efficiency | organised castle

Do you clean all like things together or do it room by room?

From an efficiency point of view I suspect that it makes sense to do all of the sweeping or clean all of the light fittings. On the other hand , I like knowing that I have completed one room. An example is the bedroom – I may strip the bed then remove any cobwebs, wipe the windowsills, clean the lightshade, clean mirror, dust and polish furniture, vacuum the carpet, remake the bed with fresh linen – and it is all done.

Anyone who has been reading this blog for a while will be aware that the office is the unofficial dumping ground here and getting it the way I want it is a struggle. Since the weather has been miserable today I have stayed indoors and continued to work on this area.

I am very pleased with my achievements so far. Here is the desk.

Another view of the room.

Finally, the pile of stuff that I have yet to sort and find where it is going to live – either in this house or elsewhere.

Wish me luck!

As our lives just seem to keep getting more pressured we often resort to multitasking in both our personal and professional lives. There are several reports now that seriously question of effectiveness of such behaviour. I read recently that there were recommendations that we close our email when we are in the office and only check it twice per day. How often are you derailed from a task by an email that pops up in your inbox?

The other day I had an afternoon with no particular things to do. I thought of doing the ironing and contemplated taking it into the lounge and watching a DVD series. I decided against this and opted to recline on the lounge and immerse myself completely and utterly in the mini-series, “All The Rivers Run”. I was transported back to the early days of river transport on the Murray River. I enjoyed the DVD at a level which simply would not have been possible if I was ironing at the same time.

Later in the afternoon I did the ironing . I spent a little over an hour on it and completely finished a basketful of ironing. I was able to do it quickly and efficiently by concentrating on the ironing.