The Bottom Line
If your teen needs help getting things done or is forever losing or forgetting important stuff, Organizing from the Inside Out for Teenagers: The Foolproof System for Organizing Your Room, Your Time, and Your Life by Julie Morgenstern and her teen daughter, Jessi Morgenstern-Colon, is the book for him/her. Even if the overall strategy is not used by your teen, he/she can focus on specific organizational needs that are addressed in this book.
Pros
- Easy read for teens who don’t normally tackle self-help books.
- Book is written in a way that suggests quick action, in other words, written in teen mode.
- Written by a mother-daughter team and can be read and used by your parent-teen team.
Cons
- Could address how to get more into life, assumes reader is busy.
Description
- The introduction of the book is written by a teen, who helps the reader discover why he/she wants to be organized.
- Book is written for grades 7 – 12.
- The first chapter teaches the main strategy that can be used in all areas of your teens life.
- Book has charts and lists to help your teen develop an organized strategy.
- Other sections get into the specific areas of your teen’s life – their time and space.
Guide Review - Organizing from the Inside Out for Teenagers
Book Description: In an increasingly busy world, its not just adults who need help getting their lives in order. As teenagers face unprecedented pressures, they find themselves struggling to balance schoolwork, friends, extracurricular activies, and time. Jessi Morgenstern-Colnknows about the organizational challenges facing her peersand her mother, Julie Morgenstern, knows how to find solutions. Together, they offer an invaluable resource which adapts Julies patented Organizing from the Inside Out method, including the three-step process Analyze-Strategize-Attack tailored for teens and a brand-new time management formula specifically designed for teens. Organizing from the Inside Out for Teens is the only book in the marketplace addressing the crucial subject of organization as it relates to young people. Featuring quizzes, self-tests, anecdotes, advice from other teens, and lively graphics, this guide will prove indispensable to teensand an answer to their parents and teachers prayers.
Denise’s thoughts: I love how this book is written in a way that can be personalized to every teen’s needs. I feel that all teens can benefit from it’s advice and it will help them take a little more control of their busy lives. Even teens who aren’t ‘mess addicts’ would benefit from reading this book and implementing some of the advice.
