to clean your house.
Well, sort of.
I went to "The Art of Marketing" conference in Toronto last week, and heard from one of the Heath brothers. (They have a column in Fast Company magazine, and have written two books. Yay, brothers!)
Anyways, at one point in their book Switch, they talk about why it's so difficult to clean your house. The task always seems daunting when you put it off too long, but they offered a different way of looking at it. Putting away a dish is not terribly dreadful, but putting away 27 dishes just might be. So the idea is to create small challenges. Set a timer for just five minutes, and start cleaning up. After five minutes, you can stop -- although it's more likely that you'll continue on, and rest easier/happier because you've taken care of your place.
I have guests coming over for the Oscars tonight, but somehow I've lost touch with my ability to properly host a party. My place is still a mess and I haven't picked up alcohol or food. Oops.
Well, I'm going to go set that timer now.
But I better have more than five minutes in me. ; )
xo,
lori
UPDATE: I set it for 10 minute (so ambitious!) and it worked. But then I got bored and took a break. But then set it (again!) for 20 minutes. And then I got bored and came to update my blog. OK, now it's time to set it for 30, and see if I can finish it off. xo.
3 comments:
lol at the picture
I've heard similar advice for writing. Just write a few sentences, then stop if you can.
I think you've inspired me to spring-clean my place for a few minutes, too. Thanks!
@mark - Just call me betty!
@phronk - Happy to help. I need to come back to this post every time my place gets messy.
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