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Post by imamess on Jan 1, 2016 6:43:03 GMT -5
I'm very low tech and when I'm completely stuck I use the pennies in a jar method. I just do 5 minutes per penny, it's easier for my brain to compute.
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Post by PaperGrace on Jan 5, 2016 9:40:34 GMT -5
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Post by puzzleqt on Jan 5, 2016 10:12:43 GMT -5
I like the magic box. one dot for each of the 4 corners, then 4 lines around the perimeter and 2 diagonal lines through the center connecting all the dots. Each dot or line represents 6 minutes of work which adds up to 60 min. I generally do the variation of each representing 10 things taken care of, which equals 100 things.
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Post by dtesposito on Oct 27, 2017 8:11:54 GMT -5
Serendipity & sidestep, I'm glad you bumped this thread, I just reread the whole thing and I think this from puppybox is a good idea for people who are just starting (or re-starting) the cleanup because they would work well in a home that's still totally full.
roll the dice and walk that many steps away from computer (you could roll more dice to determine direction even) and tend to something there.
If you are really stuck, or depressed, randomly choose a colour or material and work on that. like: metal. or, blue. then pick up/throw out/wash everything of that type. this is a very weird way of working but if you are mentally stuck or depressed its very distracting from your thought loops. good to get started.
I also like to start at one end of a room and force myself to deal with things in that order--it's sometimes a challenge to do that, and it eliminates walking in a room and looking around to decide what to work on--which usually wastes a lot of time for me.
Lately I've had good success with rolling a dice for a particular room and doing that many actions in that room, if I start out only making myself do little actions (for example, just putting one item away counting as one action) it's not intimidating and I'm more likely to tackle a room that I otherwise put off.
Diane
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