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Totally Together: Shortcuts to an Organized Life [Spiral-bound]

Stephanie O'Dea
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

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Book Description

August 2, 2011
From a New York Times bestselling author, a planner and organizing system to help women conquer chaos.

This book combines a practical planner with a smart system for women who are feeling frenzied (that is, most of them!). With sets of daily, weekly, monthly, and season to-dos, Totally Together lets women manage their priorities and prevent molehills from turning into mountains.

From keeping the household in order to keeping the in-box clear, this valuable, attractive volume helps women maintain their balance in today's crazed world.


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Product Details

  • Spiral-bound: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Berkley Trade; 1 Spi edition (August 2, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0425241629
  • ISBN-13: 978-0425241622
  • Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.4 x 7.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,530 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stephanie O'Dea is a New York Times best selling author, award-winning blogger, and a mom of three.

O'Dea likes shortcuts. A LOT. Her websites and books have reached more than 12 million people from all over the world.

She shared her number one cooking shortcut in 2008 when she made a New Year's Resolution to use her Crock-Pot slow cooker everyday for a year and write about it on the Internet.

Her award-winning blog resulted in two cookbooks: Make it Fast, Cook it Slow and More Make it Fast, Cook it Slow. Due to a family allergy, all of the recipes happen to be completely gluten free.

O'Dea compiled her housekeeping, parenting, and meal planning shortcuts in Totally Together: Shortcuts to an Organized Life.

In this book/organizational guide, O'Dea tackles how to organize a busy household so anyone can have a "tidy and tranquil home in just minutes a day". The format for this book will be a weekly planner (with checklists!) that can begin anytime during the calendar year.
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Stephanie has appeared on Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, featured in Real Simple Magazine, Woman's World, and Oprah.com. For a more comprehensive press listing, please visit her online home at stephanieodea.com.


Customer Reviews

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Organizing for "Normal" People August 5, 2011
Format:Spiral-bound
I need help organizing my cleaning and my life. Fly Lady overwhelms me and leaves me feeling like a failure before I complete one day! No so Stephanie and Totally Together. I've found a schedule I can live with plus a system to keep my house clean and myself sane. I love that Stephanie understands that life happens and you're not always going to get to everything everyday. Her system is flawless in that it allows for that, it's easy to pick up, keep going and keep making good choices to make life easier. I really recommend the Totally Together system.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have! September 8, 2011
By kdh135
Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have found Stephanie's crockpot cookbooks especially helpful and to be signficant time savers, so I had high expectations for her latest work. Thankfully, she delivered! The book takes the overwhelming tasks of keeping a household organized & breaks down the tasks by week. I feel like I can now manage the household tasks now that someone else has told me which ones to do & when. I highly recommend this book and know that as the weeks pass, my book is going to become tattered from all of the use!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE THIS BOOK and the daily 7! August 21, 2011
Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase
I just have to say I received my copy the 3rd of August and have been striving to apply the daily 7 and what a huge help just that has been so you can imagine how great the rest of this is!
Thanks Stephanie and keep going with this.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Love the idea (and the author) but I dont have kids September 11, 2011
Format:Spiral-bound
This organizer is really geared more to a mom who has kids (and probably a bit of time at home). It didn't feel relevant to me. Also, the cover didnt seem durable enough to stand a busy persons life. I love the cookbooks -and Stephanie. Will probably gift it to someone else who could benefit.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly helpful September 21, 2011
Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love Stephanie O'Dea's crockpot blog and was intrigued when I heard about this book. When I first received it, I read it in one day and was surprised at how short the actual book was. After the chapters outlining her techniques and ideas, the rest of the book is a weekly checklist/calendar reminding you to accomplish certain tasks each week. Some of the items change each week (i.e. one week you launder linens, and the next you clean your car, the next you work on holiday shopping, etc). So at first, I wasn't sure how helpful this book would be....But after a couple of weeks, I am SO glad that I purchased this book! It has surprised me by holding me accountable (due to the checklist each day) to accomplish the Daily 7. I am gradually easing into the purging (aka PROM) of my home and clutter. So while the actual chapters of this book are short, the techniques and ideas are great and useful, and the checklist/calendar in the back of the book is very helpful on a day-to-day and week-to-week basis for setting and accomplishing goals. I would definitely recommend this book! The main reason I chose 4 stars instead of 5 stars, is that I DO wish it had more content.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Productivity with Personality September 30, 2012
Format:Spiral-bound
This thin 6"x7" spiral-book stows well inside laptop tote, car glovebox, briefcase, backpack small zip, diaperbag, and handbag. O'Dea gives a few pages intro conversation and meat, then a crisp week-page 1-yr cal layout with eye-friendly text add-in. I know a few working moms who love it. I'm a stay-home 50-ish 1st time mom. One blogger felt list-burdened; I enjoy Stephanie's easy, quick pace - a perfect jumpstart after delivering or dropping fam between jobs, schools, events - to get on with my own day's fill. She ended my forever scattered sticky-notes with her easy cal-planner, weekly repeat checklists, and abundant quickforms. At the bookstore, looking over the deep-delving psych-luggage healing organizer books was ... paralyzing. I wanted a streamlined do-it-now voice. Stephanie is a no-fuss instant techie-pal, asbent fem/aw-shucks FlyLady-ish concepts and buzzwords. From chapter 1, sensible and immediately realized successes began. Also, other books' inflexible schedules left me futile, giving up, or sideswiped with to-do's. But her snapshot sense gave my homefront mgmt focus a totally doable feel. Yes! This is not a time mgmt meeting with more stuff to read and do afterward at home in an already scattered nonstructure. My once 1-man-band homefront scenario (seems like overnight now) seamlessly became an family-enjoyed shared free-time result - totally together. Her website's a great resource and read too. As you read her book tho', remember she had young ones while authoring her book. So we with grown kids might debate (for example) her using her bathing childrens' discarded tubside garments as counter-sink-fixture wipes versus more usual proper undersink basketed tools or supplies. I'm not that...scavenging.... Read more ›
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome idea and product October 3, 2011
Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really like how this datebook/planner is structured. You can start anywhere in the calendar year and fill in the dates as you go. I love the weekly and daily checkbox features. I can leave it open and let the kids check off the chores they've done. I like the look and size of it too. My life has been too chaotic recently and the ability to check off basic things that I should be doing every day makes me feel as though I am accomplishing things.

