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Re:List one task, do it, cross it out by 1propionyl on Saturday June 10, 2023 @10:45PM (#36277484)
I do this but I think of it as lowering my local domestic entropy after having increased it through laziness or sloppiness before.

It's remarkably easy to get into a good flow doing this starting from a pen here or there and eventually cleaning whole rooms.

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Re:List one task, do it, cross it out by PebblesRox on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:50AM (#36312049)
I call it "seeding." When a mess is bothering me but there's a barrier (internal or external) to dealing with it completely in the moment, I "seed" the cleaning process by doing just a little bit.

A few rounds of seeding can have a surprisingly big impact and every round is an opportunity for the momentum to kick in it that leads to the whole job getting done.

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