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In today's episode, I talk about trying to dehoard when life is jam-packed with commitments. I share practical tips for making the most of those precious spare moments, tackling small areas at a time, and procrastination. I discuss productive procrastination, setting achievable goals, and seeking help, as well as valuable insights on time management, priorities and self-compassion.
- Strategies for Dehoarding When You're Really Really Busy
- Utilising small pockets of time for dehoarding
- Waiting for a call, boiling the kettle, or other short intervals
- Making a list of tasks for different time durations
- Focusing on small areas and celebrating small victories
- Seeing visible progress and maintaining motivation
- Productive procrastination and not making things worse
- Harnessing time spent on other useful tasks
- Saying no to new items and time commitments
- Gamifying decluttering and being consistent
- Setting daily goals for items to get rid of
- Seeking help from others with time-consuming tasks
- Tracking time to save time and prioritise
- Tracking time for analysis and identifying areas for saving time
- Using data to approach work about schedule changes
- Prioritising and understanding personal motivations for decluttering
- The importance of rest and downtime while working on decluttering
- Declutter efficiently using small pockets of time.
- Small victories lead to progress.
- Productive procrastination: using time for useful tasks.
- Learn to say no to new commitments.
- Consistency is key for successful project completion.
- Delegate tasks, track time for better efficiency.
- Balancing work and leisure is essential for well-being.
- Forgive yourself, prioritise and seek self-compassion.
- Reframe busyness as even more reason to simplify and declutter
- Small victories help to spur further progress
- Making the most of odd bits of time.
- Commitments and requests you don’t want to do
- Consistency over time is more productive than sporadic bursts.
- Delegating tasks
- Rest and downtime are essential for mental and physical health. It's not about suffering, but finding balance.
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