Highly recommend.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One Day at a Time September 7, 2011
Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase
I follow Stephanie's blog for slow cooking & when I saw she had written this book I pre-ordered it from Amazon. I am 17 weeks pregnant and still sick as a dog! My house, laundry, dishes, and life seem to be more than I can handle right now. With child number three on the way, I really felt like I needed someone to tell me when to do "forgettable" tasks like clean the microwave or organize my closet.
Stephanie's approach to 7 daily tasks and one bigger task per week is exactly what I needed! Now I feel like I have a cleaner house and am more on top of things, even though I still don't feel that great.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has difficulty keeping things in order, and since that is most of us, Stephanie has really put together a non-judgmental, encouraging, easy approach to cleaning and maintaining your life.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Great starter book
Very helpful for getting started in getting organized. The directions could be a little clearer for how she expects you to start if it is not September. . Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dragon Lady
5.0 out of 5 stars More organized in 2013
Haven't used for very long but find it keeps me on track to keeping a neater and more organized home.
Love the grocery list. The organizational tips are really helpful.
Published 2 months ago by Margaret J Hendrikx
5.0 out of 5 stars Very handy
This is a great little book to keep in my purse. I like how it's designed. It's a great tool to a more organized life.
Published 5 months ago by elena green-haeberle
5.0 out of 5 stars need help
I was looking for help getting organized. Love her blog for crockpot cooking so I thought I'd give it a try. So far I like it.
Published 5 months ago by MRCPA
3.0 out of 5 stars Good tips, not as long as I expected.
The book is only about 1/3 as long as it appears, the last 2/3 is a weekly planner with lots of helpful tips for keeping your life organized. Read more
Published 6 months ago by L. Boutin
3.0 out of 5 stars Not excited
I was not as excited when I opened it. I thought it would have more room to write. The cover is only a thin cardboard, flimsy.
Published 9 months ago by Kelly Andrews
5.0 out of 5 stars The best organizer for moms
There are many organizing books for mom's, but most do not include the daily planner. This one does. Read more
Published 17 months ago by erin
5.0 out of 5 stars Janene@EverydayEO
This book is an actual action plan.
A book that is perfect for me--and any other mom who tries to keep it all together! Read more
Published 19 months ago by Janene Sausedo
1.0 out of 5 stars Totally Disappointed
I was completely disappointed with this book. It is a daily routine that you check off each item when done and a daytimer. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Me
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Help!
This calendar book is a great way to organize everything that a mother needs to get done. I love that things I usually forget to do, or feel too busy to do are scheduled in... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Family of 8
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