Getting organized can be challenging enough, but staying organized is a lifelong endeavor that will require a fundamental change in your behavior. Strengthening your executive functioning skills and improving your productivity are also essential for achieving long-term success. Here are some of our favorite resources for explaining, teaching, and implementing the types of new habits and mindsets you'll want to adopt in order to reach your goals and maintain an easy peasy lifestyle. For your convenience, you may click on the cover images to be taken to the Amazon product page for each book.*

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*EasyPeasy Living has no affiliation with any of these authors, publishers or Amazon, nor do we profit from the sale of these titles.

​Atomic Habits
​by James Clear
A great tool for understanding the anatomy of habits and how to establish effective new good habits while replacing your existing bad habits with better ones. Includes links to a variety of online tools and a motivational weekly newsletter. A life-changing guide to reaching  your goals.

Late, Lost, and Unprepared
​by Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Laurie Dietzel
For any parent dealing with the constant frustration of raising chronically disorganized kids, this book is both illuminating and validating. The authors explain in plain language what executive functioning is, illustrate how a lack of it impacts individuals in their everyday lives, and offer effective strategies for helping your child navigate their way to success despite these challenges.

The Slight Edge
by Jeff Olson
Demonstrates how consistency over time is the key to great success. Tiny actions taken every single day yield huge results. The empowering message is that average, everyday people can achieve big things just by showing up day in and day out.

Getting Things Done
​by David Allen
A handy guide that shares some easy-to-implement strategies for increasing your productivity. Allen's approach will empower you to tackle any and every task, from cleaning out your garage to writing a business plan. His simple, common-sense approach stands the test of time.

Make Your Bed
by Adm. William H. McRaven (USN Ret.)
This is an easy, quick, delightful read summarizing the ten basic life lessons McRaven learned during his SEAL training. He shares examples of how he or those he admires have implemented each of these ten "rules" through inspiring anecdotes from his long and celebrated career. Recommended for readers of all ages, especially teens.

Brain Hacks
by Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D.
This book is a plain language guide to the five main categories of executive function and how they impact everyday life. Offers easy helpful exercises anyone can do to improve these skills and overcome challenges in each of these core areas.  

Eat That Frog!
by Brian Tracy
A quick and easy roadmap to increasing desired results through intensely-focused efforts. Tracy lays out 21 easy-to-follow strategies that will enable you to streamline your work and eliminate time-wasting tasks. The result is greater productivity with a smaller investment of time and energy and more time to spend doing what you enjoy most!