2 Minutes

I can't remember where I read this suggestion, but I believe it was a marriage book I read when we were dating. The suggestion, however, is a great life tool for any area of your life. Here it is:

If something you need to do takes less than two minutes to do, do it now.

The book talked about things like recycling the tuna can you just used, loading a glass you had a lemonade in, or picking up a tissue you attempted to throw in the garbage but missed. This little secret, it suggested, could spare you a lot of fights about things piling up and going undone.

That may be true, but marriage aside, I think this is just plain good advice. For work, for a house you occupy by yourself or with a roommate, for personal goals, etc. It can be so overwhelming when a to-do list gets longer and longer - even if half the things on the list are two minute (or less) jobs. So save yourself the agony of feeling overwhelmed by keeping the little things off your plate.