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A Little Bit of Cleaning
Or How I Leverage Micro Tasking On My Home
My house is a bit of a mess. I’ve looked at a lot of advice for keeping it clean. Most articles about cleaning encourage setting aside chunks of time, or thinking in terms of a room, or one task for all the rooms. You are supposed to set a schedule and daily goals. “Be organized and it won’t seem so bad!” These suggestions never worked for me. I still need a house that is clean enough. I figured out how to use micro tasking to complete the necessary chores I need finished to make my house livable.
Micro Tasking To Reduce Overwhelm
Feeling overwhelmed keeps me from starting a chore. If I can break a chore down, each tiny step becomes doable. Take putting away groceries. You’d think this would be straightforward and easy to do. There are times when a chore just feels like too much. I break putting away groceries down like this: Find all the frozen and refrigerated items and put them away so they don’t spoil. Take a break and do something else. When I get back, I’ll empty a bag onto the counter. Maybe I can do all the bags, maybe not. Take another break. These breaks can be up to an hour or more. Come back and pick an easy item to put away. Does anything else go in the cupboard? Put that away too. Maybe I put more items away, maybe I take a break. The last items I put away are the…
