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If You Want Success In 2019, Take More Cleaning Breaks
1 simple habit to increase productivity and declutter your life
26th of December.
I wake up and find the kitchen full of unwashed dishes from last minute Christmas preparations.
My whole flat is covered in a 3-week old layer of dust, neglected in favour of gift-making, card-writing and a general excitement about the holidays.
As usual during this time of the year, the last few weeks have been especially unproductive when it comes work, and as usual I react to that fact with anxiety.
“It’s time to get back to work”, I think. A ton of articles to finish. A full inbox to reply to. Meetings to schedule. I feel overwhelmed, and I can’t even think where to start.
But I do it anyway. However, as I sit on my desk and try to push myself to start, it feels as if the mess around me is also cluttering my head, and I can’t bring myself to focus. Even though I feel the pressure and excitement to be productive, my whole body and mind beg me, screaming, to just grab a freaking trash bin and a hoover and bring some order to the place.
At first, I fight the urge to clean. “For sure it’s just my subconscious trying to convince me to procrastinate”, I tell myself.
