119 - Twenty 5-Minute Tasks

Once you have streamlined and moved most of your household tasks to large chunks of time in your calendar, you can now start to use 5 minute snippets of time to knock off some of the repetitive routine tasks on your list. This opens up more valuable chunks of time to get done bigger - and more valuable - projects.    I know it sounds kind of counterintuitive, but if you are always doing little tasks here and there, you never feel done. If you have a 4-hour time block set aside to do those tasks and can knock 30 minutes off during the week through six 5-minute chunks, you feel accomplished and organized!   Here are twenty tasks I do in 5-minute pockets of time to get you started thinking about what your twenty tasks will be: Start a load of laundry Empty the dishwasher Fold a load of laundry Clean off the kitchen counter Do the dishes Clean out a shelf in the pantry Empty all the trash cans Pick up toys in the family room Collect all the towels and start the laundry Vacuum a room Delete email and voicemail from your phone Change your furnace filter Take items up or downstairs Go through your mail and open it all Write a thank you note Book a doctor appointment Refill soap dispensers Clean out 1 drawer Shred paper Put 10 things away Use those minutes you spend talking on the phone or waiting for people knocking off your repetitive tasks!