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| Foreword | |
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| Erin's Story | |
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| Foundations | |
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| Why Change? | |
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| Work-Life Symbiosis | |
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| Questions for Your Things | |
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| Going on a Sentimental Journey | |
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| Monday | |
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| Monday Morning: Your Wardrobe | |
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| Weeding Through Your Wardrobe | |
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| Wearing a Uniform | |
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| Closet Clearing | |
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| How You Process Information | |
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| Clustering your Clothes | |
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| Maintaining Order in your Closet | |
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| Laundry and Caring for your Wardrobe | |
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| Monday at Work: Your Office | |
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| Perceptions | |
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| Organizing and Maintaining your Desk | |
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| Organizing the Rest of your Office | |
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| Monday Evening: Your Reception Station | |
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| Creating a Reception Station | |
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| Coming Home | |
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| Maintaining Your Reception Station | |
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| Tuesday | |
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| Tuesday Morning: Your Bathroom | |
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| Define your Bathroom's Purposes | |
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| Organizing your Bathroom by Zones | |
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| Cabinet Clearing | |
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| Buy the Small Size | |
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| How Much Is Enough? | |
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| Taking Care of Guests | |
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| Tuesday at Work: Fixing your Files | |
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| Stop Stacking Papers | |
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| Qualities of a Good Filing System | |
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| Case Study | |
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| Structuring your Filing System | |
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| Creating Order for your Papers | |
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| Sorting | |
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| Scanning | |
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| Filing | |
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| Organizing Old Systems | |
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| Protecting Your System | |
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| Tuesday Evening: Household Chores Aren't Just for Children | |
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| Creating Cues | |
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| Establishing and Maintaining Routines | |
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| Running Errands | |
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| Hiring Help | |
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| Charting It out | |
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| Fall Cleaning Guide | |
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| Wednesday | |
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| Wednesday Morning: Your Bedroom and Commute | |
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| Unclutter Your Bedroom | |
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| Sorting Through Bed Linens | |
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| Organizing for Better Sleep and waking Up | |
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| Getting Out the Door | |
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| Commuting to the Office | |
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| Consuming Media While Commuting | |
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| Wednesday at Work: Communication Processes | |
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| The Four Types of Meetings | |
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| Participating in Meetings | |
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| Planning a Meeting | |
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| Phone, Internet, and E-mail Strategies | |
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| Powerful Presentations | |
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| Selectively Saying Yes | |
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| Wednesday Evening: Your Kitchen and Dining Room | |
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| Working the Room | |
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| Unitaskers | |
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| Tools of the Trade | |
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| Cleaning Out the Pantry and Refrigerator | |
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| Cookbooks and Recipes | |
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| Meal Planning and Eliminating Mealtime Stress | |
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| Shopping as Sport | |
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| Your Dining Room | |
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| Thursday | |
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| Thursday Morning: Your Living Spaces | |
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| Finding Space for Living | |
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| Displaying Collections | |
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| Slimming Down Your Bookshelves | |
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| Maintaining Order in your Living Room | |
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| Thursday at Work: Working While at Work | |
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| Your Productive Day at Work | |
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| Tracking Your Productivity | |
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| Ways to Improve Your Productivity | |
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| Stop Procrastinating | |
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| Repercussions | |
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| Thursday Evening: Your Home Office | |
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| Setting Up a Home Office or Workspace | |
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| Work from Home or Live at Work? | |
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| Managing your Home | |
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| Spring Cleaning Guide | |
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| Friday | |
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| Friday Morning: Scheduling Strategies | |
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| Traditional and Technical Scheduling Tools | |
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| Keeping on Schedule | |
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| You Say It's Your Birthday | |
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| Friday at Work: Routine Is not a Four-Letter Word | |
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| Project Management | |
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| Small Deadlines Are Better Than One Big Deadline | |
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| When You're Not in Control of the Project | |
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| Learning from the Lazy | |
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| Routines and Productivity | |
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| Routine Typing | |
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| Friday Evening: Living with Clutterers | |
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| Ten Tips for Living with a Clutterbug | |
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| The Weekend | |
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| Taking Care of Yourself | |
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| Preparing for the Worst | |
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| Hobbies and Making the most of your Personal Time | |
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| Vacation and Travel | |
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| Being a Social Butterfly | |
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| Celebrating and Maintaining Your Success | |
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| Notes | |
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| Resources | |
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| Acknowledgments | |