Contending With Time
Unless you live on another planet, there are never enough hours in the day. But if you use these efficiency techniques, you can win that battle with time:
1. Always do at least two things at once. While showering, write a screenplay. While sorting laundry, invent a handy appliance for the home. While chatting on the phone with a dull acquaintance, take a nap.
2. Consolidate self-improvement routines. Exercise to learn-a-language tapes while watching watercolor videos. Not only will you save time, but you’ll have thin thighs for that trip to Le Musée du Louvre.
3. Buy a speaker-phone for your kitchen. You’ll be able to cook, vacuum, and knit dog-hair booties while you talk on the phone.
4. When you’re in the kitchen, post reminder notes on the fridge. (”It’s the laundry, stupid.”)
5. Group chores alphabetically. If you have to go to the pharmacy, combine your trip with errands beginning with the letter ‘P.’ …” (Contending With Time is continued here.)
Technorati Tags: Time Humor, Self-Help Satire, Household Chores, Time Management, Time Pressure, Multitasking, Self-Improvement, Efficiency Humor
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November 10th, 2006 at 2:22 am
This is my first time visiting and if the rest of your blog is as entertaining as this post I’ll be visiting regularly. I love the satire–funny and creative.
November 11th, 2006 at 1:08 am
Welcome, Michelle, and thanks so much for your kind words.
November 13th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
Great post. How is it the more I multitask, the less I get done?
November 13th, 2006 at 4:42 pm
Thanks, Nelumbo!
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December 15th, 2006 at 11:45 am
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