Weekend Makeover

by Don Aslett

Book Overview

With Don Aslett as guide and guru, anyone can streamline and beautify any place in just one weekend. A pragmatic, take-no-prisoners journey that leads readers step-by-step and hour-by -hour through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593374860
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Marsh Creek Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

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Weekend Makover

This book has some very good advice on how to simplify your life and save money at the same time. This is a worthwhile book to have.

DON'T JUST READ IT!

DON ASLETT IS THE KING OF CLEAN. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT BOOK, BUT DON'T JUST READ IT...DO IT!

Declutter NOW!

"Weekend Makeover" by Don Aslett is a book that will convince and help you dejunk NOW. There are many books on organization, but I find the ones by don Aslett to be among the best at motivating a person to do something about all the unnecessary possessions that clog our lives. "Weekend Makeover" is a revised version of Aslett's "Lose 200 Lbs. This Weekend." If you have that book, you may not want to get this one. While there is new material in "Weekend Makeover," a lot of the book is the same. I will point out the big differences in this review, which include two additional chapters, but please note there are little differences throughout. Personally, I like the format and the pictures of the earlier book. "Lose 200 Lbs." was a larger book with more illustrations. These were typical of Aslett's Marsh Creek Press editions, and when the books were revised and put out by Adams Media they took a more conventional size with less illustrations. Don't think I don't like the Adams Media editions. They publish some great books, and I like the little cheat sheet on sorting junk and getting started inside the front cover of "Weekend Makeover." However, I really liked the old large size with lots of illustrations of the original. The most important thing about either edition is the great information on dejunking that Aslett provides. Aslett points out that the "weight" you will lose by following the advice in Weekend Makeover is not just the weight around us (closet, attic, and garage clutter), but the weight in us (stress, pressure, depression), and on us (calorie clutter). If you have ever been stressed because of not being able to find something in a mess, having to quickly clean or hide clutter because people are coming over, or any number of bad feelings due to the excess in many of our lives, this book is for you. I really enjoy Aslett's no-nonsense direct approach. Eliminate mess and disorganization in your life. While that is a reason to dejunk, the big reason according to Aslett is to feel better. That's the big reason to dejunk, and it is a very good reason at that. Once the mess and disorganization are gone, you can be so much more productive and things just seem to go so much smoother. Being in control and organized will make you feel better. As someone who has hoarded, I've used Aslett's books as motivators to get my [...] in gear and dejunk. Once done, I felt so much better. But sometimes, old habits die hard, and I've found at certain times that things for one reason or another started building up again. (Paper clutter seems to be my biggest hurdle) Aslett's books always pick me up and get me back on track. Speed reading through certain chapters again is great motivation. And I continue to pick up new little tricks to help keep me on the decluttered path. After a motivating introduction and a quiz to determine what kind of junker you are, this book is divided into nine chapters, two more than Lose 200 Lbs.": 1. To

** RE-TITLING OF A PREVIOUS BOOK **

I want people to be aware that this book was previously released as, "Lose 200 Pounds This Weekend: It's Time to DeClutter Your Life." I find that practive a tad deceptive. For more reviews & a better price, see the other book.