Just do it...in 10 minutes

Wasting away hours and hours of our precious time and frittering away the most productive years of our lives in the name of social networking, Page 3 paper reading and chatting has become a norm of our day to day life. I think Internet has got that fascinating power which can churn hours and hours of our life in the name of mindless surfing. Internet perhaps is the only God above Gods which can make us sit for hours and then before shutting down makes us feel if we have done anything at all to call it a day. For once and all I wanted to turn these habits upside down and give my life a productive way of living by using small chunks of my time in doing things which are productive as well as satisfying. I have taken 10 minutes for every activity I wish to do for the day and then when the clock strikes 10 I put off the work and get on with other activity. And hey people it worked for me & I am sure it works for you too!!!

The first reason why it works is, we don’t feel the burden of having to devote a large part of our time. We settle for as less as 10 minutes for the prescribed task and zap, it is done. Leave it if it’s not done in 10 minutes .But chances are you don’t want to stop at 10 minutes, you might want to go ahead and do the whole task. So that’s the icing on the cake. If you don’t find the enthu continuing, you possibly don’t want to do it in the first place.

But 10 minutes chunk of time can transform your life if practiced daily.

Mastery of anything begins with 10 minutes of intense focus, followed by another 10 minutes and so on.

Let’s challenge ourselves to get focus on working in 10 minute chunks:

• Write that long put off article today
• Make that forgotten telephone call today
• Meditate and discover the inner peace within yourself
• Take a walk and look how beautiful the world is around you.
• De clutter you inbox today
• Remove all those unwanted stationery and files on your table
• Finish off all  that boring stuff you always wanted to do but were never able to put your time into
• Read your kids favorite bed time story today
• Get one cupboard /shelf decluttered today
• Practice anything which you have always wanted to

There is so much routine stuff you can get done and out of the way in simple 10 minute chunks – and then you can clear the deck for the real creative stuff.
Or better still; get started with the real creative stuff whilst you are fresh.

Ten minute chunks is definitely doable and a good way to start small and get more done.   

We often get sidetracked online with reading nonsense at times. Adding a 10 minute break in there too would be helpful.:)

Best way of avoiding getting side-tracked online is to close all your browsers windows and tabs – or better still just physically disconnect from the internet!

you can start developing a new mindset that concentrates on optimism and constructive changes, and begin eliminating the ones that influence your actions, emotions, and thoughts in a disadvantageous manner.

According to Parkinson’s Law, work expands to fill the time available for its completion. Give yourself one day to complete a one hour task, and the task itself grows ever more complex and daunting as it expands to fill the one day time allocation. Complex and daunting because the time spent in between doing the task and completing it in the time allocated inevitably gives way to gnawing irritation and stress. So time – and simplicity – can be gained by completing tasks (which fit into your goals) in 10 minute chunks and by reducing to minimum time-wasting routines. 

And relying on 10 minutes chunks is so much better than multi tasking.

And just know that you never need to struggle again with focusing on tasks – just give the task attention in 10 minute chunks and you’ll have finished the task in no time at all :-

You can also remove all the negativity we carry around by adding up 10 more minutes to our work life by eliminating

• Reading junk papers.
• Mindlessly surfing gossipy websites
• Checking inbox incessantly
• Following social media updates
• Toxic conversations with friends or co-workers

And hey today is the 10^th of May so lets get started with the 10 minute chunk in our lives from today itself!!!

Edited to Add: It was 10th when the post was drafted and got over to 11th when posted (smiles sheepishly)