30 Second Habit Rule
Sometimes when I mention that if something takes 30 seconds or less to do that we should determine not to put it off, people object. "If I start doing everything that takes thirty seconds, I will work myself to a nub." And that is true. If our house is a mess we have many, many little jobs that could be done in 30 seconds. Too many to make it practical to do them all.
So let's limit how we apply it. The thirty second rule needs to be applied in two ways only.
• The first place we should apply it is with what happens in the future. Don't go back to try to catch up with everything. FROM NOW ON hang up your jacket immediately when you take it off. Take the coffee cup from the living room to the kitchen. Put up the mayonnaise and throw away the used tea bag. Return the tool to its home. And the like.
* The second place we should apply the thirty second rule is with those that are high priority needs. There are probably a few important little jobs that have been neglected for a long time and would only take thirty seconds to get them out of the way. The non priority tasks can be cared for as you go about your organizing plan or routine.
So the idea is this: Apply the 30 second rule beginning now into the future and to priority jobs that need attention.
There are two kinds of people in the world, those who think they can and those who think they can't. And both are right.
-Henry Ford
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