| 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.
Take that 10 minute vacation every day. You deserve
it!
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