Where's My Stuff?: The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide [Spiral-bound]

Samantha Moss (Author), Lesley Schwartz (Author), Michael Wertz (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2007

Where’s My Stuff? gives comprehensive advice on how to organize school-work, lockers,

bedrooms, and even one’s schedule. Written in collaboration with professional teen organizer

Lesley Schwartz, this book includes a hilarious quiz and provides great advice about things like decision making and closet purging.

With fun and useful illustrations, easy-to-follow charts, and ample doses of humor, Where’s My Stuff? is an incredible asset for anyone who wants to get it together…and keep it together, for good.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Samantha Moss is co-author of InSPAration, a book for teens on healthy living,

and author of Pottery Barn Flowers and Pottery Barn Photos. Samantha is based in Oakland, California, where she lives with her husband, Boyd, and a shy little dog named Belly. To see
what she’s up to, visit her online at samanthamoss.com.

Lesley Schwartz is a professional teen organizer, academic coach, and tutor. Additionally, she created a copyrighted customized academic planner now being usedin Bay Area schools. Lesley lives in San Francisco, California. Visit her website at: www.studentorganizationsolutions.com

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Spiral-bound: 96 pages
• Publisher: Orange Avenue Publishing; First Edition edition (July 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977266052
• ISBN-13: 978-0977266050
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 7.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #562,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simple organizing guide for teens, August 22, 2009

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Annie MacKenzie "Annie" (Honolulu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Where's My Stuff?: The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide (Spiral-bound)

A good fun book for any overwhelmed students, (junior or senior high school) who can't seem to get anything done. Those who never have enough time or can never locate relevant items in timely fashion, perhaps they are chronically late submitting projects or homework, maybe they can't keep friends because they forget dates or events. A comforting book, in the sense that the student will realize they are not alone in the world with their problems. Most behaviours are text book and all have solutions. There is a way to make more time to meet friends, finish projects, get more sleep, "find stuff" easily, create space and so on.

This is a simple 95 page, hard back,spiral book is approx 8 x 9 inches and 1/2 inch thick, Rounded corners. In other words hard wearing, easy to tote and toss about. It is divided into four color coded sections, pages are glossy (easy to wipe off) Chapters have stiff card section dividers, tabbed and labeled for easy access. Amusing and brightly colored cartoon drawings capture the concepts well.

The first section (Lime Green) is "Getting Started" just 6 pages long. Large print easy to scan quickly. It consists of a quiz to identify four personality types A to D, and "organizing Quotient". This allows the person to identify their organizing profile by themselves. (Save a fortune on therapy)
2 paragraphs describe the nature of the personality, how to work with it and how to avoid the standard pitfalls.

A type personality is the Perfectionist, the "all or nothing type" who procrastinates.
B type: I have so much to do I am "going to bed - freaker outer"
C Type: "My life is so full it ovefloweth and drowneth me". Overloader.
D Type:" Highly ambitious yet somehow unproductive dreamer"

Section 2 (Red) (15 pages)explains "School stuff" everything from Backpack organization, making a home base, filing systems, memory sticks for computers and general logistics.

Section 3 (Turquoise Blue) (10 pages) is about "Time and activities" How to break things down into manageable chunks. Deal breakers, Dealing with deadlines, brain dumping, planners etc.

section 4 (Orange),(9pages). Making space, mapping, Doubt boxes, use or lose,prioritizing etc.
Back of the book has three card pages. 4 check lists and calendar.

The information in this book will help students get a handle on things, I found some good tips in it for myself, a perfectionist in her 50's!

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So very useful, September 8, 2008

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A. Graven (San Francisco CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Where's My Stuff?: The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide (Spiral-bound)

This book has helped me to the extreme. I used to be the kid that turns up in class with the math homework from last week when the teacher is asking for the essay on stonehenge. Which i forgot about becuase my planner gets washed off my hands every time i took a shower. This book outlines easy and practical strategies that allow you to take control of your backpack. Worth every penny.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where's My Stuff?, September 29, 2008

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M. Nibbi (San Carlos, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Where's My Stuff?: The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide (Spiral-bound)

The moment I put this book down, I wished that I had found it befor emy Senior year. "Where's My Stuff?" contains nearly every little bit of study and and organizational wisdom I've picked up throguh my high-school career, and it would have been helpful going into it with all that knowledge condensed in one book, whick I'm quite glad this book does. The practical, step-by-step instriuctions on how to organize class materials were incredibly helpful, and this book does a great job of preparing you to manage your time and your personla space. With its diagrams, charts, and overall utility, I would recommend "Where's My Stuff?" To anyone entering high-school. I'm definitely keeping it for college.