New Use For Timer To Get Rid Of Clutter
June 23rd, 2009
Now maybe I have said this before but I love timers. I was going to straighten up my kitchen, load a few dishes and do that kind of stuff. But I didn’t want to spend a lot of time doing it so I set my timer for 9 minutes.
My epiphany was this: I use timers when I start a project such as getting rid of clutter in a particular room but I am dragging my feet on doing it. When I set a time limit this gives me permission to stop when the timer rings and come back to it later.
As I was working in the kitchen I started to leave the room and check on the cat that was outside. I stopped myself because I only had a certain amount of minutes that I had allotted myself and had set the timer for.
When the second “temptation” to go and do something else happened I realized that just by setting my timer it had helped me stay on task. (I finished before the 9 minutes were up and I went on to another room and did the same thing).
As you are getting rid of clutter I suggest you set a timer to stay on task.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Yes Indeed! Thanks. A timer does help stay on track. Otherwise it’s easy to be distracted by something else that needs to be done. If I think “but I must do this or that before I forget” whilst doing something else, I write it down and do it at the end of the timer.