A Good Idea

I recently read a very good book called "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin. I may have mentioned her in this blog or in my DebinNY blog. She has a lot of good ideas. Years ago, I started following her blog, and did so for a long time, but then I quit because I felt like I knew how to be happy and I just needed to do what I needed to do instead of read about it every day.

I've recently started following her blog again because I read her book. I realized daily reminders are helpful. One of the things I gained from Gretchen is her "one-minute rule." Basically, this means that if you know something is going to take less than a minute to do, then you don't put it off. You do it right then.  HERE is a link to a blog post of hers that describes the one-minute rule.

I've specifically been thinking about clutter the past couple of days and what a burden it can become if it isn't conquered. I don't know if everybody does this, but I get used to my piles to the point where I don't really see them anymore. Other people's piles are more noticeable. I don't judge people's piles because I have my own. Wouldn't it be a great resolution to Become Pile Free?!! Of course the one-minute rule is a pile-prevention rule. But tackling the root of a problem is a good place to begin.

Since I've been practicing the one-minute rule (I'm nowhere near perfect at it), I've noticed at least I'm not adding to piles. Things are a little less messy and I'm accomplishing more small tasks. Now I just need to teach the rule to everyone else in the family.