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698 – PREORDER Escaping Quicksand – 10 Steps to Overcome the Overwhelm of Modern Homelife

  1. 698 - PREORDER Escaping Quicksand - 10 Steps to Overcome the Overwhelm of Modern Homelife Lisa Woodruff 42:56

I’ve been talking about a book I’ve been writing and I’m here to tell you all the juicy details and that you can preorder it now! In the end, I realized the world didn’t need a book on how to organize your home because you have no resources to complete the tasks. Escaping Quicksand will arm you with the tools to get your home organized and move to productivity!

Thought Process and Creation

This is my sixth book. I don’t tell you that to brag. I tell you that to share that I have published each book in different ways. Not sure if you have written a book but I always like to share my journey and thought process in case it’s something you have been thinking about doing too.

I really struggled with feeling “set” on the book theme. I wrote two other versions of “the book” I thought I was going to publish. But one morning about 5am, it came to me. The first chapter was written in about an hour and it felt right. I finally nailed down what people needed. I wrote a book on shifting your mindset to accomplish your home organization goals! I shared the first paragraph with my team and they unanimously agreed, yes this is the book people need. I wrote it in two weeks. It was effortless and I felt passionate about what I was sharing.

And when do people need it? In June of course. I insisted on having it released on June 23rd. Why? Because that’s when our year is “wrapping up.” The end of June is when I have our team week. It’s when school is wrapping up, we’re resetting, and dreaming. And July is a great month to read a new book. This is a thinking book. Secret: When you preorder, chapters will be released early!

What’s It About

You will start reading the first three pre chapters. I started by sharing my quicksand story. I realized when you have hit “rock bottom”, it turns out that you just keep going, like no end to the pit. You just keep sinking until the quicksand swallows you! I want to help you before you get too deep in the quicksand. Inevitably, it seems as though we hit 40 and reevaluate life; that come to Jesus conversation we have with ourselves. We’ve had enough and know there has to be a solution out there somewhere.

And what about us? When do we put ourselves on the to do list? So, the next chapter is about self care. How do we care for our whole person? Our Education, spiritual care, Health, and all the other aspects of a whole person. The third prechapter is the fact that our household is an economic powerhouse.

And then we get into the meat of the book explaining Swiss cheese organizing, being a woman of excellence, morning and afternoon routines, letting go of housework expectations, taking “center stage” when doing housework, weekly planning, and from to do lists to productivity!

Get the Book and Join the Book Club

Who loves a book club? There are already over 1,000 people who have preordered the book and have the opportunity to join the book club. You can preorder the book through the Organize 365® website or through your favorite book retailer. Then just upload your receipt and you too can join the book club. I am planning on releasing the chapters early each week for 13 weeks. I will release videos and will be posing questions out there for all of us to discuss about the chapters and how it applies to you as a household manager. This will allow you to change your mindset in real time. It’s too easy to just keep reading and not take action. This slow release will give you a week to ruminate about what you read and what the community has said.

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Lisa Woodruff Founder & CEO of Organize 365®

Lisa Woodruff is the founder & CEO of Organize 365®.

Lisa, along with 87% of America, believes organization is a learnable skill. Yet less than 18% of those same Americans feel they are organized. Through The Productive Home Solution course, Lisa aims to teach Americans young and old the skill of organizing and unlocking their time for what they are uniquely created to do.

As the host of the top-rated Organize 365® Podcast (which has 17 million downloads and counting) Lisa shares strategies for reducing the overwhelm, clearing the mental clutter, and living a productive and organized life. Her sensible and doable organizing tasks appeal to multiple generations. Her candor and relatable personality make you feel as though she is right there beside you; helping you get organized as you laugh and cry together.

Under Lisa’s direction, Organize 365® has conducted academic research establishing the definitions of housework, home organization and the weight of paper in the American home. This ongoing research is making the invisible work at home visible to all. The goal is to eliminate it and free people from the monotonous tasks of daily living; and unlock their time for what they are uniquely created to bring forth in the world.

She is the author of four books including: How ADHD Affects Home Organization and The Paper Solution. Lisa’s understanding of the lived female American experience has helped her to create products & courses like the Sunday Basket®. These products and courses externalize the routine tasks that take up the executive functioning capacity of our brains; freeing us up to think and create again!