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September 4, 2014

It’s Hard To Make A Difference When You Can’t Find Your Keys

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It's Hard To make A Difference When You Can't Find The Keys book review

  • Buy It – It’s Hard To Make A Difference When You Can’t Find Your Keys  by Marilyn Paul

Up until last year, I’ve always hated anything that resembled a routine.  I realize that they serve a purpose and I’ve always kept my kids on a strict routine; but when it comes to me I would wake up and do things when I wanted to, how I wanted to and just went with the days flow and it worked to a certain degree. Routines to me were boring but It was after I had Joseph that it started to fall apart.  I remember the day we brought Joseph home after two days at the hospital and my house looked like a tornado hit it. I quickly tried to regain sanity but it was too much with a newborn. I could no longer just go with the flow – I desperately needed a routine and more importantly get organized. After a couple days of trying to get a hang of this new way of living I knew I needed a little motivation so I did what I always do I read about it. Growing up, my parents always taught me and my brother that when things get tough to get up and educate ourselves and not to just there and drown in fear or despair and it’s one of the best thing they could have taught me.

I decided to look up some organizing books/ideas on Pinterest and found the book It’s Hard to Make Difference When You Can’t Find Your keys by Marilyn Paul.  I immediately downloaded it and it was life changing!  This book doesn’t just treat the symptoms it gets deep into the heart of the matter. Dr. Paul speaks from her own personal experience as she helps her readers see how  disorganization is a way of avoiding responsibility, how it affects all those around you and how it drains our productivity.  One of the most helpful tips in Hard to Make a Difference When You Can’t Find the Keys was bringing your room back to ready.  I know it sounds like no brainer advice because it’s a known fact: Clutter causes stress; order creates a haven from it but sometimes we let the chaos take control. This mood-boosting routine is really simple: Take about three minutes to bring each room back to “ready” before you depart it. I know this may sound weird but now when I walk into a neat room which almost a unrealistic when you have 5 kids is beyond therapeutic for me and I actually look forward to it every night before bed.

I loved it and would totally recommend this book!  It’s an easy read with a huge impact, this is the book for all those of us who have tried many other methods only to eventually fall back into our old disorganized ways.

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