| I try to parallelize as many tasks as possible. My SO absolutely hates this a lot of times because it means you have to work for longer period of times instead of breaking up tasks. But stuff does get done in less absolute time. Example: We're baking something. Say cornbread. My usual thing is to immediately wash the dishes after putting the stuff into the oven. This means two things happen at once: dishes and cooking. Then when while we're eating, the dishes are drying. So then someone can put away the dishes and then the other can start putting any other dishes we used into the sink. Basically, I just try to parallelize tasks as much as possible. Grouping them is good too but sometimes mentally it's too much to wait for the grouping to occur. I do cost benefit analysis on things like multiple trips vs one heavy and awkward trip. Sometimes multiple trips is faster and less stressful. Try to factor things in like: well if I have less stuff in my arms I can /run/. I can't do that when I have a bunch of stuff in my hands. Other things I do are like: try to step up 2 steps at a time at the pace of doing 1 at a time. Basically 2x up stair climbing performance. Run/jog to various parts of the home or between the car and getting inside. Just trying things to speed things up and get little bits of exercise in. Unfortunately, I live in very small spaces so I frequently optimize for time over space (cost of being a newer resident in the Bay area). Very small cache here so no option to buy in bulk. :) Oh and other unusual things: try to do stuff with your non dominate hand. I only brush my teeth with my non dominant hand. Incredibly difficult at first with a manual brush (small circles are hard!). But after 10+ years, much better. I try this with various tasks just to try to up my dexterity and keep life interesting. |