General Organization

Making Peace with the Things in Your Life: Why Your Papers, Books, Clothes, and Other Possessions Keep Overwhelming You and What to Do About It by Cindy Glovinsky.
Cindy explains how emotion plays a large part in why we keep items that we no longer need or use.

Organizing From the Inside Out, second edition: The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life by Julie Morgenstern.
Julie outlines her SPACE system for organizing any room, desk, closet, etc.: sort, purge, assign, containerize, and evaluate. She provides stimulating questions, examples and resources to guide you through the process of organizing your home.

National Association of Professional Organizers [NAPO]
NAPO’s mission is to develop, lead, and promote professional organizers and the organizing industry. You can visit the site to explore a large database of organizers located across the United States who can assist you with your organizing needs.

NAPO – New England
This chapter of NAPO provides support and resources specifically for all of New England, including a database that can search for professional organizers by region and specialty.

The Organizing Sourcebook : Nine Strategies for Simplifying Your Life by Kathy Waddill.

It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff by Peter Walsh.

Filing Systems

Freedom Filer
Want an easy way to file household records? Freedom Filer provides an intuitive 3 year system that allows you to file your records whether you need to keep it permanently, annually, or monthly. The color coded labels provide hints for how long you should keep the paper work, or if the materials need to be switched out when new versions become available. It also puts your records in order to easily remove to off site storage so that only your active files are stored in the cabinets you use.

Managing Email

Never Check E-Mail In the Morning: And Other Unexpected Strategies for Making Your Work Life Work by Julie Morgenstern.

Time Management

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen.
David Allen outlines a system of gathering all of your projects and to lists to organize them in such a way that they go from being “to do” to “completed.” His main mantra – list what is the action you need to take next to complete your project or task and then do it.

Time Management from the Inside Out, second edition: The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule--and Your Life Julie Morgenstern.

Confidential Shredding

Northeast Data Destruction

ADHD

National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization [NSGCD]
National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization explores and develops organizing methods, techniques, approaches, and solutions that will benefit chronically disorganized people. The NSGCD focuses on assisting people whose psychological and physical impairments impair their ability to sustain an organized environment.

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life by Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau.

Organizing Solutions for People With Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized by Susan Pinsky.

Computer Tools

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