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10 Minute Organizing Tricks
by Maria Gracia
Whoever thought you'd be able to get organized in
just 10 minutes?! Here are a few simple ideas.
10 MINUTE CHORE BOX: Rather than spending
hours organizing, and doing it all yourself, create a
10 minute Chore Box for yourself--and one for each
family member, if applicable.
Each person's box would contain specific chores or
tasks that need to be completed. The chores are written on slips of
paper, and take a maximum of 10 minutes each to accomplish.
You can gear the tasks towards the person's abilities (e.g. while older
kids can help out with vacuuming, a 3 year old may instead be
responsible for putting away his/her toys.)
Each day, as a chore is completed, that slip of paper is placed in a
holding envelope until the Chore Box is empty. Then, when empty, the
boxes are refilled, and the system starts over again. This also works
well at the office!
10 MINUTE PICK-UP: Control the chaos. Schedule a consistent, '10
minute Pick-up' each night. Set a timer to sound an alarm in 10
minutes.
While the clock is ticking, all family members are responsible for
clearing out and putting away their belongings from the main family
area.
When the timer sounds, you're all done. Give yourselves a warm round
of applause for all you've accomplished.
10 MINUTE 'WHEN I HAVE TIME' GOALS: One of the oldest phrases
in the book is, 'I'll do that, when I have the time.' Problem is, that time
never seems to come.
If you REALLY want to do something, the time can generally be found
pretty easily. For example, if you just won an all-expenses paid trip to
the land of your dreams, you'd probably find time to fit it into your busy
schedule without much of a problem.
So, it's time to begin fitting in those things you want to do, and 10
Minute Goals can help. Schedule 10 minutes a day to catch up on your
reading, or to begin learning that foreign language, or to simply spend
having fun with your children. Then, work on those goals when the
schedule date and time rolls around.
10 MINUTE LUXURIES: Don't forget to schedule a few 10 Minutes
Luxuries per day to do something nice for yourself.
Sometimes the day is so rushed and chaotic, that it's easy to forget the
really important things like family, health, spirituality, personal time and
so on.
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