of “Get Organized! by Regina,” addresses the issues of where you are now and where you wish to be. A week-by-week plan takes you through year 2009 with a 12-month, no-nonsense approach to introducing positive habits into your life – every aspect of it. Challenge yourself with enlightening exercises in self discovery and achieve long-term goals.
When things happen that threaten to take you down the chaos road, stop yourself and redirect your energy. Volunteer to be successful. Choose to accomplish things with ease. Save your energy for what is truly important.
This manual is more than just informative, it makes sense. Leeds notes that the simple act of choosing a calendar is important and suggests that you give more thought to this task than you have in the past. Remember, it’s all in the details.
An unexpected tip offered by the author is the importance of establishing a morning routine which includes eating a good breakfast, exercising and even making the bed. Why? She believes that “every aspect of our lives work in concert with the others.”
Who needs this book to get organized? You do. And whose life is it anyway? Well, it’s your life; and it’s time to invest in you. “One Year to an Organized Life” is a wise career investment in any economy. Buy it! Read it! Do it!
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