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Marie Anne's avatar

I do this already and it's great :)

I have also put this to use when I was in crisis mode when the natural instinct would be assuming the fetal postition; simple tasks that need to be done helped ground me and contributed to my 'I can get through this'...

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Susan M Hall's avatar

Oddly, I just read about the 1-minute rule a couple of days ago when I was reading Amy Wilson's book "Happy to Help" straight through in one afternoon. If the task will take less than 1-minute, do it immediately. I canceled a credit card, wrote a letter to Senator Fetterman thanking him for voting for the Social Security Fairness Act, and hauled the recyclables downstairs to the recycling bin. 💪

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Raspsgirl's avatar

I think Gretchen Reuben has a similar philosophy on doing something right away if it takes 1 minute or less 😊

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Hunter Lambright's avatar

I'm interested in what kinds of tasks you put on yours. A lot of mine are cleaning tasks so far, but I want to make sure I don't use it to "productively" procrastinate.

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Jessica Tefenkgi Ruelle's avatar

I’ve been focusing exclusively on deep work and as a result never get the little things done. I needed to read your article! Thank you ☺️

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Anton's avatar

Love this idea! I’ve found that when I get stuck in analysis paralysis on big tasks, knocking out a couple of 5-minute wins helps me reset and regain momentum. Also, having a ‘quick wins’ list handy reduces that nagging mental clutter of small, unfinished tasks hanging over my head.

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Maia Duerr's avatar

Oooh I like this idea! Will try it out.

On another note, I realized that I hadn’t seen anything from you in my feed for a long time, Chris, so I searched you out and here you are! Not sure what’s up with the Substack algorithm these days…

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E. Bee's avatar

It took me 5 minutes to find the people I actually subscribe to on Substack!

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