Table of Contents
Introduction viii
1 Ritual 1
2 Procrastinators, Read This First 4
3 Do Not Delay Your Decisions with Clutter 7
4 Remove the Obstacles 12
5 The Law of Subtraction 15
6 Possession Obsession 19
7 Contain Yourself 22
8 The Not-So-Instant Makeover 25
9 Attachment 29
10 Real Life Happens from A to Z 32
11 Upside Downsize 36
12 Previously Owned 39
13 Get Comfortable in Your Own Clothes 42
14 Honor Thy Memory 46
15 Something is Missing 50
16 To Complain is Human; to Stop, Divine 53
17 Downshift 57
18 Love Things That Love You Back 60
19 "Order is the Shape upon Which Beauty Depends" 63
20 Be Here Now 67
21 Invest in Experience, Not Things 70
22 Opting Out 75
23 Extraordinary Time 78
24 Asset Management 82
25 I Am Busier than Thou 85
26 Let Go of the Outcome 89
27 Create a Life Recipe 93
28 The Way You Do Anything Is the Way You Do Everything 96
29 Manage Competing Priorities 99
30 Merge Your Partner 103
31 Traveling Light 106
32 That's What Friends Are For 109
33 Propasana, or Everything in Its Proper Place 113
34 Choosing Sophie 116
35 Communication Breakdown 120
36 Committee Meeting 124
37 Be Happy, Not Right 127
38 Freecycling 131
39 Gossip Gal 134
40 Book Keeping 137
41 The Beauty of Unitasking 141
42 Practice Forgiveness 144
43 Crowded House 147
44 Eliminate "Should" from Your Vocabulary 151
45 Turbulence 155
46 Mexican Soup 157
47 There Is No Me in Wii 160
48 Lose the Cape 164
49 A Fashionista in Paris 167
50 The Big Break 171
51 Teach Your Children Well 174
52 Portion Control for Life 178