In a therapy hour yesterday, I suggested that somebody spend an hour a day taking care of a task they’d been avoiding — cleaning up and organizing their home. This person had tried breaking down the overwhelming job in other ways, and those hadn’t worked.
I like to take my own advice, so I am going to spend an hour a day taking care of tasks I avoid like
- doing my taxes,
- filling out other forms,
- contacting bureaucracies,
- calling people I don’t know,
- risking failure or rejection,
- talking to unpleasant people,
- organizing closets, and
- throwing away things I don’t need.
As usual, spending an hour a day blogging is helping me face the day ahead.
I spend at least an hour a day walking, taking photos, and tweeting.
Here’s “The Working Hour” by Tears for Fears (allegedly the best song with an hour in the title):
How might you spend an hour a day?
I spend much more than an hour a day giving thanks for all I have, including wonderful readers like YOU.
An hour a day keeps the doctor away, or maybe it was an apple!
You are the apple of my eye, Peter!
I spent more than an hour organizing my drawers, and found precious things I had tucked away which I had forgotten. Out of sight, out of mind. Have a nice day, Ann
That’s wonderful and very inspiring.
You definitely deserve those delicious meals.
You deserve a big THANK YOU for this delicious comment, Debbie.
Michael’s meal looks like it took more than an hour to cook, but that’s okay. Some things are worth the time and I can tell his cooking is a labor of love.
I love the perceptiveness of your comments, Chris.
I’ve been working on an ‘organizing photos from the beginning of time’ and tossing and keeping and organizing just the special ones.
That sounds like fun and thank you for sharing, beth!
An hour a day is fantastic advice, I think, Ann!
Thanks, Mark! It’s working for me, fantastically.
I break a lot of tasks down by taking them one hour at a time. I always refer to “eating the elephant one bite at a time,” and it is interesting how often after one hour, I’m ready to give a little more time and effort and “get it done!”
Thank you for getting it done, Debra, in this very helpful comment.