There is always this moment where you get a call and instantly go to a frozen state. Because you realize you have to clean up a lot of stuff in your house for the visit, you get it done in 10 minutes.
You get a lot done in this time. More than at any other time when you try to clean up your house, right?
Why not make a habit out of it? Start a 10-minute timer and clean up as much as you can in this time. Repeat this every day.
For me, this sounds like a good idea, and I will try it out. You could also do it as a challenge with the family. Who can clean up the most?
If you also applied the Rule of 2, this 10-minute sprint should be even simpler. 🤔
I've recently reestablished an old rule I had used for a while to keep my place clean. But over the years it disappeared, and I no longer adhered to that rule. Now that everything is messy again, I was reminded of the rule once more.
Rule of 2. Pick up two things every time you enter a room, leave your car, etc.
This is such a helpful rule. And I need to get used to it again. Every place can benefit from it; the same is true for coding. Here I try to clean up a file; I update code in it. But this has limits. If the code changes I need to make will create a massive PR just to complete the feature, I try to focus only on the feature. Just to make the work not harder for every reviewer.