Just Give Me A Minute
Ready, Steady, Let me Finish This First— how to avoid procrastination?
Chores, duties, and pre-existing commitments hamper productivity. Often however, the former are feeble excuses disguising the real issue — procrastination.
Busy people need more than lists and apps. They also need an anti-dithering strategy, especially writers, artists and creative types who delude themselves about the arrival of their muse.
By using tactile devices — things you hold in your hand — decision-making is a doddle.
Determine if you have 2, 4 or 6 chores or decisions on your list or app.
[For odd numbers, see below {*}]
Transfer those items onto this wipeable cube and toss to determine where to start. Quick and flexible, this gets the jobs, all six, done. Invest in one of these doodahs and power through your day.
Here are a few examples:-
Deliberating about dinner options? Can’t decide on your primary carb? Inundated with other people’s opinions? Pasta, potatoes, rice or bread? Let the Primal Pyramid decide.
[Yes, we use that one a lot.]
These two low-tech tricks will transform your day if only because they reduce quarrelsomeness from others.
When you have an A or B choice, [2 choices] trust your lucky coin.
Mine is double-sided.
{*} Sorry, out of luck.
I grant you permission for a 1, 3 or 5 minute time out.
