How to Gain 5 hours ever week
We all have time wasters. You may not like to admit it, but some things are less productive than others. If you could cut out one irrelevant task, you could probably save 15 minutes a day. What would you do with an extra 1 3/4 hour every week?
Now take that challenge one step further? Do you have 3 daily tasks that don’t help you reach your goals? If you could cut out just 3–15 minute daily tasks, you would gain 5 1/4 hours per week.
Those 5 hours you gain could help you achieve your goals in work or in life.
To give you some help identifying your three things, I thought I would share my list:
- Excessive blog feeds. While I use blog’s to find inspiration for writing, I don’t need to read quite so many. I’m going to cut my subscription list by 10%.
- Dealing with excess clutter. Clutter is the stuff that doesn’t have a home. It’s what makes the house messy and makes cleanup take longer. While I can’t eliminate in in one step, I can get rid of a few things each night until I have decluttered my home.
- Nightly movies. Our local library has a great selection of movies. I just realized that we are watching a movie almost every night. I could gain almost 14 hours a week just by cutting that out!
What are your3 things?
February 5th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Do certain chores on certain days only. Do not do laundry because you have a full basket.
Work on one thing at a time. Instead of cleaning the kitchen, do one thing. Clean a drawer, the fridge, do the dishes, etc.
Leave baskets in living room and kitchen for items that belong in other rooms. Once a week, empty. If something is missing, look here first.
February 6th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Those are all great suggestions. I need to get a laundry and grocery shopping schedule.
Working on one thing at a time is a challenge. I tend to get distracted very easily.