Sunday, July 15, 2012

The five minute rule might just change your life.


Five minutes. 300 seconds. 

Trying to find hours to accomplish something can overwhelm us to the point where we just won't even start.

But maybe I have found a key. Think of your project as that elephant. You know the one? The one you can only eat one bite at a time (weird expression I know, certainly not one for an animal activist - but helpful for now).

If you need to write a letter, a story - just do it for 5 minutes. You might just be tempted to add on another 5 and then another 5.

The house is a mess? Spend 5 minutes doing one simple job - take a broom to the cobwebs, sort the washing, clean the bench, make the bed...

I often hear people say that they have no time to read. To that I say - if you really want to you will. It only takes 5 minutes!

I'm off to work on my new art project - for 5 minutes.

Asta x

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Stay tuned for the next interview. This man really walks the simple living talk. 






4 comments:

  1. 2 min noodles
    feed birds that came to your garden
    write note to dear friend
    make that phone call that you hate,it only takes 5 min
    5 min yoga or tai chi
    look at the stars


    Great post Aster,I am very bad with the time management .

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  2. Ah Wimmera - so am I. That's why I am constantly on the lookout for something that might work for me. The 5 minute rule is deceptively simple - yet really helpful. I hope it helps you. Let me know. A x

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  3. My spare room has been the bane of my existence, the monkey on my back, the nightmare in my sleep.....(run out of cliches) for YEARS now. I ordered a mini-skip for the week, and started with 5 minutes - you know, to work-out how I was going to tackle it. That went well, so I had a rest. Then did another five minutes that stretched into half an hour. Then rest. Then rest for a few days....THEN today, I thought I'd do another small chunk, and really made a huge dent in it - I actually stood in the middle of the room, something I haven't done for about 5 years. I can feel the stress of that room leaving, and am confident that by the end of the week I'll actually be using it....like a grown-up...!!! (and I cannot believe how much unnecessary JUNK I'd been hoarding in there - and not even useful junk, just pure junk.....) xxxx

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  4. Hey Lush (love that name) - I am impressed. Job well done!!!

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