Back In An Hour 04/18/2011
No one loves a good old fashioned “clean-out” of a jam-packed closet or garage more than we do.
There’s something about yanking out all that stuff that’s been languishing in the in the corners and crevices that feels so good – like shaking up a snow globe!
But sometimes our zeal can lead us to create a much bigger mess than we can deal with before we run out of steam, or time (or both). So we either leave things looking as if a bomb has just gone off, or hastily shove stuff back in any which way – and maybe end up feeling worse off than when we started.
Avoid that pitfall by following a simple rule of thumb: never pull out more than you know you can put back within an hour. When you tackle that big job in segments, you can still shake things up and get messy for a while, but you also get the satisfaction of bringing that portion of the work to completion before you call it quits for the day. And there’s nothing like that feeling of accomplishment to have you eager to go back for more!
There’s something about yanking out all that stuff that’s been languishing in the in the corners and crevices that feels so good – like shaking up a snow globe!
But sometimes our zeal can lead us to create a much bigger mess than we can deal with before we run out of steam, or time (or both). So we either leave things looking as if a bomb has just gone off, or hastily shove stuff back in any which way – and maybe end up feeling worse off than when we started.
Avoid that pitfall by following a simple rule of thumb: never pull out more than you know you can put back within an hour. When you tackle that big job in segments, you can still shake things up and get messy for a while, but you also get the satisfaction of bringing that portion of the work to completion before you call it quits for the day. And there’s nothing like that feeling of accomplishment to have you eager to go back for more!
