What to clean if you only have 5, 10 or 20 minutes. - NBCNewsBETTER
). Rather than interspersing cleaning droughts with a frantic and doomed attempt to clean all the things, a more realistic — and helpful — approach is to tackle the job a few minutes at a time, Hoffman said.
How much good can you do with just a few minutes? A lot, actually, said Hoffman. And it's about more than checking off the task at hand. “By using small increments of time to make small, incremental improvements to your mess, it’s far easier to build the habits that’ll keep your home clean,” Hoffman told NBC News BETTER. “Knowing that you’re only investing a few minutes at a time, as opposed to a whole day or weekend, makes slow, steady progress an easy reality.
And you might be surprised at how much you can accomplish in a those small chunks of time. Been putting off dealing with that pile of clothes growing ever larger on the chair in your bedroom because it's going to take forever? Chances are it won't take nearly as long as you think it will. “In general, we way overestimate how much time tasks take,” Hoffman said.
Knowing that you’re only investing a few minutes at a time, as opposed to a whole day or weekend, makes slow, steady progress an easy reality.So why not find out? “Setting a timer before doing your regular cleaning tasks gives you an idea of how long each one realistically takes,” she said. Knowing that the dreaded chore actually takes literally three minutes can make you much more likely to just do it.
To get you started, here are three things each you can do in one, two, five, 10, and 20 minutes. Hoffman recommends using a timer as you're working, especially if you have a competitive streak. “I love timers because you're always trying to beat them,” she said. You can also use her app, which comes with built-in random timed challenges (it's available for
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