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  • The Clutter Connection

  • How Your Personality Type Determines Why You Organize the Way You Do
  • By: Cassandra Aarssen
  • Narrated by: Ann Richardson
  • Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (62 ratings)

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The Clutter Connection

By: Cassandra Aarssen
Narrated by: Ann Richardson
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Publisher's Summary

Fans of The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo and The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin will love The Clutter Connection by organization expert Cassandra Aarssen.

An organization book for diverse habits

"You're not messy, you just organize differently." The Clutter Connection examines and explains the correlation between brain types and how they directly relate to organization and clutter. Cassandra Aarssen smashes the stereotype that some people are "naturally messy" and offers listeners insight and real-life solutions based on their unique personal organizing style. The Clutter Connection will help you get organized, be more productive, and finally understand the why behind your clutter.

Individualized real-life organizing

Organizing isn't one size fits all. Let go of the preconceived and conventional notions of what organization looks like and finally discover what Clutterbug you are. With self-awareness comes happiness, personal growth, and lasting change.

The Clutter Connection examines the four different organizing styles and how they relate to each other; how motivation and happiness can be directly affected by our space; the "3P's" - productivity, procrastination, and perfectionism - and how they are connected to your unique organizing style; and how you can finally become clutter-free simply by knowing yourself better.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Cassandra Aarssen (P)2019 Blackstone Publishing

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Good for understanding how to manage clutter

I am a professional organiser, I respect her great research, and I actually implemented her tests and methods in my work. It works.

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Great book

So inspiring and reassuring. Next book I hope you narrate it yourself, the narrator was great but I just prefer hearing the authors voice.

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Now I know why filing cabinets never worked for me

Wow! This book is changing my life as I write this! Understanding the type of organiser I am is like a life-long epiphany! I get why filing cabinets never worked, why my cupboards were always chock full, why I can't stand the site of clutter in plain sight and why I lost motivation to clean because the clutter and lack of desire (or time) to file things away was draining! Now shoe boxes are my best friend while I work out macro organising systems that work for me, then I'll know what baskets to buy. Who knew organising could be fun!

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Interesting with slightly annoying narration

The narrator definitely gives feeling to her speech, but it’s a little OTT and sometimes the emphasis changes what I think was the original tone.

The different clutter types are very interesting to hear about and it definitely makes sense to me - I plan to implement some of the suggestions for my ‘type’.

But yeah, the narration is very “American” and annoying, at times. I still finished it though.

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Good, not great

Didn't love the narrator- her delivery was a bit robotic. The content was interesting, but not ground breaking. Different organisation styles were interesting.

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love love love this book!

I feel so much better now about myself after reading this book. Also I have better understanding about other people in our household. thank you!

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Interesting ideas 💡

Interesting analysis of the different types of organising styles based on 4 personality types.

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The author likes to toot their own horn

I've never heard an author talk so highly about.. themselves. An odd listen, not many actionable steps. I found Marie Kondo's 'The KonMari Method' to be much more beneficial.

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Waste of time

No meaningful content in 40 min that I spent so far. Not good use of time Imo.

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