{"id":1970,"date":"2023-02-02T01:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T01:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2023-02-02T01:02:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T01:02:32","slug":"use-the-timer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/?p=1970","title":{"rendered":"Use the Timer!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1970\" class=\"elementor elementor-1970\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09d4767 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09d4767\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6550ce\" data-id=\"b6550ce\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-effcfe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"effcfe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Use-the-timer.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1913\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Use-the-timer.png 500w, https:\/\/messynomore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Use-the-timer-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/messynomore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Use-the-timer-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f77dc3\" data-id=\"2f77dc3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbc0162 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbc0162\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.23.0 - 05-08-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">Have you ever put off a task because you just knew it would\ntake forever? I have a challenge for you: time some of your most common\ntasks. Spoiler alert: I already know what you\u2019ll find. You will find, like I\ndid, that those tasks I had been putting off took just minutes to do. For\ninstance, I can unload, or load the dishwasher in FIVE minutes. I can start a\nload of laundry or move it to the dryer in <\/span><i style=\"font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">less than<\/i><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\"> five minutes. Now,\nlet\u2019s not be unrealistic \u2013 folding and putting away laundry takes longer than 5\nminutes! But not as much time as you might think. I remember when my four kids\nwere little, and we had a weekend of fun with the stomach bug. EVERYTHING\nneeded washing. I managed to get it all washed and dried but despaired of the\nperceived time it would take me to fold and put away. So, I timed it. For lots\nof tiny clothes, sheets, blankets, and towels, it took me 45 minutes. That was\nto sort, fold, and put away! I was shocked \u2013 so much so that it impacted my\nlaundry-time-vision permanently. I can now look at my laundry and say, \u201cwell, I\nknow it will be less than 45 minutes!\u201d Try it! Time all those dreaded tasks to\nget a realistic time commitment to complete the task. I think you will be\namazed at how the actual time is so much more manageable than the perceived\ntime!<\/span><\/p><p><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever put off a task because you just knew it would take forever? I have a challenge for you: time some of your most common tasks. Spoiler alert: I already know what you\u2019ll find. You will find, like I did, that those tasks I had been putting off took just minutes to do. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/?p=1970\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Use the Timer!<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1970"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1977,"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970\/revisions\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messynomore.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}