Clutter is a stifling, suffocating, choky, stagnant inhibitor of life. It mucks up work, slows progress, and asphyxiates your world. Besides, it just looks bad.
In “Get a Life Without Sacrificing Your Career,” Dianna Booher gives the following blueprint for clutter’s demise.
BUILD WHITE SPACEINTO YOUR CALENDAR
Don’t schedule tasks to consume every working and waking moment. Plan for about 80-percent capacity. That means for a forty-hour workweek, schedule about thirty hours of work and know that another ten hours of “stuff” will appear unexpectedly.
CLUTTER YOUR TO-DO LIST, NOT YOUR MIND
Your mind can hold only about seven chunks of information at once, so why push your luck? If you have flashes of brilliance when you’re in the shower, ourt for a walk, or driving on the freeway, write them down immediately rather than trying to juggle them in your mind.
WORK IN MARATHONS
Marathons serve two purposes: to catch up or to get ahead. When you feel as if you’re slipping farther and farther behind, do a work marathon to catch up. Arrive early. Work late. Don’t allow interruptions, and don’t repeat anything. Work fast, and don’t look up between tasks. Put in three or four days like that, and you’ll feel caught up enough to face the world again.
COMPLETE THINGS
Bonuses come upon the completion of projects. Signed contracts come at the end of negotiations. Points go on the scoreboard only when the runner crosses the goal line. One thing completed is worth ten things on hold. Incomplete tasks can make you feel depressed and wasted; you will feel energized after completing them.
Great stuff!
Joi
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I kind of fail on the third piece of advice. Any advice on how to motivate yourself to get that third piece of advice right?