I feel like I’ve heard something similar before. I want to say that Tim Ferris recommends that basic idea in his four or five hour work week book (I can’t remember the exact title).
That sounds like a great habit to consciously practice for an entire month. By the end of the month it will probably be a pretty established part of your lifestyle. I need to put that into practice when it comes to asking for things and communicating plans. I always wait for the right moment, or the quieter moment, or until the kids are’t around, but more often than not it doesn’t work out.
I am the same way! I like to wait for opportune moments, but sometimes that moment never occurs and my communication is stuck in my head. Must be where a lot of my anxiety stems from - all those important thoughts that I'm keeping organized until the right time to let them out hahaha.
I think like the one minute rule, if things can be said, they probably should be at the first opportunity. I’ll work on that this week.
Let me know what you think! At first it makes me feel crazy, but as the day goes on I appreciate it.
I didn’t stick with this one very long so it’s back to the drawing board to try again;)
hahaha yeah its hard. And I still feel crazy when Im half in the middle of a project and I stop to do 4 less than one minute tasks. I get too distracted, I could do a zillion 10 second tasks before getting back to what I should be doing. So...I also have a new method. I dont stop myself if I feel the need to do a 30 second thing, but if I start getting anxious and scattered, I write the task down in my book for tomorrow. Chances are I get to it later today, or even 5 minutes after ive written it down, but it lets my mind relax and not have to worry about forgetting the small thing. And no pressure because I've chosen tomorrow as the deadline, and not the current day.
That makes a lot of sense. If you have a list of 30 second things to do, you could probably get a lot of them done within the first half hour of your day and then be totally pumped for the rest of the day to come.
the listing of the things - maybe thats the key to making it productive! Not just doing them whenever they pop up at inopportune times, lol.