How often do you struggle with buckling down to get stuff done? If you are like me, it can be several times a day when faced with tasks that I really don’t want to do (especially when there fun choices like checking your social media accounts, playing a game with your child, or spending time on a favorite hobby)!
If you missed my first 3 tips to get stuff done (when you don’t want to do it) you can find them here!
Today I’m sharing 2 more ways I get stuff done when I have tasks that I don’t want to do!
- Set an alarm or timer. This works really well on a task that is going to take a long time and can be broken into chunks. (For example, cleaning out a storage room or garage when it’s really messy and will not get finished in one setting.) I set my alarm on my phone for a predetermined amount of time and get to work. When it goes off, I’m done.
- Recruit help! This doesn’t always work but can make a big difference in getting a task completed! My kids are getting old enough to help with a lot of the household tasks. We cleaned out the garage last weekend and I gave each child a task. We had the entire garage swept out and picked up in an hour. If I’d have done it alone it would have taken me at least 2 to 3 hours. I rewarded them for helping with a trip to see a movie that afternoon and we all agreed it was definitely worth the small amount of work we each put in to cleaning earlier that day.
- Turn off the electronics! Beeping notifications on your phone are distracting. Letting yourself get sucked into Facebook or other social media wastes time. Being distraction free really helps speed up the process of finishing your task and moving on to other fun things that you do enjoy!
What are your best tips for getting stuff done that you don’t want to do?
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Welcome to Women With Intention Wednesdays!
Welcome to a new week of Women With Intention! I’m feeling extra humbled to those of you who choose to link up with me each week so this week I’m featuring THREE bloggers! Yay!
The first is Michele with her post Why Read Lists?
My second feature is Kylie with her post To The Weary Woman!
Our final feature this week is from Brooke with her post Awesome List of Free Christian Videos & Apps For Kids.
Welcome to Women With Intention Wednesdays!
Here is what you will find at Women With Intention Wednesdays:
- This is a link up party where you come to encourage one another, have fun, and share your best posts to help women live their best life!
- In other words, any post that you have written about Christian living, homemaking, relationships, healthy living, living a frugal life or that helps another woman can be included in this link up! Please just them family friendly (I reserve the right to remove anything that I feel isn’t appropriate).
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I ask this because my husband has been counting the days until football is back for months! I personally don’t mind watching it but I’m not a die hard fan! 😉
Have you enjoyed what you read here today? Do you have friends or other women you know that could benefit from this resource? If so, please do me a favor! I have included the links below to share with other intentional women! They’ll be glad you did!
I’ve learned to “just do it” because no one else is going to. And, doing “the next thing” is also helpful. Electronics are so much distraction – our houses and thinking were much more tidy and cleaning B.E. 😉
Thank you so much for featuring me this week Jenny! I was a little surprised by how far this week’s post reached but I’m so happy these words resonated with women in such a profound way! Grace and peace, friend!
Feeling “extra humbled” as well by the gift of being featured here in this friendly space! And I’m with Susan: Just Do It. If I over think everything, I”ll never accomplish anything! I have been known to say to my kids, “Not wanting to is not debilitating.”
I turned off my phone ringer almost 2 years ago and haven’t looked back! It is so distracted. Now it is on vibrate only and when I am expecting a call/text I keep it close enough to hear the vibration. I also shut off most of my notifications.
Regarding football – We couldn’t care less 😉
Thanks so much for the link-up.
Getting things done that I don’t want to do/I’m not in the mood to do–the advice Oswald Chambers gave is helpful for me–“Moods don’t go by praying, but by kicking.” Sometimes we just have to “fight” through our unwillingness to lay hold of His strength to do what is good and right. This is what I have found.
Football? What IS that? Hahaha :-). No, but really, I can understand how some people really enjoy it.
Blessings to you, Jenny; thank you so much for hosting. 🙂