A Modern Girl’s Guide to Getting Organized
Sarah Ivens
I was browsing through the enormous book shelves of the British Library where this book caught my attention. So, it was out of curiosity that I picked this up to find what lay inside. Well, it was not a revelation but surely something that most women would relate to.
Situation 1: It’s time for the date you have been waiting for and you cannot find those beautiful piece of jewellery you bought last week.
Situation 2: The boss has asked for an important document to be presented at a meeting. You know for sure it is somewhere among the pile of papers. If only there was enough time to dig through them!
Add many more such situations from your life, multiply the stress levels and you will realize how difficult life can turn out to be for a woman to manage her home, career, relationships, and social circle yet not forget her own self in the process.
A Modern Girl’s Guide to Getting Organized from Sarah Ivens offers the busy woman useful handy tips to get organized, multitask and stay on top of things. The author has combined a variety of guiding tips for the modern woman to tackle stressful situations in different areas of her life. Be it at work or home, throwing a party or planning a holiday, managing the essential ‘ME’ time or with partner, these practical, easy-to-follow tips help one to deal with everyday and special situations.
Not out of the ordinary yet essential, this book does offer a quick guide to organize life with a planned approach to fulfill everything you wish to do minus the stress. Read it if you want an effective guide to put you back on track when you feel inundated with incomplete chores, missed appointments or an overflowing wardrobe. It is not sermonic and is interspersed with personal stories of women who have been able to cope with messy situations.
Overall the book seems to me like a compiled version of all the ‘useful tips’ section in women’s or health magazines. Makes for a light read during a Saturday afternoon when you are not running chores or worrying about them so that you can plan your next week well in advance!
Overall the book seems to me like a compiled version of all the ‘useful tips’ section in women’s or health magazines. Makes for a light read during a Saturday afternoon when you are not running chores or worrying about them so that you can plan your next week well in advance!
Author Sarah Ivens is the former Editor-in-Chief of OK! Magazine in America and has been writing for leading magazines such as Tatler, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Men’s Health, Instyle, The Daily Mail and the Mirror. She was born and brought up in London and now lives in New York City. It is quite obvious that the book is written in the American context. However, Indian readers will need to modify suitably to their situations.
