All aboard for the Easy Life as Elizabeth Dawson, professional organizer and cultural iconoclast, takes you on a context-shifting tour through the rooms of your house, the pages of your checkbook and the minutes that make up your day.

By way of anecdotes, comical metaphors and her searing, myth-busting practicality, Ms. Dawson reveals irresistibly simple steps to unraveling the rampant overspending, over scheduling and clutter that constitute Life in the Fast Lane.

Along the way, Ms. Dawson reveals the connection between an excess of possessions and a lack of time and money, encourages...