Books on procrastination and decluttering
Check out the two paperbacks that I wrote for the What’s Your Excuse? series:
Being More Productive will help you stop procrastinating. Clearing Your Clutter will help you declutter your home and your head.
Being More Productive
Do you avoid important tasks? Find it difficult to get started? Or struggle to get things done on time, perhaps due to ADHD or other forms of neurodiversity?
As a leading productivity coach, I’ve spent years listening to stories that people tell when they procrastinate. And I’ve helped hundreds of clients – students, professionals and entrepreneurs – to boost motivation by reframing these narratives. As a result, I’ve become an expert on what it means to manage time more effectively. But being more productive isn’t just about getting things done; it’s also about finding balance in your life and focusing on what matters most.
In this book, I’ve compiled the most common excuses that people make when procrastinating and suggested how to challenge the assumptions. Whether you’re prone to perfectionism or easily distracted, the aim is to kickstart you into action. Ultimately the book will help you develop skills to be more productive at home, at work or while studying.
Available from leading booksellers Waterstones, Amazon or Amazon UK, or email Juliet to place a direct order*: juliet@jlpcoach.com
*Why not order a signed copy for you or as a gift?
Clearing Your Clutter
Are you overwhelmed by too much stuff? Keen to simplify your life? Or desperate to create more space, order or clarity?
As a productivity coach and expert in ADHD and chronic disorganisation, I understand the challenges. Over the last 20 years I’ve helped clients from diverse backgrounds to develop decluttering and organising skills. My approach is based on the view that clutter is never just about stuff. In a consumer society we accumulate things for all sorts of reasons. And our belongings often become imbued with complex meanings, linking us to the past or to the future. Learning to let go can be difficult on both practical and emotional levels. After all, there’s so much more to decluttering than just tidying up.
The book invites you to explore the stories that you may be telling yourself about surplus stuff. My aim is to guide you gently to rethink assumptions and to discover new perspectives. From books to bags, clothes to kitchenware, I share simple strategies to help you tackle the clutter, one step at a time. So the book will help you shift habits as well as stuff.
Available from leading bestsellers Waterstones, Amazon or Amazon UK or email Juliet to place a direct order*: juliet@jlpcoach.com
*Get in touch if you’d like to order a signed copy.
“Juliet’s warm and accessible writing inspires you to put down your to-do list and achieve even your least favourite task. She guides us past every obstacle to reach our goals. You will be inspired!”
“This is a very useful and easy-to-read book about productivity and procrastination. Using lots of interesting anecdotes and quotes, it guides the reader to understand and change habits. Just don’t put off buying it!”
“This may be the only organising book you will ever need! Juliet has the experience and the insight to help readers understand their relationship with clutter, and practical tips to get results.”
“As in her 1-2-1 sessions, Juliet challenges the received wisdom of the organising industry. She doesn’t insist you throw out anything; rather she has the wit and sensitivity to recognise what you’re trying to make space for in your life and offers practical solutions to get you there.”
I’ve also contributed a chapter to each of these books:
The Chronic Disorganization Tapestry: How to Thrive Despite Organizing Challenges
To be published soon by the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. My chapter, entitled ‘The Challenge for Students’ analyses the impact of chronic disorganisation on students and adult learners, and suggests a range of strategies to help them develop time management and organising skills.
Women in Clothes ed. Sheila Heti
In a transcribed interview with Sheila Heti, titled ‘You’re Never Going to Get That Money Back’, I discuss the psychology of decluttering, focusing on the emotional attachments and the multiple identities that women construct through clothes.
