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Post by Meme on Mar 5, 2009 1:08:33 GMT -5
I like tea and make it about 3 times a day- I am a fussy tea gal and so I set my timer for 2 minutes and 22 seconds for steeping-I find it takes me about 7 minutes a day to clean the kitchen not counting cooking and dishes- and now even these things did not take as much time as I thought in the past........
now before I would just stand there waiting for the timer to go off as if I leave the kitchen I will not hear the timer
Now I clean during that time and it is amazing how much one can do in the small space of time- time that was wasted before I just make a cup and put all the odds and ends away and cleaned the counters- something that I originally would have left to do another day- I think that sometimes I look at things and think that I do not have the time do that or I think it will take too long to do-
this a challenge to see how many of you and me can find little moments of time that are wasted by doing nothing--or spent in waiting... hugs from Meme
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Post by marigold on Mar 5, 2009 3:31:58 GMT -5
Ditto! While waiting for her cup of milk to warm up (2 minutes), my DD (almost 2 yrs old) helps me unload the dishwasher, and we finish by the timer rings! So it's both an entertainment for me and her not to get bored looking at the milk, and it's useful and practical. Time well spent, double (or triple) benefit!
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Post by kalla on Mar 5, 2009 6:43:47 GMT -5
ooh, I'm glad someone else does these things I play World of Warcraft, and there's lots of time spent flying (can't do anything else while flying) and crafting items (also can't do anything else during that time). I'll use the "lost" time to race and do a load of laundry or put away the dishes or scoop the cat boxes. Gives me a chance to stretch my legs, get something accomplished instead of staring at the computer screen like a goober.
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Post by bluefrog on Mar 5, 2009 8:41:07 GMT -5
Oh, I do stuff like that! I'll make the bed while the computer is booting up (it's in the bedroom), or empty the dishwasher or sweep the kitchen or scrub the counters while I'm waiting for water to boil or heating something in the microwave. It doesn't seem like work since it's done in such small increments, but it gets a lot done.
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Post by charis on Mar 5, 2009 9:14:11 GMT -5
my coffee maker is slowly perishing; it takes longer and longer to finish the brewing cycle. I can empty the dishwasher, run upstairs to start a load of laundry, make the bed, and empty the dehumidifier into the front porch flower pots in the time it takes that darn thing to finish nowadays. DH ordered me a new machine from Amazon. You know, Meme, until you put up this thread I didn't think about how the demise of the coffeemaker is helping me whisk through my "dailies"
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Post by AnnieOkie on Mar 5, 2009 9:44:32 GMT -5
Thanks Meme for reminding us of this tool for getting things done. I have only done it a few times, but was amazed the first time I set the timer and started in. I can't remember if it was a 15-minute or 60-minute chunk, but I was amazed at how much I got done. One of the times, I even finished what I needed to do before the timer went off!
Another thing I do, and it seems insanely simple, is to fold a load of clothes, pick up clutter, etc. during the time commercials are on when I am watching something on TV. I got several things done last night using that method!
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Post by charis on Mar 5, 2009 11:45:32 GMT -5
Oh Annie--YES! Getting stuff done on commercial breaks; especially when I am working a lot of hours. Gosh, I do not know what would happen to my house if I was British and watched the ad-free BBC--of course they have ITV and cable as well, so perhaps my toilets would get scrubbed after all.
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Post by DJ on Mar 5, 2009 11:53:55 GMT -5
!!! my kitchen gets cleaned by tea drinking too! . i drink many cups of tea a day.. it takes 2 minutes for water to heat and 3 for tea to steep . that's enough time to unload the dishwasher. reload it with the next cup. wipe down counters and sweep with the next.. and so on. . this post made me laugh big
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Post by notsomessyshell on Mar 5, 2009 12:14:39 GMT -5
You are right on with this. I use the time that stuff is cooking or in micro to clean up the mess I have made making dinner. Clean as you go. Usually by the time I get dinner on the table most cooking stuff is washed, counters and stove wiped off. During commercials is when I get little things done. All those little things add up to big things!
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Post by Meme on Mar 5, 2009 23:21:15 GMT -5
some times the time is longer as I steep my teas at different times- green tea is 3:33 and fruit tea takes a whole 4 minutes- it certainly shows that a lot of things do not take the time that our mind makes us believe that it would-
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Post by marigold on Mar 6, 2009 4:07:06 GMT -5
I use the time that stuff is cooking or in micro to clean up the mess I have made making dinner. Clean as you go. Usually by the time I get dinner on the table most cooking stuff is washed, counters and stove wiped off. Me too! Me too!
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Post by gettingsomewhere on Mar 6, 2009 8:32:05 GMT -5
this is such agood idea that i have only utilised in small ways. now i will look for lots more 222 moments. thnks meme, and everyone else for great ideas.
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Post by dayeanu on Mar 6, 2009 15:06:44 GMT -5
some times the time is longer as I steep my teas at different times- green tea is 3:33 and fruit tea takes a whole 4 minutes- it certainly shows that a lot of things do not take the time that our mind makes us believe that it would- Hi, papaswife! I laughed when I read this post. I steep my green tea 3:39. But you are absolutely right. If I will clean for that three minutes, instead of standing around staring out the window, I get a lot more done.
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Apr 30, 2009 18:13:17 GMT -5
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Post by creativechaos on May 1, 2009 11:49:22 GMT -5
maybe i should try this. i would like to drink more tea!
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