Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 2nd Edition - Revised and Updated
Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized
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Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 2nd Edition - Revised and Updated
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Narrated by:
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Erin deWard
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By:
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Susan C. Pinsky
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Organizing Solutions for People with ADD, 2nd Edition outlines new organizing strategies that will be of value to anyone who wants to improve their organizational skills. This revised and updated version also includes tips and techniques for keeping your latest technologies in order and for staying green and recycling with ease.
Attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are prevalent in society today, afflicting about 4.4 percent of the adult population - over 13 million Americans. Four out of every five adults do not even know they have ADD.
The chapters, organized by the type of room or task, consist of practical organizing solutions for people living with ADD:
- At work: prioritizing, time management, and organizing documents
- At home: paying bills on time, decluttering your house, scheduling and keeping appointments
- With kids: driving them to various activities, grocery shopping and meals, laundry, babysitters, organizing drawers and closets
- And you: organizing time for your social life, gym, and various other hobbies and activities
What listeners say about Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD, 2nd Edition - Revised and Updated
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-2023
Practical examples for organising zones at home.
I found the book had helpful examples of practical visual ways to organise the house, suggesting zones for items or having things at hand where they are used most. Other suggestions include finding ways to tidy up with the least effort or easiest method for finding items or replacing items to an area.
It perhaps suggests not a style not to everyone's liking for organisation but nonetheless ideas that can be altered or used as inspiration which are practical.
I found the narrator's voice a little bit difficult to listen to, especially for long periods, but short segments whilst driving worked well enough.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Katie Peken
- 12-10-2022
Some useful ideas
Susan Pinsky admits that she does not have ADHD herself, and that she learnt organising techniques for people with ADHD from addressing her young daughter's organising struggles. That probably explains the somewhat patronising attitude, and her assumption that one-solution-fits-all.
Pinsky does make some useful suggestions that I will likely take on board. She urges radically limiting the amount of stuff the ADHD person keeps in their space, to minimise the steps required to retrieve or replace items. She also suggests leaving empty spaces (shelves, containers, etc), to allow for items in transition - waiting to be donated, returned, etc.
Pinsky seems so committed to ease of access and minimising steps that she doesn't allow the person with ADHD to aspire to a beautiful, peaceful or inviting home: everything must be kept in the open on shelves, in cheap plastic bins, or hung on nails. Even the kitchen rubbish bin is to live in the middle of the floor with no lid. As a person with ADHD I would find such an environment ugly and stressful - too much like a supermarket with a chaos of items shouting at me from every side.
Other authors on this topic acknowledge that ADHD-ers are individuals - they each have different issues and need different solutions. They also have a better understanding of the condition itself. So: worth a read, but not my favourite.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-2023
Give me the info!
Not very efficient story telling for a person claiming they're so efficient. This is not ADHD friendly at all she talks like she's attacking people with ADHD instead of trying to help them. not a fan.
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