You’ll find that doing this consistently will remove much of the negativity
that happens when you have a lengthy list of tasks to complete.
On the other hand, if a task requires more than a few minutes of effort,
then put it on your calendar and schedule time when you can take care of
it.
The second strategy, closely related to the Two-Minute Rule, is to “single-
handle”
every task. Think of all the times you’ve opened an email,
realized it required an action that you don’t have time to complete, so you
put it off until later. Then when “later” comes, you open the same
message, read it again, and then remember that the email requires a
follow-up action.
Single-handling can remove the stress created by the small tasks you
procrastinate on because it forces you to
complete any task that you start.
The idea here is whenever you begin something, you need to see it to its
conclusion.
Here are a few examples:
Responding to an email when you open it or scheduling the specific
action that’s need to “process” the message.
Rinsing a dish and putting it in the dishwasher after a meal instead
of putting it in the sink.
Discarding junk mail into a recycling bin right when you receive it.
Putting away your clothes after wearing them instead of tossing
them on a chair.
Returning phone calls immediately whenever you receive a voice
mail.
It’s easy to procrastinate when you feel overwhelmed by your daily tasks,
but if you take an extra minute or two to complete a simple action, you’ll
find that it’s easy to eliminate some of the stress that comes from having
a huge list of small tasks.
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