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by Maria Gracia
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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. 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 Minute 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, and personal time.
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