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Getting organized - day 2

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The second day of my blindly following the suggestions of a magazine article, on my way to Destination Organized™ in 30 days. Second day, all of two days, dos dias, whoa, twice through the solar rotation.

Yeah. Two.

The second entry reads:

Day 2: Follow the 20-minute rule. Rather than wait for your big Get-My-Life-In-Order weekend, straighten your stuff in discrete, doable time frames. "Take 20 minutes to clear out your fridge or stort through your jewelry box," says Lisa Zaslow, founder of Gotham Organizers in New York City. When the time is up, keep cranking of you're in the groove, or stop midblitz and continue tomorrow."

Okay...

Twenty minutes, eh? I decided to summit Mt. Laundry in my twenty minutes: sorting the clothes, starting a new load of laundry, shifting around the clothes from dryer to baskets, folding the newly cleaned clothes and finally (finally!) putting away the clothes that were folded last week and still sitting in the living room.

I took longer than twenty minutes. Why did I ever think laundry would take only twenty minutes?

Wait a second... am I supposed to make the bed again? Is this the same thing as the Twelve Days of Christmas where the recipient receives 12 partridges and 22 turtle doves?

Comments

Hi,

Glad you gave my 20 minute tip a try! Even if you didn't reach the top of Mt. Laundry, you made progress! If you want my super-quick no-brainer tips to save time, money and effort, just email me!

Best,
Lisa Zaslow
www.GothamOrganizers.com