Trying out the 2- and 10- minute blocking method and see if that works. The approach is to use either a 2- or 10 minutes block for routine tasks, such as 1. household chores, 2. food prep, and combine with other expansive activities like 3. music making (learning the piano, singing), 4. making art (drawing, doodling, photo editing, info graphics), and work (brainstorming, routine work like invoice approval, planning) 5. exercise (weight training, stretching like yoga, walking) or mindfulness (meditation, journaling, visualization) Occasionally, the time can be expanded to 20 minutes or even 30 minutes and leaving the one hour blocks for exceptions (in flow that require complete immersion). The flow activities can be watching an inspiring show or being completely immersed in a project and wanting to bring it to completion. The idea is that one would need to negotiate or justify more time to spend on something or else go to the next activity that is different in nature (expansive, work, exercise/mindfulness if the initial activity is a household chore).

We’ll see how that works out for this week!!